Anyone else hear today that the Developer closed........

[kcrazorbackfan]

…...on the purchase of Continental Country Club? I heard that at work this afternoon.

[Fredman]

Would not surprise me

[champion6]

Anyone else hear today that the Developer closed on the purchase of Continental Country Club? It make no sense. What does it even mean?

Each house is individually owned by the resident. It's impossible to imagine the Developer closed on hundreds of individual homes. And for what purpose?

Or did the Developer buy the CCC club house and golf course? Again for what purpose? The club house and golf course are surrounded by all those houses. And do you think the current CCC house owners would sit quietly and just let that happen?

Although it's a mildly interesting rumor, it makes no sense to me. Remember ... follow the money. I don't see any financial reason for the Developer to buy CCC.

[Goldwingnut]

They haven't purchased other people's problems in the past, buying CCC would definitely be buying someone else's problems. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with or at CCC, the comment is directed at buying any property that would have to maintain and operate instead of plowing it under. Buying an existing facility brings with it all its history and promises that they would have to honor.

The rumor mill is alive and well.

[graciegirl]

Is Continental Country Club a public Golf Course on 44 near Brownwood?

continental country club wildwood fl - Bing (https://www.bing.com/search?q=continental+country+club+wildwood+fl&form=EDGHPT&qs=LC&cvid=d8255fc0ab7d426ba9cab6b9fec76ca7&refig=1cae1df6f6df4c6bb974517990d01000&cc=US&setlang=en-US&elv=AXK1c4IvZoNqPoPnS%21QRLOPkh5SCXBoVxRDdECdXvUBj eSjQsiSpYs5MUscdhC5EdJ6Ynz0C5fevCHsSK*DwONxUPzf%21 SIjmsEY%21ku965Emu&plvar=0&PC=DCTS)

[karostay]

The course conditions over there are about the same as here.You won't notice much difference

[Fredman]

Is Continental Country Club a public Golf Course on 44 near Brownwood?

continental country club wildwood fl - Bing (https://www.bing.com/search?q=continental+country+club+wildwood+fl&form=EDGHPT&qs=LC&cvid=d8255fc0ab7d426ba9cab6b9fec76ca7&refig=1cae1df6f6df4c6bb974517990d01000&cc=US&setlang=en-US&elv=AXK1c4IvZoNqPoPnS%21QRLOPkh5SCXBoVxRDdECdXvUBj eSjQsiSpYs5MUscdhC5EdJ6Ynz0C5fevCHsSK*DwONxUPzf%21 SIjmsEY%21ku965Emu&plvar=0&PC=DCTS)

Yes

[rustyp]

[QUOTE=kcrazorbackfan;1718958]Anyone else hear today that the Developer closed on the purchase of Continental Country Club?

Yes

[ColdNoMore]

The mobile/manufactured homes at Continental, look to be about the same age as TV's historical side.

If the rumor proves to be true, will we now have...two historical areas?

[CWGUY]

…...on the purchase of Continental Country Club? I heard that at work this afternoon.

:icon_wink: Whoever told you should have saved it for April 1st. :1rotfl:

[dewilson58]

I will find out for sure at 2pm................I'm getting a hair cut.

[BobnBev]

I will find out for sure at 2pm................I'm getting a hair cut.

Just one?, why not get them all cut?:1rotfl::1rotfl::clap2::MOJE_whot::boom:

[Topspinmo]

I tend to not worry or care what other people buy:ohdear: cause it’s none of my business :duck:

[tophcfa]

I did my best to search Sumter County public records on line to see if I could find a deed transfer for Continental County Club, but could not find anything? If this sale in fact did happen it will be interesting to learn the Developers reasoning for the transaction and how it may effect the Villages. For one thing, it would represent the first addition of Championship golf in a very long time and since many thousands of new homes have been built.

