When it comes to selecting the ideal place to live, homebuyer studies have shown the Three Ls--location, lifestyle and leisure-time amenities--play a major role in the decision-making process.
Case in point: The gated, lakeside community of TerraLargoSM in Lakeland. Here, homebuyers have all three Ls, plus a wide selection of attractive Tuscan-inspired homes in two outstanding collections by award-winning builder-developer Avatar Properties Inc. Of the nearly 50 homebuyers who've already purchased homes here, you regularly hear comments like "We fell in love with it right away", "It's the most beautiful development in Lakeland", "First class", and "We feel like we're on vacation here."
TerraLargoSM also evoked laudatory comments from The City of Lakeland which honored the community with its Beautification Award just this past May. Situated alongside 29-acre Meadow View Lake, the community makes a great first impression with its gated entry flanked by landscaped arbors, and a Mediterranean-like ambience with decorative fountains, plant-accented columns, stone benches, and a colorful palette of ornamental flowers throughout.
The community's centerpiece is its eye-catching, 5,000 sq. ft. clubhouse with stately Renaissance-Tuscan architectural style that overlooks the lake and a sculpted, zero-entry pool and spa embraced by lushly landscaped courtyards.
The clubhouse includes a world-class fitness center with strength training machines and cardiovascular equipment that is so state-of-the-art that it prompted one homebuyer to cancel her membership at a local health club. The clubhouse also includes a banquet kitchen; multi-purpose rooms for parties, meetings and other special community events; and men's and women's shower and locker room facilities.
Outdoor leisure-time amenities also include a children's playground, and a boardwalk with decorative gazebo on Meadow View Lake where residents can fish and operate non-motorized watercraft. Also eye-catching are TerraLargo'sSM distinctive selection of three- and four-bedroom homes from Avatar's Castello and Palazzo collections. A total of 10 Tuscan-inspired plans include tile roofs and decorative brick paver driveways, walkways, entries and lanais.
Plans are currently available in one or two stories on 50- or 70-foot-wide homesites with air-conditioned living areas from 1,462 to 3,162 sq. ft. and prices from the mid-$200s to more than $400,000, including homesites. Avatar plans to build 618 homes currently offering a variety of features including designer kitchens, formal living and dining rooms, spacious family rooms, richly appointed master suites, sumptuous master baths, and bonus room options that add up to 560 sq. ft. of additional living space for at-home working professionals and extended families.
To get to TerraLargoSM, take I-4 to exit 32 (U.S. 98). Go north about one mile to the third set of traffic lights and turn left on Sleepy Hill Road. TerraLargoSM is 1/2 mile on the right.