If I was going to move in the fall of the following year into a home yet to be built I had to start looking for a lot.
I spent hours on the real estate websites looking at many different locations and lot sizes, and checking satellite views of the surrounding areas. I looked at websites of builders in the area, emailed a couple, and had a few phone calls. I even got in touch with an independent home design firm, but that turned out to be an expensive proposition when considering a moderately priced project. If I was to build, it would have to be the custom home builders design, maybe with some tweaks.
It was a two day trip. Most of the first day and part of the second day was going to be looking at lots from the northeast of Orlando down to the southeast of the city. Part of the second day was reserved for moderately priced new home developments. The Orlando metro area is constantly expanding outwards. Most of the new construction was southeast of the airport as far down as the Saint Cloud area.
Seeing what the big developers were doing in home design was part of the trip. I wanted to looks at styles, floor plan features, and design cues before I started working with a builder. I had already looked at a lot of different development’s floor plans online as part of figuring out what I wanted in a home. Most of the moderately priced designs no longer have a powder room for guests. I just think it is awkward to let someone into my personal space to make a nature call. And the yards seemed to be very small. You could stand on the property line and spit on your neighbor’s house. So there wasn’t much I was interested in.
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