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Real Estate

The new Sedona II model at Miromar LakesBeach & Golf Club has the same look andluxury as the original Sedona but withoutits top layer. Arthur Rutenberg Homesmade its newest model with only one story

instead of two.Bill Lutz, sales consultant, said by putting the third

bedroom downstairs, where the staircase used to be,and by extending the lanai to give more entertainingspace instead of using the bonus room upstairs, thenew model meets the desires of their clients better.

“The original had a club room upstairs,” he ex-plained. “We took away the club room and by puttingthat space on the lanai it works better. When familycomes down they want to be near the pool. The day ofthe club room or game room is gone. Today everyonewants to be near the kitchen and the pool.”

To give people that extra space, they made the cov-ered area of the lanai extend 20 feet deep. Remotescreens can be put down to block sun and wind when

Arthur Rutenberg’s redesignedSedona model lives on one level

By Andrea Stetson | Special to Fort Myers News-PressUSA TODAY NETWORK - FLORIDA

See SEDONA, Page 4F

The new Sedona II has a much larger lanai area that is under roof. Screens come down remotely. ANDREA STETSON

The pool has a sun shelf and spa. Beside the pool is a fire pit andan additional sitting area. ANDREA STETSON

Helping Hands for theHolidays

Aubuchon Team of Companies ishosting its 20th annual HelpingHands for the Holidays charityevent on Monday, Nov. 19 from 5:30to 7:30 pm at their corporate head-quarters in Club Square, 4707 SE9th Place, downtown Cape Coral.Fundraiser contributions benefitMake-A-Wish Southern Florida,Ronald McDonald House CharitiesSW Florida; and Lee BIA BuildersCare. It is a public event with freeadmission. All donations madepossible through a partnership withThe Cape Coral Community Foun-dation. Aubuchon Team of Compa-nies includes Aubuchon Homes,Miloff Aubuchon Realty Group,Evalutions by Aubuchon, and OmniOne Title Services.

WCR to meet

The Bonita Springs-EsteroWomen's Council of Realtors willmeet on Nov. 9 from 11:15 a.m. to 1p.m.at Vasari Country Club, 11250Via Del Vasari Drive, BonitaSprings. Online at www.WCRBoni-ta-Estero.com.

More businesses

The University Village Shopscontinues to bring new businessesto the Estero area. Frutta Bowls andF45 Fitness are now open in the pe-destrian-friendly development atBen Hill Griffin and Estero park-ways. Marlins Brewhouse, Sun-shine Sundaes & Desserts and afull-service hair salon have alsobeen announced as future tenants.They will join existing businessesSkillets, Tacos & Tequila Cantina,Thai Udon, The Shaved Ice Bar,Smoothie King, Vânti Nails & Spaand Yoga Lab.

Transactions

Land Solutions: D.R. Horton ex-ecuted their final take down of 56town home units within Lindsfordin Fort Myers. These lots were pur-chased from Waterford Landing Ac-quisitions LLC for $1,926,449. LandSolutions, Inc. brokered D.R. Hor-ton’s first closing on April 1, 2014and this closing encompasses a to-tal of 936 lots sold. Lindsford is lo-cated at 4104 Dutchess Park Road.The deal was brokered by RandyThibaut of Land Solutions Inc.

IN BRIEF

RECENTLY SOLD HOMES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. PAGE 8F

