The "WANNA BE" Club
 

Are you a member of the Villages "WANNA BE" Club? If so, post a yes in this thread. When do you plan to move here?:a040:

wanna be!!
 

most definately.. We wanna be there full time..we're part timers now..still full time employed in our small business..probably be a good ten years before we will be there full time :(

Oh yeah!!!!
 

Beverly & I only spent 1 day & 1 night and know this is where we are going in lets see not that i am counting 32 months!:2excited::coolsmiley::agree:

We just did the "Lifestyle Visit" for five days and returned home on 3/24. It's looking like The Villages is the place for us. We had a great time. The Lifestyle plan is well done and it enabled us to really get lots of information about living there. We even met friends there who have already moved to TV. All we have to do now is.......sell the house. :faint:

Yes, I'm a TV wanna be. I hope to move there sometime next year! :pepper2:

Me Wannabee.......
 

I've been hanging out at TOTV for a little over one year and plan on visiting for my first Lifestyle Preview in the near or far future. It would be my pleasure to meet (in person) all the TOTVers who have befriended me :a040:

Wanna Be - You Bet!
 

Came to visit friends over Christmas in 2005, Thought, This place is something special! - bought our house five minutes after it was released to Sales on New Years Eve in 2007, closed in Jan 08
will move there full time in 2 years, 10 months and 5 days, but I am not counting,
In the meanwhile I have to just accept the fun weeks we squeeze in occasionally - I can't wait to get there - sounds like I have a bunch of GREAT neighbors in Hadley - see ya'll in April - I'll be the one driving the Tar Heel Blue cart with the big UNC logo on the front - GO HEELS!!!!
Whoooooo!

The house goes on the market in about 3 weeks. Once it sells, we rent for about 3 mos, looking for a home. We're gonabes.:pepper2:

TV Wanna Be
 

I discovered The Villages about 2 and 1/2 years ago. I've been down on 2 lifestyle previews. Fell in love with it the first trip. Everyone is so friendly. Hopefully I will be able to move from the frozen north next year. Like most people, it will be hard to move away from my children and grandchildren, but I know it's where I want to spend the rest of my life. It feels right and I know I will be happy there. I just hope the real estate market picks up by the time I am ready to make the move.

I've been poking around TOTV for about 2 years. What a great source of information. What an incredible way to meet people. Everyone is so caring and welcoming. You do a fantastic job! Thank you so much!

With any luck, my next visit will be to buy my next home! Can't Wait!!! In the meantime I will live vicariously thru all the posts on TOTV! I feel like I know you all even though we haven't met yet!

Can't wait!
 

We are a members of the "as soon as my house sells" club.

Me too, me too...
 

Three years, if all goes according to plan! Will rent for the first winter and probably buy after we know in which Village we really want to be. Like most everyone else, we have to sell a home "up North" first.

Yes !!!
 

Yes we are TV Wanna Be's. Took the lifestyle tour in Jan. will be back in Aug or Sept to buy. Close in Oct or Nov. (before Dec 1) Move from the frozen North in Dec. Welcome in the New Year in the Villages. That's the plan. Guess that would make us TV GonnaBe's.

Tired of being a "Wannabe"--wannbe be a FROG!!

Just got back from visiting friends in Heavenly Hadley (as Kathie calls it). Had a blast.

I think it will be the new Brownwood section by the time I buy (unless I buy used of course) 2011 or 12 is the latest time frame.

I plan to work (RN) full-time in TV for the first 5-7 years I'm there and then cut back when I reach 60 or 62.

Yes.... we are definetly wannabees! We are presently in TV for only one more week...sigh...
Not looking forward to our return to Jersey. Our home has been on the market for 2 years and we are getting soo discouraged.
We want to get here more than ever!

3 years or less,one kid to get thru school,been coming down for last 7 yrs

"I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member." - Groucho Mar
 

Obviously, I qualify for the club. I assume I'll have to change my user name after we move to TV.

When? That's the big question. Child one graduates from college in May and gets married in July. Child two graduates from high school in May. So we will be semi-empty nesters very soon. I definitely plan to work one more year to pay off the wedding, but maybe the summer of 2010 will work for us? I turn 50 this summer, and my wife is even younger, but we want The Villages lifestyle now.

