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Originally Posted by VillagesFlorida
We have friends who own a ranch home in Tall Trees and we have been very envious of their location. They have all kinds of shopping and restaurants within a mile or two. There are numerous banks in that area, not to mention a Super Wal-mart just up the street and several gas stations nearby. As far as I know the football field has never been an issue. If I was looking for a resale ranch I would most likely look in Tall Trees or Summerhill. As far as I am concerned that location has a ton more positives than it has negatives (I can't think of one!)
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I know what you mean about that area, while on our LSV we went to Walmart twice and ate at Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Golden Corral and Steak & Shake. It seems to have everything up that way and it's just as easy to shoot down to 27 by using 466. I definitely want to see that rancher when I'm back in town.
In fact, back in the 70's when I lived in Florida, even though I didn't have a kid in school I used to go to Clearwater high school football games every Friday night. So that might be something I'd be interested in doing again. Also, I think I want to get back into playing softball and that location isn't too far from the softball fields I believe.
natickdan, I guess price is part of the solution. We put $65K into our home in 2008 doing a kitchen remodel; granite, stainless steel, white cabinets, bamboo floors, plantation shutters and a screen porch. Very Key West looking. The buyer told me she had looked at 9 homes before ours and liked some of them, but none had a remodeled kitchen and she had just remodeled her home in New York and didn't want to settle for anything less.
By price I mean, I didn't get anywhere near the return of our $65K on our sale. What I got was a faster sale over others and probably about $35K more than if I hadn't done any upgrades. Do I wish I hadn't made those improvements and kept my money in my pocket, probably not because my home would still be for sale.