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Originally Posted by senior citizen
Just curious as to how many of you looked at The Plantation in Leesburg prior to buying in The Villages? I do know that quite a few posters on TOTV actually live in The Plantation or elsewhere.
The chain of lakes would be a nice "plus". Unfortunately, we just drove past Leesburg but never had time to explore it as we did Mount Dora and Tavares.
In looking at the homes for sale, it seems that all building has stopped, although the homes appear to be fairly new and quite spacious at lower prices with, of course, less ammenities than TV offers.
Just wondering how close in actuality is Leesburg as far as being "their town"; population 18,000.
On our flight back north, we met a nice widowed lady enroute to visit her family in the farmlands above Albany, New York. I told her I'd save her a seat on the plane as we had the early boarding pass.......and I did.
She held my hand the entire time as she wasn't sure if we'd be landing back in snow or not............anyway, she really liked the Plantation, which she and her hubby found after touring the entire state of Florida when he retired from the police force.........
I've looked at the site, but although the golf course frontage pool homes are only $245,000 approx. with 2 and a half bathrooms, 3 bedrooms and large greenspaces around..........I'm wondering if someone would feel "stranded" out in the middle of nowhere..............or is it close to Leesburg ?????? Thanks in advance. It looks very "country" and green.
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The reasons I bought in the Plantation. We stayed in the Villages 3 different times for a month at a time and loved it. We are on a fixed income with only certain amount of money we could afford for a home. The home we have in the Plantation would cost 60% more in the Villages as we had been to many open houses there when we stayed there. There is no one behind us, very large lot. For what we paid for the home here we would have had to bought a older manufactured home in The Villages, and not sure what kind of investment that would be and also how long will insurers insure a manufactured home. Plantation is resident owned and in very good financial shape, one of the best in the area many tell me that, both in and outside of the Plantation. Very secure with the manned gates, you don't get in here unless someone calls the gatehouse and tells them you are expecting them. The fitness centers are included in the very low $85 a month fee. The pools here are huge and very beautiful, especially at the Manor. Leesburg is only maybe 6 miles away, the mall and shopping 12 miles and Clermont which has many new shopping areas 14 miles or so. The drive to Clermont has very few stoplights and easy to get to. No, we can't drive or golf carts to Walmart (which I do miss) but had to weigh all options. Also with the villages and all the bond issues still up in the air, who knows what could happen to the amenity fee? One last item, you can live anywhere and still enjoy the music and entertainment at the 3 town squares, shop there, use the restaurants and go the the movies. Just can't do it with a golf cart.
