All five Forest Townhomes floor plans compared

"Forest Townhomes offers five floor plans, and picking between them usually comes down to garage size, square footage, and whether a loft matters to you. Here's how all five stack up.

The lineup at a glance

All five plans share the same three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath layout and two-story design. What changes is size, garage capacity, and a couple of layout features that only appear on the larger plans.

The real trade-off: garage size and budget

The Hawthorn is the only plan with a one-car garage, and it's the only plan under $500,000 starting price. If a two-car garage matters more than square footage, the Ashton, Dakota and Laurel head-to-head is worth a closer look — they sit close in size but differ in kitchen layout and garage entry. For a lot of buyers, the garage question comes down to how many vehicles the household actually has and whether a second car would otherwise sit in an uncovered guest space — a genuinely practical question in a Florida summer, not just a storage preference.

The real trade-off: loft versus no loft

Only the Laurel and Ellery include a second-floor loft — a flexible bonus room the other three plans don't have. See how the Hawthorn and Ellery compare directly if you're deciding between the smallest and largest plan in the community. A loft works well as a home office, a playroom for younger kids who still want to be near the bedrooms, or simply a second living area separate from the main-floor great room — useful in a household where more than one person wants their own space at the same time.

How to think about square footage per plan

It's easy to compare five numbers and lose sight of what the difference actually feels like day to day. The gap between the Hawthorn's 1,579 square feet and the Ellery's 1,917 square feet is 338 square feet — roughly the size of a one-car garage and a bedroom combined. That's meaningful if you're furnishing a home office or a dedicated dining area, less meaningful if your day-to-day life mostly happens in the kitchen and great room, which are similarly proportioned across all five plans relative to their overall size.

The three middle plans — Ashton, Dakota, and Laurel — sit within 77 square feet of each other, which is why they're genuinely hard to distinguish on paper. The real differences between them are about layout choices (the Dakota's larger kitchen island, the Laurel's loft and side-entrance garage) rather than raw size.

What stays the same across every plan

Regardless of which plan you choose, every Forest Townhomes home includes the same warranty coverage, the same community amenities, and access to the same three pools, dog park, and walking paths. The floor plan decision affects your daily living space; it doesn't affect what you're covered for or what the community offers. That's worth remembering if you find yourself agonizing over 100 square feet — the bigger factors, price and layout preference, usually matter more than the exact number on the spec sheet.

Once you've picked a plan, here's what's included as standard across every home, and here's how the buying process works start to finish.

How buyers typically narrow it down

Most buyers touring Forest Townhomes start with a budget range rather than a specific plan, then let the floor plan follow from there. If your budget tops out in the high $400,000s to low $500,000s, the Hawthorn is likely your starting point, and the real question becomes whether a one-car garage works for your household. If your budget comfortably covers the $500,000s, the Ashton, Dakota, and Laurel become live options, and the decision shifts to layout preference — open kitchen island versus loft versus a straightforward middle-ground plan. Buyers with the most flexible budgets tend to gravitate toward the Ellery simply because it's the most house available in the community, loft included.

It's worth walking more than one plan before deciding, even if you think you already know which one you want on paper. Room proportions, ceiling heights, and how natural light moves through a home over the course of a day are hard to judge from a floor plan sketch or square footage figure alone. A ten-minute walkthrough of two or three plans back to back tends to clarify a preference that a spec sheet comparison can't.

Homesite selection matters as much as the plan

Choosing a floor plan is only half the decision — the specific homesite within the community affects orientation, proximity to the pools and dog park, and how much privacy a particular lot offers relative to its neighbors. Two buyers on the identical Dakota floor plan can end up with meaningfully different day-to-day experiences of the home depending on which homesite they select, from which direction the primary windows face to how close the nearest shared amenity is. Ask specifically about available homesites for whichever plan you're leaning toward, since availability shifts as the community sells out its current phase.

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Ready to see Forest Townhomes for yourself? Call Simon Karim at 561-704-0091 or Compare Forest Townhomes floor plans in person."