lost at tv.

[need2no]

was online today at the tv resale properties site. houses were listed by address and village name. have no idea where these villages are nor what the monthly maintenance fees include from village to village (not bond fees). contacted the tv resale's office and was directed to buy a 5.00 map to find the locations. was also told everyone in all villages pays a 135 monthly fee and the amenities are the same no matter what village your in. found this to be confusing for I have seen some villages are manually gated vs. others with just controlled access arms. cant imagine both communities have the same monthly fees. also, cant imagine TV advertises properties without a cross reference showing where they are?

am coming to TV next month and would like to drive thru various villages to see what they are like (future purchase anticipated) will have gate pass
via relative resident who I am visiting.

what I am searching for is.
1. if I wanted to visit villages say, in lake county, is there a internet site showing me where lake county is and what villages are within lake county?
2. is there any way to find what amenities/fees are within village to village?

have read other threads at totv which had links attached, but those links no longer work.

[Sydney]

was online today at the tv resale properties site. houses were listed by address and village name. have no idea where these villages are nor what the monthly maintenance fees include from village to village (not bond fees). contacted the tv resale's office and was directed to buy a 5.00 map to find the locations. was also told everyone in all villages pays a 135 monthly fee and the amenities are the same no matter what village your in. found this to be confusing for I have seen some villages are manually gated vs. others with just controlled access arms. cant imagine both communities have the same monthly fees. also, cant imagine TV advertises properties without a cross reference showing where they are?

am coming to TV next month and would like to drive thru various villages to see what they are like (future purchase anticipated) will have gate pass
via relative resident who I am visiting.

what I am searching for is.
1. if I wanted to visit villages say, in lake county, is there a internet site showing me where lake county is and what villages are within lake county?
2. is there any way to find what amenities/fees are within village to village?

have read other threads at totv which had links attached, but those links no longer work.

I believe your best source of information would be from your relative that already lives in TV.

[need2no]

handicapped, not computer literate, lets not go there..thanks anyway.

[blaZen]

Go by the sales office in LSL and purchase a map of TV. A updated map came out last June. The first time we visited, stayed at the Comfort Suites located near Spanish Springs. After that, we rented a house. Go to thevillages4rent.com One can rent a home for a month for the price of a weeks hotel stay.

[OpusX1]

The amenities and the aminity fee's are the same for all villages as far as I know. Some of the older properties may pay a bit less than $135 but eveyrone I know pays $135+- a dollar or so. If you live in The Villages all/any amenities are available for you to use/join/participate.
You do need the $5 map to tell where the different villages are. Spanish Springs and The Villages close to it are in Lake County. The Villages north of Caminio Real are mostly in Marion County and all the other Villages are in Sumter County with all new construction being in Sumter County.

[Bogie Shooter]

Here are a couple of maps. One is north of 466 the other is south of 466. They are in PDF format so you will have to enlarge to see the village names.
http://www.districtgov.org/yourdistrict/districtmap/images/Districts%20and%20Villages%20North.pdf
http://www.districtgov.org/yourdistrict/districtmap/images/Districts%20and%20Villages%20South.pdf

[pooh]

My monthly amenities fee is $136.63 Four years ago it was a bit less. It goes up each year, a small amount. When you buy, I do believe you pay whatever the fee is and it can increase a small percentage each year so you'll find that people could be paying different fees, at least that's how it worked out with my Mom in law and us....she bought a little after us...but at this point we pay the same amount.

The gates don't make any difference in your fee. Some are manned, some are not. All gates have an intercom to the main gate at Bonnybrook for cars without a gate pass.

The map is wonderful. Villagers regularly buy new ones when they become available. I just got a new one and here is a list of the villages in Lake County....Village Mira Mesa, Village La Zamora, Village Valle Verde, Village El Cortez, Village La Reynalda, Village Del Mar, Village of Silver Lake (on the Historical side), Village of Country Club Hills (Historic Side), Village of Orange Blossom Gardens (Historic Side). I don't believe I've forgotten any other village from Lake County.

Marion County Villages include: Village of Piedmont, Village of Springdale, Village of Woodbury, Village of Chatham, Village of Calumet Grove, Village of Briar Meadow.

All other Villages are in Sumter County...some north of Rt. 466, all new ones south of Rt. 466.

[pooh]

Villages in Sumter County north of 466 include:
Village of Belle Aire, Village of Glenbrook, Village of Summerhill, Village of Polo Ridge, Sunbury of Glenbrook,
Village of Alhambra, Harmswood of Belleaire, Village Santiago, Village Santo Domingo, Village de Allende, Village Tierra del Sol, Village of Palo Alto, Village Hacienda, Hickory Hill, Village Rio Grande, Village Rio Ponderosa, Village de la Vista, Village Rio Ranchero.

Villages south of Rt. 466: Village of Belvedere, Village of Tall Trees, Village of Bonnybrook, Village of Lynnhaven, Village of Ashland, Village of Bridgeport at Lake Miona, Village of Bridgeport at Lake Sumter, Village of Sunset Pointe, Village of Virginia Trace, Village of Caroline, Village of Mallory Square, Village of Sunset Pointe, Village of Sunset Ridge at Sunset Pointe,
Village of Poinciana, Village of Liberty Park, Village of Duval, Village of Sabal Chase, Village of Amelia, Village of Largo, Village of Hadley, Village of Hemingway, Village of Duval, Village of Boniat, Village of St. Charles, Village of Pennecamp, Village of Buttonwood.

Whew, think I got them all!

[nkrifats]

The $5 for the map is money well spent. Everyone pays close to the same fee and has access to everything. Something I find very fair.

