[delima2000]

I was just on the villages web site looking up used homes and found another home for sale at over $2,000,000.00. It is a new listing with address not disclosed. Maybe home values are rising in the villages. Check it out.

[bike42]

That's 2373 Baypoint Way in Pennecamp. Bought for $1,350,000 in 2011. This one is apparently not being sold furnished ... (The $2,400,000 one in Bridgeport at Miona Shores is extravagantly furnished). It will be interesting to see if these homes sell and at what price.

[cquick]

oh, that home sits right on Lake Miona, with only two other homes. I'll bet the view is beautiful.

[asianthree]

i was in that house when they built it..its nice

[GaryW]

No View in The Villages is worth 2 Mil... No where near 1 Mil. Spend that much for a view, Better be overlooking Central Park.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by GaryW

No View in The Villages is worth 2 Mil... No where near 1 Mil. Spend that much for a view, Better be overlooking Central Park.

Given a choice any day of the week I would take any home here over any home overlooking Central Park. I love THIS place.

The 2.4 million dollar home's interior wasn't what I expected to see.

[mickey100]

I see people spending $200,000 for a view. I think that is excessive.

[buggyone]

Originally Posted by mickey100

I see people spending $200,000 for a view. I think that is excessive.

Each to their own. Personally, I would rather spend a lot for a beautiful view than to have lanais real close to me in the back looking directly into mine.

[missypie]

If 2 mil was my housing budget, you bet I'd buy that house.

There is no place else in the world like TV. We feel so blessed.

[mickey100]

Originally Posted by buggyone

Each to their own. Personally, I would rather spend a lot for a beautiful view than to have lanais real close to me in the back looking directly into mine.

You're right. Each to their own. To me, $200,000 for a lot the size of a postage stamp, with neighbors so close in on the sides, is a real rip off. And so many of the views I've seen are problematic - for example, golf course views that have a cart trail nearby, so you're watching carts zoom by the house every 8 minutes. So much for privacy. No thanks.

[graciegirl]

The Fox and the Grapes

Aesop


Once upon a time there was a fox strolling through the woods.
He came upon a grape orchard. There he found a bunch of
beautiful grapes hanging from a high branch.

"Boy those sure would be tasty," he thought to himself.
He backed up and took a running start, and jumped.
He did not get high enough.

He went back to his starting spot and tried again.
He almost got high enough this time, but not quite.

He tried and tried, again and again, but just couldn't get high
enough to grab the grapes.

Finally, he gave up.

As he walked away, he put his nose in the air and said:
"I am sure those grapes are sour."

Moral
IT IS EASY TO SCORN WHAT YOU CANNOT GET.

[deltaguy]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Given a choice any day of the week I would take any home here over any home overlooking Central Park. I love THIS place.

The 2.4 million dollar home's interior wasn't what I expected to see.

Please elaborate. Just what is it that you were expecting that was not there to make it worth 2.4 million? A view of Central Park perhaps?

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

The Fox and the Grapes

Aesop


Once upon a time there was a fox strolling through the woods.
He came upon a grape orchard. There he found a bunch of
beautiful grapes hanging from a high branch.

"Boy those sure would be tasty," he thought to himself.
He backed up and took a running start, and jumped.
He did not get high enough.

He went back to his starting spot and tried again.
He almost got high enough this time, but not quite.

He tried and tried, again and again, but just couldn't get high
enough to grab the grapes.

Finally, he gave up.

As he walked away, he put his nose in the air and said:
"I am sure those grapes are sour."

Moral

IT IS EASY TO SCORN WHAT YOU CANNOT GET.

bump

[ROCKETMAN]

House prices are definitely rising on new and pre-owned. A new courtyard villa south of 466a used to be around $153,000, now $175,000 not furnished or corner villa. I have been watching the pre-owned and they are rising also.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I have never understood people who want to live in a big city like New York. I, like most people, have the attitude that it's a great place to visit, but I'd never want to live there.

I'd take the Villages any day over Manhattan even with a view of Central Park.

Another thing that always puzzled me was people who live and work in big cities talking about the wonderful views from their windows. I would look out and see a bunch of ugly buildings and filthy alleys. To me, a great view is the Grand Canyon, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the Everglades. There is no view in any city that compared with those.

I think that it's absurd that people pay $2,000,000 for a tiny apartment in NYC where they have no land, no backyard, no fresh air. I had a friend that paid $800,000 for a studio apartment on 21st street. When I went to visit, he would show me his view of the Empire State building. You sort of had to stick your head halfway out the window and turn to the left. All I could think about was what kind of beautiful house with landscaping and gardens and a garage and basement that you could buy in my old neighborhood in Massachusetts for that kind of money.

Oh well each to their own, I guess.

Anyroad, I don't think that anyone is paying $2,000,000 for the view alone. It looks like a gorgeous home with a great lanai and a wonderful yard. It has several bedrooms and bathrooms and looks like a wonderful place to live and to have company stay over.