Bonus rooms, secondary bedrooms offer a variety of lifestyle choices
December 02, 2008
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 in its upscale Palazzo Collection, plus sizeable secondary bedrooms averaging 151 square feet. 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.
"The overwhelming consensus of extensive focus group sessions and feedback from our customers tell us buyers want the 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.
"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,” Vereb explained. “And large secondary bedrooms, especially in our Palazzo Collection, afford buyers a number of lifestyle opportunities as well."
Honored by the City of Lakeland with a Beautification Award in May 2007, 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.The clubhouse has a Renaissance-Tuscan architectural design and resort-style amenities including a state-of-the-art fitness center, kitchen, and multi-purpose rooms for parties, meetings and
events. Outside amenities include a zero-entry pool and spa embraced by landscaped courtyards, a children's playground, and boardwalk with gazebo on the lake.
A gated entry flanked by landscaped arbors, 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, Sleepy Hill Elementary School, and a neighborhood YMCA that offers a variety of after school programs. The schools and the YMCA are located approximately 500 feet from TerraLargo'sSM front entry.
Centrally located between Tampa and Orlando, TerraLargoSM is just 1/2 mile west of U.S. 98 and the Lakeland Square Mall on Sleepy Hill Road, and only five miles from downtown Lakeland. To get to TerraLargoSM take I-4 to exit 32 (State Road 98). Go north approximately 1.5 miles to the third set of traffic lights at Sleepy Hill Road. Turn left and go 1/2 mile to TerraLargoSM on the right.
For more information about TerraLargoSM, contact an Avatar® new home sales consultant at (866) 599-4026, log onto the community's web site at http://www.MyTerraLargo.com, or discover Avatar's® other Central Florida communities at http://www.AvatarHomes.com.
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