Fenney / Quarry

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Does anyone have accurate data on how far (as the crow flies) the Dixie Quarry is from the homes in Fenney? We spoke with a Villages real estate rep, and understand that Dixie has four future(?) blasting sights, three of which are closer to Fenney than where they currently blast. The rep mentioned that The Villages purchased one of those three blasting sights, but not sure of which one. When I look at the satellite map, it appears that one of the three future(?) blasting sights may only be about 3K-4K feet away from The Village of Fenney. It would also be interesting to hear from people who have had foundation cracks occur from the blasting. How about any in ground pool cracking? Please feel free to reply with any corrections to my post. Just doing due diligence before making real estate decisions. Feel free to make a general post or to PM me with your information. Thank you!

[graciegirl]

Does anyone have accurate data on how far (as the crow flies) the Dixie Quarry is from the homes in Fenney? We spoke with a Villages real estate rep, and understand that Dixie has four future(?) blasting sights, three of which are closer to Fenney than where they currently blast. The rep mentioned that The Villages purchased one of those three blasting sights, but not sure of which one. When I look at the satellite map, it appears that one of the three future(?) blasting sights may only be about 3K-4K feet away from The Village of Fenney. It would also be interesting to hear from people who have had foundation cracks occur from the blasting. How about any in ground pool cracking? Please feel free to reply with any corrections to my post. Just doing due diligence before making real estate decisions. Feel free to make a general post or to PM me with your information. Thank you!

The new homes are not close to there. Those were built two or three years ago. People who live in Fenney have always said it isn't an issue. I read this forum carefully and have a good memory.

[vintageogauge]

We have lived in Fenney since they started selling homes here in 2017, no one that I know of has any cracks or damage from the occasional blast which is once every 4 to 6 weeks and lasts about 2 seconds, also never heard of any cracks in pools including all of the Family and rec. center pools down here. A couple years ago it was noted in the paper that the company bought land further west of their current location that they will be excavating next, that is further from Fenney than it is now. That being said it will most likely be a little closer to the village of Hammock which is west of the Red and Gray fox golf courses and still under construction.

[Marathon Man]

Does anyone have accurate data on how far (as the crow flies) the Dixie Quarry is from the homes in Fenney? We spoke with a Villages real estate rep, and understand that Dixie has four future(?) blasting sights, three of which are closer to Fenney than where they currently blast. The rep mentioned that The Villages purchased one of those three blasting sights, but not sure of which one. When I look at the satellite map, it appears that one of the three future(?) blasting sights may only be about 3K-4K feet away from The Village of Fenney. It would also be interesting to hear from people who have had foundation cracks occur from the blasting. How about any in ground pool cracking? Please feel free to reply with any corrections to my post. Just doing due diligence before making real estate decisions. Feel free to make a general post or to PM me with your information. Thank you!

You seem quite concerned about this. If you choose to live there, would you always be concerned? Just something to think about. TV is very large with lots of great places to live.

[mulligan]

Also note that they are blasting soft porous limerock . Not the hard stone you might find north of Florida. It does not transmit the energy of a blast like granite would. Actually, the stone is too soft to use as aggregate in concrete. That is imported from up north.

[Topspinmo]

Does anyone have accurate data on how far (as the crow flies) the Dixie Quarry is from the homes in Fenney? We spoke with a Villages real estate rep, and understand that Dixie has four future(?) blasting sights, three of which are closer to Fenney than where they currently blast. The rep mentioned that The Villages purchased one of those three blasting sights, but not sure of which one. When I look at the satellite map, it appears that one of the three future(?) blasting sights may only be about 3K-4K feet away from The Village of Fenney. It would also be interesting to hear from people who have had foundation cracks occur from the blasting. How about any in ground pool cracking? Please feel free to reply with any corrections to my post. Just doing due diligence before making real estate decisions. Feel free to make a general post or to PM me with your information. Thank you!

