It's not all signed, sealed and inspected, but this could be our new home come January 15th. Decisions to do this have not come easy and we have gone back and forth many times. The Villages makes it relatively painless to contemplate this major undertaking so we've been doubly cautious. And then there was the actual process of looking at the houses available. There were only a couple models and a couple locations that were of interest to us and after awhile they all started looking alike. Finally, this one kept coming to the forefront and started to feel right. It is smaller than some others that we saw and each house seemed to have something we either liked or disliked but none had everything. This one came closest. It is 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, around 2000 sf. None of the houses are much over 2100 unless you spend the really big bucks. And it has the 2 car plus golf cart garage.
This is the view from the front door into the great room. The kitchen is a reasonable size with very pretty granite, stainless appliances and bisque colored cabinets which appealed to me. This area is all tile, set on the diagonal and bedrooms are carpeted.
View from kitchen, across great room to french doors going out to lanai. Note the fireplace on the right, which has a window on each side. Very similar to the arrangement in our Pa. house. The cabinets look white in the picture but really are a very rich cream or bisque. And the walls are similar to the color at home also. Maybe that's why this house felt right. Our reaction to a fireplace in Fl was similar to the one we had when we saw the fireplace in the RV. But we quickly learned to enjoy that one.
Lanai with wet bar. Some have a grill built in but guess that's just something to break. This has a small refrig and sink. The other door goes into the master bedroom.
View from the golf course. There is no landscaping in back and there is room for expansion should we ever want to put in that large pool !!!!! (don't think so)
View from across the golf course. Our house is to the right of center with all the palm trees.
Today we signed papers and such and they actually gave us a garage opener so we can go in anytime we want. He said to bring a lawn chair and stay awhile.!! Tomorrow evening is a neighborhood block party . We seem to arrive at the right time. So we'll get to meet our neighbors and hopefully find some golf partners.
Cold day today, low of 36 and high's in the 50's. But the rest of the week will be typical.
Anyone want to buy a house in Pennsylvania???
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