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Beazer Homes What makes West Orange an ideal location for your company to build?

Its accessibility to Central Florida as a whole. The construction of the Western Beltway/S.R. 429, with its connections to Florida’s Turnpike and S.R. 408, makes it much easier for residents to travel across the area.

The Luciana model in Orchard Hills ranges from 2,987 to 3,011 square feet, with four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a two-car garage.

What sets your homes apart from other builders?

Beazer Homes stands out from other home builders in three unique ways. With Beazer Choice Plans, we have packaged the most frequently chosen floor-plan options and given buyers a choice of how they want to live in their

homes with no additional cost. Every home is Energy Star-certified and rated. The increased efficiency from Energy Star-certified homes typically translates into a 30% reduction in an owner’s energy bill. Through the Mortgage Choices program, Beazer connects buyers to

The Washington in Windermere Trails features 4,057 square feet, five bedrooms, three-andone-half bathrooms and a two-car garage.

a select group of preferred lenders that have been assessed based on their quality customer service, portfolio of loan programs and competitive rates.

Any special features or amenities to highlight in your homes?

Beazer’s Choice Plans program is especially distinctive. By offering structural changes to a home at no cost to the buyer, Beazer gives them the power to make their home match the way they want to live. Whether it’s more room in the kitchen for entertaining or a formal living room, Beazer homeowners don’t have to compromise.

WEST ORANGE COMMUNITIES: Orchard Hills (Winter Garden), Summerlake (Winter Garden) and Windermere Trails (Windermere) PRICE RANGES: Summerlake townhomes from $224,990; Orchard Hills (Luciana) from $326,990; Windermere Trails (Washington) from $417,990 PHONE: (407) 442-2680 beazer.com

Summerlake townhomes range from 1,710 to 2,201 square feet, three to four bedrooms and two-and-one-half to three bathrooms.

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CalAtlantic What makes West Orange an ideal location for your company to build?

CalAtlantic is attracted to the West Orange area because of its convenient access to major highways and the abundance of high-end shopping and dining venues. Plus, the area offers top-rated schools and natural amenities including the West Orange Trail.

WEST ORANGE COMMUNITIES: Arden Park (Ocoee), Bradford Creek (Winter Garden), Hickory Hammock (Winter Garden), Isles of Lake Hancock (Winter Garden), The Overlook at Johns Lake Pointe (Winter Garden), Orchard Hills (Winter Garden), Summerlake (Winter Garden), Summerport Lakefront Homes (Windermere), Waterside (Winter Garden) and Windstone (Windermere) PRICE RANGE: West Orange homes range from the mid$200,000s to $1.2 million PHONE: (407) 478-5933 calatlantic homes.com

The Brighton in Waterside starts in the high $400,000s and has 2,937 square, four bedrooms and four to five bathrooms.

These homes are located in the Windstone community at 12530 Climbing Vine Court in Windermere. Windstone homes start in the high 300s.

Below: The Torrington in Isles of Lake Hancock starts in the $530,000s. The 3,362-square-foot home has four bedrooms and three bathrooms.

What sets your homes apart from other builders?

Continuing the legacies of Ryland and Standard Pacific, CalAtlantic Homes is one of the nation’s largest homebuilders and offers 100 years of combined experience to the homebuilding process.

We design our homes for the way people live today with thoughtful design details.

Any special features or amenities to highlight in your homes?

Homes are designed specifically for the way people live today. Home shoppers will find great-room-centered floor plans that open to gourmet kitchens and connectivity to outdoor living. In the Waterside community, select homesites can accommodate basements. Each home includes a luxurious owner’s suite with a spa-like bath.

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David Weekley Homes

The Seaside model features an open concept with a gourmet kitchen.

David Weekley Homes’ Oakland Park home features 10-foot ceilings.

Below: This model features a large front porch.

What makes West Orange an ideal location for your company to build?

West Orange is a great location (because of) its charming appeal and historic downtown Winter Garden with unique shops, restaurants, entertainment and a farmer’s market. Oakland Park also offers proximity to metropolitan Orlando and scenic nature with miles of hiking and biking trails, such as West Orange Trail, pocket parks and a variety of ponds and lakes, including Lake Apopka.

What sets your homes apart from other builders?

We’ve been building highquality homes for nearly four decades, and we’ve used the research and insights gathered to create floor plans that meet the needs of our customers. Our emphasis

on sight lines and unobstructed views inside make the home live and feel larger, as well as ensure the proper room placement to allow the owner’s retreat and secondary bedrooms privacy.

