[Mack184]

I had an old boss & mentor who used to say.."There's a rump for every chair". Although he didn't use the word rump! There are certainly many, many choices out there for people when they are looking for a retirement community. My father's mother & dad lived out the last years of their lives at the lifecare community called Shell Point Village outside of Fort Myers.

We came this way to be closer to my wife's parents who live at TV in Belvedere. My wife's aunt & uncle also live at TV although I cannot remember which village they are in. I can find it, but I don't remember it's name. My in-laws built their Designer in 2006. My wife's aunt & uncle bought a new one back in 2011. IMHO the "build" of the '06 home was richer than the one built in '11.

When we looked at new homes in TV my wife thought that all of the new homes that we looked at seemed cheap. I didn't entirely agree with her, but hey..there's that happy wife-happy life thing, so I wasn't about rock the boat. So we confined ourselves to looking mostly at the older builds.

One item mentioned in this thread several times was that the new homes qualify for full sinkhole insurance. Our rep at Villages Insurance says that that is only the case "for now". It could all go away in the wink of an eye due to things that they cannot control happening at the state level.

I would think that if what you want in retirement is to be busy throughout your days and you like the hot weather, then buying in TV is a no-brainer. If it's not what you want, then it's probably not for you.

Ultimately we bought in Stonecrest. Why? First, we're not retired and won't be for some time. Second, at this point in our lives we have no interest in "the lifestyle". So there's no point in spending money for things that you are never going to use. And Third, we were less than 10 minutes from my wife's mom & dad. So that worked out well for us. But as I mentioned earlier if you are going to find a place to retire where you don't mind the heat and will find plenty to do there's not much better place to pick than TV.