The Magna Opus, Terra Verde

 

This is our vacation home, purchased in the fall of 2008.

 

"Magna Opus" is a play on, well, the phrase magna opus (which is latin for magnificent or great work) and the name of the model, "Magna Bay", named by the builder. Little bit of a back story here, so let me fill you in.

 

After our first two trips to Disney World, and subsequent planning for a third, I began looking for options for both an investment as well as an affordable and comfortable place to stay.

 

After much research both on my own as well as with our extremely knowledgable and helpful real estate broker, Marcus Truett, we found a perfect location (10 minutes from Disney World) in a perfect gated community (Terra Verde) for a perfect price.

 

We took a quick day trip down to Orlando after making our bid, met with the owner of our property management company, looked at a few homes from our interior design/furnishing team, and two months later we were proud owners of our first vacation home!

 

So next steps were to completely bring back the home to "model home" quality. We spent the next two months working remotely in Chicago with people in Kissimmee to try to get everything arranged for a trip down for my son's birthday in mid-January. It was a mad rush, and we really weren't sure entirely what to expect... we'd had pics sent to us via email of flooring, of paint selections, of different types of furniture, but we weren't REALLY sure what to expect when we finally arrived.

 

First, the home turned out better than I had ever imagined. It's hard to fully picture everything that might be when you're trying to do everything remotely, but our designer (Carmen from 4Front Interiors) did an absolutely wonderful job. As did out tiler, Chris from Taffy Tile. When we first looked at the home, there was some really worse-for-wear linoleum in the kitchen in bathrooms, and some carpeting on it's last legs in the living room and family room. We had Chris replace all that with tile, and it came out wonderful. We also had the home painted from top to bottom, with Carmen selecting colors and accent walls, and the new high gloss white on the trim and railing made everything look like a brand new model home.

 

Here are a few pictures that show off the wonderful job that was done.

 

This is our living room, adjacent to our dining room.

 

This is our dining room, note the wall opening that leads through to the kitchen.

 

This is our kitchen, it's an eat-in that also attaches to the family room.

 

Here is the eat-in kitchen, note the sliding glass door that lead to the pool.

 

Here is our family room, a 52" plasma HDTV is against the far wall.

 

Here is the downstairs Master Bedroom.

 

Here is the downstairs Master Bath. There is a shower adjacent to the large tub.

 

Here is the upstairs Master Bedroom.

 

Here is the first Queen bedroom.

 

Here is the second Queen bedroom.

 

Here is the first Twin bedroom.

 

Here is the second Twin bedroom.

 

And here is the third Twin bedroom. Yay, Mickey!

 

We're extremely pleased with how it turned out, and we've added HDTVs with DVD players to all the Master & Queen bedrooms.

 

Lastly, here is our rate table for this year:

 

Date	Nightly Rate	Weekly Rate (7 nights)	2 Weekly Rate (14 nights)
May, 01 - June, 06 2009	$248	$1736	$3472
June, 07 - August, 08 2009	$321	$2247	$4494
August, 09 - September, 05 2009	$279	$1953	$3906
September, 06 - November, 21 2009	$248	$1736	$3472
November, 22 - December, 05 2009	$279	$1953	$3906
December, 06 - December, 17 2009	$248	$1736	$3472
December, 18 - January, 02 2010	$385	$2695	$5390
January, 03 - January, 30 2010	$248	$1736	$3472
January, 31 - March, 20 2010	$279	$1953	$3906

 

• All prices shown EXCLUDE taxes.
• A 20% deposit is required to secure this property. Reservations made within 60 days of arrival require full payment.
• Pool heat is recommended from the 31st-Oct to the 31st-Mar.
• Pool heat is an additional $35 per night for this property.
• A minimum of 4 nights pool heat is chargeable on all reservations.
• A $145 cleaning surcharge applies to all stays.

 

If you are interested in more information on booking YOUR vacation at Magna Opus, please contact me!