Any special features or amenities to highlight in your homes?

One of our signature touches in each of our homes is a large or oversized kitchen island.

We understand the kitchen is truly the heart of the home, and coupled with our open-concept designs with the kitchen overlooking the family rooms, the large island gives families the opportunity to remain part of the action in the adjoining rooms while still in the kitchen.

In Oakland Park, the 10-foot ceilings and 8-foot doors provide depth and also allow each room to feel larger.

WEST ORANGE COMMUNITY: Oakland Park (Winter Garden) PRICE RANGE: Village homes start from the $345,000s, and Estate homes from the $410,000s.

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WEST ORANGE COMMUNITIES: Lake Hancock Preserve, Orchard Park and Summerlake (all Winter Garden) PRICE RANGES: Lake Hancock (2667 model) from $296,990; Orchard Park (3737 model) from $354,990.

3737 square feet; Summerlake (1796 model) from $266,990.

PHONE: (407) 6563958 The 2667 model in Lake Hancock features 2,667 square feet, four to six bedrooms, two-and-onehalf to three bathrooms, a two-car garage and a rear covered patio.

The 3737 model in Orchard Park featured a gourmet kitchen with an oversized island.

KB Home What makes West Orange an ideal location for your company to build?

KB Home has a long history of building in the West Orange County market, and several of our most popular communities are located within the desirable sub-market of Winter Garden. Homeowners see the benefits of living in a great community that provides easy access to S.R. 429, S.R. 535 and U.S. 192, and major employers, including Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. Residents also enjoy the quality schools that the area provides and nearby shopping, dining and entertainment offered at Fowler Groves.

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What sets your homes apart from other builders?

KB Home’s home-building approach lets each buyer customize their new home from lot location to floor-plan and design features. All KB Homes are highly energy-efficient and meet strict Energy Star guidelines.

Any special features or amenities to highlight in your homes?

In the Summerlake homes, homeowners can select frontor rear-entry homes. Conservation lots are available in Lake Hancock Preserve.

The 3737 model in Orchard Park offers 3,737 square feet, three to five bedrooms, two-and-one-half to three bathrooms, a two-car garage, walk-in closets in all bedrooms and rear covered patio.

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Lennar Homes What makes West Orange an ideal location for your company to build?

Lots of undeveloped land, room to grow, close proximity to the area’s attractions, urban development is growing strong in the area.

What sets your homes apart from other builders?

Quality, value and integrity are the core principles of Lennar. We also include many eco-smart appliances and features to homes as an included feature, not as an upgrade or additional cost.

The Greythorne is available in Summerlake and starts from $330,990.

Any special features or amenities to highlight in your homes?

Everything’s Included promise: Lennar has done research to determine which features are most desirable — and simply included them. The company’s national purchasing power enables it to provide these features at the best possible value.

WEST ORANGE COMMUNITIES: Alexander Ridge (Winter Garden), Independence (Winter Garden), Summerlake (Winter Garden), Windermere Sound (Windermere) PRICE RANGES: Alexander Ridge from the mid-$200,000s; Summerlake from the high $200,000s; Windermere Sound from the mid$200,000s PHONE: 1 (888) 2161988

The Orleans II model in Summerlake offers 2,727 square feet.

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The Peabody in Windermere Sound offers 3,258 square feet, five bedrooms and three bathrooms.

The Thornebrook model in Summerlake is 3,907 square feet and starts at $403,990.

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WEST ORANGE COMMUNITIES: Oxford Chase (Winter Garden), Spring Lake Reserve (Ocoee), Windermere Trails (Windermere) PRICE RANGE: Oxford Chase from the $300,000s to $400,000s; Spring Lake Reserve from the $230,000s to $300,000s; Windermere Trails townhouse from the $220,000s to $270,000s PHONE NUMBER: (407) 215-6259 The Winthrop model begins at $292,990 and features four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,963 square feet.

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Mattamy Homes What makes West Orange an ideal location for your company to build?

West Orange has so much to offer in terms of employment, shopping, restaurants and services. (The municipalities) are proactive in planning and development, which makes the area attractive to builders and residents.

The Castlefield townhome in Windermere Trails includes three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 1,812 square feet.

What sets your homes apart from other builders?

Architectural elements and design are what sets Mattamy above the suburban sea of sameness. Mattamy designs homes from the outside in.

The Fremont model begins at $245,990. It includes three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,109 square feet.

