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Originally Posted by FlaDreamer
This is a very useful thread for someone like me that continues to evaluate The Villages from middle America. For background we've visited once and are going back again in December. Our first observation; to purchase a house with a view, privacy, and lot size we desire will cost almost 2 1/2 to 3xs the value of our house & lot now plus increased recurring costs. For someone use to the big city hustle, bustle, noise, or living in apartments, or a high cost of living densely populate area, The Villages home sites and Village configurations offer many more choices and options and, as I've read, is fact for some less costly. At least from were I sit in the Midwest burbs not so much. This leads me to believe that The Villages, for the most part, is being marketed to the large metropolitan areas of the country. Those of us with the desire, and dare say dream, to live in such a great and well planned community such as the Villages, we run the risk if emotions take charge, of moving into an environment that could compromise our current life-style (cost) or is so different then what we're use to (e.g. environment, traffic) that it becomes a mistake. These are just thoughts, no criticisms, no judgments of anyone.
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There are resale homes in the historic section that start as low as $70K.
I would think and think again before I would invest in a home that is a lot more expensive than your current one as most of us will be on a smaller income and we need to remember that a person's health and the entire economic situation in this country are an unknown.
The amenity fee is around $145 a month. The list of expenses that The Villages sales office sends with the packet, I believe to be fair. As someone stated, it is now our year 'round home not a vacation destination and so we don't eat out the way we would on vacation. There are plenty of free or low cost things to do including visiting with friends and playing cards and having neighborhood potlucks.
The view and privacy lots are a LOT more than the zero upgrade lots. Homes here cost from $70 K to more than a million and a half...and in those homes will be living people who get the exact same bunch of good things to choose from.