Most exclusive areas of The Villages
 

Greetings everyone-

My wife and I are interested in seeing how the other half
live here in The Villages and seeking opinions of which areas are
considered the most exclusive and/or the most "expensive" areas.

Thanks for your advice.

Some homes may cost more than others, but wonderfully there is no "other half". Everyone has the exact same lovely life style. At the squares, a retired cab driver will enjoy a conversation with the retired CEO of a large corporation but their backgrounds will never be discussed, nor do they matter.

That is one of the things I love, love, love, about this wonderful place.

There are some pretty homes on large lots in Harmeswood that is a treat to drive around. It is north of 466 off Buena Vista.

Look at TV website, search new & used homes, select Premier homes.


This will get you to the higher dollar neighborhoods.
(most of them, not all)


The farther South, more likely newer homes.



Fun to drive thru............be sure to wave.

Harmeswood is where the Morse family lived before the bought the property off of 466.

Also Bridgeport Lake Miona and Bridgeport Laurel Valley are very upscale.

You can go onto the The Villages website and search homes. Generally Premier homes are located in Premier neighborhoods. So do a search for Premier homes.

Lakeridge Drive in Pennecamp and Conservation Rd in Pine Hills

I would go to the Morse family compound knock on the door and ask for a tour.

Let us know how it turns out.

When you visited did you not like how Some were living? Was it the homes? The people you met?
We have hosted many a gathering, with as many as 50 people. Rarely does anyone ask how much did your home cost, or their net worth.
Usually it’s where did you live before TV

North of 466- Harmeswood. South of 466A- The Preserve.

I find the OP's question odd. Just driving around with one's eyes open is all it takes. Or getting on Zillow and the TV websites and checking out the most expensive listings will tell the tale. Is a consensus being sought? or what? What is meant by "the other half", above the median or average price point?

Hickory Head Hammock - off Avienda behind Spanish Springs on Hacienda Hills Golf Course. Don't bother going your gate pass will not work in this exclusive Villages neighborhood.

Nothing to see here Jerry Fletcher.
Not a big deal, a newbie is jus asking for direction.

Surely, you have heard the expression — “how the other half lives”. It’s just a saying that has been around forever — means different from your own.

I don’t think the OP was saying that only the Village of Hoity or the Village of Toity would be acceptable to them. Just being curious about the range of real estate here.

(Yeah, I know, now you are going to say, “I am serious and don’t call me Shirley.” :) )

There is a small community of homes on and adjacent to Lake Sumter and near LSL that has a private gate. Probably the most exclusive near or at the top in cost. I think they sold for over a million.
Village of Bridgeport also exclusive with homes over $500k.

Least exclusive The Lofts at Brownwood apartment multi family rentals. Costly but shabby. Or wait for The Tenements of Hacienda Hills multifamily apartment rentals to be completed which might be a new low.

If you buy a view home make sure the view part on the contract isn’t written in disappearing ink.

Lol. tell them your surveying their compound where the apartments will go.

The most beautiful home in The Villages is a Ranch in Buttonwood, decorated by it's owner and my treasured friend, MaryB. Take my word for it.

I don't think living in a "Bridgeport" area amounts to a hill of beans. I bet they pull up their underpants just like everyone else.

All of us here in every Village are pretty good about doing kind and nice things for others and volunteering to help others. I LOVE this place. I bet I'll love the homes and the people at the Tenements at Hacienda Hills.

$500,000 homes are not really exclusive as they are very commonplace today. I'm sure there are or will be many very wealthy residents in the Lofts as well as the apartments at Hacienda Hills. I found the lofts and trillium to be in very good taste.

I’m sure your friend Mary did a great job decorating her home and it is beautiful. But the OP was asking for exclusive areas where the other half live. We don’t live in Bridgeport or any exclusive area so cant comment on how they pull up their underpants.

If you really want to see some comfortable fine living at a price where you own the house, it doesn't own you then come visit the Hysterical Section! We are on the other side of Route 441 in Lady Lake.

I forget the name of the street where the Big Christmas Display was set up the first several years we were here. To me, that is how the other half lives. What a beautiful thing it was.

Good Luck cruising around. You received some great streets from other posters. :welcome:

I come from a family where a "nice Sunday ride" to nowhere was a thing, so I understand the impulse. I also like looking at houses, but one thing about the $1M places is that a good part of their cost is what's in back, such as golf course or lake views. But they are pretty streets.

