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Old 09-12-2012, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by eweissenbach View Post
OP might want to PM FaithfulFrank as he lives in the Plantations and could offer a resident's perspective. Also EdVinMass lives in Stonecrest. We looked in Stonecrest a couple years ago and liked what we saw, however we noticed that people were not "out and about", like they are in TV. We went into their rec center and there was not much going on and it did not compare with the big Villages rec centers. The kicker for us was the salesman kept pointing out to us that we could get to the villages by golf cart as a sales point! We were like, why would we want to buy a home in a community where the major advantage was the ability to get to the nearby community by golf cart by going behind Wal Mart....................
Exactly eweissenbach. Good post. We too looked at several retirement communities in the area and Florida including many named by others in this Thread. We even looked in Arizona, and Texas. After all the looking, it came down to the beauty and lifestyle of TV. Plantation at Leesburg is a nice place with plenty of things to do and so is Stonecrest. We had bought and sold several homes as investments over the years and I believe your investment in TV is solid for the long haul----wasn't too sure about some of the other places. Being able to go everywhere in your golf cart and "free" golf on the executive courses made the final difference in our decision making process. Like Mr. Lincoln said........
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