You can measure it down to foot using Google earth, look for the little ruler at top left icons. Tap on it and cross hairs will appear. Move the crosshairs where you want or start measuring. Click/tap now move crosshairs to where you want measurements to end. To bottom left you screen you can chose what increments you want to measure? Feet, yards, miles.

[Nucky]

I have some experience with the proximity of million-dollar homes to the quarry that supplied the stone for the concrete and the stone dust that went under the pavers and the stone that constructed the French Drains and the overburden dirt that filled in humongous ditches in the common areas. Oh, and the stone to pave the streets.

The explosions that were set off for a hundred years before the houses were built and the explosions that were set off after the homes were built caused a grand total of zero known problems. The houses near this particular N.J. Quarry had full basement's and still no problems. I can't see why there would be any problem with these supervised blasts near the Quarry close to Fenney.

I'm so sure of it that I wouldn't hesitate to purchase a home there. It's beautiful.

Urban Legend about the blasts. IMHO

[John_W]

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[Topspinmo]

Why do you need data when we satellite maps? Lower left and upper right.

Google Maps (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wildwood,+FL/@28.7785336,-82.0401551,3150m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88e7c2d4e2d88c99:0xeb162 12ef1d53de3!8m2!3d28.865264!4d-82.0389743)

IMO Goggle earth is better can measure down to inches. How so I know this? I manually measured my house corner to corner. When to Google earth using the tools and measured my house in same location was within 6 inches when I measured corner to corner and compare it to my manual measurements. I concluded that I misplaced the crosshairs due to you can only get so close on Google earth.

[Rwirish]

Close and some people have moved due to the blasting.

[Debbidoo]

Some people have noticed problems with window seals, but is it from the blasting?

[Mrprez]

It happens so infrequently that we are always surprised and say “what was that”. Nonissue.

[Rsenholzi]

Backing up to Fenney , it the Coleman prison. They own the land up to 470 . Then directly on the other side of the street on 470 is the Quarry. They also have one on the same side. Either way, It’s 5 miles by roads so much shorter by way of the crow flies .

[Cobullymom]

Close and some people have moved due to the blasting.
I live down here and it has absolutely no effect on our life and I’ve not heard one person mention it except on this forum.....not one...

[butlerperkins@gmail.com]

2021 0327 Sat ������ 06:47
I do not consider myself a conspiracy theorist, but your inquiry foments a plausible degree of “discontent”.

If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would question your true intentions by bringing up such an issue. But, I am not, so I will absorb what others have written in response and continue with my day.
☮️

[vintageogauge]

Close and some people have moved due to the blasting.

I don't think so, blasting every 4 to 6 weeks resulting in a 2 second rumble, comes to 10 seconds per year, no reported damage. I doubt very much that would make anyone move.

[kendi]

The new homes are not close to there. Those were built two or three years ago. People who live in Fenney have always said it isn't an issue. I read this forum carefully and have a good memory.

There are new homes being built by Grey Fox golf course. That’s in Fenney.

[Gunny2403]

Seal failure is a common problem with insulated glass no matter the geographic location. The blasting would not be the cause.

[sallyg]

We bought in Marsh Bend. Have "heard of" the quarry, but never felt or heard a peep from any blasting in over a year. Pretty nice over here. Might want to check it out.

[jimkerr]

There are no problems with the blasting that they do occasionally. Their blasts are very minor blasts.

No need to worry at all.

[Bilyclub]

You can measure it down to foot using Google earth, look for the little ruler at top left icons. Tap on it and cross hairs will appear. Move the crosshairs where you want or start measuring. Click/tap now move crosshairs to where you want measurements to end. To bottom left you screen you can chose what increments you want to measure? Feet, yards, miles.

Thanks, never knew about this feature. I now know that the Coleman Pen is 2600 feet from the closest built house in TV.