Any special features or amenities to highlight in your homes?

Every Mattamy home includes large windows that bring

additional light into the home, complemented by decorative window banding on all four sides of the home. Mattamy also includes detailed side elevations on corner homes to add to the community streetscape. Mattamy is not a big-box builder — each home has its own distinct identity.

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Nearly every Realtor uses lockboxes, why don't you?

A. There's a multitude of reasons we don’t use lockboxes starting with the obvious; that it provides more safety and security for our sellers. Additionally, since we are present for every showing, including those with cooperating brokers and their prospects, we can ensure that lights are turned on, window blinds open, the temperature just right and everything else in place. We want every showing to COUNT! Being present also allows for us to highlight features and benefits that might have otherwise been missed. Questions can be answered and potential objections overcome, right on the spot.

There have been many instances where our listing would have been eliminated but then became the buyers first choice simply because we were there.

Won’t Home Sellers get less traffic and fewer showings?

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every showing, we take fewer listings and limit the area to approximately 30 minutes of our office located next to Publix on Maguire road. We have found that this enables us to sell our homes faster and that we have nearly no " fall-throughs".

We want to represent homes that would benefit from a more personal touch especially those that are nicely appointed and deserve to fetch the best possible price. Our team will happily provide advice and assistance to homeowners in order to meet that criteria. Small adjustments will often reap big rewards, regardless of whether you own a home that is valued at $200,000 or over a $1,000,000.

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People are supposed to – no, they are expected to – slow down and mellow with age. And that is true for most. But Barbara Vance with RE/MAX Town Centre Realty isn’t like most people, nor is her team. Not when it comes to real estate. Even after 30 years as a Realtor, the longtime Windermere resident, wife, mother and grandmother of two, still has the same passion as she did when she closed her first home sale back in 1984. And, she has not lost a step, continuing to rank among the top producing real estate sales professionals in Central Florida, year in, year out.

Because of Barbara’s commitment to service, when representing sellers, Barbara Vance and Associates avoids the use of lock-boxes or multi-locks, although it's contrary to standard industry practices. That led to a lively discussion.

lockbox or multi-lock however, tire-kickers, looky-loos and nosy-neighbors are likely eliminated. Serious homebuyers search online first and will make sure they see every home that meets their criteria. We make sure that your home has professional photography so that it makes the "must-see" list.

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WEST ORANGE COMMUNITIES: Enclave at Johns Lake Pointe (Winter Garden), Parkside (Dr. Phillips), Twinwaters (Winter Garden), Verde Park (Winter Garden), Watermark (Winter Garden), Windermere Landing (Windermere), Windermere Trails (Windermere) PRICE RANGES: Windermere Trails (Angelou) from $244,990; Verde Park (Montclair) from $336,990; Parkside (Granada) from $677,990 PHONE: (877) 275-6374 meritagehomes. com

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The Granada model at Parkside features 5,188 square feet, seven bedrooms (includes a first-floor master) and five-and-one-half bathrooms.

Meritage Homes What makes West Orange an ideal location for your company to build?

West Orange County is the ideal location for our buyers because it provides excellent schools, desirable retail services and convenient access to all major highways. All of this with a quaint, smalltown, family feel.

The Verde Park in Montclair includes 3,467 square feet, four bedrooms, two-and-one-half bathrooms and a three-car garage.

What sets your homes apart from other builders?

Our homes offer cleaner, quieter and healthier living. With standard energy efficiencies, such as spray foam insulation and low-E windows, a Meritage home provides a significant value to the buyer setting us apart from other builders.

Any special features or amenities to highlight in your homes?

The new Watermark community boasts fabulous planned amenities including clubhouse with viewing deck to sit and enjoy fireworks from nearby attractions, extensive pool compound and interactive splash pad, fitness center, playground, tennis courts and more.

The Angelou model in Windermere Trails offers 1,758 square feet, three bedrooms, two-and-one-half bathrooms and a two-car garage.

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The Grandview SL, located in Hickory Hammock, starts at $474,990. The home is two stories, 4,770 square feet, four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms.

The interior of the Barrington in Summerlake Groves.

M/I Homes What makes West Orange an ideal location for your company to build? Beautiful topography, golf course views and lake views.

What sets your homes apart from other builders? The 15-year structural warranty and Whole Home Building Standards: 3,000 psi concrete, meets 140-mph wind code, full-perimeter rebar, No. 2 yellow pine.

Homes also feature open concept plans.

