What about the Begonia??

Twinspin60 · 09-28-2012, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ohiobruce

We just moved into a new Begonia in June.
I'd recommend the 2" width addition on the living room, guest bed, guest bath and den side. It really makes a difference in all four rooms. The 3" lenght extension on the front den w/ closet turns that room into a real nice
2nd guest bedroom / den. Contrary to other postings we turned the nook into an office. We found that we tend to eat on the lanai with the formal dining room and the kitchen bar as backups. We didn't need a 4th dining area.
Mistakes we made, no door bell on the lanai, didn't run speeker wires for the surround speakers.
Other nice stretches that we took advantage of: 4' lanai addition and 4' width and 2' depth additions on the garage.

Thanks for your info--we're already planning to sretch the lanai and will probably stretch the side of the bedrooms. I still like the layout of the Begonia--my husband likes the Iris--I've got to make my mind up quickly!

senior citizen · 06:16 AM

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Kelsie52 · 09-28-2012, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Donna Temple

[I can't believe, that you all change the new homes, when you buy them! It must be nice to be so rich.

Donna -- The stretches are changes you can make before they build the house --not that expensive when you cosider the space you gain ---

senior citizen · 06:16 AM

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SukiChu · 09-28-2012, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by FoPAA

We have a pocket door to close off the laundry in our Gardenia - can't you do this any more?

We did it in our Iris which we just closed on so I think it is still available.

Kelsie52 · 09-28-2012, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by senior citizen

Kelsie:
Would you know if they would also "add" a half a bath (toilet & sink) off the lanai where the pool and birdcage would go???? Maybe even a shower?

Hubby thinks all of those pool homes should have a small bathroom off the lanai, so grandchildren, etc. don't have to trek through the entire house to get to the other two bathrooms.

Jut wondering. Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer.

Also, does anyone know the cost of all this "bumping out" say from the "new baby Iris" out to the lifestyle visit sized Iris? Thank you.

I dont think they will do that ---but take a look at the ELM it has a similar set-up but the second bathroom has 2 entrances --one goes out to the Lanai

We had a pool installed and use the slider to the Master bedroom for acces to the bath for the swimmers --works well --keeps the main area dry --

Good Luck

09-29-2012, 03:27 AM

Thanks kelsie. That explains LOL.

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hotrodgirl · 09-29-2012, 08:40 AM

I am currently building a Lantana. I have bumped, stretched, and added a third bathroom. One of my neighbors added a craft room to the back of the golf cart garage and rearranged the kitchen layout at his build. Should you make these changes during your build if you have purchased a lot, it is not cost prohibitive. The cost would depend on the amount of the stretch, i.e. 2 or 4 feet. To add an additional 2 feet to the one side of the house was about 3000. Certainly that would differ house to house depending on what you wanted done, so you cannot depend on the price I am saying. But to do an addition after the fact would be considerably more. And construction prices fluctuate month to month as well depending on material pricing, etc.
I also stayed on Merryweather Way for my LSV and would be happy with any one of those homes! They were wonderfully inviting! I believe mine was a stretched Gardenia.
Nice view off the lanai, close to LSL. Had a Langana come up for sale there I may have reconsidered!!

Tom Grooms · 10-09-2012, 10:31 AM

We built a Begonia in St James, closed in late February 2012. LOVE IT! When we did the lifestyle visit in March 2011 and looked at displays, the Begonia had the slider off the Master bedroom onto the lanai. When we came back to build the house the display didn't have the slider and we decided it worked out even better. It's nice having that wall in the master to put a dresser up against and the wall outside in the lanai was perfect for a outdoor entertainment center (IE flat panel TV and outdoor speakers). We did a 4' stretch in the lanai which I believe should be mandatory. Stretched the garage 4' wide and 2' deep which was as much as they would allow.

We also went with elevation "D". They call it the witches hat. It has 3 windows and conferred ceilings in the den. It looks great and adds to the size of the room.

We just had our desk installed in our breakfast nook on Thursday. Turned out great! We have 4 bar stools around the counter top, a 6 place dining room set and can sit another 10 in the lanai. We had no need for the 4 place breakfast nook. I'll never need to sit 20 people for dinner in my home so we pulled the trigger.

Bob Ives did a great job and I highly recommend him. His wife JoAnne was our real estate agent and they both know alot about the homes in the Villages. It took about three weeks to order the cabinets. They are exactly the same and the kitchen. Same manufacture from Indiana, same counter tops. Its a perfect match. The drawers on the bottom are hanging file drawers, we love it!