[bluedog103]

As of July 1, TV has eliminated the Ranch Home Series of homes from their offering. Our sales rep says they eliminated some lines and merged others into the Cottage Series.
On our last LSV, the sales rep we were assigned at that time said the Cottage Homes were simply cheap, stripped down versions of the Ranch Homes and didn't think they were worthwhile, thus, we were not shown anything in this line.
I thought the Ranch Series included some pretty ordinary items, such as garage door openers, which are not present in the Cottage Homes. Seems like they've added yet another task to be completed by the buyer following the sale of the home.
Unless they've dressed up the Cottage series or reduced the price of lower level Designer homes, this move doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

[champion6]

Originally Posted by bluedog103

As of July 1, TV has eliminated the Ranch Home Series of homes from their offering. Our sales rep says they eliminated some lines and merged others into the Cottage Series.

Uh-Oh. My wife read this, looked at the revised listings on TV's website and nearly had a heart attack. We're going to have to re-evaluate our plans!

[Russ_Boston]

If you liked the ranch homes I'd suggest either the Jasmine II or the Whispering Pine II. There are many news ones for under 200K. Similar to the bigger ranch homes with just a little more sq ft.

They even have a 2000 sq. ft. Lily model (my fav) for 211K! (interior lot of course)

[Muncle]

Looks like not a big deal. I've been in a Corpus Christie ranch since 2005 and absolutely love it. It appears that the Sand Castle cottage is identical, except I've a 2 car and golf cart garage. Other Corpus Christies have smaller garages. Re in house amenities like garage door opener that Bluedog cited, summer of '05, we got none of those in a ranch. Buyer was responsible for garage openers, washer/dryer, ceiling fans, and window treatments. As the market tightened, more of these things were included as enticements. Same will happen with the Cottages.

Aside --- I've always hated the term "ranch house" as it invoke memories of 50's and 60's housing developments with identical ticky-tacky homes. In considering alternatives, I'd thought of "Cottages" but rejected it because it implied, at least to me, a real small place. But I do prefer the term to ranch house.



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[paulandjean]

we love our ranch home