This is me the bully. I say that people can rent their homes to anyone they want to. They cannot rent their homes to anyone who has children under 19 because of deed restrictions. They can rent their homes for one night if they want to. They can rent their homes to people who work for The Villages if they want to. Usually people will rent their homes for top dollar, as their homes are either their future year around home or have been purchased as an investment. I have never rented a home to anyone in all of my long life, but homes are rented here a LOT. I don't understand how anyone can say anything about other people renting their homes. I guess if there were awful oil spots in the driveway, that would be reason to call standards, but I don't recall that dirty driveways were listed as violations.

What sales agent would list all of the possible ugly scenarios about buying here? You could get Zika virus, you could catch the much talked about Villages STDs that are a fantasy, you could get hit by a golf cart, struck by lightning or fall in a sinkhole. You could have renters with trucks that leave oil spots down the street.

The post sounded to me like a troll, but I have been wrong before.

There will always be someone who is not happy with the person who lives in the area of their own home. Can you imagine if the law of the land changed to a 90 day minimum on rentals? New problem...foreclosures and unnecessary tension in a most landlords lives. We just rented for 30 days in a Patio Villa in a beautiful neighborhood and could feel the icy stares of the disgruntled neighbors because we were renting and they feel that renters just don't belong. Thankfully for them we found this out when we were getting our deposit back from the house babysitter. Who the hell do you think you are even thinking about limiting rentals. This is still the USA and free enterprise is a beautiful thing. We left the rental in showroom condition and resent your renter remark Mr. or Mrs. Op. Mrs Gracie usually not to much is heard back on a first time poster when they come out guns blazing like this and I for one love how spunky you are and your love for TV drives you to dig for answers. I feel like your looking out for everyone.:bigbow:

We have a case in our neighborhood of Pinellas. I don't live in this villa area, but I do live in Pinellas and I am familiar with what the OP was describing. The reason all the rest of us around the area are familiar with this rental is that groups of young men come after dinner and dive into the Pinellas pool, often in shorts, and appear to have just finished work. They arrive in large pickup trucks. The Villages' pool monitors are aware of this and have told the young men they can't swim in the pool without passes. A villa has been rented to a construction boss and a number of workers are housed in the villa. I don't know the exact numeber, but the neighbor estimates at least eight young men in their twenties and thirties. Sometimes a van or a couple of pickup trucks drop them off at the villa in the evening and come back for them in the morning. One of the neighbors I spoke to said there were times he couldn't get his golf cart out of his driveway because the trucks and van blocked the street. Different people in the Villages have been contacted but no one has done anything about it. Don't be so hard on new posters just because you want everything perfect. It is not very nice. The OP reported a true case of a group of young workers being housed by their construction boss in a rental villa in The Villages.

To bad they not in any of the three Bridgeport villages, bet it would be Capitol offense with every law emforcement officer from three counties descending on the perks

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Hoping these young workers trash the hell out of this POS landlords house. :rant-rave:

Been here 10 years in a Courtyard Villa and never saw a single instance of what you are referring to. The lack of any real evidence of your descriptions is disturbing. I do question some of the motivations of some who may not even live in the Villages since these kinds if comments would tend to affect home values. So why would anyone stoop to that level??

If something that negative is being posted, it should be true and if it is true, the poster should show some evidence. Personally, if I was in his position and after consulting Community Standards, the situation was not rectified, I would place my home for sale without making any negative comments on a web site like this. I would let the market decide but now that the poster has identified What he considers deficiencies in his/her neighborhood, it is incumbent upon them to tell any prospective buyers of the deficiencies or face a lawsuit from his buyers.

So, I agree with Gracie on this and if the poster cannot come clean and show evidence of the complaints the Administrator should remove his post. Free speech does not mean we can demean others freely.

I cannot imagine that Community Standards if notified would not respond to a situation like this. It appears to be a flagrant violation.

Sad that seeking the truth is interpreted as bullying.
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There are a couple of other Threads regarding rentals. It's pretty much the same song---sort of like the "poop threads". The Villages is a deed restricted community, however, there is nothing in your deed restrictions keeping the owner from renting your house by the day, week, month or year. It is what it is.

Many condo communities in Florida do have restrictions regarding rentals. Most that I am familiar with have a 3 month minimum. Again, that is not the case in The Villages.

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Here comes the PC BS, "labor gangs" is also inflammatory and not the same as " groups of young workers" Puleeze... The poster complained about something occurring in their area, wherever it is, others have corroborated like situations and the court has opened for trial. Get a life folks.

He implied it was the entire area. One person, not "others" was describing a single condition. Do you call the bankers sitting on a bench outside the bank having lunch " labor gangs"? No need for that. Not PC just respect for the workers,

Yes, words do matter and in this case " descriptions " do matter. I am probably the least PC person you will ever know but IMO. And I do have an O, trashing an entire neighborhood is drastically different than than citing a single instance where, if the proper authorities were contacted I am sure it could be rectified especially if the contractor works for The Villages.

I wonder if the owner knows what is going on at their home. I would be sending them a email quick