Advice for TV newbies?
 

We'll be pulling up to TV in our moving truck within the next few days. Looking for move-in advice and other thoughts from TOTVers.

Do's...

Don'ts...

Gene & Kathy
Village of Sanibel

Gene & Kathy, Do accept my congratulations! Enjoy many great times in your new home. And do try the hamburgers at Evans Prairie Country Club - the one I had on Tuesday night was excellent.

Take your time..unless of course you only have a few day that do fast:1rotfl:just enjoy don't feel you have to do everything to your house at once

Welcome home!

Do as Kathie said, take your time. Initially, it will be fun setting up your new home, but doing it day in and day out will get tiring. Set up your kitchen, clothes closet and your bedroom.....then when you find something you want to see or do....go, do it! You'll have clothes to wear, a place to eat and a restful place to rest your weary bodies.

Enjoy settling in, but do recognize that there are many here who still haven't fully unpacked...;)

Rather than rushing out to buy a golf cart immediately, we're thinking about renting a cart for 3-4 weeks...so we can take our time to more comfortably buy the cart we'll use for years. It may seem a waste of money to rent a cart short-term, but it would be a bigger waste of $$ to hurriedly buy the 'wrong' cart suitable for our needs. Any rental suggestions (not a slow-poke, 14 MPH cart)?

Gene & Kathy

Congratulations on your new home. I join you folks in two weeks. I like the advice of setting up the basics and letting the rest happen when it happens. Great counseling !

Good feedback so far. Thanks!

But would still appreciate even more suggestions for the first few days of our move-in to TV. If you had to do it all over again, what would be on your list of...

Do's... ?

Don'ts... ?

Gene & Kathy
Village of Sanibel

Hello fellow newbies. My wife and I just closed April 1 and we too had a ton of things to do.
Put Walmart in your GPS.
Rent the cart.
BUY A TRAIL FEE and...
roll up to almost any executive course around 5:30 or so and walk right out..with the starters permission you don't need to get a res... and get a few holes in...it will round out your busy day and get you into the swing of TV.

You will have your garage door open showing all the packing boxes, etc. Be aware of the "village cruisers" looking for the new residents. Expect a knock on your door offering services and the welcome hostess, which drops off coupons and tries to set you up with more services. Don't buy off the back of a truck, no matter how great it sounds. Sleep on it.
Take your time, talk with neighbors, use this valuable resource to address any concerns or questions. Be assured what you are experiencing is not unique, over 100,000 of us have been through it, survived without too many scars, and now are having a new experience of living.

Congratulations and welcome! Pace yourselves during the unpacking process. It is very easy to overdo it and end up paying for it for a long time. I know from experience you'll want to get your house in order asap and start having fun. If you take up pickle ball, make sure you have court shoes. I know several people who have injured themselves when they started playing. Best of luck to you!

give grandpa and grandmas a call to rent your cart,,try a gas for a few days and then electric..go everywhere and yes jimbo i forgot to say solar is on its way

Amen to this. It's a serious sport and needs proper equipment, especially shoes. It is a slide-and-shuffle sport. many people get hurt using track shoes because they don't realize that track shoes are designed to grab, not slide. Court shoes are what you need.

But welcome! You will try many things at first and then settle on a few that you like. Or like some of my more energetic friends, you will take the place by storm. I'm in awe of them. They have boundless energy. That may be you!

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