We live in Aurora, IL. What are your thoughts on Windsor Palms vs Windsor Hills. I had to search to get reviews on Windsor Palms it seems most people are staying at Windsor Hills recently. I hope we picked the right place. I am sure we will be fine the pictures of the house and resort looks great and we will just be excited to be out of Chicago at the end of March!!
Well, I've stayed in Windsor Hills 5x now... I looked at Windsor Palms with a realtor as well, but we obviously didn't buy there! Windsor Palms is a nice resort too though, it's built by the same builder and has many of the same / similar amenities, it's just older and a little bit further away... (like several minutes further, not a huge amount).
I'm talking to a guy who's looking to buy a home down there, looking in both resorts, he's been looking at both, he actually said there were some very nice homes he's seen in Windsor Palms. My experience there was the realtor took us to a condo that had all the furniture covered in clear plastic like your grandma used to do....he was all proud of the place.. "I furnished it myself!!"... we just smiled and nodded, "yes, of course you did!"... LOL.
Our MC manages homes in WHR, WP, and EI, all 3 are nice and close to the parks, in any of these though, there is variation in the furnishings in the homes themselves, in the furniture, decorating, electronics, etc. So, best thing to do / advice, make sure you look at a website with LOTS of current pictures of whichever place you choose. You don't want to show up and be unpleasantly surprised... and I don't just mean people who are advertised on vrbo.com or sites like windsorhillsrent.com.... those are just ad sites...most of the "ad" sites have links to the owners own website...which should have a ton of additional pictures. The ad sites are usually limited to 3-10 photos, and it's hard to judge a place from that few photos. The other good thing about Windsor Hills...it's all brand new...built in 2005...so it's going to be hard to find "bad" places there...some are definitely nicer than others, for sure, but I have yet to see or go into any (and I've been into dozens now) that were "awful" or places I would be upset if I stayed there.
Now, my wife would disagree with me! hehe...she's all about the furniture, decorating, beds, etc, I'm a little less picky, and there are a ton of places with furniture "packages" where she looks at the furniture and says "ugly" but that's just a personal preference / taste issue, it's not like they are dirty, unkempt, breaking down or anything like that...we just prefer to stay in the nicer / higher end places. You will find the same thing in WP or EI too, some homes are higher end than others, some are decorated better (we're big on painted walls for instance, white walls look so plain to us!).. but....would you have a bad time staying in one? No, probably not... Would you have an amazing time staying in one with incredible beds, decorating, TVs, etc? I think so...but that's just me...others are concerned mostly with just the cost and could care less what it looks like... even if this is the case you're going to get a place that is 10x nicer than any hotel room at less cost!
I knew I could come here and you guys would share my excitement!!!
coooool to act excited.. he's 14.
But I will live through your excitement!
