Golf cart path to Brownwood from Marsh Bend
 

We moved to Marsh Bend in May 2019 and were told by our agent that the golf cart path to Brownwood and the shops, would be built by spring of 2020. We only have one car and a golf cart so if one of us has the car the other one has no access to food or doctors. Does anyone know the actual dates the path and shops WILL be built, or who can tell us?

The last I just read is now it won't be until early 2021. They are sorta behind schedule or at least what they were telling people.

We built our home in St James 2011 our agent told us Brownwood area was the last development :1rotfl::1rotfl:

No one knows the actual dates. The sales magazine in the paper earlier this week said that "connectivity" would happen by the end of 2020.

I have my doubts. Even if the bridge over the turnpike is in place, they still have to build the ramps up to it. Look how long it is taking to build the ramps to the Brownwood bridge.

And it was....................until the next one was built.

On an earlier thread someone published a letter from Publix that said from the point the building shell is turned over to them it takes 9 months for them to finish, stock and open the store. The building shell is hoped to be finished at Magnolia Plaza late spring.

Originally there was a different grocery going in magnolia. When the company closed its stores, the developer had to get a new tenet, which would have been a different footprint then the first grocery. Wondering what will go into the space behind Miller’s, now that grocery chain is closing also. It’s a scary time for brick and mortar.

There are 24 hours in a day, we have one car and one cart. We have no problem scheduling appointments, and getting food. Of course we go to Gainesville for doctors. So no matter what connection there is it’s not going to be a golf cart

Did they promise to carry you on their shoulders if the golf cart path wasn't finished. Good luck..

You must be living in the twilight zone. I have it on good authority, (my friends who bought in Largo 12 years ago) that TV would be built out once it hit 466A...so obviously, there is no Marsh Bend. There is no Fenney. They don't exist.

This attachment was published in the Feb. 28 Daily Sun. Presumably, these details are straight from the developer's mouth.

Keep drinking the Kool Aide

You cannot even believe a real estate agent. Sorry for you

I am a retired sales rep. Your rep was not lying to you. They were telling you the best information we had at that time. The developer kept changing the dates on us. As far as I know the TP bridge will not be completed until the end of this year but that doesn’t mean we’ll be able to use it.

Whenever anyone is doing construction (additions, houses and the list can go on) there are permits to get, weather to work around, sub-contractors to work with and that list can go on as well. There are always delays!! Always!!! As JonathanB said (being a former agent)---they work with the information they're given, meaning the sales agents.
In our previous life my best half built homes for a living plus we built some for ourselves as well. We always had target dates put in place for the finish but never achieved them. Once we did however, ALL of the inconveniences were long forgotten. Take a deep breath and enjoy your time today.

It is very important for all of us to be skeptical about posts on this forum or any forum from people whose screen names are not familiar. Anyone who is anonymous can say anything. Anyone who is not anonymous can say anything.

I think sometimes people who do not live here are somewhat envious and I think there are many reasons to want to stop the growth of The Villages. I also know that my positive posts about this place and how it is run are interpreted by some as suspicious.

But many, many, many people know me in person. I really love this place and I think the developers are beyond amazing and must be good people. They made their fortunes years ago and I would never choose to be them, risking their own money time and time again and living with enormous headaches and stress. This place will be in history books for centuries. But this place RIGHT NOW is much enjoyed by over a hundred thousand people who are not young anymore.

So glad to be one of them.

The bridge is completed. The developer wasn’t lying. It just hasn’t been placed over the highway and connected.

I believe the first mistake would be listening to a person who is trying to sell you a residence

You can be happy to live here but not necessarily happy about everything in it. Connectivity, apparently has been affected by delays in construction and sales people can say anything they want. It may have been true, in their belief, that the bridges would be finished by a certain time period but that not being the case, you have little choice but to wait. Certainly frustrating but like everything else, you can probably manage well enough. I have lived in Hillsborough for over five years and am surprised at how long it took Brownwood to fill up. Some of the existing buildings have never had a tenant. This was a surprise to me but what can you do? It will all work out.

As Laker14 stated, I too am surprised there is even a Fenney to live in. When we bought our first Villages home in 2006 in Largo we were told the Villages was going to end at 466A and cap at 75,000 ppl and the resale on our property would soar since there would be no new construction! I know the realtors are saying what they are told to say, but come on!!

they will all you anything to get you to buy. no different than a used car dealer

Don’t make decisions based on statements by a sales agent. They are out to make a sale and certainly not privy to all construction plans and schedules.

Buy another Car.. long time waiting.. believe it when you see it..

Well, that is true but the Villages Management certainly knew that the end would be unpredictable so should have put a cushion on promises to customers, Oh -- wait -- that might mean selling less homes or selling homes for less money. Nevermind.....

Developer’s kids fails residents...again
 

Just another bait and switch by the greedy kids.

There are issues with the bridge going over the turnpike. Rumored that the turnpike was holding it up. Could be a year before that is completed.

We have been trying to get answers for months. The updates in the Daily Sun today still do not mention the Turnpike (Water Lily) Bridge.
The Magnolia Plaza was supposed to be done last Fall and full connectivity two months ago.
It’s shameful that the Developer will not be open and update us about these promises that turned to lies.
Lack of transparency makes me think that they have something to hide.

Well TIGGER, you could say that, and you did say that and I wonder why on your first post.

In fact I have one word to say.

Grrrrrrrrrrrr.

Totally agree. Class-action lawsuit just waiting

There is no specific information about when the MMPs will be available. I'm pretty sure that the key factor in their construction is the development of Villages and roads (that Sumter County builds) south of route 44. After the roads are built, the MMPs that run beside them will be constructed. The primary reason that it is taking so long for the bridges to be finished is that they currently would have no links to any MMPs south of route 44. The work they are doing on the bridges could be done in a much, much shorter time but since no MMPs, they are working very slowly.

The Villages does not have Real Estate Agents. They are Marketing Sales people employed by the Developer and not Licensed
Realtors.

I wouldn’t believe everything the agent tells you !!

Very nice non pushy folks, those agents. Our favorite is Jim McLaughlin. He helped us with two new homes here. He is a gem. I think he was a realtor once, but we overlooked that.

Jim and Patty have become our friends and I think Jim has now moved within The Villages TEN times. (He likes their products) lol.

Really?
The cupboards are bare, and starvation a real danger!
As for the doctor bit. C'mon!! :ohdear:

They were right about one thing, your property value did in fact soar.

If you saw the latest video by the Wing Nut he mentioned it would take at least another year before there would be bridge access to Brownwood. I heard 9-12 months for Publix’s. All in time, hence discounted prices.

They are "Licensed Realestate Professionals" and that is in writing. They are not however MLS agents.

Yep. :bigbow:

I also am a happy resident of the villagers, but this isn’t the original vision that was presented years ago. For those folks that bought into The dream of Fenney and Marsh bend being connected to Brownwood story, they didn’t do their research on the area. The Morse Grandchildren have been operating on greed for years and they’ll never stop.

Really, the children are holding off on connecting so people will go elsewhere instead to shop, eat, all the while losing money to those businesses that they collect a percentage of the profits.:ohdear:

Ramps will likely be the last part of the project. Villagers ignore instructions to stay out of construction areas.