Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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We are building in St Catherine’s as well. Our home will be off Mincey Loop so just down the street from Shauna Lane. We liked both the Bridgeport and Woodside plans but ultimately decided to build the Bridgeport with a few modifications.
Our designer was very patient with us but I’m sure needed a few drinks after our meetings. Good luck with everything. I’m sure it will turn out great. |
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#77
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Thank you for your thoughts
Thank you for your thoughts on on acquiring lots and putting in soaker tub. Very much appreciated.
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#78
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Be sure you get 8 foot tall garage doors.
With 7 foot doors, if you have a hatch back when the rear door goes up it will hit the garage door when in the up position. We experienced this during our lifestyle visit. Not to mention 8’ doors look much better Joe |
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Discarded the Sequoia, then the Sycamore. It is now to be the Sunflower or Begonia depending on final price with the stretches. The difference from frame to block will be about 15000 with the stretches. Thats it. No more looking. Unfortunately, it means we lost our place in the queue. They will be fitting us in as they can. Love the added cabinets in the kitchen and the big living room.
If we go beyond the 45 days in the contract to order a house, we need to pay an additional $2500 to hold the lot. It will all come out in the final price - not a penalty, just more earnest money. One thing we did learn - it costs very little to add a room in your stretched garage. It is now my walk in pantry . Plenty of room for the jacuzzi now also. |
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Nice, we are adding a room to the garage as well but it will be my shop off the garage
Block is the only way to go. Looks much better!!! Quote:
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#81
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We briefly looked into it but decided it would be quicker and easier for us to buy a new home that was build already. Worked out great.
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#83
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We pick and built last year. Came down on life style package. That put us with a realtor. He showe us around look at at houses newly built. Looked at new villages. Found a lot and then found a house plan that would fit the lot. Put a deposit on the lot the end of February. We had to come back and complete the finished and details on the houseincluding a couple of stretches. Spend the better part of a week with one if the design team the end of April. The contract was 22 pages.made deposit of 20%(the lot deposit was include in this). The closing date was set and it’s a firm date they never miss a closing. So 90 days from contrAct signing the house was completed and we closed. All our custom changes was done correctly . It went great.
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We are in St Catherine as well.. Design appointment Mid Feb. We are on Shauna Ct how about you?
Joe |
#85
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We are on Auster Ave. we finished our design appt. yesterday. We close 5/19.
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#86
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Cate- do you mind my asking how much you spent in upgrades? We just purchased a homesite on Mincey Lane. We are planning on having a Iris built. We were given a base price of $350 which included a stretch lanai, quartz kitchen counter and laminate flooring.
Someone on here stated they spent over $100K in upgrades and that seems very high. |
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We were actually over $100k in upgrades, BUT we stretched our home almost 300 sq ft and had a lot of top end fixtures/appliances with vinyl plank flooring and quartz countertops throughout the entire house.
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Upgrade Price List
This may be a shot in the dark, but is there anyway to get a list of upgrade costs?
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#89
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I know this is probably a shot in the dark.... But, is there anyway to get a price list for upgrades?
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#90
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They gave us a closing date of April 27th when we signed our contract on Dec 12th. It sounds like the build timeline is a little over 4 months now, with a pool.
We drove down to our lot yesterday morning to see footings poured. Very exciting! The home next door signed their contract a few days after we did and they have concrete walls going up already. It looks like they aren't putting in a pool so their closing date might be earlier. It's crazy how quickly they are building. The St. Catherines area looked completely different yesterday. Homes are popping up like daisies. Tracy |
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