[vintageogauge]

After living in Fenney for nearly 4 years now there is nothing down here that would cause me to hesitate buying or building a home in or near the village of Fenney. In those nearly 4 years I have never heard anything coming from the Coleman Correctional Facility, no sirens or loud speaker announcements that those who don't live here talk about, and as noted above by those of us living here the occasional blast is not a concern. That being said, I would not want to live anywhere near a fire station or hospital emergency room, a shopping plaza, highway, or railroad crossing.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

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[John_W]

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[Bilyclub]

After living in Fenney for nearly 4 years now there is nothing down here that would cause me to hesitate buying or building a home in or near the village of Fenney. In those nearly 4 years I have never heard anything coming from the Coleman Correctional Facility, no sirens or loud speaker announcements that those who don't live here talk about, and as noted above by those of us living here the occasional blast is not a concern. That being said, I would not want to live anywhere near a fire station or hospital emergency room, a shopping plaza, highway, or railroad crossing.

That's because Fenney is closer to the quarry.:a040:

[vintageogauge]

That's because Fenney is closer to the quarry.:a040:

Yet far enough away that only on rare occasion can you feel the 2 second rumble from the occasional blast which is much better than hearing sirens or traffic noise all day and into the night.

[J1ceasar]

Google maps will allow you to measure exactly the mileage.

[Pairadocs]

omiDoes anyone have accurate data on how far (as the crow flies) the Dixie Quarry is from the homes in Fenney? We spoke with a Villages real estate rep, and understand that Dixie has four future(?) blasting sights, three of which are closer to Fenney than where they currently blast. The rep mentioned that The Villages purchased one of those three blasting sights, but not sure of which one. When I look at the satellite map, it appears that one of the three future(?) blasting sights may only be about 3K-4K feet away from The Village of Fenney. It would also be interesting to hear from people who have had foundation cracks occur from the blasting. How about any in ground pool cracking? Please feel free to reply with any corrections to my post. Just doing due diligence before making real estate decisions. Feel free to make a general post or to PM me with your information. Thank you!

Here's one take, just my personal one. Analyze the replies you get on this and any social media site. It will almost always be a variety. You seem very much like we are, especially careful and analytical; others will deal with whatever comes if and when it comes. The same goes with careful research on sink holes in this area. How a person approaches such a situation depends on their upbringing, educational level, personality, past experiences and how much emotional distress past situations may have caused, etc. so many variables. If a person who has purchased a home that a "home inspection expert" has pronounced solid, with a good roof, moves in only to find 6 mos. later a roof with multiple problems ! That individual will be especially careful the "next time".

If you watch social medial sites carefully, you will "catch on" to those who consistently tell you to relax, or that they have "never" heard of any problems, again experience, personality, educational level, and always keep in mind there are those few who will get defensive and insist every negative about the Villages is false. All have their reasons to defend even the indefensible (they made the decision to live here and don't want to admit to any negatives which all communities have), some want to defend their property value (folks with a sink hole opening under or beside homes here have been unable to sell their property and/or had a VERY expensive repair and even then had to take a loss.

We have been satisfied for many years now, built to our own specifications when one could do that, but had friends who built on Churchill g.c. who greatly regretted not doing what you are doing, careful research. In their case it was failing to locate major rail lines and the length and times trains pass. Others have been attracted to homes and lots just steps from a rec center, only to find they ARE bothered by the early morning sounds of tennis & pickle-balls, or early morning sounds of swimmers getting in some laps.
Keep up your research, can't imagine a real estate agents routinely bringing up such things unless YOU do (or unless you are dealing with someone who is a personal friend apart from business), so you have to depend on YOU and make sure you understand these types of things might be more irritating, or have more FINANCIAL impact on you than they possibly would have on others who might express themselves on this site. Be care, be VERY CAREFUL as you are doing. It's a nice community, no better or worse than a plethora of them in this area and in Florida in general. There are many many choices, choose carefully to do your best to have no regrets. We have told all our friends who come to visit over the years, if it is financially possible at all, to rent in the area you are thinking of buying in so you can experience the day to day events, distances from the things YOU do, etc.

