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Originally Posted by kmspla1952
I LOVE the Villages. Honestly I do. The convenience of everything. The variety offered. A lot of friendly people. HOWEVER. I've noticed a change in the 5 years we have lived here. I see that the priority is focused on "south of Brownwood". I also see that our home values will decrease as each "multi family/apartments" is built. Hacienda Hills & Katie Belle's have been identified as apartments. 468 new apartments including section 8 are being built behind the Haciendas of Mission Hills. TooJay's and Demshar's have closed in Spanish Springs and are they next to become apartments?
I consider a move to On Top of the World in Ocala. Husband said he would never move anywhere that you didn't own the land (leasehold). I have recently found out that there are 3 communities in OTOW (Candler Hills, Indigo East & Weybourne Landing) that is fee simple and you DO own the land.
I would like your thoughts please on why or why not you would consider OTOW? Thank you.
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I considered OTOW before buying in The Villages this year. There are nice houses. However, Talk of the Villages has a list here of around 2,000 clubs or activities of various sorts. I went through that and found a hundred I’d like to at least try once. That’s what drew me to The Villages. (Of course, most of those aren’t functioning during the pandemic, but someday they will.)
By contrast, I didn’t see that OTOW had much of anything of that sort. As soon as I figured that out, I lost interest.