The interior of the Grandview SL in Hickory Hammock.

WEST ORANGE COMMUNITIES: Hickory Hammock (Winter Garden) and Summerlake Groves (Winter Garden)

Any special features or amenities to highlight in your homes?

Home offer many options to customize and feature golfcourse views and lake views.

PRICE RANGE: West Orange-area models range from the low $200,000s to the $600,000s PHONE: (407) 270-1080 The Barrington, located in Summerlake Groves, at 15521 Murcott Blossom Blvd. in Winter Garden, starts at $303,490. At 2,439 square feet, it has three to four bedrooms and two to three-and-one-half baths.

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The Chatham, located in the Hickory Hammock at 16201 Great Blue Herron Court in Winter Garden, starts at $325,990.

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WEST ORANGE COMMUNITIES: Brynmar (Ocoee), Eagles Landing at Westyn Bay (Ocoee), Johns Lake Pointe (Winter Garden) and Roper Reserve (Winter Garden) PRICE RANGE: Brynmar from the mid$200,000s; Eagles Landing at Westyn Bay from the high$200,000s; Johns Lake Pointe from the high-$200,000s; Roper Reserve from the mid-$300,000s PHONE NUMBER: (321) 441-3671 richmond american.com

The Seth model features 2,937 square feet, four to six bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and a three-car garage.

Richmond American What makes West Orange an ideal location for your company to build?

It’s location west of Orlando and the highly rated schools.

It’s minutes from popular commuter routes and a

What sets your homes apart from other builders?

Quality craftsmanship, abundant personalization options and energy-efficient features. Richmond American also offers open floor plans designed for the way people truly live and luxury homes for buyers looking to make an upgrade.

Any special features or amenities to highlight in your homes?

Expansive great rooms, outdoor living spaces and energy-efficient features.

The Seth model offers a gourmet kitchen with natural stone countertops, a center island, a nook and an adjacent extended covered patio.

lifestyle-oriented (community) centered around family.

It’s a popular location for growing families and businesses. Downtown Winter Garden (offers) a vibrant arts scene with brick-lined streets, striking architecture and small-town charm of old Florida, shops, museums, art galleries, cafés, farmers market and live music.

The Dalton model offers an open floor plan with plenty of entertaining space.

The Hemingway model features a large dining area with big windows to allow for natural light.

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WEST ORANGE COMMUNITIES: Braemar (Gotha), The Cove at Hamlin (Winter Garden), Cypress Reserve (Winter Garden), Havencrest (West Orange), Overlook at Hamlin (Winter Garden), The Reserve at Carriage Point (Winter Garden), The Reserve at Phillips Cove (Dr. Phillips)

Taylor Morrison is building in the new Horizon West community of Hamlin.

Taylor Morrison What makes West Orange an ideal location for your company to build?

Taylor Morrison does extensive research before investing in a community. It builds and high growth areas with great schools and proximity to the amenities families want.

What sets your homes apart from other builders?

Taylor Morrison homes featured limited warranties to protect the investment, construction and materials from national and regional trade partners, outstanding customer satisfaction rating and award-winning designs and services.

PRICE RANGE: Braemar from the $750,000s; The Cove at Hamlin from the $250,000s; Cypress Reserve from the high-$200,000s; Havencrest from the $600,000s; Overlook at Hamlin from the $270,000s; The Reserve at Carriage Point from the mid-$300,000s; The Reserve at Phillips Cove from the high$400,000s.

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Many of Taylor Morrison’s homes include design features that allow for natural light.

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Any special features or amenities to highlight in your homes?

Taylor Morrison homes feature gourmet kitchens, energy efficiency, classic elevation and many design options.

Design options include finishing touches such as crown moulding and tray ceilings.

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WEST ORANGE COMMUNITIES: Casabella at Windermere and Royal Cypress Preserve. The builder will introduce Lakeshore in Horizon West in early 2016.

PRICE RANGE: Royal Cypress Preserve from the mid-$400,000s; Casabella at Windermere from the low $800,000s.

PHONE NUMBER: (844) 871-7466 tollbrothers.com Massiano model features a large, open kitchen for entertaining.

Toll Brothers What makes West Orange an ideal location for your company to build?

Toll Brothers’ West Orange communities are located in Horizon West, which is one of Central Florida’s fastestgrowing areas. West Orange’s highly rated public and private schools, upscale shopping and casual- and fine-dining options make it the perfect location for us to build our communities.

The Robellini Tuscan model is available in Royal Cypress Preserve.

