[tudacee]

My husband and I have been looking at the Bonita models in Pennecamp Village. I suspect we will end up there. Really excited about it.

One day, our paths may cross and I look forward to it.

[graciegirl]

A warm and hearty welcome to you all.

But I have a question for you Tudacee. What is the Bonita model?

[wkogto]

TOTV has been an excellent resource for me .... Bill and I are SO excited to finally be down here! Can't wait for our Pennecamp house closing and getting settled. But this "build" time gives us an opportunity to get the lay of the land. We had lots of tv commercials for TV in Atlanta and I would tell everyone that they really are true and, in fact, is better!

Gail

[getdul981]

http://www.thevillages.com/homes/new.../bonita-FP.pdf

[graciegirl]

Lovely layout. I was thinking they had added a new model to the designer bunch. Now I know.

Hope you find the perfect one for you.

[Russ_Boston]

New models coming out in June for all series. For example I know there is going to be a frame and vinyl version of the Begonia and the Iris. I'm sure there will be others.

[getdul981]

Is there any problem with termites if you get a frame and vinyl and has there been any problems with hurricanes with them?

[mgman]

We bought our dirt in Pennecamp April 22. It is unit 165, lot 62. Our address is 1986 Eldridge Loop. Yours must be somewhere near there. We plan to build a Begonia as soon as our home here in Texas sells. Let us know your exact lot number and we can see how close we will be. We already met our new neighbors to the rear. They have already moved in and seem to be great people. We look forward to making your acquaintance. Let us know.

[getdul981]

Hi there Jan and Chuck,

You are right next door! Our lot number is 63. We also plan to build as soon as our house here in VA sells. We're thinking either Begonia or Gardenia, whichever one has the golf cart garage. We have not met anyone in the area yet. This is as close as we've come. We're really looking forward to this and hope everything goes smoothly.

[jmitchell]

Hi Penne"campers"

Our names are Mike and Julie Mitchell and we also bought "a piece of dirt" in Pennecamp back in January. We are in section 169, lot 48. I believe our address will be 1748 Pennecamp Dr. We can't wait to meet all of you!!! Our plan is to begin building in late August. We are moving from Fairfax VA. If anyone who lives there already would be willing to take and post some pictures that would be GREAT! When we purchased our lot there was almost nothing there and now I understand it is pretty well built.

We are planning on building a Gardenia, but I understand that there may be some new models coming out so we'll see if anything works even better for us than the Gardenia.

Can't wait to meet everyone. We are already planning a neighborhood "Christmas Party"

[mgman]

If you are getting a golf garage, it is probably a Begonia like ours. What colors are you considering? We hope ours will be light gray. The couple behind you on lot 73 are from up east somewhere, They plan to be in TV about 7 months a year and up north the rest of the year. This is according to Chuck and Mary who live behind us on corner lot 74. They seem like really nice people. They also plan to stay only 7 month. Our sales agent told us a lot of people start that way but become full-time in a few years. They are retired school teachers. So are we. It sounds like you are in the same boat are we are, waiting for the house to sell. We are getting quite a bit of traffic but no offers yet. We cannot wait to meet both of you. We look forward to many years of fun and friendship. You can always contact us at mgman@brazoriainet.com

Chuck and Jan Horsley

[getdul981]

We haven't even got our house listed yet. Just had a realtor come by to get some info and will get back to us by Friday about what price we should be asking for our house. We're having another one come by tomorrow and we'll decide between the two as to which one we want to list with.

It's good to hear from all the folks moving into our neighborhood. We'll know each other before we even get a chance to really know each other. My name is Greg Trump and my wife's name is Vicki. We're getting ready to have a yard sale Saturday. If we can get rid of a bunch of stuff then, it will make things a lot easier. We'll have to have several more sales before we are ready to move.

We have no idea what color we want and we don't even know what is available. We haven't picked out anything yet except the lot and probably the house.

Chuck, are you going to leave the Begonia as it sits? I'm thinking I would like to have it flipped because, the sun sets in the west. That would put the guest rooms on the west side and the master on the east side. Have you thought about that?

[mgman]

My understanding is your house will have a right driveway. I was told there was no choice in that. We chose our site because the sun would be on the lanai in the morning and the shaded for the afternoon. North is almost straight out of our garages. Just a little to the right of straight. Straight out would be NNW. That means the sun sits so that both of our lanai get shade in the summer evening.

[getdul981]

We wanted a lot that definitely did not have the garage facing west. That evening sun shining into the garage we have now is absolutely not something I wanted to have on the next house. I didn't know there was no choice in how the house sat on the lot. I guess we may have to just learn to live with the sun on the master side in the evenings. I also didn't want a garage facing west because when the wind blows, it usually blows west to east and where we live now, there are leaves and all kinds of other stuff that blows into the garage. Probably won't have to worry much about leaves in TV, but there's still other stuff that the wind picks up and blows.

[Russ_Boston]

Yes you can not decide L or R garage. But if you want the lanai on the garage side in the same size house as a Begonia you can choose an Iris which also has the inside golf car garage. Begonia is opposite garage/lanai, Iris is same side garage/lanai.

We went with the Begonia since we have a Left driveway but need a right side lanai to best utilize our lot dimensions.