Local Realtor SOLD on TerraLargoSM as “the perfect place”

January 08, 2008

Realtor and soon-to-be TerraLargoSM resident Paul Bulilan has sold eight other homes in the award-winning Lakeland community being developed by Avatar Properties Inc.

As a Realtor, Paul Bulilan’s favorite four letter word is SOLD. And when he first laid eyes on the gated, lakeside community of TerraLargo^SM he was SOLD.

“I wasn’t just impressed, I was absolutely amazed. I’d never seen a community as beautiful as TerraLargo^SM,” said Bulilan, who anticipates moving into his new TerraLargo^SM home later this month following the closing.

“This is absolutely the perfect place to live in Florida, hands down,” said Bulilan, who moved to Lakeland 19 months ago with his wife and three children from Bergenfield, New Jersey when they tired of the snow, the taxes and the traffic.

In fact, Bulilan was so impressed with TerraLargo^SM, that he sold eight other homes in the award-winning Lakeland community to friends of his in New Jersey and Florida.

“It’s easy to sell something when you love the product,” he emphasized. “The minute my friends saw TerraLargo^SM they loved it, too.”

Situated alongside 29-acre Meadow View Lake, TerraLargo^SM 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.

That setting not only impressed Bulilan and his friends, but earned TerraLargo^SM a Beautification Award from The City of Lakeland in 2007.

Yet it was the wide selection of attractive Tuscan-inspired homes in two outstanding collections by award-winning builder-developer Avatar Properties Inc. that sealed the deal for Bulilan and his friends.

“Avatar builds a quality home, and the price is right,” Bulilan said, noting homes are priced from the mid-$200s to more than $400,000, including homesites. “Homes as nice and as large as these would cost two and three times as much in New Jersey.”

TerraLargo’s^SM distinctive selection of three- and four-bedroom homes from Avatar’s Castello and Palazzo collections comprise a total of 10 Tuscan-inspired plans that 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.

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.

When homebuyers aren’t enjoying their homes, they’ll find lots to do at the community’s clubhouse which includes a world-class fitness center with state-of-the-art strength training machines and cardiovascular equipment. 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.

Centrally located in the Sunshine State, TerraLargo^SMis located on Sleepy Hill Road only ½ mile from shopping and dining at the Lakeland Square Mall, just about one mile from Interstate-4, only five miles north of downtown Lakeland, and approximately 35 miles from Tampa and 50 miles from Orlando.

“It’s just a 30-minute drive to my office at Union II Realty & Investments in Tampa and about the same to Orlando and the attractions,” Bulilan explained. “At TerraLargo^SM we’re close to everything, yet we have the peace and quiet of a beautiful setting in the suburbs.”

For parents of school-age children, Sleepy Hill Elementary and Sleepy Hill Middle schools are located just 500 feet from TerraLargo’s^SM front entry, while Kathleen High School is just 4.4 miles away.

To get to TerraLargo^SM, 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. TerraLargo^SM is ½ mile on the right.

For more information about TerraLargo^SM, call 866-599-4026, or visit either website at www.MyTerraLargo.com or www.AvatarHomes.com.