Make your dream your reality and begin living an idyllic life in this beautiful BARBADOS model located in Valencia Lakes, Tampa Bay’s premier 55+ Active Adult Community. This 2018 GL Homes built BARBADOS has 2,271SF and provides 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, great room, dining, kitchen, dinette, lanai, and a 3-car tandem garage. The exterior features a pristine barrel tile roof, whole house gutters, hurricane shutters, and spotless walls. The full-width pavered driveway leads to a 3-car tandem garage with a 10’ ceiling, two overhead storage racks and a custom heavy-duty floor-to-ceiling storage rack coupled with a superior epoxy flooring. Is this space for a workshop or your fantasy car? The foyer measures 18’x6’ and has a 13’-to-14’ tray ceiling with three striking pendant lights, and the transom window above the door also features a plantation shutter. Bedroom 2 sits at the front of the home affording guests exceptional comfort and privacy and it features carpet, a ceiling fan, and a large window. Bedroom 3 lies midway along the foyer, and it features double French-doors, porcelain tile floors, a walk-in closet, a 6’x5’ window, and a custom Fallon lighted wall unit; it’s presently purposed as an office. The immense primary bedroom measures 19’x13 and is on the opposite side and rear of the home. It is carpeted and features a 10’-to-11’ tray ceiling and a 9’x5’ window, two walk-in closets and a very-well-appointed ensuite bathroom. All three bedrooms feature recessed lighting, ceiling fans, and plantation shutters. The Ensuite bathroom features two sizeable, separated vanities with quartz counters, KOHLER undermount sinks, and MOEN Voss faucets, a large, framed glass walk-in shower, a linen closet, and a water closet for the KOHLER Sterling luxury height commode. Forward of the foyer is the BARBADOS’ open floorplan of the dining room, kitchen, dinette and great room. The dining room will comfortably host 8 persons and features a lighted palm ceiling fan. The impressive kitchen features cherry stained solid maple cabinetry with 42” upper cabinets with under/and over cabinet lighting, lower cabinets feature sliding shelves as does the cabinet pantry, extensive quartz counters topped by a DELRAY brick mosaic tile backsplash, a very large island with bar height seating for four, a KOHLER Hi/Low stainless sink with a MOEN Brantford faucet and an additional RO faucet. Three pendant lights adorn the island, 6 recessed lights and a lighted ceiling fan will keep things light and cool. The adjoining dinette will be the perfect place for daily or intimate meals. The spacious great room features a 10’-to’11’ tray ceiling with six recessed lights, and a ceiling fan. The large laundry room features a washer & dryer, cabinet utility sink, upper cabinets on two walls and lower cabinets on one wall. The common areas feature 24’x12” STRATA tile, crown molding in every room, and the windows feature JT Home Design valences adorning pull-down blinds. The L-shaped lanai is curtained with nature’s privacy and will be a great space to enjoy the outdoors under cover, and it’s also pre-plumbed for the addition of an outdoor kitchen. Environmental comforts are assured by a 15 SEER HVAC with MERV 8+ filters, UV light, and DIVEK surge protection, a Culligan water softener system, a 50-gallon water heater with expansion tank and an EATON Complete Home Surge Protector on the 200 AMP panel. This BARBADOS awaits the discerning person who demands quality. Seize the day!