[graciegirl]

Just for the fun of it, did you choose a new home or a resale? Tell a little why you made that choice and would you do it again?

If you bought a resale, was the bond completely paid?

We bought a new spec house in Hadley three years ago in June, recently sold it and are building a new house in Laurel Valley.

We didn't pay off the bond on our home in Hadley.

[Trish Crocker]

Good question Gracie...Since we will soon be making that decision it will be nice to see the answers.

[Larry Wilson]

I bought pre-owned.

[red tail]

i bought a resale cyv on the golf course. no bond, has tile roof,2 car garage walking distance from spanish springs large trees everywhere.

[getdul981]

We bought new. I don't know if we even considered pre-owned. There was a time factor. We needed a lot of it, so we made a down payment on the lot and then proceeded to prepare our previous home for sale and get listed and sell.

[NJblue]

We bought a new "made-to-order" house on a lot which we picked out. We wanted a brand new neighborhood where everyone was new to each other and looking for a common bond. It has worked out very well for us.

[loonlovers]

We bought a resale (5 years old) primarily because it was furnished. When we looked at many properties in TV, we listed "furnished" in our list of criteria. In retrospect, this was probably not the wisest decision since we replaced almost all the furniture within the first three months! We may have overlooked a better property because we narrowed our search. But in the end, we love our home and our neighbors and have made the updates that we wanted.

The resale had a bond...we did not pay off that bond.

[Cynbod]

We purchased a new home in December. We did look at pre-owned, but decided to go with new. This is the first new home we have ever owned and we love it. Up north we have an old home and for quite a few years we had a Sears and Roebuck bungleow(sp?). Fully happy with both; but new is great.

We have not paid the bond and probably won't until right before we retire. We have heard that the first home is rarely the last and that is our rationale.

One thing we might have reconsidered is a pool. Never thought my children would enjoy spending time in a retirement village but they love it as much as we do and they don't understand why we did not think of one (even with all the available pools, go figure). Unfortunately we do not even have space for a hot tub. Too bad for us, maybe these issues are what cause so many pre-owned homes at seem to be almost new.

[billmar]

Bought new designer model... wanted some features couldn't seem to find in the resales we were seeing in our price point.... like walk in shower, golf car garage, open kitchen.

I bought pre owned villa for a start. Now in a cottage. Did not pay off bond on villa.

[tainsley]

We came down in July to look at preowned. Looked at many. Went to look at a new CYV in Tamarind Grove. When we walked through the front door both hubby and I said THIS IS IT!

[memason]

We bought a new Bridgeport....sort of. It was a model. Since we were still living in Germany, when we purchased, we thought we might rent it out for a while. Never happened and we moved into it 6 months later...

[2BNTV]

Very interesting question Gracie.

My preference would be to buy a pre-owned with little or no bond.

[Bob45]

We bought a pre-owned CYV in Hemingway. The people before us did many upgrades, some very expensive. And included a new golf cart. They bought it new and lived in it only 8 months. They came from Florida and lived in a condo on the ocean. They missed the ocean and moved back. Their loss was my gain. They did not pay off the bond. We are very happy with our purchase. And we have the best neighbors in The Villages.

Bob

[tomkat]

We bought new...picked out the lot, selected the options, and waited for the house to be built...purchased a corner lot in the newer section of Duval and had a designer gardenia built...very happy with our choice of home and neighborhood.