[graciegirl]

I agree that the information The Villages gives you is pretty close. The variables are how much you eat out or DRINK out, how much you entertain IN and how much you want to add to your house in landscaping or fancy stuff.


I think that the groceries cost a little more than in Cincinnati, but the taxes are less and the water and electricity is less. Your air conditioning will wear out faster here and the cost of having your lawn cut per month is just around fifty dollars. PER MONTH. It costs more to fertilize and weed and have your bushes cut. Cutting your bushes yourself is not hard. Weeding is.


Much more emphasis is put on how you keep your property here than where most of us lived. Most people CARE that you keep it neat and nice and your house washed. It costs about $40 to have your house washed.


We have varying deed restrictions about lawn ornaments and they are most strict south of 466. (We have a 466 AND a 466A) The villages get newer as you go south. Deed restrictions are enforced with a fine, but another resident has to report you and that can be done with an anonymous phone call.


There is entertainment on all three squares nightly except for Christmas and some groups are more popular than others. Some people go to the squares and chain off or put pillows on their seats way early in the day and that aggravates the heck out of other residents, but The Villages does not officially regulate this practice.


Most of us are over 55 and some of us are way over 55. It is my PERSONAL view that we are all very interesting and mostly a lot of fun.


I would like to personally welcome you. I love this place and I don't work for the developer or have never met him. I did sit five rows behind him and the family at the Sharon not long ago.