Someone else opinion [Archive] - Talk of The Villages Florida

efrahin

11-14-2007, 01:49 PM

I found this post on another board which is not too popular:
S Anderson wrote:
By all means move to The Villages if you are white, old and are very well off and don't mind being ripped off. I am here helping my parent who made the mistake of buying here. The construction is shoddy using sub standard materials and poor wormanship. They do a good job of making the surface look good but underneath its a mess. I am an electrican by trade with my own company and I would fire any of my guys that would do work like I have discovered in my parents home. I wish they had let me know that they were buying here so I could have advised them not to.
The vinyl siding looks like it was done by teenagers. Do yourself a favor and avoid this place like the plague.
Agree, I have helped build a few houses out there, and the company I worked for was all about quantity not quality. I would not even think about wasting money in the Villages.
Does any one have an opinion on this??? It is scaring.

SteveFromNY

11-14-2007, 02:04 PM

I don't agree that the construction is shoddy. While I don't have a career in homebuilding to look back on, I'm pretty handy and can see problems many others would miss. Everything in my house was really well done. I couldn't find problems!

I'm guessing the post originates in a sort of "sour grapes" vein.

another Linda

11-14-2007, 02:05 PM

Boy is that negative. Well, I'm not an electrician -- nor is my husband -- so not sure how much weight our experience carries but here it is anyway.

We bought an older (1993) CY villa north of 466 last spring. We followed the inspector around and asked him a ton of questions. He did find a few minor things wrong, leaky faucet, kitchen cabinet hinge loose, that type of thing. Otherwise he said the villa was in great shape. Then this summer my son-in-law was crawling around in the attic seeing whether or not he could move the cable to another wall. We call him our man with tools -- not a licensed anything, but lots of experience remodeling, restoring. He thought our place was in fine shape.

Guess if you are concerned, you could buy a resale and make it contingent on a thorough inspection. We are very pleased.

Russ_Boston

11-14-2007, 03:22 PM

Remember - Forum boards are just that - FORUMS!

They are open to all sort of viral marketing techniques. That post could be a plant from a rival 55+ community near TV (take your pick, there are many of them). As always do your homework before making any purchase. Have an independent home inspector look at your intended purchase before you buy. Talk to the prospective neighbors. Etc. Etc.

efrahin

11-14-2007, 05:47 PM

That, my friend, is something that will be difficult for you to understand. LOL

RCT

11-14-2007, 06:16 PM

What's "wormanship"? :joke:
It's how you ship worms. :redface:

drdodge

11-14-2007, 06:20 PM

having been in the construction business fo about 25 years and a const super for 10 years building commerical buildings I think the villages do a great job. They have a few problems, but they will take care of them.
drd

Russ_Boston

11-14-2007, 06:42 PM

That was the previously unknown fourth ship of Columbus:

The Nina, The Pinta, The Santa Marie and The Worman ships!

It sank before it got to America.

swrinfla

11-14-2007, 08:35 PM

Efrahin should know that there has been quite a lot of controversy this summer over "shoddy workmanship" on vinyl-sided new construction. It remains a bone of contention, particularly with the POA (Property Owners Association), which frankly seems to delight in taking a negative position on lots of "issues" in TV.
However, I have heard not a murmur about the quality of block/stucco homes. When I moved into mine in Jan '05, having been fortunate enough to build to my specs, I found a hand-full of minor problems in the first week, all of which were taken care of by the end of that week! Since then, not a single problem with quality at all!

Frangyomory

11-14-2007, 08:39 PM

We also bought in '05, a stucco courtyard villa and have had no real problems that weren't resolved pretty quickly. We never considered siding as we wanted to have as little chance for termites as possible.

Peggy D

11-15-2007, 01:31 AM

It's how you ship worms. :redface:

I can't stop laughing!!! You're toooo much!!!

RCT

11-15-2007, 01:53 AM

I can't stop laughing!!! You're toooo much!!!
?Glad you enjoyed it! ;D

Frangyomory

11-15-2007, 02:33 AM

Efrahin you are do very wrong with your opinion of the people who live in the Villages.
I am guessing the average age now is 60. I don't believe that many of us are RICH OLD WHITE FOLKS with nothing to do with our money.

You have your nerve just because you or your mom have had a bad experience to lump everyone into one large pot!!

My husband and I worked very hard and were very fortunate to have pension plans that allowed us to retire young enough to enjoy the rest of our lives. We bought a courtyard villa in our price range and love it.

If you are so unhappy about this place then put it up for sale and go elsewhere. I feel sorry for your mom having to listen to you gripe and whine all the time.

