T-Minus 236 Days: Searching for New Builds Part II

 In August, I searched the west side of Greater Orlando for new home builders. I thought I was very thorough. Regardless, we decided to give it one more look because we are traveling to Florida next week and have to figure out what we want to see. On one day, my wife and I went through every builder from Minneola to the Rt27/Rt192 intersection (Four Corners region). The next task was to continue down Rt. 27 toward Haines City. On another day, we are going to look at everything around Apopka Lake. 

In August, I put an "X" on the map for every builder I checked. This time, I put more information on the map, such as, are the houses too small for what we need? Are they too expensive? Is the development full or sold out? Or, is there a building plan in that subdivision that might meet our needs? Typically, anything that is too small is 2500sqft feet or less - or - up to 2800sqft with a building plan that doesn't meet our needs. Too expensive is anything that is outside of our Financial Advisor's budget (remembering that we need to add a pool).

The following are maps start at Four Corners (the first map) and go southward to the top of Haines City (the last map)

The next map is where I4 meets Rt. 27 in the Champion's Gate area. 

The next map is to the east of the I4/Rt27 intersection that was shown in the map above. The map shows the areas around Rt.17. Route27 and Rt 17 meet in Haines City.

For a little perspective on the next map: Rt 27 is running down the left side of the map. Rt. 17 is on the right side, coming in at an angle. 

Again, Rt. 27 is on the left side of the map, and Rt. 17 is on the right side of the map. 

If I continued south from this point, I would get deeper into Haines City, and there isn't really any new building happening. Besides, we don't want to go that far south. 

There are several promising house designs, unfortunately they are pretty far south and/or in the middle or no where. That is the end of the tour. The next area we'll look at is the area around the east side of Lake Apopka.