I am a retired Air Force officer, and I’ve been teaching JROTC in a Nashville high school for the past eight years. I golfed a lot as a kid, and I was pretty good, but I've probably only averaged about 27 holes a year over the past 20 years. I can't wait to get back at it. I'll be the one out there with wood woods, metal shafts, and a sweet spot the size of a pea.

We also like bridge, but we are beginners. Hopefully, there are groups that don't mind some table talk or discussion of the hands played.

Moving down on June 1st! Truck is rented. Closing on house here in April! Marking off the days. Will be down next week for spring break! :pepper2:

Becky

We're gonnabes!
 

We're like you Becky. We just got our closing time and date (11am, Apr 1st), and as soon as we sign the papers we're heading south. We hope to arrive by late next week. YAHOOOOOOO!!!

Ok, back to packing...

Maybe someday!!!
 

Hi Everyone,

My husband and I have visited the Villages every summer for about 5 years. He can't wait to move down but I still have to work and I take care of my elderly parents (they won't budge from NY). We have a great time every summer and made alot of good friends. We rent every summer and have had a great experience every time. I feel like we live down in the Villages in the summer and then back to reality (who said that reality does not suck):cus:. I hope when we are down this summer , we will get to meet some of you great people on this board:eclipsee_gold_cup:. I find this board amusing, informative and just great fun. See you in July (God willing!!!):2excited:

The Bronx Girl

The Bronx(where I was born), Yonkers, Mahopac, Carmel....hopefully someday the Villages

We drank the water
 

Did a lifestyle visit last october, will do another next winter, mrs mulligan can retire jan of 2011, be there feb 2011!!!!! no question

We are planning to take our 1st lifestyle visit next winter. Actually, all we know about TV is what I've learned on these boards, and some very good friends who bought 2 years ago. They were visiting her Dad, and what do you know, they came back owners.

But, like me, they are too young (i.e. too poor) to quit working. But I love the idea of lots of people who like TO DO STUFF!!

So one step at a time. I'm 55, and I'll be thrilled if I'm down there by age 62. But I hope to get there for progressively larger chunks of the winter, between now and The Big "R".

So it will give you guys a chance to work a few kinks out, like figuring out the insurance thing. Work on it for me, will you? Thanks.

Dan L

Yes!!! We had a non-lifestyle visit in Feb 09, decided it is the place. Going on LSV in May to look to buy. So hopefully will be a resident and EX-wannbe by July/August!

Army Guy

Also Can't Wait!
 

Visited a friend in The Villages 2 years ago in the summer, no less, and just loved it. We have looked at a dozen or more communities up and down the southeast and none compare to TV. Our house will go on the market in about a month (when the snow is all melted here in northern New York) and then will rent while looking in TV. Wish us luck. We can't tolerate another winter.

From Wannabe to Gonnabe to Nearly There as a FROG
 

Hi all,

First - TH , thank you for initiating this thread. Some of the folks on here I have chatted with as we anxiously waited for our homes to sell. Others like Kathie, gave me a virtual bearhug right away and made us feel ever so welcome.

Our story is... one of my dearest friends and her hubby retired here about 2 years ago, The showed us the video and we said "not for us1" Then I came down on a solo visit and fell head over heels. My ultimate Yankee of a husband could not believe it (and I think was secretly horrified.)

Then I got him down for a visit - he fell in love with TV (and I think again with me):pepper2:

I had the opportunity to take a new job in our Southern region (would love to retire but too poor) that would let me live in TV. We put the house on the market and I moved in with my kids for 2 months We did a Lifestyles Tour in November - people we had never met invited us to share Thanksgiving dinner with them - and started looking at homes, homesites and models.

On Christmas Eve some angel must have gotten wings - because we signed a contract on our home in Connecticut. The buyer paid cash so we needed to move in a hurry and are living in North Myrtle Beach until our new home in Bonita is ready.

We move in on April 25 - less than one month away. I can't wait to me you in person.

Kate

My cuter half is down there with y'all right now checking out progress on the house.

