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Old 07-27-2016, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by rivaridger1 View Post
When my wife and I first purchased our courtyard villa we knew all of the villa developments included rental properties and we thought some of those might be leased to full time residents and others during " the season " be rented to grandparents and couples on vacation with perhaps a few also being let to younger families. That was precisely the case until now.

What we did not bargain for was the rental villas being used as rented " bunk houses " for labor gangs consisting of 30 year old males all driving pick ups who are working either for the developer or the other commercial entities within the Villages area. That is exactly what is happening in our villa neighborhood and it is something the Village relator is probably not going to mention when trying to sell you a house.

Evidently some of the speculator owners do not care along with their rental agencies about this as long as the monthly rent check continues to arrive in the mail. This situation might exist with some of the less expensive designer home rentals as well.

We just keep watching the oil spots in the driveways of the units in question grow in size.
Thank you for the comment on Oil DRippings. We contacted the Villages Office, well, it seems no one cares. We have a beautiful place and why do we have to turn it into another La or Chicago. Leaking cars from anyone in the driveway should be a very big fine and towed away. Only if the management and only if the people want neat and tidy neighborhoods, hopefully, it may happen. In southern Cal. a Del Webb will or did, have rules. If you do not pull your car in the garage, you get a notice. If you do not close your garage door, they do it and will give you a notice. All of this is spelled out and it is not occupant driven, it is patrolled and monitored and it is the most clean and orderly and attractive place you have ever seen, but, it is in Cal. We could but will not have that here.
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