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kwtoman

11-17-2013, 09:25 PM

boomerbaby

11-17-2013, 09:30 PM

Congratulations. Sure are alot of people from Ohio here, We came from NY, I think it is the winters.

2BNTV

11-17-2013, 09:59 PM

Congrats on your new home. Best wishes as you start living the dream. :smiley:

graciegirl

11-17-2013, 10:11 PM

Go Bucks.

And welcome home.

JaniceOhio

11-17-2013, 11:42 PM

:a040:Well, after visiting in Feb, LSV in Sept, we came down today and put our money down on a lovely place on Paradise Lake. We can't wait for closing in Jan. Watch out T.V. more people from Ohio will be invading in 2014.

Greetings from a soon to be Gilchrist Girl from Columbus! Closing in January and will be there a week. Would love to meet some of you... then I need to find the Target and Best Buy..

I have no clue where any of the stores are but loved the neighborhood and my house so much it didn't matter.. :a040:

redwitch

11-18-2013, 01:44 AM

2BNTV

11-18-2013, 07:03 AM

Greetings from a soon to be Gilchrist Girl from Columbus! Closing in January and will be there a week. Would love to meet some of you... then I need to find the Target and Best Buy..

I have no clue where any of the stores are but loved the neighborhood and my house so much it didn't matter.. :a040:

Go east on 466A.

Make a left onto 441.

Target and Kohl's will be on your left.

Best Buy is at the intersection of 441 and Rolling Acres Rd on your left.

Hope this helps you. :smiley:

Congrats. Best wishes as you start living the dream. :smiley:

jojo

11-18-2013, 07:31 AM

Congratulations and welcome to more Buckeyes. We are from Upper Arlington.
Home Depot and Lowes will be your new best friend. 2BNTV gives good directions.

Steve & Deanna

11-18-2013, 09:02 AM

'We came, we saw, we bought.' Is that like veni, vidi vici (Latin for I came, I saw, I conquered). Congrats on saying goodbye to snow and welcome.

keithwand

11-18-2013, 09:37 AM

What took you so long?
Many come and visit and buy on the same trip!
You will love it here.

drooney60@hotmail.com

11-18-2013, 10:24 AM

Welcome. You made an excellent decision. We've been here for going on 6 months now and we really love it!

kwtoman

11-20-2013, 08:12 AM

'We came, we saw, we bought.' Is that like veni, vidi vici (Latin for I came, I saw, I conquered). Congrats on saying goodbye to snow and welcome.

Yes, that is one of my favorite sayings. Can't wait to be here on a regular basis.

Kahuna32162

11-20-2013, 08:18 AM

DianeM

11-20-2013, 04:52 PM

Greetings from a soon to be Gilchrist Girl from Columbus! Closing in January and will be there a week. Would love to meet some of you... then I need to find the Target and Best Buy..

I have no clue where any of the stores are but loved the neighborhood and my house so much it didn't matter.. :a040:

I'm the woman you met who will be your neighbor. You will have no problem finding Target and Best Buy. They're in a strip where you pretty much find all the stores you could want. Country back roads to get to it are really dark at night but such is life.

kwtoman

11-20-2013, 10:45 PM

We are coming from Dayton, movers pick it all up on January 11th and we'll be on our way down for Good! One small thing to note, not everyone in Ohio is a fan of Da Ohio State University....GO BLUE!

:bigbow:

That's ok, We are open to other ways of life. I'm from Oregon originally and my wife is from Illinois. Go DUCKS and Illini!

kwtoman

11-20-2013, 10:46 PM

Yes, that is one of my favorite sayings. Can't wait to be here on a regular basis.

Oh, and I guess I should have said "Vini, Vidi, Emit".

JaniceOhio

11-20-2013, 11:10 PM

I'm the woman you met who will be your neighbor. You will have no problem finding Target and Best Buy. They're in a strip where you pretty much find all the stores you could want. Country back roads to get to it are really dark at night but such is life.

Hi Diane!! Great seeing you on here! Learning a lot.. thanks to everyone here.. Really looking forward to being one of the gang... We'll hang out when I get there... Janice :o):coolsmiley:

gturay

11-24-2013, 07:00 PM

:a040:Well, after visiting in Feb, LSV in Sept, we came down today and put our money down on a lovely place on Paradise Lake. We can't wait for closing in Jan. Watch out T.V. more people from Ohio will be invading in 2014.

We first visited new vacationeers to the Villages last year, stayed with them one day and had fun exploring with them.
We then did a search and review in May of this year and tasted the Kool-Aid.

We just completed a Life Style Preview and had a lot of time with our realtor Angela and a lot of time on our own comparing houses and lots and locations.
We put down our deposit on an Iris in Gilchrist and will close in December.
We meet one neighbor and I think we will fit in just great.
Can't wait to become full-timers in 9 to 12 months.
We will be furnishing and sporadic visiting over that period of time. Whooo Hoooo.
Greg

kwtoman

11-24-2013, 09:16 PM

We will be there again for closing in January, then get to stay for only 2 weeks before heading back north. But we will be full time in less than 2 years!

graciegirl

11-24-2013, 09:31 PM

We first visited new vacationeers to the Villages last year, stayed with them one day and had fun exploring with them.
We then did a search and review in May of this year and tasted the Kool-Aid.

We just completed a Life Style Preview and had a lot of time with our realtor Angela and a lot of time on our own comparing houses and lots and locations.
We put down our deposit on an Iris in Gilchrist and will close in December.
We meet one neighbor and I think we will fit in just great.
Can't wait to become full-timers in 9 to 12 months.
We will be furnishing and sporadic visiting over that period of time. Whooo Hoooo.
Greg

I am pretty sure you will love it.

Hurry down so we can welcome you home!

JaniceOhio

11-24-2013, 09:52 PM

We will be there again for closing in January, then get to stay for only 2 weeks before heading back north. But we will be full time in less than 2 years!

Hi Neighbors! Congrats on your new home! Lots of closings in January... We should have a meet 'n greet! :pepper2:

Sable99

11-24-2013, 10:54 PM

I had to chuckle when I saw the original post. Mom and I came for our first visit almost two years ago. We put a down payment on a lot on that three day visit, had our design team meeting a couple of months later and about a month later had our Lifestyle Visit. I'm still waiting to move to TV! But, I love to visit!

Go Blue!

Carpe Diem

01-01-2014, 05:49 PM

In Ohio now. It's snowing.

Can't wait to move down. Can't wait to move down. Can't wait to move down.

Is anybody tired of it yet?

kwtoman

01-01-2014, 07:05 PM

We are in Cleveland, and are heading down to close on the 24th! I'm so tired of Snow!!!! Orange Blossom Gardens here we come!

buckeye343

01-01-2014, 07:49 PM

I am from Upper Arlington and live in Amelia

PPLEPEU

01-01-2014, 09:38 PM

All these Ohio folks! We're from Bath and are closing on the 17th. We must all be sick of the winters!

stroglass

01-02-2014, 01:43 PM

We are also orange bloosom villagers We are new having closed in Nov we will be back soon and have lots of projects planned I am hating this cold and snow more and more,Welcome and good luck in your new hone

Carpe Diem

01-03-2014, 10:37 PM

We had friends that had been asking us several years to vacation with them in the Villages. Our last kid went to college and we said, "ok" thinking we were just going on a simple vacation. We bought that first week. Carpe Diem!

We are still a couple of years away from retirement . . . and we can't wait.