New Builds with No Lanai Screens
 

Would anyone seriously consider buying a home without Lanai screening? I watched the latest Goldwingnut video and it appears they are building homes without Lanai screens on smaller lots! Hopefully they can figure out the mosquitoes in such an unlivable spot of the home.

Can they really cost that much to put in?

I would buy a house without Lanai Screening if it saved a few hundred bucks. I would be glassing in the Lanai anyway, so the screening
would be wasted.

Great point
 

Great point, why bother if you want to spend an extra 10 k on glass anyway? The screen would just be thrown away. I guess it should really be optional and not mandatory. But it appears all the cottage homes are without lanai screening. So it must be a cost cutting idea, not a consumer convenience.

The “no screen” lanai is an option on some new homes outside the bubble. It makes sense to me if you plan on glassing it in after build out.

Option
 

That’s great if that is an option instead. I’m thinking for those who don’t have a lot of money to sink into their new buy or are seasonal it wouldn’t be. I know my wife isn’t found of mosquitoes, snakes or spiders which would be a deal breaker for her….lol.

LOL, what makes you think it’s solely because of cost cutting? You sure it’s not because they know their customer market base?

A few years ago no one thought the villas without a garage would sell but they all did. No one thought all of the homes along the turnpike would sell but they all did. There are buyers for everything, the key is the price.

When we built our home 7 years ago we told them to leave screens off because we were going to enclose our lanai, which we did right away. Saw no reason to rip screens out.

Geckos
 

That’s a deal we wouldn’t take. The anoles would e a problem for us. It sounds like it’s getting tougher to make ends meet as a builder.

I'd consider it but it would be a hassle and added expense to have to have someone come in after move in day to add screens. Getting estimates, waiting for work people to show up and complete the work, etc. Also would rather have that expense in the mortgage instead of paying cash or on credit card.

Were all of the homes 100% completed/move-in ready? Perhaps the screens will be added prior to release for sale.

Maybe it is just some models. We stopped and looked at cottage homes in We’ll Point and they all had screened in lanais. Maybe the new models that back up to Marsh Bend do not, we didn’t look that close at those.

The homes in the video were a new class called Garden Villas. I also think maybe the screening is yet to be installed, but who knows?

Maybe, screens are now considered an upgrade.

Sigh.... Need a link to the video?