[natickdan]

Excellent post and one I believe will be helpful to those moving to TV.

As snow birds, we opted not to bring anything from our home in MA and purchased all new furniture, electronics and washer & dryer after we closed last January. After visiting most furniture stores around TV, we bought most of our new furniture from either Southern Lifestyle and Showcase Direct. We purchased three new TV's and other electronics from Amazon because of their pricing and they delivered directly to our home. Prior to closing, we purchased a new washer & dryer from Best Buy and arranged delivery for the day after we closed.

Many furniture stores around TV have room layouts of homes styles in TV and this is a big benefit when buying furniture. We found this next tidbit quite helpful... The Villages sales office will give you a CAD paper drawing of your floor plan with dimensions. My wife took this drawing to Staples, had it copied and laminated. This allowed us to carry it with us while shopping and mark it up as we explored furniture options.

If I had to do it all over again ( And I Don't ), I would have spent more time at the consignment shops to supplement what we needed. We have met a number of people in TV that purchased furniture from local consignment shops and in doing so, they got very nice furniture and saved money.

We still have projects we want to complete this winter, but we are getting there....albeit slowly.

Best of luck!