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Rightsizing: Trading in your large home for a smaller, more manageable new home
Admin Homes • Mar 28, 2018
For many, the American Dream represents having a large home, with plenty of space for a growing family and entertaining guests.
But if you’ve already had the experience of owning a large home and your children have grown up and moved out, you may be reconsidering all that space and thinking of simplifying your life with a smaller, more manageable new home.
After years of owning a large home, downsizing your square footage or “rightsizing” can be a welcome change that allows you to cut your living expenses.
One of the clear choices for rightsizing is a maintenance-included villa home.
These new homes are anywhere from 1,500 to 4,000 square feet with most below 2,000 square feet with 2-3 bedrooms.
Villas are cleverly designed for maximizing space and storage with many featuring open floor plans.
Limited maintenance means that you will no longer be responsible for lawn service or snow removal – a welcome change if you’ve had to shovel your driveway for the past 20 years.
These homes are also a great option if you plan to spend time traveling in the near future; if you want to become a snowbird or if you’d like to finally go on those big trips you’ve always dreamed of taking.
With a maintenance included home you never have to worry about your lawn growing out of control while you’re away.
Most villas on the market are set floorplans, but custom home builder, Parkview Homes, builds new villa homes that you can fully customize from top to bottom and even down to architectural changes.
You can have your villa home, your way.
So, you don’t have to sacrifice your personal style when you rightsize into a villa.
Parkview also offers 1
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floor master suites and the ability to have a walk-out lower level or deck to increase your living space.
The conscious choice to design plans with lots of windows makes our villas feel more open and airy.
Ready to put away the lawnmower and snow shovel?
Want to reduce your living expenses? Or are you just ready for a fresh start in a new space?
There are several villas communities available from Parkview Homes: Siedel’s Landing in Strongsville, Stonebridge Crossing in Stow, The Arbors at Bridgewater Crossing in Brunswick Hills or Camden Villas at High Point in Strongsville.
Many communities even have Quick Delivery Villa Homes available for immediate move-in.
Whatever the reason you’re thinking about rightsizing, come visit our communities and discover the possibilities.
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