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Originally Posted by John_W
We came in April of 2011 on a LSV for 7 days and stayed in the real nice cottage homes on the east side of LSL sales office, at the base of the Morse Bridge. I remember seeing those Edgewater Bungalows for sale on the internet, my budget was $185K so that eliminated them. Although I remember some went in the low 2's and I probably could of stretched the budget, but decided not to. I wish we did have a 2 car garage, I had a Camaro for a short while, but one of the reasons I got rid of it was because it was so a tight fit with the golf cart.
We closed July 5th of 2011, we arrived in late June but because of 4th of July Holiday we couldn't close beforehand, all the dates were already taken. We didn't have a lot of notice, we sold our home the morning after we listed it, in less than 18 hours. We had been here 3 weeks earlier on our LSV, so rather than make another trip, we bought our villa sight-unseen ourselves. The photos had not been put on the website yet. So our salesman drove over that night and took photos and emailed them to us.
So we stayed at the Holiday Inn at SS for about a week waiting to close. I actually like our location just below Buttonwood. We're 3-1/2 miles to LSL and 3-1/2 miles to Brownwood. We were going to BW five days a week to MVP, so this was convenient, we've cut it back to just 2 or 3 days a week now. My wife likes Zumba and I do the treadmill and weights. To me, the two best squares are both very close and I have 7 championship golf courses within 20 minutes by cart and Glenview is 25 minutes.
I grew up in Florida (St. Petersburg), I was born in Baltimore but my parents moved to Florida when I was in the 4th grade. However, in '89 I went back to Baltimore to visit and ended up getting married and staying for the next 22 years.
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That is nice that you got to stay in one of the cottages. I remember they went on sale around the same time the Edgewater Bungalows did. I think they were going in the 500-700 thousand range but I could be off on that. I told my husband about your giving up your Camaro and that got a reaction out of him.
That is great that you sold your MD home so quickly. It took us about 3 months and we were glad when it sold. We bought our home in TV before selling the one in MD so it was a relief to get settled and not have to worry about selling or buying anymore. That was brave of you to buy your home sight unseen but I'm sure the photos helped. It sounds like you and your wife made the right decision. You are centrally located to all the activities you enjoy. I had never heard of Zumba until moving down here. You must really like to golf. I don't golf but my husband does. He took lessons after moving here but he sticks to the Executive courses.
From the age of 2, I lived in Baltimore City until I was 16 and then we moved to Baltimore County. Eventually, after college and marriage, my husband and I settled in Anne Arundel County and lived there from 1970-2011. I have so many memories of Baltimore including riding public transportation across town to and from school starting in Jr. HS at age 12. For better or worse, I haven't been there for many years. TV is amazing in that most everyone is from somewhere else. We run into people from MD and NY state (where my husband is from) regularly.The retired teacher's association of Anne Arundel County held their annual FL trip in TV, staying at the Waterfront Inn and posting numerous photos taken around TV. You have probably had similar experiences. TV is just a unique place.