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Originally Posted by shaw8700@outlook.com
We’re planning to move there just as soon as we get this one sold. But that may take awhile as we wait to see what this market is going to do. Here in Arizona this is the time of year to sell but I don’t see one house selling.
But when this market gets moving again, we will buy with relish because we aren’t buying just a house, we’re buying everything that goes with it. I can hardly wait.
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Great thoughts!
Don't delay. Get your Arizona house sold, move here, and enjoy the good life. The Villages is unbelievable. Anyone who is not happy here will not be happy anywhere. There is no trash, graffiti, homeless camps or run-down houses. The fresh plants at the roundabouts and the landscaping of the major streets are amazing. You don't have to drive past 7-11's, tire shops, "head"shops, or porno parlors to go to the grocery store.
Every time I see a line of golf carts at one of the squares, I get a smile on my face. Every time I pull into one of the extra-wide parking spaces or the extra-long parallel street spaces, I chuckle at the thoughtfulness of the developer. I marvel at the foresight of the Morris family in recognizing the benefit of having continuity in the design of the infrastructure, the roundabouts, the street lighting, the community centers etc.
There are more organized clubs than you can count. You may not join a single one. However, if you want to associate with others who own a Chrysler convertible, they're here and they will welcome you. After you settle in, you'll find that your life style hasn't changed that much. If you do anything different, it will be something that you were interested in before you moved here. If you didn't make quilts when you lived in Peoria, I doubt you'll join the quilting club. If you were a golfer before, you'll play more golf here. If you weren't a golfer, you'll still wonder why so many fools spend most of their time doing so. The only new activity you may take up will be pickleball, which EVERYBODY seems to be playing (if you do, be sure to acquaint yourself with the doctors at the Orthopedic Institute on Hwy 441).
Give a lot of thought to where you buy a house. In the new areas in the south, you get a new house, new appliances, new landscaping, new community centers etc. Those are important. The downside is that you will not have an established numbers of services. At Spanish Springs and Lake Sumter, you will have doctors, dentists, barbers, drug stores, restaurants, supermarkets, etc all accessible by golf cart (at Lake Sumter, I drove my cart to my cataract surgery. My wife drove it to the imaging center for an MRI).
The downside in the older areas--we spent 50% of the price of our house on a complete remodel and spent, in total, more than the price for which we could have bought a new house in the south. Contractors for remodeling are very expensive and hard to get. The upside is that we got everything we wanted (and I'm three minutes by cart to a championship golf course).
The best advice when house-hunting is look at an overhead view (Zillow) before taking the time to drive to any house you are considering. If you see a street with a double-yellow line, look elsewhere, if you enjoy peace and quiet. If you are going to spend the money to live on a golf course, be certain that it is not in the line of fire of a stray shot, unless you like meeting new people walking in your yard and on your landscaping.
You'll love The Villages.