Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Build Process - Considering Select Minimum / Upgrade After Closing…
As we understand it from recent forum posts, the “Street of Dreams” build process is now more like the “Avenue of Disappointment” regarding very limited choices and options. Thinking of going with the bare minimum selections or least expensive choices then have everything from tile flooring, backsplash, light fixtures, and blinds, added after closing…
Guess choosing basic carpet everywhere possible is the cheapest way to proceed with upgrading to tile flooring later; omit what we can or select the least expensive options. Cabinets, sinks, countertops, and shower, we are thinking those are the “keepers” and we should choose best of what’s available not replacing later. Has anyone followed a similar strategy and can say they are happy with the results (choices, costs, and quality of third party workmanship)? |
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The current marketing period you are describing sounds similar to the restrictive environment when we built in 2008. We opted for tile in the public areas, i.e., living, dining room. They (developer) wouldn't even lay it diagonally. Now we prefer the look of plank tile over square ceramic that comes with enormous amount of troublesome grout. But too costly to change.
Your thinking about installing the builder carpet throughout is sound, in my opinion. |
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Not sure how much it adds to the price of the home but doing the tile floor afterwards may be an issue. Some tiles won't line up correctly if carpet is laid like in a bedroom. The tile from the hall will match going into the bedroom (where carpet is removed) but when you get to the bathroom that originally had tile, the new tile probably won't line up and you'll need a threshold piece. May be 2 or 3 tiles laid perpendicular to bedroom & bathroom tiles. Either way, the grout lines will not match going from bedroom to bathroom. It could look like a hack job when finished.
I'd put tile in the same category as your cabinets & countertops. Get what you want as it's being built and cut back elsewhere. It's only a few more $ on your monthly mortgage. You also need to think about how difficult it might (will) be to get construction people in to do any work after the fact. And pricing will be higher. |
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You may be able to choose vinyl instead of tile. Matching tile after is not fun
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Matching vinyl has the same issue. Dye lots change and some are discontinued just like regular ceramic/porcelain tile.
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One puts in vinyl to save $$$$, so it can be ripped up after closing along with the builder carpet, than install aftermarket floors
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Hope this helps.
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Last edited by Pairadocs; 04-15-2023 at 09:07 PM. Reason: typo |
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I did exactly that on the new build we moved into in August 2022 in St. John’s. I have built two new homes elsewhere in the past and The Villages was the most ridiculous and frustrating of anything I have ever been involve in. Between The Villages unwillingness to disclose the cost for upgrades, a bump in the base price of our plan of $25,000 at our design meeting due to lumber prices going up (lumber went back down 2 months later but we got nothing back), non disclosure of several key changes to design features of our plan ahead of time until we got to our design appt….then had to pay a fortune to make changes back to the original design. Good luck with these Village idiots. I ripped out the base carpet the day of closing and gave it away on Facebook market place. Left the vinyl sheeting down and put vinyl plank everywhere…my preference since I have seen too many older seniors fall on ceramic and break something like hips. I put in all the light fixtures, fans, blinds, did my own painting. Personally I would prefer not to have had to do any changes because it really ruined the enjoyment of building a new home, and I will never build another new home with The Villages. The build process was the “Street of Big Disappointments” and not great quality at all.
Last edited by Mazjaz; 04-16-2023 at 05:17 AM. Reason: Changes |
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I close May 15 in Newell. The rules they have are arbitrary and made to build faster - quantity, NOT quality. You pick lot, floor plan, (basic) colors, cabinets, countertops and flooring. The choices are very few and very basic grays and pastels. If they display 20 light fixtures, 6 are available. There is no flexibility - only one carpet color, one color paint, one cabinet type, landscaping choices, etc. There are NO interior wall deviations. If you dream of designing a house, go to TOTW.
As far as upgrades - we did what we could (undercabinet lighting, all available stretches) but anything customer is aftermarket...
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Very sad to read these posts.
Certainly kills any interest we would have to build another homes here. |
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Not my intention to project a negative perception, we love it here and would not build elsewhere. Just going to have to be creative in building as close to our dream home as “practical”. I think flooring, light fixtures, room colors, and maybe even backsplash, can be our after close choices - six months down the road after closing hopefully will be what others could custom build years ago. Times change guess we just have to change with it is what I am trying to do… thanks to everyone for their responses - staying positive TV is still the best place I can think of to live!
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We took vinyl over carpet, you can put most plank flooring right over it.
At the time the options were almost unlimited 2.5 years ago.
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