I agree with most of what has been said. Someone said they have a southern facing home and it’s dark as a cave and they are correct. My neighbor across the street has that and their house is dark. My Lanai is southern facing and I love it We have trees in the back, with NO NEIGHBORS. We bought 20 years ago this month. We listed out our priorities. 1) new build 2) Lanai must be souther facing and no no neighbors behind us 3) 2 car garage with Golf Cart garage. AND, that is what we got. We are just south of 466. We have neighbors in the early 60’s move in, and another coupler same age moving in THursday, and age does not matter here, at least not from what we have seen. We have 6 pools within 5 mins, tons of activity on 466 with the new Costco coming soon…(if that matters to you).We have Publix, Walmart and Freshmarket all right on 466 and its a cook and bakers dream. Over time, We made our own enhancements. We added a master closet, did a bump out on the living room, added a very large birdcage with an outdoor kitchen, built a pantry(I like to cook) and did the normal upgrades over the years.. WE love it. We had a huge house up north and I didnt want to move 3 times to find the right house…so we bought a ranch and made improvements which has been perfect as we now have what we want. You can live anywhere, but road noise doesnt ever go away, and “kissing” lanais is something I dont want to ever deal with. We landscaped in the back, put an addition on, and have all the privacy like living I n the country. We live on the backside of a “loop” and our traffic is only those who are living here or visitors coming and going. Its great and so are our neighbors. I wish you luck on your journey…and welcome to the Villages, it was our best move ever, we have been retired for almost 16 years, and been living the dream ever since. Message me with any questions, glad to help you out if I can. My friends bought a corner lot and have more lawn to mow and more grass to water if that matters to you…..
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