So ... You Are Building a House in Florida!

Our Experience Building in the Lakes of Mount Dora Community

Purpose:

This site presently has two goals:

First, to share information about our experience in designing / building a house and making it our home in a new development in Mount Dora, Florida during the 2004 - 2007 time period; and

 

Second, to provide information and links that could be helpful to others who are moving into the community. 

 

Designing Our Custom Home

We worked with our builder, Pringle Development to design and personalize our new home.  Our experience is detailed at this link: lakesofmountdora1.blogspot.com

The Waiting Stage After Design - Final Prints, Financing, & Permit

After we gave the ok to start, or Notice to Proceed (NTP), we had to wait for final construction prints to be created, financing to be agreed with the builder, and a building permit to be issued.  Our experience is detailed at this link:

Building the House - The Construction Stage

Construction started on June 12, 2007.  We'll detail at least four stages of construction: Slab, Dry-In, Rough-In, and Trim.  Here is the link: lakesofmountdora3.blogspot.com.   I try to update this section daily.

 

Here is a weekly summary of work done: lakesofmountdora4.blogspot.com/ .

 

Here are some pictures:

• The latest construction picture from Pringle:

http://myhome.pringle.com/default.asp?CName=Thomas&LotNo=LM0189

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  A drawing: www.lakesofmountdora.com/models/big_view.asp?D=Stirling_Elevation%20E_large.jpg

Pictures of our community: www.lakesofmountdora.com/LOMD_photos

After the Closing - Setting Up, Moving, More Upgrades

We started planning for after the closing early.  There are many things that need to be done, such as ordering blinds, putting utilities in our name, and the actual move process.

Here is a link to these activities: www.lakesofmountdora5.blogspot.com .

Other Useful Links:

Mike Kelley's Florida Retirement Forums: www.kelleytown.com/forum/flretire

Mike's site is very useful and active.  It has lots of information about retirement in Central Florida in general, as well as great information from many people who are, or have built in a Pringle community.

Lakes of Mount Dora Neighbor Links Website:  www.neighborlinks.com/

This is the site for those who own property in Lakes of Mount Dora.  You will need to be registered to get to this site.  If you own in LoMD, and do not have a registration code, call Pringle's Chad Peck at (352) 365-9800 X249 and ask to get set up.

Pringle's Department of Communications Website: http://communications.pringle.com

This site is a place where you can obtain information relating to you community association at Lakes of Mount Dora.  You will need to register with Pringle, and it is not the same as your Neighborlinks registration, unless you give them the same ID when you ask for registration.