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Old 08-10-2024, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by ChicagoNative View Post
What do you get for the amenity fee besides “free” golf on the 9 hole courses and the opportunity to join a club? It’s my understanding that some clubs also have additional dues?

It seems pretty misleading to me to say that it’s only $200 a month to live in the Villages. What about your landscaping? trimming? fertilization? Irrigation?

Don’t get me wrong: I think the Villages is a fantastic community. But when you compare fees between Villages and non-Villages communities, make sure you are getting a true picture of your monthly expenses.
Access to all the sports, family, and adult pools. The MMPs (which are SUPPOSED to be for residents and their guests only, but that's unfortunately bypassed). Every single rec center in The Villages. All the shuffleboard/pickleball/tennis/bocci courts, archery ranges, softball fields, walking trails down south, craft rooms, meeting/event space, the irrigation systems to the golf courses, community area landscaping, all the parks around the retention ponds and woodlands, dog parks, fishing lakes, and paying every single employee who who handles all these things.