Residents find TerraLargo’sSM location ‘perfect’ for all their needs
February 24, 2009
LAKELAND, FL --- Studies show there are lots of reasons homebuyers select one community over another, but locations close to schools, shopping and places of work arguably remain the key to most purchase decisions.Case in point: TerraLargoTM, the award-winning gated community by Avatar® Properties Inc., centrally located between Tampa and Orlando in Lakeland. Just ask the residents.
Resident Paul Bulilan knows all about the real estate mantra, 'Location, Location, Location.' "This is absolutely the perfect place to live in Florida, hands down," said Bulilan, a Realtor with Keller Williams Realty in Lakeland.
"At TerraLargoTM, we're close to everything, yet we have the peace and quiet of a beautiful resort-like setting in the suburbs," Bulilan explained. "It's just a 10-minute drive to my office and only about 30 minutes to Tampa and the attractions in Orlando."
Bulilan's wife, Gerlida, a registered nurse at nearby Lakeland Regional Hospital, said it only takes her "about seven or eight minutes" to get to work.
Resident Jeannethe Matthews, a business analyst whose work has taken her to Tampa and Orlando, found TerraLargoTM to be "the perfect location between the two cities. I'm on the Interstate (I-4) in just five minutes, and I'm also close to shopping and everything else I need, including major airports in Tampa and Orlando."
In fact, Matthews was so impressed with TerraLargo'sTM 5,000 sq. ft. clubhouse complex that includes a state-of the-art fitness center and zero-entry pool and spa embraced by landscaped courtyards that she cancelled her membership at a local health club.
Although residents Rudy and Camilla Gittens have lived in Lakeland for the past 22 years, they found TerraLago'sTM location "perfect" for all their needs. Gittens, a retired U.S. Postal Service manager and professional tennis instructor, often gives lessons at Lakeland's Lake Parker, while Camilla is just 15 minutes from her job at the Lakeland Post Office.
"TerraLargoSM offered everything we wanted in a place to live... a home that suited our lifestyle, gated security, a clubhouse with a fitness center and swimming facilities, and an address close to where we work," he said.
For a young couple with children, TerraLargoSM was perfectly located. "Before we were married we started looking for a home in a location that would be convenient to both our jobs. TerraLargoTM was perfect." said the mother who asked to remain anonymous. She is a systems analyst in Lakeland and he is the lead developer who builds software applications for the Orlando office of a national communications company.
Parents of two children, they also liked TerraLargo'sTM proxomity to Sleepy Hill Elementary and Sleepy Hill Middle schools, both located within a 5-minute walk from the community's gated main entrance. Plus there is a YMCA next to the schools that offers a host of after-school programs for children.
TerraLargo'sSM lush landscaping and clubhouse location alongside 29-acre Meadow View Lake have proven to be a big draw as well, and earned the community a 2007 Beautification Award from the City of Lakeland. Amenities also include a boardwalk with gazebo on the lake where residents can fish and use non-motorized watercraft.
One of five award-winning Central Florida communities being developed by Avatar® , TerraLargoSM offers a total of nine 3- and 4-bedroom single-family plans from two outstanding collections at prices starting in the low-$200s.
TerraLargoSM is located at 1775 Sleepy Hill Road, just ½ mile west of U.S. 98 and only one mile from Exit 32 at Interstate 4 and U.S. 98. For more about TerraLargoSM, call 866-261-4526, or visit http://www.MyTerraLargo.com or http://www.AvatarHomes.com.
Avatar® also is developing the gated lakefront communities of BellalagoSM and the Isles of BellalagoSM in the Osceola County City of Kissimmee, the 47,000-acre master-planned community of Poinciana in northwest Osceola and northeast Polk counties, and the 4,300-acre active adult community of Solivita® on the Polk County side of Poinciana.
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Developer may change home design, materials, amenities, features, methods of construction and price without prior notice. All stated dimensions, square footages and ceiling heights are approximate and should not be used as a representation of a home's or facility's size, and may vary with construction plans. Square footage calculations are from the outside of exterior walls and include interior partition walls. Due to normal construction tolerances, square footages and dimensions may vary from those indicated. Association assessments and mandatory club membership fees required. TerraLargo residents are permitted to operate non-motorized watercraft only on Meadow View Lake. This is not an offer in states and other jurisdictions where prior registration is required and void where prohibited by law. QB# 1224. Avatar® Properties Inc., 10323 Cross Creek Blvd., Suite D, Tampa, Florida 33647.
