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Originally Posted by Dond1959
Compared to other homes I have built I would say the homes are of “average” quality with no major issues and very responsive to fix anything that goes wrong in the first year. You can build outside the Villages and get more home for your money, but, it is all the activities and things to do that the Villages blows away there competition as demonstrated in their annual sales of new homes.
When we compared all the 55+ places in the state we always kept comparing them to the Villages and for us the Villages always came out on top. It’s funny the original post mentioned OTOW in Ocala. That was the place we visited before the Villages and it was like crickets there with no one outside. The next day we come to the Villages and there are people everywhere. They are walking, riding bikes, in golf carts, playing golf, pickle ball, at the squares, etc. The first few hours we just went around with our mouths open, we couldn’t believe it. There are pros and cons with any place, but this place checks off most everything we want.
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There is no shortage of posters with opinions but no knowledge. I do not claim knowledge but our previous home, in New York was built in 1948. Materials in the home
real plaster walls, copper plumbing, real oak flooring, lumber that you simply cannot buy today. Gas was run through iron (soft steel) pipe not plastic tubing. They don't make them like they used to and we would not pay what it would cost to do it. Amusing reality
standard construction lumber a 2x4 is smaller than it was in 1948.