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Old 01-31-2018, 08:40 AM
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We have a courtyard villa and still have plenty of outside maintenance. We are still responsible for lawn and landscaping and also painting both the house and the wall.
I also have a courtyard villa. I don't see how moving to a courtyard villa at age 75 with an ailing wife is going to reduce your maintenance enough to justify all of the hassle and cost of moving. And, it is not correct that most villas are occupied by elderly people who take care of each other. Many of them are occupied by snowbirds, single women, or people with dogs. That is the situation in my neighborhood.