Too claustrophobic for me. Identical houses on top of each other, and the view of nothing but plastic fence out the back door.
Most of the houses Villagers enjoy their outdoor activities, but once home from golf, or pickleball, or whatever their favorite sport is, they don't spend much time outside of their homes, other than to do some maintenance.
The central Florida climate is best enjoyed indoors under air, that is why.
Our neighbors are quite close to us on the sides of the house, but our back of the house faces conservation when looking out from our lanai, so that works for us.
My house sits on a golf course behind a tee box(50 yards or so from me). I'm a member so I have a huge backyard that I don't have to mow.
2nd day checkin
John our sales man took us to a country club and a “rec center” of course both were beautiful. The rec center exercise equipment room was packed. (Great to see oldsters staying fit). In another large room some kind of dance exercise class -quite a number of ladies.
About 5:30 we were relaxing and DW and SIL where in the lanai and we could hear some king of concert at nearby Brownwood (5-6 happy hour) it sounded like it got a bit rowdy by 6. Will investigate tonight.
Odd several car alarms went off.. DW suggested its easier to find you car if you hit the emergency button?
Odd several car alarms went off.. DW suggested its easier to find you car if you hit the emergency button?
RayinPenn, you should check out the community where I live. It’s near The Villages on Route 441 in Lady Lake. Water Oak is the name of the community. The monthly open house is tomorrow from 10:00 to 4:00. My hubby and I absolutely love it here. Much quieter than The Villages. A lot of people from TV come here to golf because it’s easy to get a tee time.
I leave the villages thinking its a possibility we will put it on the list. Maybe next year we will rent one for a month or two and see how it goes. It did not blow me away. The truth is if the joint has an internet connection, Heat/AC a clean bed and bathroom and I am pretty happy.
If that is all you need, Ray, there are quite a few places in Florida where you could meet and even exceed your needs for FAR less than $450,000. You might want to expand your search beyond just Sarasota and the Villages. Where we spend our winters in Florida, you could buy a very nice, larger single-family home on a decent-sized lot for $250,000 or less. Like a lot of states, Florida is pretty diverse.
We talk further and learn its $350,000 for a lovely, open plan, 3 bedroom 2 bath home with 2 car garage and separate cart garage with its own cute garage door. Its called the “Begonia” a customer favorite. Add another $100,000 for a pond view in your back yard. […]
Let me tell you about that pond - it was nasty. Apparently the cutters had just come through and its surface looked like it was covered in green muck. This is not a cool deep water lake in Maine. They are loaded with snapping turtles, snakes and Mr. Toothy - the big ones haul out and sun bath in the open. Man is their only enemy when they get bigger.
Moving from one congested area to another (even with great winters) just doesn’t make sense. We thought perhaps we would look at Tennessee next.