Andy & Dot — the sunset lot is still yours to claim
The Lavello on Lot 1204 · Esplanade at Wellen Park
Thank you for spending time with us at Esplanade. Of everything you saw, one pairing kept rising to the top: the Lavello, on south-facing Lot 1204 at 13424 Manarola Way — built for golden-hour evenings on the lanai, a dedicated study ready for your new consulting business, and room to spare when the kids come to visit. This page pulls it all together, Andy — the home, the lot, the pickleball courts with your name on them, and the direct link to reserve Lot 1204 before someone else does.
Andy, Dot — some visits are tours. Yours felt more like a preview. Andy, you lit up talking pickleball and everything Esplanade; Dot, you saw how the days would actually flow here. And when we stood on Lot 1204 and talked about that south-facing exposure — long, warm light and a proper Florida sunset from your own lanai — that was the moment it stopped being a floor plan and started being your place.
Andy — congratulations again on retiring from the home building industry. After a career building homes for other people, you know quality when you walk through it, and you read the Lavello the way only a builder can. And with your new consulting business getting started, I kept coming back to that dedicated study: a real office of your own, with a door, steps from the lanai — not a corner of the kitchen table.
So I built this page around exactly what you loved, nothing generic: the Lavello and why it fits the two of you, your consulting work and your family, a first look at the lifestyle calendar you’d be joining next week, two signature Esplanade programs I think belong in your evenings and your year — and, at the center of it, the direct Lot 1204 reservation link from our interactive site map, so this homesite doesn’t quietly go to someone else while you’re deciding.
— Johnny Kraivec, Community Sales Manager
The Home You Loved
The Lavello on Lot 1204
South-facing for sunset · Single story · Room for the whole family
Lot 1204 · South-Facing
The Lavello — your sunset home
To-be-built on Lot 1204 · 13424 Manarola Way · Esplanade at Wellen Park · Englewood, Florida 34223
The Lavello is made for the way you two live — and the way your family visits. A welcoming foyer opens to casual dining, then flows into the great room, gourmet kitchen and sun-kissed covered lanai: one big, easy space for everyday life and for gathering everyone when the kids are in town. Your primary suite is tucked away at the back for privacy, with a spa-inspired bath and generous walk-in closet.
Up front, two private guest suites — each with its own bathroom — plus a powder room and the laundry. That’s the part you kept coming back to: the kids don’t get a couch or a compromise, they get their own suite — and so does your privacy.
And the dedicated study is Andy’s consulting office. You’ve just retired from home building and you’re starting a consulting business — this is where it lives. A proper room of its own for client calls, plans and paperwork, with a door you can close at the end of the day and a lanai waiting on the other side of the house. Retired from building, not from being in demand — the Lavello gets that.
Great room & kitchen, opening straight to the lanaiA real guest suite — the kids get their own room & bathRoom at the table for everybody
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South-facing, for the sunset
Lot 1204’s southern exposure is the whole point. Afternoon light pours across the lanai and great room, and the day ends the way Florida days should — with the sunset, from your favorite chairs, drink in hand. It’s the view you pictured, every single evening, not just on vacation.
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Enough room when the kids visit
Three bedrooms and two true guest suites — each with its own full bath, plus a powder room for guests — mean visits feel like family time, not logistics. The kids settle into their own end of the home, and the open great room and lanai hold the whole crew comfortably — holidays included.
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A study that works as hard as you do
Congratulations on the retirement, Andy — and on what’s next. The Lavello’s dedicated study gives your new consulting business a real home office: a separate room for calls, drawings and client work, so your decades in home building stay in demand on your terms, a few steps from home — and when the day’s done, you close the door and the sunset lanai is yours.
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Built for Andy’s game — and everything Esplanade
Andy, this is your home turf: pickleball courts steps from home, plus tennis and bocce, the resort pool, fitness and spa, the Bahama Bar & Grill, and a full-time lifestyle program filling the calendar. One story, low-maintenance, lock-and-leave easy — so your time here goes to the courts and the community, not the upkeep.
For Andy
Your morning match is already on the calendar
Andy — you didn’t just like the pickleball here, you loved it. At Esplanade the courts aren’t an afterthought on an amenity list; they’re part of the daily rhythm, with pickleball, tennis and bocce courts at the heart of the community and a lifestyle program that keeps games, clinics and friendly competition rolling.
Picture the routine: coffee on that south-facing lanai, a morning match while the Florida light is still soft, a cool-down at the resort pool — and Dot, there’s a court, a class or a coffee with your name on it too. This is what “everything Esplanade” means: the sport you love, built into home.
