Looking for homes and locations for GAS utilities....
 

We are just starting to look at homes and locations in the Villages for our retirement. We really like gas versus electric for our whole house heating and especially for our kitchen cooktop. Is there a summary someplace that lists the villages, neighborhoods or types of houses that allow gas utilities? I've seen bits of info here and there but no comprehensive list or any way of clearly seeing where gas is allowed and where it is not. Can anyone help? :024:

From what I've seen and I live in the newer sections of TV, they are all gas in the newer sections - 2018 onward is gas equiped. (dryer, stove/oven, tankless hot water) it's wonderful! 30 a month for 2 people and when the home is vacant it's 15 a month for the connection)

In the established areas I believe gas installation was discontinued after 2007. Probably the center part between Morse and Buena Vista due south of Lake Sumter Square down to possibly Duval could be 2007. Nothing south of 466A, that area was built starting in 2011. The villages along St. Charles are 2009 and later, so they would be without gas (Pennecamp, Buttonwood, Tamarind Grove, St. James).

There are gas lines in the street in Bonita. TECO will run the line to your house for free if you have 2 gas appliances.

We are just north of 466 and we are all gas. Love it.

We are in a non-gas area (Village of St. Charles just off Buena Vista) and we love cooking with gas, so we buried a propane tank in our back yard that is hooked up to our range (oven and cook top) and our grill. We have spent an average of $60 per year on gas (yes per year) and we cook dinner at home all but maybe 4 times a month on average. Don't use it for dryer or hot water, but we find the electric rates very reasonable here as well.

Thank you!! I'm glad to hear the newer houses have gas. I thought I read somewhere all the newer neighborhoods are almost all electric.

Thank you!

You hooked up a propane tank? Doesn't that eventually run out of propane?

Better check with area your interested in..Northern part by Lopez has gas.. ask first...

I’m in Glenbrook and my sister is in Piedmont. Both gas houses. I heard that if you are north of 466 and west of buena vista, you have gas. Didn’t know the new sections did also.

We live in the North end (Briar Meadow) in a house built in 2004 and enjoy our gas forced air furnace, gas cooking and instant hot water from a gas-fired on-demand hot water unit. Being from Ohio, we never got comfortable with the heat pump we had in South Carolina. We like the North end and feel it is less congested than the Central and Southern areas.

Live in Natalie Villas and have gas. Would not buy a house without it. Personal preference. This area built in 2005.

We live in Village of Caroline and have gas hook up but electric appliances. Not sure why but will be changing over to gas.

Cost to install the tank?
 

I’ve been thinking of doing that with a propane tank. Can you give me an idea what it cost? Thanks.

We had gas in Poinciana home before moving to Pine Hills, cooking and hot water. Here we're all electric, our electric bill is about $30 a month less than it was with the gas. Some people have a propane tank buried for cooking and fire pits, we have considered it just for cooking. The propane company will auto fill the tank so you don't have to worry about it. Point is it's cheaper to go all electric.

I really don’t know if gas is used anywhere in TV. I was surprised to read all the comments where there was gas. Here all of this time I thought everybody was on electric except Fenney I guess I learned something, thanks!

I know most areas north of 466A have gas. South of 466A to 44 does not have gas. South of 44 has gas.

A relative preceded us to TVs and gave us the following advise. Buy in Sumter County (lower taxes), and in the TECO (gas cooperative) and SECO (electric cooperative) areas (much lower utility costs). Our realtor was given these requirements. They know the area and particularly where the TECO/SECO boundaries are.

We live close to the Sea Breeze Rec Center. This appears to be near the middle of the TECO/SECO area north of CR 466A. Happy hunting.

North of 466A......and depends on which option the original buyer selected (i.e. gas or electric).. Gas utilities may be offered in Fenney. Ask the homeowner when looking.

I believe all of the villages south of 44 have gas available however they are not heated with gas they have electric heat. We have gas hot water, gas cooking, and gas dryer.

With enough yard space, a tank can be buried. That's what we did in a village (Collier) without available gas .

Come to Fenney! We have gas! Cooking, water tank and heat are all gas! Super cheap and saves electric bill from getting too high

Regarding heating with gas south of Rt 44 ... which is it!!!

[QUOTE=MrsArmie;1712618]We are just starting to look at homes and locations in the Villages for our retirement. We really like gas versus electric for our whole house heating and especially for our kitchen cooktop.]

Welcome to The Villages!

Gas was my deal breaker as well. I loved cooking on my gas cooktop up up north... Thought I had to have it. Then I discovered induction. I cannot rave enough about how fantastic it is to cook on... How Uber easy it is to clean... And you know how slaving over a hot stove feels in the heat of the summer? You don't get the Lost hear of cooking on gas burners. No Uber hot utensils, pot handles... Never anything burned on the glass cooktop. Just a wee with a dish cloth and spritz with some glad polish to make it glisten. You need pots that magnets stick to... If you have grandma's farberware pot and have to use it... There are adaptor discs you can buy to enable you to do so. Cast iron works Beautiful on it too. When I went up north and spent a summer cooking on my Wolf had cooktop... I about cried... It was so hot cooking on gas. The handles got hot... I wanted to switch out that gad cooktop for induction! BTW...I hated cooking on the electric stoves in the places we rented... Everyone should upgrade to induction...imho.

Don't miss out on a beautiful home in a fantastic location because of the lack of natural gas. The house I currently own... prior to me owning it, was struck by lightning... The lightening hit the gas line which is located in the Attic in all homes except for the manufactured homes.... It burned to the ground. The gas fueled the fire.Thankfully nobody was injured.

If you choose a home with gas... I would talk to a plumber about the new safety codes for the gas in New builds... They can update those lines... depending on the age of the home with gas you choose to purchase.

I don't think these inquiring minds understand that we all have heat pumps with supplemental electric heat strip in the a/c air handler. We do not have a furnace like you are used to in the great white north.

Gas vs. Electric
 

We moved here from Michigan 7 years ago. We always had gas up north for cooking and heating. We were disappointed that the home we purchased in T.V. was in an area with only electric available. After using the electric stove and having a heat pump for heat I would be very disappointed if I had to go back to gas. LOVING electric now. Just my 2 cents worth. ;)

Not true. I have three homes here and they all have gas furnace where you actually heat your home with gas, not a heat pump. Gas water heaters, gas cooking and gas dryer. Homes built up through 2006 were all gas and most had electric stove and dryer option. Homes built in 2007 were about 50-50. My current villages which was built in 2007 and is actually half and half within the village. The split is around the village of Duval. North of there is gas, South of there is electric. When you get below 44 it returns to gas with electric options. Most current new construction has gas available.

Mallory has gas. It is a good central location, near Sumter Square.