[The Great Fumar]

Four years ago I bought a COURTYARD VILLA.....I only found three minor things that I wanted corrected....It was taken care of immediately. (one item was I had the home prewired for a garage door opener....when I installed the opener , there were no wires coming out of the wall by the interior house door for the button,,,,I bring this up because they were actually embarrassed that it could have happened .....it was on the print but no wires.....they cut a small hole the size of a quarter and fished the wires out and repaired and repainted the hole , they apologized and fixed my other two small items on the spot.....I was very impressed.)..I loved the Villa and was very comfortable living there and my plan was to live as a snow bird on a 6 and 6 schedule........HOWEVER, What I didn't plan on was that that I didn't want to go home in the spring ....SOOOOO , Plan number two ,,We decided to move here full time and found a preowned home in Chatham ....I invited a friend in Michigan to come down to check out this house for me,( He was president of mich. home builders assoc. at the time,) He spent a few days with us and checked the house from stem to stern...( a lot of time in the attic) ...When he was finished he stated that not only was the house very well built with excellent materials but that the finish work was some of best he had ever seen ..........That was two years ago and we love the house , we love THE VILLAGES and we are here to stay,,,,I have more friends here in four years than I had back in Michigan in 60 years......Every day all we do is play, My wife even has me taking dancing lessons (which is one negative) so it isn't perfect but its darn close...
SO DON'T BE AFRAID TO BUY A HOUSE IN THE VILLAGES...iT'LL BE THE BEST INVESTMENT YOU'll EVER MAKE...( and I don't work for the Villages,,Matter of fact , I don't work for anybody.) Well except for vacuuming,and dishes and my own LAUNDRY ( well dammit , I don't like starch !!!!! :'( ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D