We love it here and wouldn't leave. Fortunately, there are more of us who are happy than not.

Kitria

11-15-2007, 03:10 AM

Fran.. he didn't write it..he found it written on another board.

gfmucci

11-15-2007, 03:35 AM

Maybe he's one of the Shirk Brothers from the movie The Money Pit.

Seriously, there are some very junvenile-acting lurkers on some boards who seem somewhat mentally challenged who snipe with negative comments every chance they get. Tip of the week: Learn how to identify and ignore aggressively negative postings. And learn how to find reputable sources to check things out for yourself.

gfmucci

11-15-2007, 04:04 AM

"Wormanship"
This reminds me of the specially trained chickens during the revolutionary war.* There was a special unit of revolutionary soldiers who trained chickens to identify where the English soldiers were hiding in certain villages by pecking on the front door where they were holed up.* Historians haven't discoved exactly how the chickens knew.* They suspect it was some sort of sixth sense, but 9 times out of 10 the Englishman would be identified and captured.* The name of this special unit was finally rediscovered by an Italian historian.

This special unit was called ChickenCatchaTorre.

Peggy D

11-15-2007, 06:20 AM

Fran.. he didn't write it..he found it written on another board.

Fran,
I saw this post too on another site. It was written this past summer (not by Efrahin)
This guy was a jerk to make comments like that. If the house was sooo bad, maybe he should be thinking of moving his parents out of TV.

I have to chuckle sometimes when I read these negative remarks. No one is holding a gun to anyone's head to stay!!

By the way, Curry was also on that thread adding his/her 2 cents!!

Frangyomory

11-15-2007, 12:47 PM

Efrain, I apologize. I didn't read clearly enough before I let the button get pushed!!! Sorry. ;D

another Linda

11-15-2007, 02:10 PM

Yep. I saw Curry there too. As nasty as ever.

Frangyomory

11-15-2007, 04:16 PM

Efrahin has graciously accepted my apology!!!!! Thanks so much all for bringing my error to my attention!!! Have a great day!!! :-*

jtdraig

11-15-2007, 05:28 PM

For what it is worth, we bought and moved into a Gardenia two years ago. I'm pretty handy and our problems have been very minor. During our warranty period, the Villages came out and repaired any issues immediatley...and we didn't have to call them often. We have the "Gardenia Crack in the Ceiling" but I fixed that myself and it hasn't opened again. We've had a few nail pops which I repaired. I suppose the most serious was the water line from the street to the house separated at the house allegedly because of the big, bad bougainvillia we have but, again, they came out immediately and made the repair (we had one day left on the warranty). Bottom line is that we are very satisfied with the quality of our home.

Peggy D

11-15-2007, 07:46 PM

Yep. I saw Curry there too. As nasty as ever.

What a little snake this Curry is.

jjdees

11-15-2007, 09:49 PM

JT, What is a Gardenia crack?

ewstanley

11-15-2007, 10:01 PM

[quote=jtdraig ]
"Gardenia Crack in the Ceiling"

Do Gardenia Cracks seem to occur more often on this particular model?

gfmucci

11-16-2007, 01:17 AM

Gardenia crack: A substance which causes Gardenia's to do really hyper and strange things and die prematurely.

ewstanley

11-16-2007, 01:21 AM

gfmucci,
too funny!
:joke:

jtdraig

11-16-2007, 01:38 AM

In the Gardenia models, you can often find a crack in the master bedroom ceiling from the left corner up the seam..as you look at the bed (assuming it is between the two windows).
We had an experienced handyman working here and I asked him about the crack in the ceiling wallboard. He said it was not uncommon in the Gardenia model because of "the design"..something about the way the beams were tied together in the ceiling. I was able to repair it and it has not reopened. There are some people on our street who have experienced the same thing.

I only am the messenger here....an experienced one.

jjdees

11-16-2007, 02:23 AM

JT, Thanks for the reply. I didn't relate it to a model. Interesting.

bamafan

11-16-2007, 03:39 AM

JT We have a Gardenia. What are some of the other issues you have had that I may want to be on the lookout for. Thanks

villages07

11-16-2007, 04:03 AM

same thing happens in Lantana master BR....we had it in far right corner to middle of ceiling; fixed under warranty....looks good as new.

Neighbor had extensive cracks in his lantana ceiling ...all fixed by warranty.

jtdraig

11-16-2007, 04:11 AM

Other than the cracked ceiling, we haven't had any issues.....of course, other than the waterline that separated but that was sloppiness on the part of the original installer. The house has been just fine.