[vintageogauge]

omi

Here's one take, just my personal one. Analyze the replies you get on this and any social media site. It will almost always be a variety. You seem very much like we are, especially careful and analytical; others will deal with whatever comes if and when it comes. The same goes with careful research on sink holes in this area. How a person approaches such a situation depends on their upbringing, educational level, personality, past experiences and how much emotional distress past situations may have caused, etc. so many variables. I person who has purchased a home that a "home inspection expert" has pronounced solid, with a good roof, only to move in and 6 mos. later find the roof has multiple problems, will be especially careful the "next time".
If you watch social medial sites carefully, you will "catch on" to those who consistently tell you to relax, or that they have "never" heard of any problems, again experience, personality, educational level, and always keep in mind there are those few who will get defensive and insist every negative about the Villages is false. All have their reasons to defend even the indefensible (they made the decision to live here and don't want to admit to any negatives which all communities have), some want to defend their property value (folks with a sink hole opening under or beside homes here have been unable to sell their property and/or had a VERY expensive repair and even then had to take a loss.

We have been satisfied for many years now, built to our own specifications when one could do that, but had friends who built on Churchill g.c. who greatly regretted not doing what you are doing, careful research. In their case it was failing to locate major rail lines and the length and times trains pass. Others have been attracted to homes and lots just steps from a rec center, only to find they ARE bothered by the early morning sounds of tennis & pickle-balls, or early morning sounds of swimmers getting in some laps.
Keep up your research, can't imagine a real estate agents routinely bringing up such things unless YOU do (or unless you are dealing with someone who is a personal friend apart from business), so you have to depend on YOU and make sure you understand these types of things might be more irritating, or have more FINANCIAL impact on you than they possibly would have on others who might express themselves on this site. Be care, be VERY CAREFUL as you are doing. It's a nice community, no better or worse than a plethora of them in this area and in Florida in general. There are many many choices, choose carefully to do your best to have no regrets. We have told all our friends who come to visit over the years, if it is financially possible at all, to rent in the area you are thinking of buying in so you can experience the day to day events, distances from the things YOU do, etc.

Also, most of the villages have individual Facebook groups you can join and also individual villages Next-door groups where you can get answers from people that have actually purchased homes in the various villages that you might be interested in moving to, not just south of 44 but the older villages also, that is unless you are planning on building a home then you will have to go south of 44 as that is where 99% of the new homes are located..

[Topspinmo]

I don't get your point, I put a link to google maps, here is the link I posted and you made the above comment:

Google Maps (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wildwood,+FL/@28.7785336,-82.0401551,3150m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88e7c2d4e2d88c99:0xeb162 12ef1d53de3!8m2!3d28.865264!4d-82.0389743)

Here is a link to google earth of the same location, the only difference I see is google earth doesn't label the roads, and it takes slightly longer to setup:

Google Earth (https://earth.google.com/web/@28.77550387,-82.02301468,17.72298322a,5280.31994446d,35y,0h,0t, 0r)

On Google earth You have to got to setting and set up ( click on box) for roads, landmarks and what ever.

[Topspinmo]

I don't get your point, I put a link to google maps, here is the link I posted and you made the above comment:

Google Maps (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wildwood,+FL/@28.7785336,-82.0401551,3150m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88e7c2d4e2d88c99:0xeb162 12ef1d53de3!8m2!3d28.865264!4d-82.0389743)

Here is a link to google earth of the same location, the only difference I see is google earth doesn't label the roads, and it takes slightly longer to setup:

Google Earth (https://earth.google.com/web/@28.77550387,-82.02301468,17.72298322a,5280.31994446d,35y,0h,0t, 0r)

On Google earth You have to got to setting and set up ( click on box) for roads, landmarks and what ever. I don’t see tools to measure distances as the crow flies?

