LAKELAND, FL--With more professionals now working out of their homes and an increase in the number of extended families, homebuilders are creating more space to accommodate both trends. Case in point: Homes being built by Avatar Properties Inc. in its gated, Tuscan-themed community of TerraLargoSM in Lakeland.
The award-winning builder-developer is now offering second-floor bonus room options with up to 560 sq. ft. of additional space for three plans in its upscale Palazzo Collection. All told, four of the five plans in the Palazzo Collection now offer bonus room options, while one plan in Avatar's Castello Collection offers several second floor space options.
"We've conducted focus groups and fielded extensive feedback from our customers, and the overwhelming consensus is they want the flexibility of having additional space to satisfy their family's social and professional lifestyle requirements," said Francesca Vereb, marketing director for Avatar.
TerraLargoSM homebuyers can use the added bonus space as a home office, game room, media center, children's playroom, and as an extra bedroom or mother-in-law suite, Vereb said. "Having the availability of the bonus room eliminates having to utilize base floor plan spaces for purposes other than for what they were originally designed."
TerraLargoSM is planned for 618 single-family homes and executive residences offering plans with 1,462 to 3,162 sq. ft. of living area at prices from the mid-$200s to over $400,000.
The centerpiece for the 640-acre master-planned community is its 5,000 sq. ft. clubhouse and lushly landscaped pool deck which overlooks 29-acre Meadow View Lake where residents can fish and operate non-motorized watercraft.
Tuscan stone benches, fountains and plant-accented columns are set throughout TerraLargoSM, while a palette of ornamental flowers in yellow, red and pink pay homage to Italy's Tuscan region. For parents with school-age children, TerraLargoSM has gated access to neighboring Sleepy Hill Middle School and Sleepy Hill Elementary School, the latter under construction and scheduled to open this August. The schools are located approximately 500 feet from TerraLargo'sSM front entry gate. For more information about TerraLargoSM, contact an Avatar new home sales consultant at (866) 599-4026, log onto the community's web site at
www.MyTerraLargo.com, or discover Avatar's other Central Florida communities at
www.AvatarHomes.com.