One of the posts said to buy a $5 map at the Sales Office. If you are a AAA member, go to the AAA office at Lake Sumter Landing and pick up a Villages map FREE as well as surrounding area maps.
Definitely, do use a golf cart while you are here in The Villages INSTEAD of a car. You will "get lost" a few times, but Villagers will stop and give directions and more than likely, will actually lead you to the area you want to go.
If you do go outside The Villages for a day, I suggest Homasassa Springs State Park about 1 hour away. Yes, you will have to drive your car there. Great place to view manatees!!
I tell everyone that a re-sale home is a better deal than a new home. You can negotiate price for a re-sale while the new homes are fixed price. The re-sales will have a much lower bond or no bond at all. This saves a lot of money. You will be in an established neighborhood with mature landscaping and no construction going on around you.
Your sales agent from The Villages Realty will try and talk you into buying a lot in the new area and say you can build on it at your leisure. Personally, I would not do that.
I would also insist on a CBS (concrete,block,stucco) home over a frame home because of the chance of hurricane winds - as well as better insulated for heat and cooling factors.
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