Our family came for a lifestyle visit last Christmas. We are still several years away from retirement and decided to start looking at 55+ communities. We had previously visited three others in the past and had not been able to agree on one. My husband fell in love with TV. As he has never wanted to participate in the building process, we looked at new that was already built or being built. Everything new we saw had carpeting throughout. I have dust mite allergies and need a carpet-free home. Also, I did not want to live in a house looking at a wall or my neighbor. This limited our selections. The Villages real estate representative who was assigned to us for our lifestyle visit was polite and patient. One morning he called with a house that had listed just that morning that met all of our qualifications. My husband did a lot of research and we looked at the house several times before purchasing. We closed in February. We are both attorneys and have bought and sold real estate on our own multiple times and were comfortable looking out for our own interests. I will add that while the house was in good shape, the home inspector (who was recommended by TV rep) did an excellent job and found several issues that had to be taken care of before closing. We were satisfied and would use that rep again.
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