So today I'm standing in this gorgeous four bedroom, three bath, fully custom home from
Arthur Ruttenberg in the Bexley community in Land O'Lakes, Florida. And if you aren't familiar with
this amazing master plan community, you are about to be blown away. So make sure you stick around
because this home tour and this community tour is going to be like nothing you have seen yet
So the first thing I want to share is the location because oftentimes when people are
talking about the suburbs of a major city, it's hard to gain reference, especially if you're not
from here. Now, Bexley is located about 30 to 35 minutes north of downtown Tampa. It's just
northeast, if you will. It's only 20 to 25 minutes drive time to Tampa International Airport and just
east of the veteran highway, which is a great toll road. It's super easy to drive. You're
going to love it. It's about 10 miles away from I-75. You're only about 25 or 30 minutes away
from Tampa premium outlets, which gives you access to over 300 different shops, all the restaurants
and boutiques that there are over there. Lots of entertainment. You even have the Tigerwood
inspired pop stroke, which is the adult putt, putt, if you will. It's a really cool spot
If you've never been there before, if you've ever been to top golf, think of the top golf
version of putt, putt, that's what they did at pop stroke. So it's really cool to go check out
but this is really conveniently located. You got the schools right there in the community
It makes it very desirable from a living perspective. So it's really great in that
respect. Now it's surrounded by all types of shopping. You don't have to go all the way
to over to Wesley chapel, even though those shops there are incredible at the Tampa premium outlets
you get the shops at wiregrass. You've also got the Grove and crate up north that you can go to
but those are a little bit further away, but you've got four shopping centers that are literally
right at the entry point of this community and a lot to love. I mean, you've got Aldi down there
There's a Publix in your backyard. Mission barbecue, Starbucks is right. I mean, everything
out. You don't have to leave the community more than a mile to get almost everything you're ever
going to need except for employment. If you decide that you have to go into the office
a lot of people who live in the community are hybrid workers or remote workers. And then there
are of course, you know, people who work at the defense contractors who work for the university
systems, the healthcare systems in the area. So there's a lot to love about what's happening in
Bexley. It's awesome. Another thing I wanted to cover really quick, cause we always get asked
about the schools. Now Bexley has a rated schools, which is fantastic. If you know anything about
schools in Florida, that's not necessarily common. Pasco County as a whole is, has some top rated
schools. Definitely worth checking out. They're continuing to get better. They're attracting more
and more talent to the area as the area continues to grow. So what a blessing, right? But right
there in Bexley, you've got Bexley elementary, you've got Roosh middle school, and you've also
got Sun Lake high school right there in the community. It's amazing. But guys, I don't want
you to feel like I sugar coat everything, right? You know, it's a great community, A-rated schools
It's an incredible place to live, but I want you to hear it straight from the horse's mouth. We're
going to interview a resident. You're going to see the type of real estate you can buy there
This is a beautiful Arthur Ruttenberg home that was built just over a year ago. But more importantly
you're going to hear how the homeowners lived in this home. And it's an incredible experience. Y'all
I can't wait to share this with you. So we got a little bit of a treat today. We actually get to
interview the owner of this home, which is very difficult to do because I don't know if you guys
know this or not, but most people are terrified of being in front of the camera. Dan has said as
much also, but he is willing to get in front of the camera to share with you guys why they bought
into this community and why they've loved it so much and how they live in it, which ultimately is
the most important thing. Because if you're going to buy this home, while the home is stunning
it's beautiful. One of the most important things, if not the most important thing, is how are you
going to live in the community? And Bexley here has a ton to offer. It is a very, very attractive
master plan community. It's drawing a lot of people from all over the country. But Dan, talk
to us about why you guys ultimately chose to build this home here in this community and what you have
loved about it so far. We moved here from up north in Chicago. We wanted to get out of this big city
We lived in downtown Chicago and we came down here and we love Florida. Me and my wife previously
lived in Florida, so we wanted to get back to Florida. Tampa area was great and we're used to
central Florida, but we wanted to go to Tampa. And there's a new up and coming area here in
Pasco County. We looked at several areas and we settled on Bexley. We chose Bexley because it's
brand new. It's a very young community. We got in sort of late in the construction phase. And this
was a beautiful area. The street, acoustic loop, great area with the young families everywhere
And if you don't like your area in Bexley, there's always another area where you can go
visit and make friends. And so we do that. Courtyard loop is a great area, great tour trace
We meet other families with young kids. We have a young kid and our son is six. And so there's lots
of people in this area with young families. And you mentioned a couple of things there that I do
want to just grab and make point of right away. One of the things about Land O'Lakes that tends
to attract families is the quality of the schools. So that's something that usually pops
out and pulls people here. But Bexley specifically, there's a lot of green space around here, right
And if you have been to the new developments here in the greater Tampa Bay area, you know that you
