[tommy steam]

Please let us know what has happned. Good luck on your quest.

[graciegirl]

on that picture other people on your street have those boxes too right close where y our are. They will have to do something too.

[swimdawg]

So EVERYONE in that area has the same problem....hmmmm.....

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Originally Posted by swimdawg

So EVERYONE in that area has the same problem....hmmmm.....

Everyone on that block on Penguin's side of the street.

Bill

[swimdawg]

Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo

Everyone on that block on Penguin's side of the street.

Bill

hmmmm.......

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Some of them might care......some perhaps won't. Still others might not even be aware of the issue.

Bill

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by angiefox10

Gracie went out and measured the box from the house and while it appears to be less then 10' to the house, it's actually more the 10'.

The issue is that it's right out his lanai door and wasn't reflected on the Plat of Survey so he didn't know about it until the house was built. It appears these boxes should be in the lots behind these lots.

Oh, I thought she measured the house being 11'2" from the property line. Her post didn't mention the distance of the lanai pad to the utility box.

So, there is no relationship between there being a mess-up on the plat and the fact that you aren't being given a copy of it at closing? Um...

I don't think I would close without the plat and without the issue of the utility box being resolved satisfactorily. Two distinct but related problems.

Penguin, whatever you decide to do, I wish you all the best. Hugs.

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by swimdawg

So EVERYONE in that area has the same problem....hmmmm.....

It seems that this is not necessarily the case. It depends if the distance of the home to the utility box does in fact meet safety and building codes, a different question from whether the buyers were given accurate representations and whether it bothers them if they were not. It might also depend, from a buyer's perspective, of the orientation of the lanai in relation to the box.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Mapping shows the transformer boxes for all the homes on the same side of the street on Penguin's block to be on the wrong lots, I believe. Should be on the lots behind them all.

Bill

[swimdawg]

Originally Posted by Pturner

It seems that this is not necessarily the case. It depends if the distance of the home to the utility box does in fact meet safety and building codes, a different question from whether the buyers were given accurate representations and whether it bothers them if they were not. It might also depend, from a buyer's perspective, of the orientation of the lanai in relation to the box.

I sure wouldn't close if there was a problem I was unhappy with. And I do know that my sales rep was on top of everything.....and made sure everything was up to spec......and she made sure that I was happy with EVERYTHING. I understand that today is a holiday. I wanted to do some official business this afternoon and couldn't. Tomorrow is a new day.....hopefully, the homeowner can get some answers tomorrow.

[angiefox10]

I sent a note to Ms. Parr and to my sales rep. I received a response from my sales rep and I can only hope that she didn't read this thread before she responded to me, because her response was so cold, it quite frankly took me back.

If her response is the reflective of "The Villages" I'm very disappointed. I tried to explain and urged her to read the thread. I'm waiting for her response before I comment further.

[Carla B]

Somehow I have the impression that the sales people fear for their jobs before each weekly sales meeting. I wouldn't expect much of them. Today I again pulled out our "plat" at signing I saw that it stated it was not a survey, just a sketch (of what might be). The only thing we got close to a survey was when we called T&D last year for a bid on a birdcage and they had the actual construction drawing on our lot. We said "Wow," that's the first time we ever saw that!

[CarGuys]

Remember all in July it was 4% and take it or leave it by Sept 30th.

Then in October 3.5% reappeared with a take it never 4% coming back again!

Then next day after the Oct 30th 3.5% deadline 4% was back!

I don't think sales always knows and non of us can trust a given!

It's like rolling the dice.

They cannot move that infra structure! They could get them out of a spec home into another home and let that one get sold on its own merit and apperance.

For someone it would not matter.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Dutchgirl

on that picture other people on your street have those boxes too right close where y our are. They will have to do something too.

You are right, I think I'm the first one to notice or the only one that wants to make it right.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo

Mapping shows the transformer boxes for all the homes on the same side of the street on Penguin's block to be on the wrong lots, I believe. Should be on the lots behind them all.

Bill

I think your right Bill, seems like they put the transformers on the wrong lots down the whole block. I'm leaving tomorrow to drive down for the closing on Friday. I will check out the situation in person on Thursday. I just hope the powers at be will step up, admit a mistake, and be man enough to correct it.