Median income in TV is 76K. average income which is skewed by extremes in income is 96K. If your in that ballpark as far as retirement income you should be fine, if your a snowbird, then of course your expenses as much hire

your COL depends on your lifestyle. How often do you go out to eat? travel/cruises? Your fixed expenses can be researched, but remember, if you move south of 44, your bonds are extremely high, your taxes will be paid to Sumter County and the city of Wildwood. Your travel to the stores will take more time than you may want. Also, check out all the houses for sale already in the newer section. WHY? You gotta ask yourself why are so many houses for sale south of 44? Must be a reason.

The quoted figures will be high in my opinion.

Thank you for the cost breakdown; that helps.

You're exactly right; however to get the fixed costs (e.g. Amenity fee, electric, internet, etc.) helps.

Thx,

G

Next month Amenity Fee 327.

Medicare still at 525 a month since I turned 65, now 71? Hopefully it will decrease.

Our monthly fee totals $342 which includes the amenities fee, trash, water and “entertainment “. TV says it covers all but there is a year end maintenance fee which could vary by district but ours looks like closer to another $8K. So many other things like every business inside TV pays 10% to TV. Obviously the business then passes that on to us via more costly gooods, prices at restaurants If you go to any entertainment you restricted from bringing in food or drink and have to pay exorbitant prices for things you want there. Just look at all these things to establish what it actually costs

Watch Jerry and Linda (The Village Newcomers) they vlog about the villages to include the information you desire

Affordable and awesome!
 

When we visited The Villages we were curious. We went from curious to happily stunned! Were we really interested in buying in Florida - land of beaches (which we didn't care for)? Then we discovered central INLAND Florida, and specifically The Villages! And YES! We were interested and did buy. Our only regret is that we didn't find this place 10 years earlier when we first retired! However, We did plan to be seasonal, so our look at the numbers revolved around whether we should rent or buy. At the time, rentals (for a 3/2 designer home) were around $3800/month. We did exactly what you are doing to determine the annual cost to own here, and it was roughly $15,000 at that time. So renting may be a better option if we planned to stay 3 months. But we planned to stay 4, and I wanted to be able to come and go during the summer as well, so we bought. Our biggest flaw in that assessment is that even if we just stayed 3 months, buying would have been better for us! Of course, that would have been hindsight, but the reason was, once you get here, you WANT to stay more! We now spend at least 5 months here, often more. And we are very close to shifting from seasonal to Florida residents!
Of course, knowing the dollars for the musts is important and everyone here has shared great numbers that are very close to ours (for the absolutes), but I agree with the others that it's a place like no other, you will almost instantly have a neighborhood of great friends (ours is the best, but in TV, most folks say that), and you will never be bored except by choice! There's an excellent chance you will love it here and not regret it!

Ohiobuckeye
 

You’re probably talking about $200,000. to a million plus!

There are a few videos on YouTube that breakdown monthly expenses quite well, Rusty Nelson, Jerry and Linda, and Michael and Tiffany.
Hope it works out for ya!!

That was good advice about the South of 44 problems. I would also suggest that they take the possibility of Hurricanes into consideration. In two years the Gulf waters could be even warmer than this summer.

How does that work? $600 is not much but still?
What is the fee called after the bond is satisfied?

There are 2 components to the fee. Both are billed to you with your property tax and paid to the county.

1. The bond. You have the option to pay this annually or to pay it off. Many pay it annually until you have decided that this is your forever home. If you move, you just get a new bond with the new home. The bond pays for building the infrastructure of the area where your home is located.

2. The maintenance fee. Each district creates an annual budget to maintain the infrastructure that the bond paid for. This is an annual expense and never goes away. Each district is different, depending on the amount of infrastructure and the number of homes sharing the cost. Mine is about $600. Some districts are more.