From what I've been told, the exterior walls are wood and the interior walls are metal.

I've never had a problem hanging anything from metal studs. I worked in a shop up north that had them and we treated them just like a wood stud.

As Cool Hand Luke would say - "Shaking my head here Boss!":shrug:

Amazes me what people worry about. For most here, whether its built of metal, wood or any other material, the house will outlast you. Stop worrying like you are a 30 year old new home buyer up north.

And Gracie...you can splee Chanuka anyway you want...no one spells it right, including most of the jewish fai5)

I was able to do mine also myself, it was a bit of hassle since at the time I had a torn rotator cuff in my left shoulder. I have Directv on the two main TV's and for the bedroom I used the prewired outlet to an antenna in the attic for over-the-air reception. The outlet wasn't far, so I used a kit like this one on Youtube. It even had the circular saw bit. It was about $50 at Home Depot.

Wiremold: How to Install the Flat Screen TV Cord & Cable Power Kit - YouTube

Thanks on the car, it'a a 2017 50th Anniversary Camaro Nightfall Gray Metallic.

I was also surprised to discover metal studs when I moved into my new home. So I started driving around inspecting homes under construction. Some had all wood studs, some had all metal, and others had half & half. So I figure The Villages must have a pretty sophisticated algorithm for calculating which stud type is best depending on the model home, and the current cost of wood and steel. Whatever. Use sheet metal screws for a steel stud and wood screws for wood, and plastic screw-in anchors for in between. No big deal. What bothered me about steel studs was the havoc they can play with your home Wi-Fi. I got terrible speeds in rooms adjacent to my router, had to go to a booster router, and was told by the Spectrum installer “Yeah, we get a lot of these problems here in The Villages”.

Gracie, there are always going to be people that if you give them $999, they're going to complain that you didn't give them $1000. I'd really like to know sometimes what enticed them to move here; they seem to like nothing about The Villages.

After reading the entire thread, I see one person who prefers wood over metal (and stated erroneously that all studs are metal), and another who says metal may cause havoc with wifi. Did not see one comment concerning they made a mistake buying here.

Yes there are some who seem to always criticize, and others who bristle at the most mild criticism. Both are guilty of a bias one way or the other..

To all the picky posters (speaking of negativity!), please note that in my original post, I did not say that all TV homes were built with ONLY metal studs.
I simply said that all TV houses were built with metal studs.
Sorry for not going a step farther by bringing wood into the picture.

I walked through the building sections in Fenney yesterday and looked inside both villas and designers. There were no metal studs in any of them, all wood. Not to say that the ones already with drywall don't have them but the ones that are skeletons are all wood.

When we moved into Amelia in January I was surprised that not only where the inside wall studs metal but they were on 24" centers vs. 16" . It seems the outside studs are wood but all inside walls are metal studs. House is just about 9yrs old. That threw me for a loop when trying to mount our TV on the wall. Had to stop and regroup! :) Everything I saw up in the attic (the visible framing) was wood.

Which is also wrong.

There are some valid as well as erroneous points in this thread.

When I bought, I asked about the steel studs. I was informed that the wood studs are used for bearing walls and the steel studs for non-bearing walls.

With regard to the screws to be used, there is not a need to predrill the steel studs if you use the correct screw. There are screws readily available called "sharp point" screws with fine threads that will pierce the metal and then drill through the studs and self-tap themselves. They also sell screws with a drill point shaped like the end on a drill bit...but these are really not necessary. Both types are available at Lowe's and Home Depot. Typically a # 6 diameter is used for attaching gypsum to wood or steel studs.

Steel studs are straight, true, will not rot, are not food for insects or termites, etc. They do NOT attract lightning and do not affect TV or WI-FI.

Some people just like to complain!