[anothersteve]

I did my best to search Sumter County public records on line to see if I could find a deed transfer for Continental County Club, but could not find anything? If this sale in fact did happen it will be interesting to learn the Developers reasoning for the transaction and how it may effect the Villages. For one thing, it would represent the first addition of Championship golf in a very long time and since many thousands of new homes have been built.

I agree, but if they did buy, did they buy into the whole package?

Facilities - Continental Country Club FL (https://www.continentalcountryclub.com/facilities/)

[tophcfa]

Just looked at the google map view of Continental and am wondering if a golf cart bridge is planned to go over 44 near the Rohan Regional Recreation Center to access the Villages South. If so, it is very easy to see how golf cart connectivity could be easily linked to Continental?

[kcrazorbackfan]

I did my best to search Sumter County public records on line to see if I could find a deed transfer for Continental County Club, but could not find anything? If this sale in fact did happen it will be interesting to learn the Developers reasoning for the transaction and how it may effect the Villages. For one thing, it would represent the first addition of Championship golf in a very long time and since many thousands of new homes have been built.

Think about it, people are pining for another championship down that way; a lot less money would be spent updating that course rather than building a brand new one. And if it becomes a new village, new homes would be site built to replace the mobile homes as they become unrepairable, as done on the Historic Side.

[CWGUY]

Think about it, people are pining for another championship down that way; a lot less money would be spent updating that course rather than building a brand new one. And if it becomes a new village, new homes would be site built to replace the mobile homes as they become unrepairable, as done on the Historic Side.

:ohdear: Come on think about it..... new courses cost nothing considering the premium on a golf course lot. The people buying on the course pay for it.

They are in the home building business..... not the home buying business. But.......

I would consider buying in the Village of Pembroke Fairways.....:icon_wink:

[asianthree]

Wasn’t there an article in the not to be named paper, about a road going through this park? Dividing it in half?

[Mmarr]

🤣🤣🤣

[Michael Charles]

I like the idea of a championship golf course south of 44! I wonder how those of us in the villages of Fenney/DeSoto/McClure/Marsh Bend would get there by golf cart? I guess they would just let us use a golf cart like they do up north until the bridges are operational sometime by the end of 2020 or 2021! Then it would be a long trek up Marsh Bend to the bridge over the turnpike all the way up to Brownwood then over to the bridge over 44 then to where? Or the bridge from the Lake Deaton plaza over to Chitty Chatty to where? There could be a plan for another tunnel under Morse Blvd right into CCC from Chitty Chatty.

If the restaurant gets sold as well then the restaurant monopoly of TV gets another opportunity to offer the same food as all their other food factories. Oh boy I can't wait for yet another mediocre restaurant we won't go to.

I really dig the rumor mill!

[Rsenholzi]

I don’t believe the mobile home area is individually owned . They have been trying to purchase the mobile homes area for quite some time. They have been to the town to several times to change zoning on that property. They even tried to get the property condemned so as to evict the people on it. Go back into the town records to see this info. It’s been going on for 2 years since they bought all the property near there. I have been following their methods on it. I would not be surprised if this is what they purchased. They do not want this mobile park in the middle of the villages. That is probably the reasoning behind it.

[diva1]

Deed transfers take about a month to be recorded. If it just happened you wouldn't find it on a search yet.

[ny2pa2fl]

If the lots in CCC are leased and not owned by the residence it is possible that the developer could force the owners to move the trailers as their leases exspire. In a few years that would open the land up for new home development along with a championship golf course and clubhouse.

[cunningham]

Not even close! CCC golf course is a goat track.

[robertsong]

I live at Continental Country Club and we were not bought by the Villages.

[VApeople]

CCC golf course is a goat track.

That reminds me of Sam Snead riding a train into St. Andrews for the 1946 British Open.

He asked a fellow passenger if that was an abandoned golf course next to the train track and was told that was the Royal and Ancient Golf Club.

[Goldwingnut]

The lots in CCC are all privately owned by the residents. A buyout of all the properties would be next to impossible and hardly worth the expense. There is much more unused/pasture land contiguous to existing owned properties that would be far easier, less expensive, and less controversial to develop and grow The Villages.