[Bogie Shooter]

After living in Fenney for nearly 4 years now there is nothing down here that would cause me to hesitate buying or building a home in or near the village of Fenney. In those nearly 4 years I have never heard anything coming from the Coleman Correctional Facility, no sirens or loud speaker announcements that those who don't live here talk about, and as noted above by those of us living here the occasional blast is not a concern. That being said, I would not want to live anywhere near a fire station or hospital emergency room, a shopping plaza, highway, or railroad crossing.

Or a pickleball court....:1rotfl:

[joelfmi]

another thing you should find out is were there is sink holes that have occurred and if the property managers will pay for damages that will occurred from this because it cost a great deal of money to repair or to have sink hole insurance which can cost hundreds if you can get it.. Also CCD bond which can be very costly and Tax increases such a community fire protection and amenity price increases, community travel which doe's not exists here, HOA rules, being Close to Quarry, and power lines that a no no.. Make sure you have the home you are buying is inspected by a licensed Home inspector electrical, Plumbing, structurally. Having said this and you are ok with all I have said it is a great place to live because of the amenities and life style Also Spend time looking at the area you are buying like traffic loud noise, neighbors and parties.

[Topspinmo]

https://i.imgur.com/UXlPsLO.png

From the picture looks like they are quarrying south by the old slug ponds. So their blasting away from fenney?

[Topspinmo]

Or a pickleball court....:1rotfl:


Or on golf course. :duck:

[John_W]

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[Bogie Shooter]

another thing you should find out is were there is sink holes that have occurred and if the property managers will pay for damages that will occurred from this because it cost a great deal of money to repair or to have sink hole insurance which can cost hundreds if you can get it.. Also ccd bond which can be very costly and tax increases such a community fire protection and amenity price increases, community travel which doe's not exists here, hoa rules, being close to quarry, and power lines that a no no.. Make sure you have the home you are buying is inspected by a licensed home inspector electrical, plumbing, structurally. Having said this and you are ok with all i have said it is a great place to live because of the amenities and life style also spend time looking at the area you are buying like traffic loud noise, neighbors and parties.

hoa rules??? With no HOA, how can there be HOA rules?

[vintageogauge]

another thing you should find out is were there is sink holes that have occurred and if the property managers will pay for damages that will occurred from this because it cost a great deal of money to repair or to have sink hole insurance which can cost hundreds if you can get it.. Also CCD bond which can be very costly and Tax increases such a community fire protection and amenity price increases, community travel which doe's not exists here, HOA rules, being Close to Quarry, and power lines that a no no.. Make sure you have the home you are buying is inspected by a licensed Home inspector electrical, Plumbing, structurally. Having said this and you are ok with all I have said it is a great place to live because of the amenities and life style Also Spend time looking at the area you are buying like traffic loud noise, neighbors and parties.

This doesn't make a lot of sense. You want potential buyers to hang around a particular street to see if there are any parties??? Why would anyone not use a licensed home inspector??? Unless you live down here near a power line or quarry who are you to say it's a no-no ??? You make no sense in regards to HOA's, property managers, sink hole insurance, etc. etc.

[Neils]

I have some experience with the proximity of million-dollar homes to the quarry that supplied the stone for the concrete and the stone dust that went under the pavers and the stone that constructed the French Drains and the overburden dirt that filled in humongous ditches in the common areas. Oh, and the stone to pave the streets.

The explosions that were set off for a hundred years before the houses were built and the explosions that were set off after the homes were built caused a grand total of zero known problems. The houses near this particular N.J. Quarry had full basement's and still no problems. I can't see why there would be any problem with these supervised blasts near the Quarry close to Fenney.

I'm so sure of it that I wouldn't hesitate to purchase a home there. It's beautiful.

Urban Legend about the blasts. IMHO

The Jersey quarry was backfilled by Jimmy Hoffa.