don't always have, it doesn't necessarily always feel like the community was built into the
environment. A lot of the times they come in, they clear cut these places. There's no old growth
vegetation anymore. You lose the old growth oak trees and those types of things. But Odessa and
Land O'Lakes have really done a good job of keeping that, right? As opposed to other communities
which I really love. And I know you take advantage of that, right? I pulled up today and you're going for a run. There's trails all around here. Talk to the potential homeowner here, how they would
live in this community if they're active. I love running in the heat of the summer. I usually go
in the morning. Right now is March, April is the best time in Florida. So I went for an afternoon
run. There's lots of trails. Lots of trails are multi. You want to run on the sidewalk. You don't
like that. They have a little softer gravel trails that are on your joints. Some of them
are parallel like that. Some of them aren't. But those same trails, you can go biking. Yeah. The very back
back in Tour Trace. You go back there, there's a very big, it bifurcates the trails. You're going to
go deep into the preserve. It's a beautiful Florida preserve area where you can see the natural
Florida environment. How it's like, it's untouched. The clubhouse has a map of all of them. I just
know where mine is that I usually pick this. How far is it from the house to that trail? How far
is it to that trail? Quarter mile. So it's right around the corner, right? As you walk out of your
house and you're right over by the trails. And then how, how many miles are trails are back there
for you to run? You ran three over three miles today, but like there's, there's what 20, 30
50, how many miles are there? There's three big trails and there's a couple of short ones that
I got scalping around the, the pond. That's the one I chose today. Just the other day
I went all the way back to Tour Trace. Okay. Two days ago. Just don't like it. And how far was that
run? That was a 5k. Okay. It was one loop all the way around. It was a 5k. Okay. So it was great for
training. Yeah. Your wife mentioned that, you know, you guys put in this stunning pool out back
which is great, but she mentioned you still love to go to the community clubhouse with the kids
right? Like, and really plug in there. Talk to us about the amenities at the amenity center
What do they have there? There is Olympic size pool. Well, I don't know if it's Olympic size
but it's it's got swing lanes. It's always got one, two, three, four, five swimming lanes
Then there's more of a kiddie pool, play pool, lounge pool within in the pool seating benches
of families to get together. And then there's this resort style seating chairs, umbrellas
chase chairs, all for the residents. Yeah. Right. Because he bow that could be rent for parties
Yeah. There's a cafe over there, correct? Yeah. The cafe. And she mentioned the food was really
good at the cafe. Now I haven't eaten at the cafe yet. So I'm intrigued. But you know, there's a
cafe. There's a there's a gym, correct? Yeah, there's a gym. Okay. Breakfast and lunch. It's
open for they got a really good breakfast sandwich, twisted sprocket. salad is really good
They make sandwiches, you name it. The gym is really good. I use a personal trainer, we go in
there me and my wife together. And this big window with a treadmill space and lifting machines and
you just have a beautiful landscape of Florida, right? Just woods. Right. Very cool. Good. You
know, just a stare out the window you want to go on the treadmill for five miles. And the view is
just great. And we're only four minutes to the hub also, which is really cool right off the 54
What are some of your favorite places to go when you go on to the hub? Is it the brewery? Like
where are you going? I'll admit it. Yes. I love a good beer. Yeah. brewery is really good. Bella
brava is really good. Italian scratch kitchen type of eatery. Taco Tuesday's Taco Bus. Yep. Yeah
Taco Bus. Yeah. And if you don't know Taco Bus, Guy Fieri made it famous. I didn't know. Yeah
a long time ago. So it was literally a bus in Tampa is right next to not well, not too far away
from cigar city brewing, which is another Tampa staple if you guys aren't familiar. Great area
but they've expanded. They've got little satellites all over the place. And when I pulled into Bexley
sure enough, there's a taco bus in there. So and our son loves the hub. Another great place
opportunity to meet families, young families. Every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, there's a ton of families in the middle of the hub. But then around night chairs, picnic tables
everyone goes to the eateries takes it outside needs thirsty buffalo comes out and we'll serve
on Friday night and Saturdays to come out and serve drinks and you know, all the families get
together out there. Yeah, one of the things and I'm glad you brought that up. Because one of the
biggest fears I hear from clients who relocate to the area here is they're anxious, right? They
were nervous because and I relocated five years ago, as you guys know, and you came from the
Midwest also, right? And our fears are how are we going to make friends? How are kids going to make
friends? First of all, if you're if you are a parent, and then how are we going to make friends
Right? And what I don't know if you found the same experience I did. And it sounds like that's
the case is you'd be amazed at how communal right Florida Tampa is in general, because so many people
move here from somewhere else number one, and then then you plug into a community like Bexley
that has an area like the hub where it's congregating on purpose, right? Yeah. And
people are very open, right there because they do they're doing the same thing you are. And right and does you know, this is such an influx of people coming to the Florida Tampa
area and Pasco County, Bexley that, you know, it's a little bit of fear intimidation into that
But the HOA does make that a little bit easier. Happy hours on Friday. Nice. Also, food trucks
on Friday nights. So there's lots of I think it's just started just started up. Yeah
a season. So usually two trucks didn't mix it up. Let's change it up