[Villagesgal]

The Villages bought only the amenities because they needed the road that runs through it. All home owners own their properties, the Villages now owns the club house, all roads, golf course, pool and recreation areas. The owners there are very upset, I have a work colleague who lives there. The Villages needed their roads. The facility, not the homes are now owned by the Villages.

[Ken D.]

The big question is do the homeowners own their lots, or lease them? Many mobile home parks rent the lots.

[HoosierPa]

I personally know for a fact that this rumor is NOT TRUE

…...on the purchase of Continental Country Club? I heard that at work this afternoon.

[tophcfa]

The Villages bought only the amenities because they needed the road that runs through it. All home owners own their properties, the Villages now owns the club house, all roads, golf course, pool and recreation areas. The owners there are very upset, I have a work colleague who lives there. The Villages needed their roads. The facility, not the homes are now owned by the Villages.

Interesting. Just curious, why would the homeowners be upset, they bought homes at non-Villages prices and instantly become Villagers. I would think their home values just went way up, assuming they are privy to all Villages amenities and lifestyle advantages? Perhaps I am missing something.

[Sharfrfla]

Very funny

[Two Bills]

I will find out for sure at 2pm................I'm getting a hair cut.

I am taking all other posts and speculations with a pinch of salt, until I get the latest news from the barbers!!:icon_wink:

[ccawalleye]

Do Not Believe Everything You Hear And Only Half Of What You See.

Villagers Can Wish In One Hand And **** In Other Hand

Guess Which One Fills Up First :a040::a040::a040::boom:

[Harry Gilbert]

Interesting. Just curious, why would the homeowners be upset, they bought homes at non-Villages prices and instantly become Villagers. I would think their home values just went way up, assuming they are privy to all Villages amenities and lifestyle advantages? Perhaps I am missing something.

Why assume that they want to be part of the villages. CCC was built early 90's ish The villages was a long ways away then. It is quite possible that they like it not being a villager.

[golfing eagles]

Why assume that they want to be part of the villages. CCC was built early 90's ish The villages was a long ways away then. It is quite possible that they like it not being a villager.

True, but they might not have a say in it, at least as far as the course and amenities go.

[Villagesgal]

They are not Villagers. Their roads and amenities are now owned by the Villages because the family needed the roads. The homeowners are upset because there will be increased traffic through the area and they don't know if they will be allowed to use the amenities there anymore or how much they will have to pay to use just their old ones, they are not nor probably will ever be Villagers.

[ldj1938]

They haven't purchased other people's problems in the past, buying CCC would definitely be buying someone else's problems. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with or at CCC, the comment is directed at buying any property that would have to maintain and operate instead of plowing it under. Buying an existing facility brings with it all its history and promises that they would have to honor.

The rumor mill is alive and well.

Considered buying a place there for my daughter a few years ago and they were involved in a lawsuit because the place was loaded with termites.

[JSR22]

CCC is truly a gated community. If the rumor is true I understand why they would be upset with outsiders having access to their roads.

[kcrazorbackfan]

I live at Continental Country Club and we were not bought by the Villages.

The Villages bought only the amenities because they needed the road that runs through it. All home owners own their properties, the Villages now owns the club house, all roads, golf course, pool and recreation areas. The owners there are very upset, I have a work colleague who lives there. The Villages needed their roads. The facility, not the homes are now owned by the Villages.

Uh-oh, he said/she said. I'm siding with Villagesgal.

[rjsantos592]

Define historical side.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Define historical side.

The Villages north of 27/441.

[asianthree]

The Villages bought only the amenities because they needed the road that runs through it. All home owners own their properties, the Villages now owns the club house, all roads, golf course, pool and recreation areas. The owners there are very upset, I have a work colleague who lives there. The Villages needed their roads. The facility, not the homes are now owned by the Villages.

That must have been the article I read about the proposed roads being bought, dividing the park.