Southwest Florida’s top 10 sellersLee Co. Features Year Built

SquareFootage

SellingPrice

Bonita Springs Bayfront, dock 1997 3,425 $1,840,000

Estero Lakefront, golf 2006 2,974 $890,000

Fort Myers Deck, fence 1923 4,221 $790,000

Cape Coral Gulf access, dock 1994 2,977 $715,000

Cape Coral Gulf access, dock 2004 2,838 $662,500

Estero Lakefront 2016 2,007 $592,000

Cape Coral Gulf access, dock 2006 2,068 $550,000

Fort Myers Beach Gulf access, dock 1978 1,200 $525,000

Estero Beach access 1999 2,286 $460,000

Bonita Springs Clubhouse, golf 2018 2,247 $492,500

Collier Co. Features Year BuiltSquare

FootageSelling

Price

Naples Bayfront, dock 1981 4,037 $7,900,000

Naples Golf, clubhouse 2018 4,076 $2,975,000

Naples Gulf access, dock 1976 2,574 $2,375,000

Marco Island Bayfront, dock 2014 6,500 $2,000,000

Marco Island Gulf access, dock 2011 4,628 $2,000,000

Naples Pool, outdoor kitchen 2017 2,924 $2,111,400

Naples Lakefront, pool 1969 1,040 $1,900,000

Naples Pool/spa 2018 7,600 $1,700,000

Marco Island Gulf access, pool/spa 2004 3,580 $1,175,000

Naples Lakefront, pool/spa 2014 3,255 $1,200,000

For the week ending Oct. 15-21, 2018

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PERSONNEL

needed.The covered lanai has a sitting area in

front of a flat-screen television, a largedining table and an outdoor kitchen.Just beyond is the pool with a large sunshelf and spa. A fire pit sits beside thepool with another sitting area.

Lutz said the first Sedona was verysuccessful, so the builder wanted tobuild on that success by making themodel even more attractive to their po-tential buyers.

"That was a very, very successfultwo-story model,so what we did withthis house was put it all on one floor,” hesaid. “Ninety percent of the people wantone floor.”

That is what Scott Stosser wanted.He is having a one-story Sedona builtfor him in Miromar Lakes right now.

“Cost was one thing,” Stosser saidabout opting for the one story model. “Ijust didn’t need the second floor. I justwanted everything on one floor. If youhave a bigger family you could have thatseparation, but I did not really needthat.”

Stosser, who has been a builder inVirginia for 30 years, was living in a con-do in Miromar Lakes, but wanted moreoutdoor space. He spent two years walk-ing around the community looking atmodels before choosing the Sedona.

“Of all the models, there this is theone I like the most because of the way it

extra square footage in the originalmodel was the staircase area.

The home is laid out so the insideflows in a straight line to the outdoors.The kitchen, with its Sub-Zero/Wolf ap-pliance package, leads to an eight-seatdining room table on one side and afamily room on the other. Those areasthen lead to the sliding glass pocketdoors that lead to the lanai.

From the family room, the den looksdoorless. But inside the den is a barndoor that can be closed for privacy. Themaster suite has large picture windowsoverlooking the lanai. Kutz said thosewere used instead of glass doors so theycould be adorned with window treat-ments for privacy. A door between themaster bedroom and bathroom offersaccess to the lanai. The master bath-room has a stand-alone tub and a show-er with floor-to-ceiling glass walls ontwo sides. There is a large walk-in closetwith built-in shelves and drawers.

The two guest bedrooms are suites.The home also has a drop zone near thelaundry room by the garage entry. Al-though the house is one story, the ceil-ings are high. There are 12.8-foot ceil-ings in the master suite, 13-foot ceilingsin the family room and 22-foot ceilingsin the entry way.

The interior design has a coastaltheme with white colors accented byblues and an occasional pop of pink.Pictures of shells and other beachscenes hang on the walls.

The fully furnished model is priced at$1,849,900 and is available for lease-back.

outdoor living is over the top.”The three-bedroom, three-and-a-

half bathroom home spans 2,729 squarefeet under air and a total of 4,150 squarefeet of living space. That is a bit smallerthan the original Sedona that was 3,663square feet under air and 5,123 totalsquare feet, but Lutz said some of that

flowed,” he said. “I like the size of therooms and the choices you can get in thehouse. There is a lot more to it than thefloor plan. I bought it for the outdoor liv-ing. It is like a mini-resort all to yourself.Most homes you either have the biggerlanai and the smaller pool or the biggerpool and smaller lanai. I got both. The

SedonaContinued from Page 1F

The new Sedona II is a one story version of the Sedona I. ANDREA STETSON