O K Graciegirl. So now I am back to having to make the decision. Is it better to have a bath tub in the house for resale? How often does the power go down that you would need to have a bath tub of water?
Sleep: I am very busy in my dreams.

Happinow: Thanks for all your useful info. I thought I sent you a pm with more questions and clarifications. But perhaps not because it isn't showing up in my sent folder. Could you please send me a pm and I will answer. I know it works when I send a response to a pm. Thanks.

Oh my dear shcisamax, (Watta screen name, girl) I was worried about everything once we signed on the line the first time. I didn't get around to power failures and didn't think to worry about gopher or turtle mounds and didn't know they had sinkholes or never thought about the politics of the developer. I worried about the quality of the closet doors and not having a crawl space or basement under the house to cushion the steps and I worried about how alike the homes all were and the inability to make them your own by customizing choices that added architectural details like different and unusual windows and alcoves and my choice of appliances and back three years ago I couldn't get double ovens and I was sure those Damn Morses were Sheisters of the first water. I worried about the taxes and the bond and the mold and the pollen and the folks who would be our neighbors and just about everything else.

As many of you know I have become one of the biggest fans.

I feel so bad about your very normal worries, all of you who are going to a brand new place that is way too good to be true. I do so hope you will end up as happy as most of us are. Feel this hug.

The motivation for many of my posts is to make some of your worries go away and I don't work for the developer, don't know the developer, have never seen the developer. I sure would like to shake his hand before I exit stage right to the village of Heavenly which I hope will be in a thousand years.

Please post your worries here and know that many of us are listening and we care.

NO bathtub is my vote. The whole world takes showers.

You are simply marvelous Graciegirl.
And yes, I am worried too about the "quality of the closet doors and not having a crawl space or basement under the house to cushion the steps and I worried about how alike the homes all were and the inability to make them your own by customizing choices that added architectural details like different and unusual windows and alcoves" don't really care about the double oven but am worried "about the taxes and the bond and the mold and the pollen and the folks who would be our neighbors and just about everything else."
But if you are going to be my neighbor I will be fine.

BTW: What sinkholes and gopher and turtle holes and mold ?

If you need a place to rent for May/ June we have a Gardenia available in Virginia Trace and we do allow small pets. PM me if interested.

Thanks. I think we have May and June lined up but will keep it in mind. We are dealing with April 15 to April 30.

You do NOT have yo take a bath tub. But, in some of the models you have to stretch the room to have enough space for a shower in the guest room. Don't let them tell you that you have to have a tub cause you don't.

happinow. Did you get my pm? if not, please pm me. i have lots of questions to your responses.

We were interested in building the Lantana but just noticed the Ivy which seems to have significantly more space. That said, the view looking out the back seems to be narrower in the Ivy. It is difficult to tell from floor plans. Is anyone able to comment on the differences between the two, excluding the extra bedroom. Thanks.