Amenity Fees
 

Is there a cap on the annual amenity fees increase? Our new bill shows an increase of $14.13 for June, or 9.5%.

Last year the increase was about 2.5% increase.

I can't answer your question on a cap but the inflation rate right now is 8.5% with no end in sight.

The amenity fee increases are tied to the CPI (not sure exactly which flavor of CPI, there are several) on the anniversary of the sale of your home. The exact language is in your deed restriction, which can be viewed on districtgov.org.

$14 a month seems high. Mine went up a couple dollars back in March which is our anniversary date. Ours is about $177 a month.

Ours increased by $12.05 to $173.12 in March 2022. That is 7.48% and matches the CPI-U for January 2022. The CPI-U for March and April 2022 are 8.5% and 8.3%, respectively. For March 2021, it was 2.6%.

MIt is the CPI-U. U for urban workers, this is the most commonly reported CPI. The CPI-U varies depending on the start and end month, it does even out over the years.

This CPI is not reflective of how seniors spend their income. I only mention that because YOUR CPI rate is probably quite different than CPI-U.

CPI-U is weighted on housing costs. If you own your home most of this does not impact you (housing costs include utilities) it's fairly light on medical.

Yes, my increase seems to match up with CPI-U. I thought it may have been CPI-W but checking the numbers indicates it is CPI-U.

You got that right. A better CPI would be based on food, medical costs, gas, utilities, property and casualty insurance, and of course beer and green fees.

Better for who?

No cpi figures in the Medicare of raises either .!

They are making it all funny money, but they lowered Dad's SS.

While the slight increase may be based on the Consumer Price Index, the fact remains that the cost of providing the amenities we enjoy is going up. Salaries have gone up. The cost of supplies has gone up. The cost of fuel has gone up. We have to split that cost between us. If we don’t like the cost going up, we can cut out some amenities. What amenities are you willing to give up in order to save yourself $14 a month? The Neighborhood Watch? Flowers along the roadways? Lawn mowing along the roadways? Picking up litter all over the place? Nightly entertainment at the town squares?

A cap is not desirable or realistic
 

As a lover of all that The Villages has to offer and as a common sense sort of person that knows how the real world works- capping amenities fee would be disastrous- we wouldn’t want LESS beauty or LESS activities or LESS MAINTENANCE just like we wouldn’t want LESS cost of living increase in our salary or pension or social security.

We do get a lot for our amenity fee so no complaints here.

No cap. We had one but was cancelled. It had been capped at $155. No more!

The Villages hires folks to pick up litter? Just curious. Thanks.

Not "The Villages" which normally means the dev's. But the CCD for each area do, and a lot more. I saw a road vacuum going down our road the other night after midnight. They don't do that out of the kindness of their hearts, they are paid.

The faux water tower and windmill in Brownwood.

Cut back on community watch. I can check my own garage door
Main benifit goes to protecting the homes under construction from theft

Tie the increase to the annual SS increase %

SS increases are tied to the CPI-W increase for the 3rd quarter compared to the previous 3rd quarter. Amenity increases appear to be tied to CPI-U increase for the month around when you signed the sales contract. CPI-W and CPI-U weigh the various expenditure categories differently but are generally pretty close to each other.

Amenity Fees Plus Trail Fees Is A Chunk Of Change
 

For all you golfers coming down for the “free” golf, the total of Amenity Fees plus Trail Fees is a real chunk of change—well over $150 a month!

the fees are only going to go up

as long at TV continues to have an attractive 'park like' atmosphere...I guess I'm okay with the increases

Not just golf, but pools and rec centers and gate guards and Community Watch, beautification and many other items that you don’t think of. All this stuff costs $$$ and prices are going up.

cut down on all of the above.

No clue

Happy to live in a place we can be proud of

I don’t think flowers need to be replaced 3-4 times a year. I don’t understand why they don’t just plant perennials. Could still look nice.

Would guess we see flowers longer the way they do it than via perennials

I believe the flowers that you see at the entrances to the different Villages, roundabouts, etc. come out of the Maintenance Fee, a line item on your property taxes.

Cheap to keep everything so beautiful.

“free golf” costs $189 a month!
 

Add in the Trail Fees of about $144 a year ($4 per round) and the free golf ain’t so free. If you play two rounds every weekend the “free golf “costs you almost $24 per round on the Executive courses.

Always funny.

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“free golf” costs $189 a month!
 

Add in the Trail Fees of about $144 a year ($4 per round) and the free golf ain’t so free. If you play two rounds every weekend the free golf costs you almost $24 per round on the Executive courses.

Jus as funny the second time.

Walk X 2 = FREE


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There is an echo on this thread.:MOJE_whot::duck:

That must be new math. The way I learned was that is you play 104 rounds a year (2 rounds every weekend) and it costs $144 then it equals around $1.39 per round. also, the 144 covers the entire household so you could have 2 - 4 people getting trail fees for a year for 144

Give until it hurts and then One Pint more...

So you can save money on golf by having a dozen people living in your house.