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Originally Posted by Choro&Swing
While no one seems willing to say this, the “Historic Side” of The Villages across the highway from Spanish Springs is generally considered the least desirable. They were built with quite a different style of architecture, and perhaps a lower quality of construction, and a lot of them have carports instead of garages. They are older, and they haven’t all been as well kept-up.
On the other hand, they have a lot more mature trees and shade, and they tend to be substantially cheaper. I’ve talked to people who live there who say the people there are much more relaxed and have more fun together. Some have been there thirty years and are close-knit.
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Just to clarify: it wasn't "low quality" construction. They were (and most still are) high-quality mobile homes. The original area of the Villages, east of 441, started as a luxury retirement trailer park community.
A small bunch of the single-wides are still there, though they've been renovated a few times over the years. Some of those, really should be rolled out and replaced with something a little more modern, but most of them are still in liveable condition. The rest of the homes here are mostly double-wides and modular homes, all manufactured elsewhere and rolled in and placed here. There are also a few handsful of site-built homes, some of which are rather luxurious.
Our deed restrictions are not as restrictive as those in other parts of the Villages, but we still do have restrictions. Such as - no fencing, you still have to get any construction work approved by the architectural committee, sprinkler systems can only be run x minutes and only on y and z days (depending on the neighborhood), abandoned vehicles not allowed, RVs can't be set up an used more than a couple of days (such as visiting relatives or transferring your stuff from the RV to the house), etc.
There are more restrictions than that, but most of it is a matter of friendly, gentle, inclusive peer pressure to encourage new neighbors to maintain a semblance of a tranquil setting. You won't see cars on cinderblocks. Why not? Because you don't want to risk alienating some of the nicest neighbors you'll ever have in your life, that's why not.