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Originally Posted by sunnyFLORIDA5828
Before TV I lived in a 55+ community near here, in Leesburg. I think there was 1,000 single family homes there. One lawn service company. $$$ cost was in monthly amenity fee. Was great. All grass in areas was cut and trimmed in one day. Very efficient. Done well and no doubt a much lower cost than in TV where it’s private for each homeowner.
I think it would be wonderful if each CDD could contract with a licensed firm to cut each property. Cost could be based on approx lot size. Or one general charge for Premier, Designer, and Villa. Would be so much easier for most homeowners, especially snowbirds or owners renting homes.
It’s probably too late now that TV is so entrenched , but I feel the benefits would be awesome. Each homeowner done in each area. Less roads being blocked with many landscape trucks daily. Noise concentrated to only a part of one day per week. And no doubt lower costs for homeowners. Very efficient.
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In The Villages, we OWN our property, it's not community property or leased. We are responsible for our own property, not for anyone else's property. We pay for or do our own maintenance on it, and we don't pick up the costs for anyone else's. If the neighbor moves out and abandons his property, we're not stuck with the tab to keep it from getting overgrown. That's up to his estate, or the bank if there's a foreclosure.
I'm happy about that. I'm also happy to know that if I die, and there's no one to leave my home to, that my neighborhood won't be stuck with the bill for landscaping on my property.