[deano_hoosier]

while you can verify that Continental Country Club is the owner of the Rec Center/Restaurant, the golf course, and some undeveloped land contiguous with property owned by The Villages and the individual lot are owned by the home owners...(Sumter County Property Assessor source).... I did not note the ownership of connecting streets/roadways and also how are the utilities (water, sewer and etc) owned. That last part would be a big one to sort out. It certainly is a property that would fill in a lot of open spaces in the southward megalopolis.

[Double Eagle]

According to their website, the homeowner pays rent for the lot. They don't own the land.

[big guy]

…...on the purchase of Continental Country Club? I heard that at work this afternoon.

The constant thing in The Villages are rumors. Ignore them. Along with the Costco, Trader Joes rumors.

[Michael Charles]

The constant thing in The Villages are rumors. Ignore them. Along with the Costco, Trader Joes rumors.

Well it's true about Costco building in the general area, Ocala to be precise. It will be near FL route 200. They've bought the land and are just waiting for the necessary permits etc.

I didn't hear this from my hair stylist today either! Rather I heard it from a GM from a store in the Tampa/St. Pete area.

[Double Eagle]

What does Costco and and Trader Joe's have to do with what the original poster here has to say?

Why do people in here have a need to confuse things?

I would like to know the answer to the original poster's question before I purchase.

[rustyp]

According to their website, the homeowner pays rent for the lot. They don't own the land.

Copied and pasted off of CCC site

"Continental Country Club Home and Lot Sales"

[photo1902]

The Villages north of 27/441.

East of 441

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

The course conditions over there are about the same as here.You won't notice much difference

I played it once last year and I would agree with this comment except that the greens were so much better than what we play on in The Villages.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

It make no sense. What does it even mean?

Each house is individually owned by the resident. It's impossible to imagine the Developer closed on hundreds of individual homes. And for what purpose?

Or did the Developer buy the CCC club house and golf course? Again for what purpose? The club house and golf course are surrounded by all those houses. And do you think the current CCC house owners would sit quietly and just let that happen?

Although it's a mildly interesting rumor, it makes no sense to me. Remember ... follow the money. I don't see any financial reason for the Developer to buy CCC.

If I recall correctly they are all manufactured homes.In many cases with manufactured homes, the people don't own the land on which their home sits.

Could that be the case at Continental?

[Double Eagle]

Copied and pasted off of CCC site

"Continental Country Club Home and Lot Sales"

What did you copy and paste? It says RENT/HOA on their site.

What does that mean?

[Michael Charles]

What does Costco and and Trader Joe's have to do with what the original poster here has to say?

Why do people in here have a need to confuse things?

I would like to know the answer to the original poster's question before I purchase.

I wouldn't base my decision to purchase anything based on peoples opinions, especially on TOTV. I would highly recommend that you do your research on reputable websites that only have facts. In this case the Continental Country Club or The Villages news releases or how about the Sumter County real estate transactions. Just sayin. Buyer beware.

[Dan9871]

Copied and pasted off of CCC site

"Continental Country Club Home and Lot Sales"

When you follow the link on that page to the Fourstar site and lookup a home for sale there is a caveat:

"Additional fees for amenities may apply
Four Star Homes is not responsible for quoting current monthly fees, lot rent, or any dues/fees associated with the community or home. Those figures are the responsibility of the buyer and community manager/owner to obtain and disclose."

So it looks like Fourstar is selling the mobile home, not the lot.

[anothersteve]

I posted this in post #15

Facilities - Continental Country Club FL (https://www.continentalcountryclub.com/facilities/)

I think there is all the info one needs about CCC
Strange, there is even contact info....go figure.
Steve

[Double Eagle]

When you follow the link on that page to the Fourstar site and lookup a home for sale there is a caveat:

"Additional fees for amenities may apply
Four Star Homes is not responsible for quoting current monthly fees, lot rent, or any dues/fees associated with the community or home. Those figures are the responsibility of the buyer and community manager/owner to obtain and disclose."

