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Personally, I looked at the palatine because it had more indoor and outdoor living options, and the floorplan made it feel big and expansive with the motor court and 2 staircases. I did not like Parkhurst (personally) because when we visited the model, it felt really small; it felt no bigger than my current house.

I think my main issues with it were:
-No loft unless you remove the 2 story great room
-Weird master bedroom entrance, which made it so you had to add the wet bar there
-Master bedroom lacked a sitting area and is smaller than my current home's one
-Small master closets
The staircase does not feel grand
The foyer is not grand 
-Not enough space between the living room and kitchen
-No butlers pantry
-Crammed mudroom that has a bathroom off it when you add the prep kitchen 
-Multigen suites are also small in comparison to the ones available in the Kalorama and Renwick models

I wish they would bring the Palatine back. I loved the floating stairs and all the options available. And/Or add the Warhol model from Virginia. I felt like the Palatine worked really well on the smaller lots still.

The Kalorama has its advantages, though with the multi-gen suites the palatine lacked, much larger master closets, 3rd-floor walk-up space available, 2 story great room, and more garage options while still having the expansive look. Why don't they just leave more models to pick from? It does not cost any more...[/quote]

I think your post perfectly shows that all buyers are looking for different things — and that shouldn’t be surprising.

We chose the Parkhurst because we liked almost all the things you didn’t.

We:
•Hate lofts
•Love our full wet bar/fridge in the primary bedroom and think it looks nice when entering the suite
•Disagree about the master - we have a king bed, sofa, coffee table, large chair with ottoman, dresser, nightstands, and armoire - plenty big for us and still a lot of open space to move around — we thought the other masters were too big. We like to watch TV in bed and didn’t want to be a football field away from the screen
•Think the closet space is appropriate — especially with the custom shelving
•Didn’t want a grand staircase/foyer - much preferred the more dramatic 2 story great room than the single story family room
•Thought the extra space between the kitchen and family room was weird in the Palatine
•Didn’t need a true Butler’s pantry because we have a similar area on the kitchen wall near the dining room that has tons of cabinets and a wine fridge
•Mudroom works for us - we don’t have little kids and we do have an extra closet in that entry, but I totally understand someone wanting it even bigger
•Our MultiGen area is used as a guest bedroom suite, but I can understand wanting it larger if you had a parent living there full time

Bottom line is choice is good! Everybody has different needs/wants.

I agree that it would be nice for Toll to have more Windmill models. They had a bunch of Hamlets to choose from, but not as many models for the bigger homes. [/quote]

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