Yeah this is our third home since we moved in together, 34 years ago. The first was a condo. The second was a house one town away from the first.

We come from families who live in their homes for decades. My parents bought our family home in 1960, we moved in on my first birthday in 1961. It remained our family home for a little over 30 years, when they finally retired and moved to Florida. Mom died in the house they retired in, this past year. Dad's still there.

I moved around a lot during college and the few years after that, but that was the nature of college and wanting to learn 'how' to be independent.

This!!!!
 

Exactly

Sounds about right. We are on 2nd home.

Ohiobuckeye
 

When we lived in TV our realator said people moved twice & we did.

What you said plus we like to always have the newest designs available

Your statement is totally inaccurate and based solely on emotion.

3 times average
 

Original post is correct. Before 2006 homes were far less expensive, a patio villa under $60 thousand, prices going up and there was a waiting list for houses, you put your name on a house you wanted and hoped everyone ln front of you got something else. Also only spec homes were being sold, the market has gone back and forth from spec to site built. Earlier you could double your money almost every year.

Vaccine keeps you from dying! Not catching it.

We would love to move into a larger place. Ours too small for having a hobby. But prices on patio homes have plummeted and sitting on the market a long time. 100 days +.

Move 3 times
 

Your interpretation of the 3 moves is spot on. So far, my husband and I are on number 2. The first house was on a visit to friends and we said let's not get caught up, let's not leave here with a new house! And, well we left after purchasing a villa...something small, a house we will use once in a while. We'll fast forward two years and we were closing on our "dream house" big enough to spend the winter in Florida, host friends and family, entertain in our oversized lanai. Currently after almost 3 years here we are saying we are never moving! We shall see......

1st house: Let's not spend too much, buy a small house, see if we like it.
2nd house: Love it here, let's buy hour dream home with a pool.
3rd house: We don't need this much space, we never use the pool. Let's downsize.[/QUOTE]

Move 3 times
 

Your interpretation of the 3 moves is spot on. So far, my husband and I are on number 2. The first house was on a visit to friends and we said let's not get caught up, let's not leave here with a new house! And....we left with a villa...something small, a house we will use once in a while. Well fast forward two years and we were closing on our "dream house" big enough to spend the winter in Florida, host friends and family, entertain in our oversized lanai. Currently after almost 3 years here we are saying we are never moving! We shall see......

1st house: Let's not spend too much, buy a small house, see if we like it.
2nd house: Love it here, let's buy hour dream home with a pool.
3rd house: We don't need this much space, we never use the pool. Let's downsize.[/QUOTE]

I know people that have moved 7 times within the villages. I also know many couples who have moved 3 or more times.
Within 6 months after buying a new designer home, we were looking.
Some of the responses on this site were right on like not knowing the area 1st before buying. When new in TV, you have no clue where are all your clubs are, pickleball/tennis groups play, shopping to match your lifestyle, new or used home, pond view/golf course view, pool, and many more. I know friends that move every 2 years to live off this income in retirement.
There are also many people leaving the older sections of the villages to move to the younger crowd/new homes south of 44, and now south of meggison.
When traveling in the north parts of the villages, the houses look small and dated, and I can see why people move around in the villages.i know people that sold their designer homes south of 44 and bought in Richmond and Newell to come out with cash after selling their original homes.
Even staying for a month in the villages doesn’t give you enough time to figure out all you can do here and where do you want to live. If you don’t mind traveling to go to places, then you can live anywhere in the villages. If you want new, you have no choice: you are going to meggison or further south.

If you want new, you can buy one of the tear-down single-wides for sale in the Historic section, and have a new home built there to your specifications, by the builder of your choice.

Third times a charm
 

I agree with this post. I still haven't bought in TV because of the high prices. It's more cost effective to rent for the 3 or 4 months I would be here then return to me condo down the jersey shore. I keep my money invested and do quite well. When I do buy it will be near Palmer and Lopez because of the CC's, Access to town squares, CC golf and shopping not to mention the restaurants. JT.

Lopez Legacy isn't close to the town squares. It's around 25 minutes by golf cart to Sumter, and around 20 minutes by golf cart to Spanish Springs. Longer for shopping other than the Publix plaza on 441 next to the hospital.

Palmer Legends is very close to Sumter Landing - just a few minutes away.