So it looks like Fourstar is selling the mobile home, not the lot.

Exactly. LOT RENT.

[Double Eagle]

I wouldn't base my decision to purchase anything based on peoples opinions, especially on TOTV. I would highly recommend that you do your research on reputable websites that only have facts. In this case the Continental Country Club or The Villages news releases or how about the Sumter County real estate transactions. Just sayin. Buyer beware.

Thank you. And that is exactly what I am trying to do. And this has been a pretty good source of information here.

However, it has also been a frustrating mess of people in "America's Friendliest..." seeking to win a debate, insult people for asking a question, and having no tolerance for a difference of opinion. Does not leave a good impression for those of us looking into buying here.

[golfing eagles]

I wouldn't base my decision to purchase anything based on peoples opinions, especially on TOTV. I would highly recommend that you do your research on reputable websites that only have facts. In this case the Continental Country Club or The Villages news releases or how about the Sumter County real estate transactions. Just sayin. Buyer beware.

The problem is that no such site exists:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[billethkid]

Thank you. And that is exactly what I am trying to do. And this has been a pretty good source of information here.

However, it has also been a frustrating mess of people in "America's Friendliest..." seeking to win a debate, insult people for asking a question, and having no tolerance for a difference of opinion. Does not leave a good impression for those of us looking into buying here.

The other 98.897487% of us would say just ignore them.

[Double Eagle]

The other 98.897487% of us would say just ignore them.

And this is what I am talking about. Nothing constructive. Nothing Helpful.

[Investment Painting Contractors]

Why debate call 352-365-0221 Four Star Realty and just ask them. I did, you buy the unit and the land. I hope this ends your DEBATE. Information can still be obtained the old fashioned way by just asking the source. Len

[ColdNoMore]

And this is what I am talking about. Nothing constructive. Nothing Helpful.

BTW I am in the 1% you don't want to mess with.
:oops:


:popcorn:

[Double Eagle]

Why debate call 352-365-0221 Four Star Realty and just ask them. I did, you buy the unit and the land. I hope this ends your DEBATE. Information can still be obtained the old fashioned way by just asking the source. Len

Thank you. I will do that. I was going by their website, but perhaps I should give them a call. Thanks again.

[Double Eagle]

:oops:


:popcorn:

Yeah he has 16000 posts and I'm new. I probably get kicked out of here.

Did not mean to upset apple cart. Just saying.

[rustyp]

Yeah he has 16000 posts and I'm new. I probably get kicked out of here.

Did not mean to upset apple cart. Just saying.

We all make mistakes. The apples are still in the cart. You may want to //// the 1% remark.

[billethkid]

Yeah he has 16000 posts and I'm new. I probably get kicked out of here.

Did not mean to upset apple cart. Just saying.

My reply was
..... in support of the positive majority here
..............and to ignore the very small percent that are negative about so much.

[Double Eagle]

My reply was
..... in support of the positive majority here
..............and to ignore the very small percent that are negative about so much.

I am not in that minority.

I support the positive.

We cool?

[billethkid]

I am not in that minority.

I support the positive.

We cool?

Yes, as intended!

[Tredsaw12]

Some of the parks outside The Villages just rent lots and some sell lots, but there are also some that sell lots but also rent out the remaining lots that didn't sell. If you want to know for sure if a specific home/lot is owned or leased, just go to Zillow and type in the address, then scroll down to where it says "Price and Tax History"...if the lot is rented it will say "Tax history is unavailable" and if it's owned it will show you how much the homeowner paid in real estate tax in the previous years.

[Tredsaw12]

Continental Country Club has lots that are mostly owned by the homeowner but they do have some lots that are also rented out.

[asianthree]

Golden rule in TV is never buy a home that has pretty property that has not been built on. CCHs folks bought property, and may have a cut thru road to newly built TV.
My thoughts are that as the very old manufactured homes become a hazard, TV may or may not buy them. Just like in the historical side and build homes on the property. May be a win win for next gen who wants to dump the property