It sets a bad precedent
 

My wife asked me what I thought of the homes listed in the Daily Sun which advertised with fences in the back yard.

I told her not much and that The Villages was setting a bad precedent.

The Villages had it right by restricting fences and suggesting natural green barriers. Now with their introduction of privacy fences they created a crack in their own rules.

there's already been a section built with fences. Nash Loop, in Hemingway (I think). So they have experimented with them already and hadn't built any more of them since the ones done then which would have been about 2006. So I doubt it's going to have an impact anywhere else.

I agree. There is a section of new homes under construction in the Village of Pine Hills, visible from the Okeechobee and Escambia golf courses, with high, brown, vinyl fences. Although having a fenced area for pets makes life easier for the owner, I think the fences are unattractive.
Different people buy for different reasons but I would stay away from that area because of the fences.

Great place for barking dogs.

Fences
 

Occasionally, The Villages does something a bit different. The homes built on Nash Loop in the Village of Hemingway a few years ago was something different in that they have fenced back yards. I am not aware of any homes like those (approximately 20) small number having been built since about 2006-2007. There are large power lines crossing that area and perhaps the fencing has something to do with the power lines.

I agree.

I actually had to look twice, as I couldn't quite believe that a new development was being built with white vinyl fences.

I can't even imagine what the connection might be between fencing and power lines:confused:

Could you 'splain this theory, please?

Absorbs aeolian vibration and corona discharge...due to magnetostriction? :shrug:

Like my insurance policy, that says blah, blah, blah, blah, blah:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

That's why they are brown. The white ones would reflect it toward pedestrians in the street.

Our lawn guy cuts several lawns at the same time because he has open access. If neighbors began fencing off their properties his task would be increasingly difficult and cost of mowing lawns increased. The same problem applies to other maintenance issues and especially the care and maintenance of the fence itself. Can you spell mildew and mold. don't need more of that

The Villages emphasizes privacy but that cuts both ways for good and for bad such as the affect on neighborhood watch

The more likely reason for this section of homes with fences in this new area and the ones they had in the Harris Court/Blaise Terrace area of Pine Hills is due to the lack of new Courtyard Villas being built in the south end of TV. With the exception of Nash Loop and these two areas, CYVs are the only place you can have a fenced yard.

If you've watched the construction progress of new areas, CYVs are normally the first built and they sell very quickly. I live in a CYV, a decision driven by residing with two Golden Retrievers, and after talking with my neighbors the driving factors for most all of us for buying a CYV was either pets or privacy or both. Yard size/maintenance comes in a distant third and pricing was hardly ever a consideration.

Compare the pricing of new CYVs to similarly sized cottage, designer, and patio villa homes and they are more expensive per sq ft than almost all in the 200-350K price range. Yes, there are many homes with larger lots, upgrades, and pools that are more per sq ft but apple-to-apples the CYVs are more expensive so any though of a low cost alternative goes out the window.

Give the "Developer" their due, they know what sells and know what people want, if they are building homes with fenced yards they are very confident that they'll sell quickly. They are being creative to fill a gap in the inventory at the south end of The Villages.

I'd bet a dozen doughnuts that by the first the year only one or two of these homes are left on the market and these are not the last we'll see.

Was just golfing Okeechobee yesterday and had no idea they were allowing fences. Not attractive, but then again those houses are directly across from those monstrous power lines so I guess the fence goes along with the poor placement of the houses.

Our oldest looked at the homes with the new fences when he was down last. As they were built selling just as quickly.

Problem with the old Courtyard villas is one and a half car garage. The cottage gives you a straight driveway most with a two car garage and a fenced in yard. All of the pluses of the courtyard villa but a better driveway. And you have the ability to do with what you want to the back yard, grass no grass.

also the problem with CYV are many of the windows look out to walls. Some people would like the opportunity to have a more conventional house with a fence, but chose the villas because of pets.