[Rsenholzi]

I live in a large courtyard villa- over 2200 sq ft. If you want one that size purchase a corner lot. Many are smaller. I purchased mine 4 years ago and the neighborhood remained stable until COVID. There were 5 rentals out of 50. The homeowners were about 60% snowbirds and came down winters. A few of those would rent theirs out for a month or two. The renters were older and only 1 house was a problem house. That was so because they had many people staying there and a lot of cars, so they were parking in the overflow parking lot taking spaces away from visitors. When they left, another owner had 2 golf carts and 2 trucks. They put their carts in the garage and put their trucks in the visitors lot. This seems to be the only problem we have had here in the 4 years I have been here. One or 2 people will park their cars in the street but that is rare. We have a very cohesive villa area where just about everyone knows everyone else. We get together monthly and include the renters so many of the renters come back yearly so we feel like they are just snowbirds. A good percentage of villas are snowbirds so the area is quiet in the summer but that happens even in designers. I can tell you there is much more privacy in the villas. You can sit in your backyard and not see anyone at all. Yes, there are dogs and once in a while you will hear them but most people are respectful of their neighbors. I only had one neighbor who wasn’t in 4 years. With COVID , we had a big turnover. Families in about 10 homes moved out. Most went to move closer to their families. One moved out of the villages so their family could move in with them. 1 or 2 wanted a bigger home because they had someone move in with them. 1 or 2 were a renter and bought their own home. The people that bought did so as a permanent home. So the renter population actually went down. I suggest you rent for a month at different times during the year and in different areas. Rent a villa and a designer. I found when I rented a designer, I felt like the people were in my backyard and there was absolutely no privacy. You literally could talk out of your screen to your neighbor and when you had company you felt like they could listen in on your conversation. I don’t feel that happening in my villa strictly because the walls block your neighbors . I suggest you stay away from the patio villas because they have no walls and you have the same problem. The other thing is check with neighbors in the area you plan to move into. Every neighborhood was different as to welcoming new people. Established neighborhoods were harder to break into where the newer neighborhoods wanted to make friends. Good luck in your search