Maybe.

[Topspinmo]

The Jersey quarry was backfilled by Jimmy Hoffa.

Maybe.

Don’t you mean with Jimmy? :)

[Shadow8IA]

What company do you have your home insurance thru? I pay almost $900 without any extra sink hole coverage.


Do you live in TV? I don't know what a property manager would be in TV, most of us own our homes, we manage our own property. I don't quite follow property managers comments.

Sink hole insurance? Yes, you can get it, and it doesn't cost a lot of money. I wouldn't own a home in TV without sink hole coverage. My homeowner's policy is $619 a year which includes catastrophic collapse and sink hole coverage.

CDD Bond? Most homes in TV have bonds, mine is $14,000 or a payment added to my taxes of $1,100 a year. I wouldn't call that very costly, if it were, I might of not purchased here.

Increases in Amenity prices? My amenity fee was $145 when I moved here in 2011, it's now $155, I don't consider that to be a great increase.

HOA Rules? If you lived here, you would know we don't have an HOA. We have a volunteer committee called ARC, Architectural Review Committee, it is their job to approve or disapprove changes to the exterior of your home or yard. That's one of the reasons we moved here, so we don't have the guy next door painting his house lime green or purple because that's his favorite team's colors.

I know you mean well and want to help new homeowners, but your tactics are a bit offline.

[John_W]

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[DAVES]

omi

Here's one take, just my personal one. Analyze the replies you get on this and any social media site. It will almost always be a variety. You seem very much like we are, especially careful and analytical; others will deal with whatever comes if and when it comes. The same goes with careful research on sink holes in this area. How a person approaches such a situation depends on their upbringing, educational level, personality, past experiences and how much emotional distress past situations may have caused, etc. so many variables. If a person who has purchased a home that a "home inspection expert" has pronounced solid, with a good roof, moves in only to find 6 mos. later a roof with multiple problems ! That individual will be especially careful the "next time".

If you watch social medial sites carefully, you will "catch on" to those who consistently tell you to relax, or that they have "never" heard of any problems, again experience, personality, educational level, and always keep in mind there are those few who will get defensive and insist every negative about the Villages is false. All have their reasons to defend even the indefensible (they made the decision to live here and don't want to admit to any negatives which all communities have), some want to defend their property value (folks with a sink hole opening under or beside homes here have been unable to sell their property and/or had a VERY expensive repair and even then had to take a loss.

We have been satisfied for many years now, built to our own specifications when one could do that, but had friends who built on Churchill g.c. who greatly regretted not doing what you are doing, careful research. In their case it was failing to locate major rail lines and the length and times trains pass. Others have been attracted to homes and lots just steps from a rec center, only to find they ARE bothered by the early morning sounds of tennis & pickle-balls, or early morning sounds of swimmers getting in some laps.
Keep up your research, can't imagine a real estate agents routinely bringing up such things unless YOU do (or unless you are dealing with someone who is a personal friend apart from business), so you have to depend on YOU and make sure you understand these types of things might be more irritating, or have more FINANCIAL impact on you than they possibly would have on others who might express themselves on this site. Be care, be VERY CAREFUL as you are doing. It's a nice community, no better or worse than a plethora of them in this area and in Florida in general. There are many many choices, choose carefully to do your best to have no regrets. We have told all our friends who come to visit over the years, if it is financially possible at all, to rent in the area you are thinking of buying in so you can experience the day to day events, distances from the things YOU do, etc.

Well said. I live with one. Up all night worrying about what might happen. What we need to do years from now. We do not live in Fenny. Blasting? Unless they plan on blasting under my bed and perhaps even then. it might not wake me.Oh, though we eat exactly the same food my cholesterol is low her's is high even with drugs. That is, likely cause and effect. We live ???? ten miles from the rail road tracks, did you hear that? No I am sleeping. I've learned to talk without waking up.