Solivita’s ® Courtyards at Montelena to hold Grand Opening

September 26, 2007

Artist's rendering of a typical streetscape in The Courtyards at Montelena, a new neighborhood of maintenance-free attached single-family homes in Solivita® where four furnished models opened October 6th. Solivita® and The Courtyards at Montelena are being developed by Avatar Properties Inc. (Photo: Avatar Properties Inc.)

This fall, the color and pageantry at Solivita® won’t be so much on the change of seasons but on the opening of four Tuscan-style, attached single-family model homes in The Courtyards at Montelena.

Priced from the low $200s to $300s, the maintenance-free courtyard homes by Avatar Properties Inc. have been one of the hottest sellers in this award-winning, active adult community, located approximately 21 miles south of Walt Disney World® in Orlando.

Forty percent of the 1- and 2-story homes have been sold prior to the opening, and Avatar expects those numbers to climb once homebuyers have an opportunity to actually tour and experience the four furnished models.

Homebuyer response to our maintenance-free courtyard homes has been very strong,” said Marty Cohn, Solivita’s® director of sales. “The homes are designed to provide a comfortable, maintenance–free lifestyle that is tailor-made for homeowners who’ve spent their entire lives working and raising families and now want to enjoy their leisure time without being burdened by yard work and exterior home maintenance.”

Avatar plans to build 170 two- and three-bedroom homes in pairs of two in the initial phase of the community, just north of Solivita’s® Village Center and model home park. Plans are of concrete block construction and offer 1,498 to 2,241 sq. ft. of air-conditioned living, plus one-car garages with golf cart bays, private entry courtyards, and covered and screened rear lanais. Home ownership is fee simple.

The Tuscan theme is dramatized by colorful textured stucco exteriors, concrete tile roofs, decorative coach lamps, and brick paver driveways, walkways, courtyards and lanais. Plans feature 9’4” volume ceilings throughout, decorative coffered ceilings in master suites and master baths, den/media rooms in three plans, lofts in the two 2-story plans, an office/hobby room in one plan, ceramic tile in all foyers/kitchens/baths, and wall-to-wall carpeting in non-tiled areas.

Homemaker-friendly kitchens with adjoining breakfast rooms feature 42-inch upper oak wood cabinetry and Whirlpool appliance packages including 18 cubic foot refrigerators with icemakers, smooth-top self-cleaning ranges with re-circulating range hoods, and multi-cycle dishwashers.

Master baths include his-and-hers adult-height vanities with separate sinks and knee space make-up areas, oak wood cabinetry, and spacious glass-enclosed showers with bench seats and ceramic tile surrounds.

To promote the maintenance-free lifestyle, the applicable homeowners association will provide all landscape and irrigation maintenance to include mowing, weeding, trimming, turf pest control, fertilization, irrigation system adjustments and repair, and plant replacement. The association will also provide an annual exterior pressure cleaning including driveways, and reserve funds to repaint every home once every seven years.

The Courtyards at Montelena joins Solivita’s® five collections of detached single-family homes with 20 plans currently priced from the upper $100s to over $500,000.

Solivita’s® existing amenities include two 18-hole championship golf courses at The Stonegate Golf Club and a Mediterranean-style Village Center highlighted by the 32,000 sq. ft. Riviera Spa & Fitness Center, the Starlite Ballroom, three restaurants, the Waterfront Galleries where residents can participate in various arts and crafts classes, and Freedom Park which includes five lighted tennis courts, five lighted pickle-ball courts, and a championship caliber softball diamond.

Two additional lighted tennis courts are located in the Venezia neighborhood, and two more are planned for The Palms, Solivita’s® new upscale amenity complex which is scheduled to open in December 2007. It is planned to include a 19,000 sq. ft. clubhouse with state-of-the-art fitness center, 4,000 sq. ft. outdoor heated lap and splash pool, two heated whirlpool spas, two lighted boccie courts, four lighted pickle-ball courts, and a fireplace piazza.

For additional information contact the Solivita® sales and information center at (863) 427-7000 or toll free at (800) 592-6099. Additional information can be found on the community’s website at www.solivita.com.

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Pursuant to the Fair Housing Act, housing within Solivita® is intended for occupancy by at least one person 55 years of age or older per home, although the occupants of a limited number of homes may be younger, but no one under 18 years of age may be in permanent residence. Ownership of a home will require payment of additional fees, including association assessments and mandatory club membership dues, which are subject to change from time to time. Golf facilities are privately owned and operated and membership and additional fees for golf required. Purchase of a residence does not grant any use of or access to the golf club and its facilities. The developer may change home design, floor plans, specifications, amenities, dimensions, materials, 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 facilities’ size, and may vary with construction plans. This is not an offer in states and jurisdictions where prior registration is required and void where prohibited by law. Prices and availability subject to change without notice. QB# 1224. Avatar Properties Inc., 395 Village Drive, Poinciana, FL 34759.