:agree: Ditto, ditto and ditto Bare! Debra Parks is the absolute best realtor I have ever met. Extremely professional, very knowledgable about all aspects of TV, works very hard to find the home with what you are looking for in a home, and things you arent looking for. No wonder I bought so fast as Debra knew exactly what I wanted in a home. I highly recommend Debra :thumbup:, I assure you will not be disappointed.

JeanneBeanne

I went on the Lifestyle Tour in October with Rhod Souter. He was very knowledgeable. But out of curiosity, has anyone looked at the "Stone Crest" 55 and older Development right near "Spanish Springs"? It does not have as many clubs, but there is no $20,000.00 Bond and the HOA Dues are quite a bit more economical. Did anyone else look at other communities before they bought in TV?

We have friends in StoneCrest. They have A golf course and A restaurant. It is a development that I think is built out. The homes I saw were older and they didn't have the " deed restrictions" we have in The Villages.

I know our friends come to The Villages for restaurants and to play cards and shuffleboard.

It is like ONE village kind of, but I don't think that it is near as nice.

No comparison for me, anyway.

Gracie Girl, don't want to sound naive but what do you mean by "built out"? Thanks, Jeannie

Jeannie.

I am not sure of my facts on this, but it looked like they did not have any new building going on. That they may have used up the space they had..and were finished enlarging the development, which is what built out means.

But...I am not sure. I bet someone knows.

Question.....
 

Gracie,

There was a thread on TOTV last week about limiting vistors that raised issues on local people using TV amenities.

Pertaining to those concerns, "How do these non-TV Residents play cards and shuffleboard here?"

I feel like I get badged every time I use the amenities here.

I know - I know!

Stonecrest is about 60% built out 1800 units of 3200 (or there abouts). New homes going in at the north side.

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Our male friend is in some kind of regional shuffleboard league. The answer is I don't know.

Best sales REP
 

We had June Brine. HAd a great eye for detail. Friendly. Knowledgeable. Answered all questions, and the paperwork was all explained and organized.
We bought a villa, and JUNE KNEW VILLAS. Pat White, at the time, was her assistant.

Gracie, we visited Stone Creek in October when we went for our Lifestyle tour of TV. We took a look around at other developments. Stone Creek is building a new section called "North Valley". We are visiting again in June, 2010 just to see what has gone up, is being built, etc. before we make up our minds. I have until the end of 2010 when I am retiring. Thanks again for your input ~ all your threads seem to be so full of wisdom. If you hear of anything more with Stone Creek, please let me know. Jeannie

The Villages doesn't have HOA Dues. We have an Amenity Fee and it is $135 a month.

Does TV have a listing of all of their sales agents, similar to MLS real estate offices? Thanks for any information.

If you're looking for resales not listed by TV I would highly recommend Susan Nelson of Prestige Properties.

Can you ask for a certain Villages representative to work with?
 

On the matter of sales reps employed by The Villages, I wanted our friends to work with our rep, Jim McLaughlin, but they did not assign him to them when they requested him.

I don't know if people can "get" certain sales reps or not.

Agent
 

We used Laurie Briggs and she is GREAT!