[Barefoot]

I think these maps are available other places on the net. Somone else will know (probably Villages07). They are a great way of locating villages.

I use the link to www.lylesellsflorida.com
Click on Villages Information
Click on Villages.maps
Pages 6 & 7 have very clear maps showing each village location

[need2no]

wow, you guys/gals are the best. got my 3 day quest solved in 30minutes by reaching out to you via this website. now have a direction to go in and a semblance of order to go to the next step. owe you all a cold one,thanks very much for your help.

[tom60]

I just checked my last amenity bill and i pay 121.64 a month. I live in santo domingo. I think its higher in the new area south of 466.

[TrudyM]

I just checked my last amenity bill and i pay 121.64 a month. I live in santo domingo. I think its higher in the new area south of 466.

Like you I have been reading this site gathering info for our future move.

I read the convenats from the district site and it has the amenities fee adjusting with the cost of living index. This is the fee for the community centers maintence of the golf courses etc. So if I read it right it is whatever it is set at when the property was first built and then has gone up with inflation.

I have two suggestions first buy the online book "Don't even think of moving to the villages without reading this book" It is in a yellow box on the top left of the home page. It has good overview info and many links. It is copies of a cross section of answers to questions about moving to the villages from this site.

Second if you want to see the villages on a rough map this site http://thevillagesforrent.com/maps/index.htm has one it has one error Mira Mesa area 31 on the map isn't listed in the list.

It also has listings of for sale by owner. If you are going to buy previously owned inorder to see everything you have two work with two salespeople. One with the villages, and another that is a realtor that is a member of the MLS. The listings that the villages have are not in the MLS and the ones in the MLS are not shown by a villages sales agent.

Hope this helps.

[2 Oldcrabs]

If you are a member of AAA auto club you can order a map . " Map of The Villages Sumter County Florida". Number FL007. It shows TV in all 3 counties.

[macro]

While hunting for a property in the Villages for a little over a year, when I wanted to see where it was located, I would go www.msn.com and open maps & directions from the ...More tab, type in the address and zoom in or go to Bird's eye view. A couple of times the address would be off and I could go to www.zillow.com which seemed more accurate. Zillow also had a neat feature in it which I could check nearby homes for recent sales and prices and some more details like age of home. Also had bird's eye view. Really got an overall feel for the place that I didn't get when actually driving around. The aerial perspective helps.

[SABRMnLgs]

Probably the best bet is to ask your friend these questions. Better yet, get on the phone with the people selling the houses and property. I have been on them a few dozen times about making a booklet of some sort with all the questions you ask so people won't have to ask these same questions over and over and over ad nauseum. The little DVD and such are okay but they do not go into detail especially regarding $$$$$$.

Jerry

[graciegirl]

I am pretty good getting around places usually, but The Villages were/was challenging at first, especially when I was looking at houses for sale on The Villages site. I was most baffled by which villages were the newer ones and which were older. There is a thread or posting on here somewhere where someone gave the approximate age of each village. It may matter if you are looking for a newer or older house or you want to know if they are north or south of 466 or 441/27.

I couldn't conceptualize where the stores were, because initially I was thinking that 441/27 ran east and west across almost the top of TV and actually it is a diagonal. 466 does run east and west through the center and so does 466A across what is NOW the bottom. It doesn't help those two sound alike too.

I was using that map all of the time and can anyone figure out why The Villages maps are printed on paper that fall apart at the creases so easily???

There are toooooo many questions to keep calling someone to ask. If you don't do maps, it really is very difficult at first.

[EdV]

I think these maps are available other places on the net. Somone else will know (probably Villages07). They are a great way of locating villages.

I use the link to www.lylesellsflorida.com
Click on Villages Information
Click on Villages.maps
Pages 6 & 7 have very clear maps showing each village location

It's actually www.lylesellsfla.com

[swrinfla]

Gracie:

I've decided that the falling apart maps are an obvious conspiracy! :jester:

Of course, since they're out of date as soon as you buy one, it's probably a money thing! Even my newest version (published Jan 2010) isn't completely current with Buttonwood, St. Charles, etc.

SWR
:beer3:

[wendyquat]

We thought we might rent when first coming to tv at least until we found what we are looking for. How is the amenities fee handled when you are not an owner? Thanks

[cats12470]

We hooked up with a realtor so we could have someone show us the area and we WILL buy from her.... she was kind and sent us a map.... I offered to pay but she would not accept it.... $5 is well worth the price but a Realtor really can get you around.... so much to see....make sure you take the Trolly ride.. maybe a couple of times... the first time to "hear" what they have to say... the 2nd time to "look" at what they talked about.... you can rent a golf cart and take your map and go.... what could be more fun than that??!!!!!! Enjoy... we will be down this week-end to pick our future home... we just can't wait... talk to everyone you can.... people that work in TV and people sitting around the town centers.... you will learn a lot.... we had people drawing maps for us..the golf cart store was the best.... they explained to us what is going on with the building.... where the best buys "seem" to be.... talk to people in the restaurants.... so much fun...

[Ohiogirl]

Owners pay the amenity fees monthly, whether there's anyone in their unit or not. It costs $50 for up to 2 adults to get a "resident guest pass" for the length of their lease as opposed to a free regular guest pass. Almost all monthly or longer tenants opt for this. Not worth it if you are not golfers and are only renting for a week, IMO. The regular guest pass still gives access to pools and rec centers and golf at the guest rates.

Most landlords offer this ($50 resident passes) as an optional fee but from time to time some owners include this perk in the rent. Same for cleaning and hotel tax. The owner files and pays the hotel tax, either including the cost in the rent or adding it on. Either way, it is communicated to the prospective tenants - if not, ask.