I'll second Nucky's recommendation for a cruise around Country Club Hills in the historic district, featuring peaceful streets and a wide display of personality!

:oops: Of course...... where else would a guy with a great sense of humor live? The "Hysterical Section" :ho:

OK will tell them John sent me

This struck me as one of the best oxymoron questions ever posted here. Where is the better half ? Of what - a community that was built to live like a millionaire on a retirement budget. Answer - mostly on the costal communities. The folks in Naples needed a depends run after reading this one.

Oh yea! Conservation Trail in Pine Hills. Make sure you take the sideroads off C.T. We were slumming :) around there looking at $1.6million$ homes as they were being built but we decided to stick with our 2/2 because the taxes were as much as the cost of our entire home purchase! :D Beautiful area and beautiful homes. Can't imagine why anyone would need something as big as that as a "retirement home" but God bless those who can. They obviously EARNED it.

I would agree, Harmeswood is probably the most unique neighborhood in TV. All the Bridgeport communities are Very nice with our favorite being Bridgeport at Lake Miona. We love the premier community around Glenview Country Club. Look for open houses in these areas.

:) I'm thinking people may be mixing up Harmeswood with Hickory Head Hammock. The family still owns property there. They are both very nice.

Download the villages app, put in a minimum price and can view homes and areas that way. Can also pull up building lots which south of 44 can be as high as 300k for waterfront/golf course views.

Conservation trail off Moyer Loop. 7 figure homes

Some might value a quality that extends beyond the cost of their home itself that no one has mentioned—location, location, location! Not necessarily meaning a premier home in a premier neighborhood like the classic Harmeswood and the newer Bridgeports at Lakes Sumter and Miona.

For those who value location as convenience, the Lynnhaven Corridor is often mentioned, consisting of five villages built around the same time as Lake Sumter Landing—Lynnhaven, Bonnybrook, Ashland, Belvedere, and Tall Trees. Well settled and stable residential areas close to all manner of shopping, restaurants, banks, library, medical and dental offices (many concentrated near Laurel Manor Rec Center), veterinarians, even a terrific dog park just outside the Bubble—Doggy Do Run Run on CR-101. Easy access to CR-466, US Hwy 301, Florida’s Turnpike, and I-75, only minutes from LSL, and more. It depends on what you’re looking for—what you value most.

The End of Baypoint Way.

The Preserve
 

Conservation trail off Moyer Loop. The homes at the far end that back up to the “swamp” are all some of the most expensive in TV. Two of them sold new for 2.1 and 2.3 million respectively

Interesting thread. We’ve toured many of the areas with more expensive premier homes, our question has always been, “I wonder what they did for a living?” Doctor, lawyer, top executive large business owner? Maybe someone who just loves, loves TV and has a friend(s) who has a beautiful place can shed some light on that question. :)

Why is Hickory Hammock’s entry restricted?
 

The homes there appear to be nice from a distance, but not as high end as some others in more upscale neighborhoods. Just wonder why a regular gate pass won’t work?

I think Hickory Head Hammock was the original Morse compound and is still very nice. I was told that Harold lived his final days in one of the villas on Hacienda Hills golf course.

Lifestyles
 

You can always tell a newbie to TV. They ask " what did you do for a living?" It very seldom happens, but if your new, don't ask. It really is not important. Ask instead, "Where are you from?" I played golf with 2 guys a few times, and never knew who they were, except they were very nice guys. I later found out one guy was our State Senator, and a former Commander of a Fleet of Submarines and his buddy was a graduate of Annapolis and a former Marine Fighter Pilot. We never talked about work when we golfed, and I never asked. I found out who they were when I saw one of their pictures in the paper.

I wouldn't ask that question unless that happened to be part of the conversation. I'm not a newbie to the TV nor to the state I lived in my 68 years (we still have a home there). With that said when we see very high end homes near our North East home we wonder the same thing. Just curiosity:popcorn: nothing more.

In addition to the villages mentioned, I would add Sunset Ridge across from Cane Garden, beautiful homes and a great location.

Bridgeport Miona Shores contain upscale homes - some with attached RV garages - but the “exclusive” feature of this village is that it’s essentially an “island”. It’s not contiguous to any other Village property.

As mentioned above all Villagers (for the most part) have access to the same amenities and "lifestyle" choices. However; if it is the "homes" about which you are asking, you might try a visit to the Preserve. It is located near the end of Conservation Trail off of Moyer Loop going through the Village of Pine Hills.

Look for neighborhoods where there twin lamps on top of the local street light poles.