T-Minus 236 Days: Sand Key by Taylor Morrison

 We are going through new home plans in attempt to find something we really like. Today, I am going to review the Sand Key plan by Taylor Morrison.

If you have read my previous reviews, you know we are interested in "The Cluster". When we stand in the kitchen, we want to see the breakfast nook and the living room. The Breakfast Nook and living room should look out over the pool. The Sand Key provides the cluster.

I would like a lanai that stretches across the back of the house. The Sand key doesn't provide for it, nevertheless, a 36' x 10' lanai is very nice.

We would like a first floor master bedroom and office. The Sand Key provides for that. The Master Bedroom is 100 sqft larger than ours in New York. The dinning room is nearly the same size as our New York dinning room.

What don't we like? We don't like the idea that we have to walk through the bathroom to get to the walk in closet, but that is a minor inconvenience. 

We are brining our adult sons and want to make sure they have their own bathrooms and they can share a living room that is away from us. The second floor of the Sand Key would work perfectly for this. The second floor living room is slightly larger than our New York living room! The smallest bedroom is larger than our largest New York bedroom.

The problem with the Sand Key? By the time we add a pool to the base configuration we will be  almost 10% over budget - which is not where we want to be. While the Sand Key does look great, it is out of our price range.

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