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Old 10-14-2024, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by kansasr View Post
The Villages website has a decent affordability tab.....

Cost of Living in The Villages(R): Affordable 55+ Community
Since I track the non-discretionary costs of our village house I can tell you our house costs in a designer home in Fernandina runs us about $17,000. This is just for the house.
Includes all repairs and maintenance but does not includes upgrades and furnishings the wife wants.

Our bond which we are paying off started at $22,000. New house bonds can be up in the forties - will add about a $1,000 a year.

Does not include car expenses, meals and entertainment, travel, clothing, all of the other expenses which are discretionary.
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