below 466

[daffydill]

I'm thinking of visiting TV with the hope of becoming a resident someday. I see a lot of comments referring to below rt466. What is special about that. Also is it usually warm enough in the beginning of March to go swimming?

[Taltarzac]

I'm thinking of visiting TV with the hope of becoming a resident someday. I see a lot of comments referring to below rt466. What is special about that. Also is it usually warm enough in the beginning of March to go swimming?

All the new construction is quite a bit south of CR466. The weather in the Villages in March is kind of hard to predict. There will probably be some days though in March in which it is warm enough to swim. March days seem to alternate between the cool and the cold.

[philnpat]

You'll find that the pools are heated and quite comfortable, even on chilly days.

[graciegirl]

Welcome to you Daffydill.

I just read your first and second post and remember when I was new here. I hope that you will come and visit us soon. Please let us know when you are coming so that some of us can welcome you personally.

You won't believe how you will love it. There is something in the water here that makes people keep coming back.

The sales people will NOT pressure you and ...............well just wait and see.

I know that you will love it as much as we do.

Kindest wishes,
Graciegirl

[elevatorman]

There are people who swim here year round. The pools are heated and as said before the water is very comfortable. You can get a chill when you get out. This site has average temps for Ocala the closest city I could find to TV. http://countrystudies.us/united-states/weather/florida/ocala.htm

[Ohiogirl]

Rt 466 is just kind of a natural border. It's significant (in my mind) only in that to cross it on a golf cart, you need to go thru a tunnel, either near Buena Vista or Morse Blvd. There are many other tunnels on the multi-modal paths, but to cross 466 it's a little bigger deal (in my mind, anyway). Not difficult (except for the Morse Blvd bridge), just takes a little longer.

It's also kind of how you figure your golf cart transit time from wherever you live. Kind of like, "let's see, it takes me x amount of minutes to get to the tunnel, should be about x more minutes to get to y.

For some, it may be the line where they decide to drive the car rather than the golf cart. If you live very far north of it, you may tend to shop and use the golf courses north of it, vice versa if you live south of it. When Brownwood Paddock (I think that's the name) is completed, that will be south of 466A, which is another natural border. You can check out a map online at Virginiatrace.com - look for the map link.

As everyone else has said, there are advantages and disadvantages to every village location - there really is no BAD location, although everyone thinks theirs is the best. Of course, mine really is :).

[Rag Bagger]

Swimming in March? Really depends on you. The pools are heated but the air temp., less than 85, is way too cold for us. But my cousin from the North West corner of Iowa though it was just plain hot. So they loved the 75 to 80 degree temps. we like it too just not for swimming. we have been living in the south for 12 years now and can't handle the cooler temps.

This site is mostly newer residence of TV and the newer housing is South of 466. That is the reason you read so much about south of 466. In the next year or so you will be hearing about south of 466A. That is the direction of growth.

There is some great pre owned housing North of 466 with more mature areas (landscaping). The houses and lot size are very similar all over TV. Older houses have one hugh advantage in addition to mature landscaping they may have -0- bond or at least a lower bond worth a bunch. All new housing comes with a $20,000 bond. That is significant.

[Ohiogirl]

just to keep it straight - new bonds for villas - both patio and courtyard - are around 12,000, or just under, and Premier homes are higher than the approx. $20,000 for cottages (formerly ranches) and designers. It's based on the density of the neighborhood (how many homes per acre or something like that). Does not depend on individual lot size, i.e., the big cul-de-sac home and the kissing lanai home in the same neighborhood have the same bond.

Each time a new CDD (I think that stands for Community Development District) is added, the bond is set for that area - usually consists of several villages that are adjoining. You can check out the CDD boundaries on one of the links found on thevillages.net (I think).

Just reread my post, and I "think" a lot, don't I?