We were planning to build unless we saw a pre-owned that we really liked. Our house in Ohio sold quickly and we had little time to make a decision. The last day of the week we had allotted to house hunting we found a home that just spoke to us and had only been lived in 2 months by renters. We are very happy with our decision. I would encourage everyone to look at both new and pre-owned.

After looking at new and resales we saw the CYV online. It just said buy me NOW! Bought site unseen. 1st time to see it was walk thru day before closing. We were pleasantly surprised and can't wait to get there in November.

New CYV, because we liked the area.

Our original plan was to come down here and rent for a few months until we found a pre-owned that we both liked. The sale of our home fell through and we didn't sell it for a few months, so we purchased a CYV brand new in Pennecamp. Love it here.

We bought a resale 2-2 CYV because we fell in love with the expanded, lushly landscaped courtyard and in a perfect location. We looked at new models and many resales before we found "the one." This was in 2007 when prices were coming down (but not as low as they are now) -- and bond was paid. We have since remodeled kitchen, master bath, tiled throughout, etc. (husband rolls eyes) After moving in I discovered that I really like our neighbors who are a mixture of older and younger, snowbirds and permanent, from all over the US and many from England.

The only thing I'm not sure about is the size. As we spend more time there will I want more room? Guess time will tell. Right now it is a relief to have something that is a manageable size compared to our big house here in Syracuse.

BTW, great topic GG. Thanks.

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Sounds like you're going to do what is best........for YOU! That's the key!!

Bill :)

Bought preowned, and did my research
 

Never a doubt once we saw the house as DW whispered into my ear "I want this house". To the rear is a large lake, then a golf green. No golf cart path. And great welcoming neighbors. Did you'all see the Lucy's 100th b'day article. My neighbors. We have paid off the remaining bond (5 yrs in) as we intend to stay here. New, preowned, there really are only good choices and whatever you select you will likely be pleased. A small thought, if considering pre-owned knock on a couple doors on the block and see if the neighbors get along, and socialize.

We bought a resale CYV in Buttonwood that was practically a new home.

The previous owner had closed on it it as a new home on Oct 2010 and we bought it in July of 2011 fully furnished and in the best neighborhood with the best neighbors..

We fell in love with the pictures our relator sent us. It had not been put on the open market yet and we bought it sight unseen. It still had a bond AND the new home warranty.

From the responses in this thread it is obvious that everyone is satisfied that they made the right decision for them, pre-owned or new, which is a sign of good mental health. We have looked at dozens of homes both pre-owned and new in our trips to TV. We are highly likely to purchase a pre-owned home because, in our opinion, we can get more value for the dollar, lower or no bond, many upgrades, and a centralized location. There is no right answer for everyone, but pre-owned makes the most sense to us.

We also bought new .Its an At Ease cotttage with the horse farm in the back.We will definitely be staying put & not moving. Can't.imagine a more beautiful & private setting!

We bought a resale but it is just about one year old; the former owners had decided they wanted to live there full time but wanted a bigger place so they decided that they wanted a new house built. We were down there 2 years ago and looked at the model homes and fell in love with one-realtor kept saying what you see is what you get but he never said that included the furniture(had he said that my wife would have signed on the spot). I spent every day for two years looking at the homes for sale waiting to see that same model(they stopped making it)come up for sale. I was beginning to think it would never happen and then 3 months ago I saw it-showed it to my wife and she said buy it and we did. The former owners just moved into their new home this weekend. We will be visiting our new home in October and hopefully moving in full time next summer. It is not new but it is almost new!!

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We will be building new soon.

Wanted a resale because of the nice upgrades, however the price of resales were close to new

We also needed a oversize Garage and Lani, very few resales had these options.

There were some very nice resales however being backed up so close to another Lani did not appeal to us.

Our new lot in Tamarind has a open view from behind a pond view across the street. I believe that sealed the deal on new.

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We bought a preowned premier as it has everything, pool, golf course, privacy and great neighbors. Central to everything. Virtually no bond and alot of house for the $....it is a buyer's market on preowned....
Now we have it fixed up just the way we want it...

Sounds perfect! If you can find the things you're looking for, I think there are some great deals out there on pre-owneds. Often times, the actual selling prices are quite a bit lower than the original asking prices.