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Originally Posted by heartofthecountry
Thank you all so much for your responses. You have given us a lot to consider and think about. A couple of things regarding your responses: Yes I over think. I guess because it is a huge decision as I am winding down towards retirement. We really do not want to rent as, we do not want to put our things in storage. We really only want to move one more time. I have moved a lot with my job over the years and only have one more move in me.  I did not mean to offend regarding the word “Trailer” which by the way is not in my original post. I used the words “mobile home.” Just because I know insurance can be an issue with them. Dare I say that we are not golfers [and still want to live here] We do not want a CYV or anything with a fence. Again, you have all offered so much good advice from financial considerations, to locations, difference in what the houses are built of, insurance issues, considerations of clubs, [my wife loves that there is a quilting club!] Very interesting to read how you all approached your move to TV. Again, many thanks for all your thoughts and responses. We continue the quest! |
Several years ago, we made a 5 year plan to retire to The Villages. As fate would have it, last year my husband was diagnosed with cancer. During this time, he took a nose dive and ended up on life support. I had a lot of time to think about life and what is important. Long story short, when he recovered I discussed with him what I had thought about during those long days where he was dying and we realized we weren't living our lives, we were being controlled by external forces. We decided to shift our 5 year plan to as soon as possible. We listed our home for sale and started spending lots of time in TV. Our home sold and we bought a home in TV, we close June 11th. That's how we made the choice to move.
Our house shopping/village shopping went very much like your experience. We fell in love with the historic side and our first contract was for a manufactured home on the golf course but we could've obtain insurance. That fell through. Our second contract was for a home in Liberty Park but the hot water heater was "end of life" and the sellers wouldn't replace it, so that fell through, again due to insurance. It was at that point we decided to purchase a new home.
Good luck on your journey!