We have owned a villa in TV for 11 years. Our primary home was in Myrtle Beach, SC. We sold that this summer as we bought a cottage in western SC on a lake. We owned the house at the beach for 20 years. Some considerations about buying near the coast are that you must pay for hurricane insurance if you have a mortgage, and the deductibles are really high, and we always needed to be around, particularly in September, when usually a hurricane might come through the area.
We love Florida. That being said, we have looked at other retirement communities, and they just don’t offer the activities the Villages has (before Covid). Also, we were told that home insurance is less if you live north of I-4, west of I-95, and east of I-75, as this is not considered a hurricane-prone zone.
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