Dennis/Rose - No bond on the historic side and no other assessments/manitenance costs either. We just pay our amenities fees as all other residents do. We are the original properties of the Villages and any cost of a bond is long gone! Our neighborhoods have been here for more that 25 years!
The advantages to the newer communities with bonds - traffic, smaller lot size, lack of mature landscaping, kissing lanais with neighbors and about a 40 minute cart ride to visit any friends you make in the historic villages.
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Not sure if I have free time...or if I just forgot everything I was supposed to do!