[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by MrChip72

For sure, they were the last ones in DeLuna to sell. The developer was smart though, the neighborhoods that back onto the turnpike are all the cheapest home designs in the first place (Cottage and Patio villas), so they weren't really discounting them that much in the end. Selling for $270k or something like that.

Here’s another condescending post.

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

I agree with you, even if the historic side…….so what.



I must have fallen asleep and missed this post…..

Originally Posted by MrChip72
I'm not sure that will come to fruition. The homes south of 44 are much more modern overall. You're not going to have many people fulfilling their dream of retiring in their mid 50's and getting excited living in prefab homes with oak or white MDF cupboards and featuring linoleum and parquet flooring like exists in the north end.

Just where are these homes you speak of? I found this post very condescending.

I actually know of a couple in St James, who build their designer home, stretches everywhere, but inside they used the cheapest vinyl, cabinets, fixtures, countertops, and no appliances.

Saved bunch of money, taxes were lower. Then 2 days after closing, gutted floors, cabinets, countertops, and put high end everything. Don’t remember how much they saved. But it was unbelievable when they were done.

[Randall55]

Originally Posted by asianthree

I actually know of a couple in St James, who build their designer home, stretches everywhere, but inside they used the cheapest vinyl, cabinets, fixtures, countertops, and no appliances.

Saved bunch of money, taxes were lower. Then 2 days after closing, gutted floors, cabinets, countertops, and put high end everything. Don’t remember how much they saved. But it was unbelievable when they were done.

We did the same when we purchased a new home here. Why pay the builder a premium price for the same cheap LVP and quartz countertops that gets hastily slapped into EVERY new home? I would rather have larger rooms than that cheap builder-grade material any day! Isn't Luxury Vinyl Plank an oxymoron?

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Have you seen that stated somewhere?

I believe it is likely that it will be both ways but they *could* put in a gate with a card reader (and no red button) like the Paradise gate up north.

Yes, in one of the videos on Middleton...

[margaretmattson]

Originally Posted by Randall55

We did the same when we purchased a new home here. Why pay the builder a premium price for the same cheap LVP and quartz countertops that gets hastily slapped into EVERY new home? I would rather have larger rooms than that cheap builder-grade material any day! Isn't Luxury Vinyl Plank an oxymoron?

Same, same, same! Every new house, cookie cutter inside and out. I really wish they would build different styles homes with varying interior finishes. Tired of "this home is exactly like the other hundreds I have looked at." Most likely, I will just stay put in my current CYV and remodel. Probably cheaper anyway.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

I agree with you, even if the historic side…….so what.



I must have fallen asleep and missed this post…..

Originally Posted by MrChip72
I'm not sure that will come to fruition. The homes south of 44 are much more modern overall. You're not going to have many people fulfilling their dream of retiring in their mid 50's and getting excited living in prefab homes with oak or white MDF cupboards and featuring linoleum and parquet flooring like exists in the north end.

Just where are these homes you speak of? I found this post very condescending.

Agreed. But thank goodness no one south of 44 ever bashes those living north of 44... Wait, what?

[margaretmattson]

Originally Posted by MrChip72

I'm not sure that will come to fruition. The homes south of 44 are much more modern overall. You're not going to have many people fulfilling their dream of retiring in their mid 50's and getting excited living in prefab homes with oak or white MDF cupboards and featuring linoleum and parquet flooring like exists in the north end.

Huh? correct me if I am wrong but the walls of the new homes are premade then merely craned into place. Doesn't LVP stand for luxury VINYL plank? Never saw a home in the Villages with MDF cabinets. Modern homes? The developer has been building the SAME floor plans for 20 plus years! Every village has the same homes only the exterior elevation changes. Glad you are so excited to retire in your mid 50's with a new home that is sooooo much better than what others have.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by margaretmattson

Huh? correct me if I am wrong but the walls of the new homes are premade then merely craned into place. Doesn't LVP stand for luxury VINYL plank? Never saw a home in the Villages with MDF cabinets. Modern homes? The developer has been building the SAME floor plans for 20 plus years! Every village has the same homes only the exterior elevation changes.

Well, they have changed some of the floorplans...

The Bridgeport, for example, was changed to have a more open kitchen...

The Gardenia (or was it the Begonia?) use to have a pillar defining the corner of the dining room. They deleted it as time went on...

[margaretmattson]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Well, they have changed some of the floorplans...

The Bridgeport, for example, was changed to have a more open kitchen...

The Gardenia (or was it the Begonia?) use to have a pillar defining the corner of the dining room. They deleted it as time went on...

The kitchens in the older homes are bigger. I personally like them better. You just proved my point, Gardenia and Begonia are the same floor plan. Is removing a pillar that much MORE MODERN? Personally, I do not think so. Just same floor plan with one added feature.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by margaretmattson

The kitchens in the older homes are bigger. I personally like them better. You just proved my point, Gardenia and Begonia are the same floor plan. Is removing a pillar that much MORE MODERN? Personally, I do not think so. Just same floor plan with one added feature.

You just proved MY point. If kitchens in the older homes were bigger, they most certainly HAVE changed the plans...

Oh, and removing a pillar isn't ADDING a feature...

[margaretmattson]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

You just proved MY point. If kitchens in the older homes were bigger, they most certainly HAVE changed the plans...

Oh, and removing a pillar isn't ADDING a feature...

The kitchens in the older homes are bigger because they have a wall. In the newer homes the wall was removed to open up the space. No wall? Less cabinets!

The meaning of the words added feature? Po tay- to, Po-tah-to. Buy a home with a wall in the kitchen or a pillar in the dining room, doesn't matter. Still the same floor plan.

[MrChip72]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

I consider our home in "the north end" but we don't have any of the features you mentioned. None of my friends who live in designer homes in Mallory have those finishes either. I think you may be referring to homes in the historic section. No?

I was responding to a post referencing the historic section specifically.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Randall55

We did the same when we purchased a new home here. Why pay the builder a premium price for the same cheap LVP and quartz countertops that gets hastily slapped into EVERY new home? I would rather have larger rooms than that cheap builder-grade material any day! Isn't Luxury Vinyl Plank an oxymoron?

Just wondering......are Quartz countertops considered to be "cheap builder-grade material? When we were shopping for our remodeling, Quartz countertops were more expensive than granite. Has something changed?

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by MrChip72

I was responding to a post referencing the historic section specifically.

OK. Thought so. I must have missed that. Thanks for clarifying.

[Randall55]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Just wondering......are Quartz countertops considered to be "cheap builder-grade material? When we were shopping for our remodeling, Quartz countertops were more expensive than granite. Has something changed?

Who said anything about granite? Not the material I chose. I used the words cheap quartz because the one supplied by the Villages' builders is the lowest grade of quartz. Anyone can choose not to have it placed in a newly built home and ask for laminate, instead. Then buy a much better surface, in a color you prefer, for the same price the builder charges you for his cheaper grade. In the end, you pay the same price for the home but you have top-quality finishes. An added bonus, your yearly taxes will be a little cheaper since the recorded purchase price of the home is minus all the optional builder upgrades.