An excuse to go hang out. Yeah. Right. Right. That's what that's what they're doing. They're facilitating that which which is awesome. So let's talk a little bit about
the house. Right. So you you picked Arthur Rutenberg for a reason, right? You pick this
this model home for a reason, right? It suited your guys's needs, or at least
that's the intent behind why you built it. What had been some of your favorite features
or favorite areas of the home, right? Like, you know, you guys have a bonus space upstairs
it could be used as either an entertainment area, you know, a theater, or it can be the hangout spot
for the kids because you don't want toys all over the house. Everybody's gonna live in a little bit different. You have you have a den you have you know, you've used a separate bedroom as an office
like what are some of the your favorite components of this home so far? My favorite is is is the
office setup for when we're working on when our son comes home from school up and upstairs the
bonus room we do every once in a while we do movie night so we're gonna do movie in the morning
real blackout shade comes down we can watch tv everything's just very it flows really open floor
plan type of situation where we can have a movie here movie upstairs yeah this is a great area
to have a party have friends over set up you know food snacks and then outside when the neighbors
want to get together and every once in a while we do is they're out on the lawn as if we called
the loop yeah oh they're on a cul-de-sac here yeah so it's called acoustic loop that's the name
of the street but it's huge it's not the normal usually when you pull into a cul-de-sac it's four
houses in a corner and you got little space to drive around there's barely enough room to park
right that's not the case here there is a humongous loop here um and and that's a great point your
wife mentioned that that you know the neighbors will throw a party and that you guys even had a
bounce house in the middle of that right so they called you're on fourth of july every year so far
the you know we've been here uh so many years but um we fourth of july get the kids together
on the bounce house it's one of the wet bounce houses it'll have a very cool slide yep um that's
important in july in florida just so you know so then uh that goes on during the day and then um
you know someone's shooting off fireworks at night so that's great yeah yeah and um there's
i can't emphasize more uh all the kids in this you know backstage is all so you'll find your
niche no matter what your that may be yeah one of the things that people will often ask when you
know you just had this home built so right away you know the the people looking at your home
and i've been in this business from going on 12 years now they're going to ask why are you guys
leaving right um people are concerned that there there may be something wrong with the house i'm
here to tell you there's nothing wrong with this home i've been in it for the last three hours it's stunning it's gorgeous but that is a question that people always ask right and now
um if you're comfortable sharing you know just uh let them know why why you're choosing to sell
the home um and why they may enjoy it they're choosing to sell the home just basically for my
job but i took another position it's gonna happen when we're out of state so um much as i don't want
to leave florida yep i'm not far away yeah i'm stayed away yeah so i could always just come back
that's right for the short flight so not that big yeah and that's the reason that i bring that
up and not everybody wants to share that right but like what we've found in this business is people
you know we try to place this idea of why people are are leaving and this home is stunning the
community is amazing when you see this house you're going to be blown away right between the pool
you know you've got these humongous i mean i think i'm pretty sure the doors are uh at least
eight feet tall um you know you get the the triple slider there opens right up and then you get an
additional two to three hundred square feet of living space in the in the good months right those
five months of the year where everybody loves you can just open it up and live outdoors and indoors
and that's what draws a lot of people in you do have this oversized kitchen island here which is
amazing the bonus room is incredible i love the den space up front it's it's excellent and again
the street is extremely quiet right being on a on a loop like this i it is bigger than like i said
it's it comparing this to a cul-de-sac is unfair right and people love cul-de-sac so think about
that on steroids and that's what you have on acoustic loop here so it's definitely worth
taking a look at it's worth checking out i think the home is stunning i think you guys are priced
very well um competitive is what i would say and uh this home is beautiful man you guys picked great
finishes on this property um you know will people want to put their own touch on it maybe i don't
know we're selling them brand new and people are picking finishes just like this so i think
that dan and his family did an excellent job and they care for it well it does not look like it's
got a um a child living in it i don't see any dings on the stainless steel so something it
looks like that right man that's hard to do because any parent knows that like that is
automatically going to happen so uh dan thank you for your time today man i know like again
it's not always uh people aren't necessarily always comfortable with jumping on camera but
sharing your experience in the community how much you really enjoyed it it's going to go a
long way and i'm sure whoever decides to call this place home in the future you're absolutely
going to love it too thank you yeah you're welcome cool man i hope you enjoyed today's
tour of bexley as much as i enjoyed sharing it with you and i really hope you guys liked the
interview with the homeowner let me know in the comments below if you want to see more content
like that i'm happy to bring it to you as always if you have any questions about relocating the
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