[Sunny08]

Does anyone have any information for using the relocation specialists from the villages to sale home? Any totv friend used this to sale a home is this a good deal or and bad deal,or should I stay away from this.

[swrinfla]

sunny08:

There's an earlier discussion in TOTV on this matter. Perhaps a search for "relocation" will find it. In the interim, I'll report my experience:

I bought in TV in Sep '04. I asked the Relocation folks for 1) local "up north" real estate agents to help me sell my home there, and 2) local "up north" movers.

Within no time at all, I received the names of three real estate people. I was acquainted with the record of their companies, and knew that they were held in high esteem. I interviewed two of the agents (never did reach the third) and quickly decided on the one who seemed most likely to meet my needs.

Similarly, at least three moving company names were provided. I was inclined from the outset to use the best-known one - almost everyone I knew had used them at one time or another - and did so.

Bottom line in both instances: Total success and superb job. Best of all, it wasn't a hassle for me to contact anyone, nor to review their offers, nor to decide whom to use. From the point of view of making the process easier on me, I whole-heartedly endorse TV's Relocation folks! NOTE however, that you should definitely do some research on your own - the better to know what you're getting into!



SWR

[graciegirl]

Our good friends who moved to Poinciana had a similar good experience to report.

[RayB]

My experience with the relocation service was not good. A year and a half ago we moved from Tampa to The Villages. The service sent me three moving companies to quote on move. All three were very high and I arranged for a local mover to move my household goods to the Villages, put in storage for three weeks and then unload at the new house. Cost of this three part move was about one third the cost quoted by the movers suggested by the relocation service. The real estate agent service was just as bad. First they sent a broker to us located on the south side of Tampa and we were located on the far north side, a full hours drive away. Then we did not hear from the relocation service for about two weeks. In the meantime I called a local realtor which has a reputation for high sales in our area. I signed the exclusive with that realtor. Then the Relocation Service department called me and asked if we had decided on one of the Three realtors they sent to us. I informed her only one contacted me and that one was entirely unsatisfactory. She then asked me who I had signed with and then said that was one of the three she had sent to me. I told her it was too late as I did not want to wait for her call to me two weeks late and we had gone ahead on our own. The person from the Relocation Service then called my realtor and demanded she get her portion of the commission because they originally recommended this realtor to us. In summary, the relocation service was useless to us. We did everything ourselves and saved money. Everyone should be aware that the relocation service gets a commission on every service they send to us. Someone pays for this. Guess Who? Ray

[rshoffer]

I cannot understand why anyone would use this service! I wanted to be the person chosing the moving company and the realtor because I wanted to negotiate the costs and get the best deal. I did. It was simple to do. Am I missing something that this service does? :dontknow: