Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Landscape Question
Are you folks who are having landscaping done new residents or existing homeowners who want to spruce up your properties? I'm asking because I'm confused. We will be building new next spring and I was under the impression that TV puts in sod and some basic landscaping. Are new residents choosing to do their own instead or are they adding to what TV gives? This topic is of interest to me because we built our present house new and had to add our own landscaping. We were real suckers when the landscape contractors unraveled their color coded plans, and ended up spending a fortune for which we also paid by transplanting for years afterwords because of overcrowding. So, to sum it up, I admire the landscaping I've seen in the villages, but wondered how it came about. All responses appreciated.
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The landscaping that TV puts in is fine. Some folks want to add to it or rip it all out and start new, or get rid of grass and use mulch for less care. You can be creative or not. You can spend a ton, or do it youself.
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The sky's the limit!
Hi and welcome. If you do a search on the subject of landscaping on this site, you will find a lot of info. Choosing to upgrade your landscaping from the basics that TV puts in a personal choice. You have to have the basic landscaping installed upon purchasing, however you can upgrade with the landscaper of your choice (another highly talked about subject on this forum) as much or as little as you would like. People usually add new items and are also able to transplant some of the shrubs TV provides you with to save a little money. I've seen people just switch out the pine straw for rock or mulch, I've seen extensive landscaping where people add trees, shrubs and flowers and I've seen people put in rock features. Your budget and your imagination are the limit!! I would suggest driving around to different villages, preferably ones more established, to see what they have done with landscaping. If you really like a particular feature or landscape, I think most wouldn't mind you knocking on their door to ask who put the landscaping in. It's all personal taste. Best of luck!
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Thanks for your prompt reply. I suspected it was a personal thing.
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I plan to move them to side yard, and redo front & rear. Be careful interviewing landscapers if you don't do it yourself. Also contact the Fl university folks they had a LOT of info and disagree with what some landscapers choose to plant. If you hire no money up front and get a detailed plan in hand.
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We LOVED the landscaping in our first house, a Camellia in Hadley and REALLY LOVE the landscaping in this our second house. Many veteran Florida residents choose not to change their landscaping to palms for many reasons.
We like what they gave us and I disagree with Jimbo that it was cheap. It was VERY nice both times and I so agree about putting in too much and having it grow way too big FAST here. But...if everyone agreed on everything, they would only sell vanilla ice cream. Gracie, who will soon be in rehab for overdoing it with Rum Raisin ice cream.
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Ok, just my opinion.
this is a fair example for a $230,000 (model) home if that's not cheap...........
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Things grow really fast here...and overgrow too.
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That's nice Gracie, but my point was it's not standard plantings from the builder my example was a new model just built on Defoe in unit #211.
That's what you get.
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Ours were teeny tiny too for the first few months and that is MY point. That is what we got from the builder.
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