The Villa Milano in Casabella at Windermere features dramatic windows.

What sets your homes apart from other builders?

Toll Brothers has a long history of integrity, quality and value. Among many other awards, the company was recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies 2015 in the Home Building category.

The company’s luxury homes include an array of included features, and buyers can personalize their homes at the Toll Brothers Central Florida Regional Design Studio.

Any special features or amenities to highlight in your homes?

Toll Brothers homes feature innovative architectural designs and attention to detail, many with picturesque golf, preserve or lake views.

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Located in quiet established neighborhood with lots of mature trees. NO HOA FEES!!! Minutes to downtown Winter Garden with its variety of restaurants, parks, farmers market , water park , music , food or ride bikes on West Orange Trail.

This 4 Bedroom, 3 Bath 2870 Sq, Ft home has a double Garage & Huge Master Bedroom with adjoining Office and spacious bath. Huge family room with wood burning fireplace. Kitchen has bar plus blends into breakfast cove, Formal Dining Room, lots of fresh paint, and flooring. Rear yard is fenced. Large storage room located off back deck. Asking $275.000.

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Jean Grafton sits with her buddy, Bentley, in her favorite room in her house, surrounded by memories of her childhood.

Test of time: 25 Seventh St., Ocoee AMY QUESINBERRY RHODE COMMUNITY EDITOR

It’s 10 in the morning, not that the giant carved clock in the dining room keeps time anymore, and Jean Grafton is sipping hot tea from a slender floral teacup, once part of a set her mother bought each of her daughters decades ago.

She’s sitting with her companion, a dog named Bentley, in her favorite room in the house on Seventh Street in Ocoee — which her father had built in 1926 with three bedrooms and one bath.

Here, Grafton is surrounded by tangible reminders of her large family that once lived, laughed and loved there.

Across from her brown leather chair is an ornate mantel, a beautiful addition to the home just a few years ago — yet the wood is older than the house itself. Above it, two 89-year-old sconces hang on the concrete interior wall; one of them still works.

ROOM FOR EIGHT

The house was already five years old when Mattie Jean Grafton was born in 1931 in the bedroom just off the front room. The baby of six children born to Joe and Mabel, her first bedroom was really a makeshift space on the screened back porch. Eventually, as older siblings left, Grafton occupied one of the beds in the girls’ room.

Grafton was the city clerk of Ocoee for 30 years. Upon retirement in 2004, she could have lived comfortably on the beach or in the mountains, but she chose to go back home.

“I feel safe here,” she said.

After both parents died, a sister, Ruth, who already had been living there with their mother, bought the house in 1986. When Ruth died several years ago, Grafton bought the house from the heirs and started renovations.

She pulled up the kitchen Linoleum and the 50-year-

Jean Grafton’s life has come full circle. She is living in the house in which she was born.

old white wall-to-wall carpet in the other rooms, revealing the original 1926 wood floors, pockmarked with age but still in great shape. She took the plaster walls down to the original bones, added two bathrooms and some closet space and removed the back porch. She also extended the house’s foundation 400 feet.

She had the roof replaced, new double-paned windows installed and the chimney removed; Mama always tired of the birds coming in through the fireplace anyway.

TIES TO THE PAST

It has been a year since Graf-

ton started the renovations.

Today, she remembers the times her mother placed a quilt on the floor of the front room for them to nap.

She recalls the sticky concrete floor of the back porch, where the family made honey from Daddy’s beehives, and how as a child she sold quarts of honey to her neighbors for 75 cents. She can still see Mama using a hot knife to cut the wax caps off the honeycomb.

When Grafton was cleaning out the cluttered garage a few years ago, she found 50 gallons of honey, still canned and neatly stacked from the last extraction probably 50 years

WEST ORANGE REAL ESTATE Glen Springs and Grafton’s father making home movies of his daughters diving into the chilly water.

Grafton can sit in her favorite chair and peer into the dining room at Mama’s table with the claw feet, remembering how her mother cooked three meals a day, every day, for Daddy and the kids.

From this vantage point, she has a view of Mama’s china cabinet and sideboard, which still has the attached mirror.

Daddy liked to watch himself chew while he ate.

She can look at the big Black Forest clock and recall the day her father walked into the house with it, proud of his $150 purchase. This goes hand-in-hand with the memory of going shopping in Orlando with her mother earlier that day. She watched her mother try on an expensive outfit but decline to buy it because of the $100 price tag.

