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Originally Posted by npwalters
Any civil engineers on this forum?
It seems like there is a report of some part of the drainage, ponds, and/or home foundations failing in The Villages quite often. Sometimes it is in areas only a few years old.
Is this normal? My neighborhood in Tennessee was over 70 years old and we did not have similar issues. Maybe it is just reported in the local newspaper more often but I really don't know. My gut says it is due to substandard building practices but I have no information to back that up.
I'd like to hear the thoughts of others with some experience in this arena.
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The level of over-sight for construction work in FL in general, is abysmal. Both private and public work. You need look no farther than the project on 27/441 that's taken almost 4 years and it seems no closer to completion now, than it was 4 years ago.
I think your premise is reasonable and from my observation, the quality of the basic infra-structure in TV, as well as the (lack of) ongoing maintenance, certainly doesn't match the quality of infra-structure work that occurs in major metro areas.
You need to remember, the infra-structure of The Villages is designed and build by a private developer and then maintained (paid for), directly by the people who use it. There's really no city, town, country or state, on the hook for the cost of repair & maintenance.