[Woodbear]

For those newer to The Villages, can you share the length of time it has taken to build your house. I have heard from one person it is currently around 5 months from design sign off to closing.

Is this a typical timeframe?

[Philbot]

We reserved a lot in January, had the design meeting in mid-March, and will close the end of July.

[Altavia]

The process starts after the design meeting and historically has been three Months.. They do not miss a closing date.

[Kenswing]

Originally Posted by Woodbear

For those newer to The Villages, can you share the length of time it has taken to build your house. I have heard from one person it is currently around 5 months from design sign off to closing.

Is this a typical timeframe?

Four months as a general rule. A bit longer if you're having a pool installed.

[Kenswing]

Originally Posted by Robbie0723

The process starts after the design meeting and historically has been three Months.. They do not miss a closing date.

Unfortunately that is no longer true. Because of material shortages some homes in St. Catherine were pushed out by up to 5 weeks. Windows were an issue for a few months. Our house was actually built without the master bedroom window being installed. It finally showed up about two weeks prior to closing. Many houses (ours included) closed without all the appliances being installed. When we moved in (late April) all we had was the cooktop. Three weeks ago we finally got our oven/microwave and two weeks ago we got our range hood. Thankfully we had a summer kitchen installed so we had the grill to cook on.

[Dani & Bill]

Originally Posted by Woodbear

For those newer to The Villages, can you share the length of time it has taken to build your house. I have heard from one person it is currently around 5 months from design sign off to closing.

Is this a typical timeframe?

We signed the contract to build a Woodside model with a pool in Hawkins on April 30. They said construction would begin June 18, and it did. Scheduled occupancy is Oct 14, without appliances. We were told the pool would add a month.

[Woodbear]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

Unfortunately that is no longer true. Because of material shortages some homes in St. Catherine were pushed out by up to 5 weeks. Windows were an issue for a few months. Our house was actually built without the master bedroom window being installed. It finally showed up about two weeks prior to closing. Many houses (ours included) closed without all the appliances being installed. When we moved in (late April) all we had was the cooktop. Three weeks ago we finally got our oven/microwave and two weeks ago we got our range hood. Thankfully we had a summer kitchen installed so we had the grill to cook on.

I notice a lot of new build homes listed for sale are missing appliances.

[waterlily]

Closed in Bradford recently. The Villages delayed closing twice. About two weeks late. They just cant keep up. Had to sign a contract that I would not pull a permit for 90 days as Sumter County is also behind. These are intersting times!

[Woodbear]

Originally Posted by waterlily

Closed in Bradford recently. The Villages delayed closing twice. About two weeks late. They just cant keep up. Had to sign a contract that I would not pull a permit for 90 days as Sumter County is also behind. These are intersting times!

Pull a permit for additional work on the home post closing?

[Dotneko]

19 weeks for us with no pool.
Design mid jan, ground break feb 4, close may 24.

[Rosebud1949]

Originally Posted by Woodbear

For those newer to The Villages, can you share the length of time it has taken to build your house. I have heard from one person it is currently around 5 months from design sign off to closing.

Is this a typical timeframe?

Hopefully taking 5 months will make sure they get it right the fist time. not have months of "repairs" and corrections done as some folk I know.

[richs631]

It’s about 6 months from start to finish but rest assured that your house will be ready on the date it is promised

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by Rosebud1949

Hopefully taking 5 months will make sure they get it right the fist time. not have months of "repairs" and corrections done as some folk I know.

Really? Took less than 5 days for the list of minor items in my case?

[Hiltongrizz11]

All I know is that all you people chime in who had your houses built a year or more ago but are not count on your experience being the same now for new people.

Times now or nothing like they were before any other time. I double what they tell you.

[Conniehar]

3.5 months with pool - we signed the contract in February. They have changed the build time significantly because of demand and need for workers.