All in all I think the monthly expenses of owning a Villages home are very reasonable. The three that bother me the most are homeowners insurance (although I pay it annually, not monthly), the amount I feel that has to be stashed aside for periodic maintenance (roof, HVAC, water heater, etc…), and having to pay a service company $150 per month to come by weekly for about 5 minutes of maintenance on the pool. I would most definitely do the pool myself if we were there full time, but it can’t be ignored when we aren’t there. I don’t mind paying for Ammenity fees, trash pickup, and base water and sewer rates for about half the year when we aren’t there, but it bothers me that some of the full timers, who are beneficiaries of part timers paying fees year round, bitch about part timers showing up to use their homes and cheer when they aren’t there.
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