City of Westlake (West Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Palm Beach Gardens: appointed, sales, new home)

[Peruchi]

Any thoughts in the brand new city of Westlake that Homebuilder Minto is building from the ground up located in the western part of West Palm Beach ??

[TriMT7]

Originally Posted by Peruchi

Any thoughts in the brand new city of Westlake that Homebuilder Minto is building from the ground up located in the western part of West Palm Beach ??

Just drove by it today. It is so.far.west.

I'm sure the home pries are way better than what's being built in the eastern parts though (such as Alton in Palm Beach Gardens).

[skylinet]

Prices are better than Alton, but not cheap by any means. Same thing with arden.
Im building a home with Cal-Atlantic not far from the turnpike for similar prices to these communities.

[Peruchi]

Originally Posted by skylinet

Prices are better than Alton, but not cheap by any means. Same thing with arden.
Im building a home with Cal-Atlantic not far from the turnpike for similar prices to these communities.

I went to take a tour and have a feeling of the new city of Westlake development. The location is in the very far west area and it will take almost 20 minutes to get to the SR-7 (I-441) from there.
Let me tell you that I was so disappointed when I found out that the impact windows ($25,000 if you want it installed in your new home) and many other basic options were not included in the price of the house, but if you do want them, it will bump the price of the house to another $50,000 - 75,000 plus the price of the impact windows . All houses have a man made lake view and because of that you have to throw in another $50,000 - 65,000 for the price of the lot on top of all. So I was looking at a $480,000 house from the beginning and I ended up with a total price of over $600,000. On the positive side, they will give you a 3% discount if you are in the Law Enforcement field, Firefighter, etc. and also if you are still owning a home, they will sell your house for you (3% in realtor fees savings) + $10,000 in closing cost savings.

[skylinet]

Yeah, I guess there's a neighborhood for everyone but I don't know why anyone would go that far west if they aren't really saving much.
I'm building in andalucia in Lake Worth and we're getting a modern style 3,400 sqft (under air) house with impact windows for under 600k. Lots are a little small but they are selling extremely fast due to the modern exteriors.

Curious how a new construction agent would sell your existing house for you since they are typically at the sales center the majority of the prime showing hours. Unless they have a separate team for resales. If you use a realtor to help you buy new construction it doesn't cost you anything and that agent might discount their services to help you sell your existing home so you get an actual realtor helping you.

Most builders offer the closing cost savings since the buyer typically pays for the doc stamps and other fees on new construction.

[Peruchi]

Originally Posted by skylinet

Yeah, I guess there's a neighborhood for everyone but I don't know why anyone would go that far west if they aren't really saving much.
I'm building in andalucia in Lake Worth and we're getting a modern style 3,400 sqft (under air) house with impact windows for under 600k. Lots are a little small but they are selling extremely fast due to the modern exteriors.

Curious how a new construction agent would sell your existing house for you since they are typically at the sales center the majority of the prime showing hours. Unless they have a separate team for resales. If you use a realtor to help you buy new construction it doesn't cost you anything and that agent might discount their services to help you sell your existing home so you get an actual realtor helping you.

Most builders offer the closing cost savings since the buyer typically pays for the doc stamps and other fees on new construction.

They do have a different resale department for that, but it still does not make sense for me to live that far west and away from everything else. I will take a look at Andalucía in Lake Worth. Thanks.