Count me as a wanna be.:coolsmiley:

I'll brink to that.:beer3:

Yes, Coming May 1st

We own a CYV in Hadley which we rent and visit twice a year. We are doing improvements now to minimize what has to be down when we move to TV. We are adding a Birdcage in June this year, and will start looking at the 2010 project when we come down for Christmas.

As of today I am 1144 days from retirement, and I am counting.

Get Me Outa Here
 

MELZ how many hours???? LOL

As soon as we sell in KY - GONE !!! Already bought in Hadley May 08. Yeah it's killin us not being there. Friends intro'd us to TV in Oct 07. They moved from a beautiful inter-coastal home in Pompano Beach said you gotta see this (TV) place. And I don't golf. Can't tell we're anxious can ya??? :beer3:

F16

We're wannabees but it looks like I'll have to settle for renting two or three months each year. My wife won't leave the kids and grandkids - which isn't all bad. If we can keep coming down Jan thru Mar, the cold months here in Missouri will be covered. We love TV and the surrounding area. We have our annual "day trips" planned well in advance and even have golf courses from Mt Dora to Ocala who know our group and expect us each year. Enjoy what you have there because it's a one of a kind place.
Irish Rover:eclipsee_gold_cup:

Oh yeah, Definitely "wanna be"
 

I plan to purchase in 2011 at the latest after a 3rd visit this summer and renting for 3 months in 2010. I discovered TV 2 years ago after visiting "newly found" relatives who have lived there for over 10 years (isn't that what family reunions are about?) and was speechless! Retirement was the furthest thing from my mind, and I never thought of moving after retirement, but Katie Belle's, and dancing "open air" in Spanish Springs were the clincher for me. After reading all the posts on TOTV about other retirement communities, I didn't even bother to do any more research - you guys did it all for me, and based on what I read, I am confident that nothing beats TOTV for my high-energy, love for physical fitness and dancing. Can't wait to see you all and meet in person! Never played golf though, so guess that's what I am going to spend my time doing the minute I move down. Hope there will be others like me so I am not the only "novice" out there trying to learn or find folks who never held a club either.

Can't wait!!!
 

After seeing the commercials for several years we decided to make a life style visit last May. We had received the marketing material and watched the video and expected it to at least an ok place. To our surprise and delight it was better than we ever expected. After returning home I mentioned to several friends that we had found the perfect place to retire and that if I could sell my business we would moveto TV. From that conversation I had 2 people approach me about purchasing the business 1 made an offer that I didn't feel comfortable with. Because of going through that process my accountant knew someone who might be interested. In the mean time we did another LS visit in October, upon returning I received an offer that was I felt was fair. We settled on New Years Eve and made 1 more LS visit January 6th at which time we bought a lot in Amelia that we had seen in October and never thought it would still be there. After we returned from TV we put our house on the market. As soon as it sells we are headed to TV to rent until our house is built. Can't wait!!!:pepper2:

Awwwww, Kate, it was easy to give you a hug!! http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/grouphugg.gif
If the cuter half is lonely, have him contact us and we'll show him around... I promise I'll behave!!!! http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/evilgrin.gif

We definitely are wannabees! The house is up for sale and we are just waiting to sell so we can get to TV. How long in advance does it take to set up a preview visit?

We are in the almost wannabe club. Visited Florida (Naples, Palm Beach, Tampa, Terra Vista at Citrus Hills, Harbor Hills and TV) the past two Summers. Lots of beautiful golf communities all over Florida but TV was the best match for us. Planning a few more Florida visits (just to be sure) before we retire in 3 years. We have a different view of the weather in Florida. After living in Hawaii since 1967, we are concerned about the chilly Winters in Florida. Leaving Hawaii will not be easy, but we feel that it's time.

May I please ask why you would want to leave Hawaii?

Coconuts,

Neither of us have family here in the islands (California, Texas). The cost of living in Hawaii on retirement income, traffic, crime all come into play. The long flights to visit family and friends get longer as you age. Absolutely love the island beauty and weather but there are a lot of sacrifices.

F16 1UB

Actually it's 1144 days 11 hours 24 min and 27 sec right now;)

Why, you're just a youngster, Russ...but you've got a great plan.