All developments that I have lived in, the developer pays for the infrastructure - roads, utilities, etc. and pays for them from the profits of selling the homes. When the developer has completed the development he turns over the ownership of the common facilities to the Property owners, who then own the common facilities and decide what to do with and pay for them. Not so in the Villages. The developer charges a Bond to pay for the infrastructure, and the developer it turns out owns the common facilities and charges the homeowners a monthly fee to use them. So the property owners pay for the facilities, but the developer owns them and he can do what he wants with them. Close down amenities, convert common areas to apartments, whatever. Can't wait to see what else the greedy kids of the developer have in mind. Convert all of the golf courses into apartments? I know the response - if you don't like it here then move. So I have.
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