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Originally Posted by charmed59
We are here now and I am extremely disappointed in the "Lifestyle Preview" program.
We are in a bungalow in the Alden section, which is south of pretty much everything. There is tons of construction going on here, and we are, by golf cart, 30 minutes away from Lake Sumter and at least 30 minutes away from all activities our realtor has signed us up for.
Unless we pack a suitcase for the day, we can't get more than two activities into a single day. We had to cancel a tee time to be able to try out the center closest to here, the Eisenhower center. Tennis on a clay court is 18 minutes by car.
The realtor showing us around told us the only homes available, new or pre-owned were near here. (Which a quick jump onto either the villages website or the MLS tells me is just not true.) However, what I did learn about the villages is if the only option is to live this far south, near a partially built out square where the only place to get a morning latte has lines out the door, I'm thinking the villages is not for me.
We did learn to play pickle ball, and that was great fun. I can see how people get addicted. The line dancing on the squares is extremely fun, though, in our case, hard to get to. Everyone (save the very grumbly realtor/lifestyle counselor) we meet here is very nice, and extremely happy here, though when we mention where we are located they cringe. I feel like we missed the opportunity to find somewhere in the villages we would be able to live that life we keep hearing about, as attempting it from here is just exhausting.
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WELLLLLL. We didn't access anything in a golf cart first visit and that was nine years ago, when things were smaller but we still used a car because it was so big then. We didn't experience a lot of things but saw what was available. We walked in and out of rec centers, took the trolley car, sited the tennis and golf and chatted with tons of people who all, like Stepford wives, chanted in nearly the same precise words how they loved it here.
I am amazed that any lifestyle package still exists. I thought they discontinued that because of the droves of eager buyers coming in without any perks.
Have you looked at any of the model homes? What did you think? I guess you have decided not to look where there is building but they build and move on quickly and sprinkle some fairy dust on whole streets at a time that make them look like the landscaping has been there for years.
Hope you feel differently your next visit. I can't imagine a village sales agent being bad tempered. I wouldn't buy a lottery ticket. I think you are more interested in preowned, so take your time next time and look at a lot of homes. It is pretty overwhelming that so many things are presented the first time you are here and some things don't register or don't register correctly. Your sales agent can show you new and preowned homes that The Villages listed. MLS realtors can show you only preowned.
Please come back. It is all too good to be true. I love this place and I don't work for the developer. I don't work at all. YAY!!!
There are sinkholes, and more lightning than anyplace in the country and we are all largely conservative and there is an amenity fee that other places don't have and have you had any cold refreshing drinks that are red or purple???