Upon hearing how much the clock cost, she picked up the

Photos by Amy Quesinberry Rhode

Standing in the doorway to the room she was born in, Jean Grafton touches the spot of wood that she says is smoother than any other in the house.

telephone, called the department store and asked for the clothing she had tried on to be delivered.

THE PRICE OF MEMORIES

The little gray house on Seventh Street was purchased for $40,000, minus Grafton’s share as heir, and she estimates she has put in close to $200,000. Someone told her

the house could have been razed and rebuilt for much less. But that wasn’t the point of moving back.

“We brought to close so many memories going through this stuff,” Grafton said. “We had a lot of fun in this house.”

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Her father had the garage built to hold six cars, so as adults, his children had a place to park when they came home to visit with their own families.

There is a cellar, because her dad was raised in West Virginia, where the people he respected all had cellars.

Renovators added a hydraulic lift to the door in the floor, though, and it’s too heavy for Grafton to lift. So the room below sits empty, holding only the memories of yesteryear: Daddy and sister Marie making and jugging wine, Marie making root beer.

Grafton found the bottlecapping machine her sister used, along with seven full 20-gallon glass jugs of wineturned-vinegar.

One of the original bedroom closets had her father’s photography equipment, boxes of film, a camera and two projectors. Memories flooded back of the family going to Silver

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REALTOR SPOTLIGHT

THE FUNK COLLECTION The team of Renee and Jeffrey Funk brokers homes of all sorts within The Funk Collection from their office in Dr. Phillips.

ZAK KERR STAFF WRITER

From the start, a career involving properties has been a Funk family tradition, and now Realtors Jeffrey and Renee Funk are overseeing sales throughout Central Florida from an anchor office in Dr. Phillips, Realty Executives Central Florida.

“I’ve been involved in real estate ever since I was out of college,” Jeffrey Funk said.

“My family owned a property management company in the area, near Disney, and it was just a natural progression in going from property management to the sales aspect.

When we got full-time into sales, we decided to relocate the family to the Dr. PhillipsWindermere area and love it here.”

The Funks call their set of homes The Funk Collection, with a diverse range of options in three counties befitting a collection, particularly enhanced by the growth and diversity of the western area of the county, Renee Funk said.

“It’s a testament to the area, that people want to be here,” Jeffrey Funk said. “You see so many people wanting different areas, wanting to come to the Orlando area from all around the world. There’s then people from throughout Orlando wanting to come to this area (West Orange).”

West Orange County represents a significant focus — the municipalities they cover include Dr. Phillips, Windermere, Horizon West, Ocoee and Winter Garden. That focus has expanded west-

ward as growth has just about tapped out in terms of newly developed properties in Dr. Phillips and Windermere, he said.

“Our philosophy with real estate is it’s not enough to say you specialize in an area or region,” Renee Funk said.

“What it means to specialize is that you are living, working, playing and raising a family all in the exact area that you work and that is the area you believe in. This whole southwest Orlando area is that to us.

We’re Windermere residents — this is our focus.”

Helping shoppers make transactions for primary residences, vacation homes and homes for people from all over the world adds to the enjoyment of the job, Jeffrey Funk said.

“One of our most proud features of our services that we offer is a labor of love, our website,” Renee Funk said.

“Our website is a huge differentiator for us, being that we are local residents here. We have developed and nurtured and maintained our website, RealtyInOrlando.com, to spe-

“You’re with people in a time that requires the utmost level of trust. You’re handling one of — if not the — largest asset for all people, and you really create a bond.”

— Renee Funk

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Jeffrey and Renee Funk moved to Windermere in 2009 and have been in the real-estate business for more than 10 years before that.

cifically focus on the neighborhoods and subdivisions throughout the southwest Orlando region.”

This helps the Funks extend their networks and easily demonstrate the best qualities of their homes to help clients find a proper fit, she said.

Active listings and detailed data down to each subdivision allow clients deep access to what they should know going into a move, she said.

Moreover, they use some of the best technology, including videography and photography, Jeffrey Funk said.

“What we give people is the local information, the inside of every community and what’s going on in each com-

munity that they can’t give you,” he said.

Often, the Funks become friends with their clients, an extension of their wish to please people, to see them happy after a job well done, he said.

“You’re with people in a time that requires the utmost level of trust,” Renee Funk said. “You’re handling one of — if not the — largest asset for all people, and you really create a bond, so to be entrusted with that process is special, especially when we’re working with clients who may not be from the area.”

Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@wotimes.com.

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