Pickleball CourtsTennisBocceResort Pool & SpaTrails
From Our Interactive Site Map · Lot 1204 Direct Link
Reserve Lot 1204 before it’s gone
South-facing homesites like 1204 don’t sit long. This button is the specific reservation link for Lot 1204 from our interactive site map — it opens straight to this homesite at 13424 Manarola Way (52′ lot, $51,900 homesite premium), with the Lavello among the plans that can be built on it. No hunting through the site map, no generic tool — this is Lot 1204’s own page.
The button above goes directly to Lot 1204’s reservation page — 13424 Manarola Way, the south-facing 52′ homesite, already selected for you.
Step 2 · Choose the Lavello
Select the Lavello floor plan and your preferred exterior elevation, then review the homesite, plan and estimated purchase price together.
Step 3 · Place your hold
Reserve with a $100 refundable deposit. Your reservation takes the home off the market for 48 hours — nothing is final, and I’ll follow up personally to walk through next steps.
Prefer to do it together? Call or text Johnny at (908) 420-2940 and we’ll reserve Lot 1204 side by side — or I’ll hold the conversation with the sales team while you decide. **See Community Sales Manager for details.**
Upcoming Lifestyle Schedule
Next week at Esplanade, Andy & Dot
This isn’t a someday calendar — this is a real week at Esplanade, November 2–7, 2026. Come experience a few of these in person now, and picture this as the rhythm waiting for you once the Lavello on Lot 1204 is home:
Monday
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November
Mixology Monday
Start the week Esplanade-style — a social evening to meet the neighbors you’ll be waving to on the courts.
5:30–7:30 PM
Wednesday
4
November
Technogym Checkup
A check-in at the Resort Club fitness center — Andy, consider it pre-season prep for all that pickleball.
Wed · Nov 4
Friday
6
November
Coffee & Conversations
The easy Friday ritual — coffee, conversation, and the community catching up before the weekend.
9:00–10:00 AM
Saturday
7
November
Holiday Wreath Making
Dot, this one has your name on it — a handmade wreath for the front door of a certain Lavello on Lot 1204.
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Programming is curated by Megan Perretta, Esplanade’s Lifestyle Manager, and the calendar runs like this every week — clubs, wellness, socials and seasonal events. Want to come experience one in person? Johnny can get you both on the list.
Signature Esplanade Programs
Two memberships that come with the address
Beyond the courts and the club, Esplanade membership carries signature programs run by Esplanade Resort Experiences. These two, especially, belong in the life you two described.
Signature Program
Sip Wine Club — your evenings, upgraded
The Sip Wine Club gives Esplanade residents access to a diverse selection of wines, with opportunities to enjoy tastings and wine events, unique private-label selections, and exclusive member discounts. It’s a standing social circle poured into the community calendar — not a special occasion you have to plan.
For Andy & Dot: picture the Lot 1204 routine — Andy off the pickleball courts, the sun dropping due south off your lanai, and a private-label pour from the club waiting for the two of you and whichever neighbors wander over. Sunset just found its pairing.
Signature Program
Travel by Esplanade — the world, with your neighbors
Through Travel by Esplanade, residents join curated travel excursions organized as part of the signature Esplanade lifestyle — trips and outings planned for you, shared with the friends you’ve made on the courts and around the Bahama Bar. The planning is handled; you just show up.
For Andy & Dot: this next chapter was never only about a house. It’s pickleball at home, sunsets on Lot 1204 — and a calendar of excursions beyond Wellen Park to share together, with a built-in travel crew of Esplanade friends beside you.
Mind · Body · Spirit
Everything Esplanade, in one place
At the center stands The Resort Club — a 16,800 sq. ft. amenity center bringing fitness, spa and gathering spaces together, with everything else radiating out from there.
The Resort Club pool — zero-entry, with its own spa and covered cabanas around the deck, steps from the Bahama Bar & Grill.
Body
Strong, active, outdoors
State-of-the-art fitness center with group fitness and movement spaces — then outside to the courts, the pool and miles of Wellen Park trails.
Mind
Room to exhale
The Spa, with massage treatment and wellness services, quiet cabanas and fireside corners — the recovery half of an active life, Dot included.
Spirit
The social heartbeat
Lifestyle Manager Megan Perretta curates the clubs, events and programming — and the days tend to gather around the Bahama Bar & Grill and Café Toasted.
Megan Perretta
Lifestyle Manager
See Lot 1204 on the map, in real time
Check live homesite availability and find south-facing Lot 1204 on the interactive community map.
The Lavello you loved, the south-facing lot you pictured it on, room for the kids, courts for Andy, and a whole lifestyle already in motion. Reserve it online in minutes — or call me and we’ll do it together.
Lot 1204 · South-Facing
