[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by elizabeth52

While many of you who already live in the Villages seem to take the recent reports of sinkholes affecting some homes there in stride, it is a little more than scary to a potential buyer. The deductible for a non-catastrophic event could be catastrophic by itself.

Do you know how having a house with a sinkhole in a neighborhood affects the surrounding property values? Would you buy in a neighborhood that has had a sinkhole?

I think it is scary because there is no warning, so there is no way to prepare. Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, snowstorms, are events that usually come with some warning.

With my luck, I'd be backing my golf cart out of the garage and drop right in! I wonder how long it would take my husband to notice I was gone????

Seriously, this is not a "the sky is falling" post, but it does make me hit the PAUSE button momentarily.

AMEN

Elizabeth....you truly "get it"........as does everyone else I have spoken to**. We pray that everyone and their homes stay safe, but it is a concern and not a minor one at that.

**Except for the apologetics who feel the need to post with disdain towards innocent honest comments or concerns.
The word "apologetics" is derived from the Greek word "apologia" which means to make a defense. It has come to mean defense of the faith. I'm not using it as refers to religion here, but to a defense of their hometown.

Obviously, those already living in The Villages do not get too excited about these news blips on sinkholes in The Villages, that seem to be happening more frequently. More power to them, for their stoicism. Actually, I can understand both sides of any story.

From afar, people can be a bit more concerned perhaps......
At our age in life, it's too hard to begin over again and then over again due to a catastrophic ground collapse. God forbid.

I loved that second to the last paragraph. ditto.
"What?" "Grandma's missing?" I wonder if they'd find me?

My fear would be that it would happen "under the bedroom area" ****and no one would realize that such an event had occurred if they did not see it with their own eyes as compared to an outdoor sinkhole which is more visible. ****(such as what happened to the man in Brandon, Tampa Bay area, where no one could rescue him from his bed)

Again........I say "AMEN". Thanks for posting important feelings, shared by many of us still living out of state but gearing up to list our homes for sale.