[eweissenbach]

Okay if this is a contest, you should consider my place, NO BOND ........ MO For Sale By Owner Website | ForSaleByOwner.com - FSBO

[Schaumburger]

These are excellent posts with great advice for wannabees and gonnabees -- location, location, location!

[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by zcaveman

But our area has low or no bonds. We want you here.

Perfect!

[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Posh. There is a vacant and for sale home in our village. We have delightful folks living in Laurel Valley. Brier Creek Circle would be a perfect circle for you to pay off your debt to certain folks when you streak.

We would love to have you here.

Too ritzy.

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by zcaveman

I live in Springdale - a hop and a jump from Chatham. I am very happy out here. I have my Walgreens, Kindred Spirits, and Publix. It is a 20 minute ride to SS but it is also 20 minutes to LSL. The only thing that you should be concerned about in Chatnam is the train. Make sure you are not looking in the far west area (out near the Amberwood GC).

Let me add that you have 15 golf courses with in 15 minutes. You have 3 country clubs with in 15 minutes. You have a gas station if you have a gas cart. There are a couple of other eateries. I hardly ever use my car because everything is within cart distance. That is 30-40 minutes for me. Wal-mart and all of the eateries and businesses are max 20 minutes away. My doctors are in LSL and SS and are close enough for me.

Like I always say, take a map and draw a 5 mile circle and if everything you want is within that circle look for a place.

Originally Posted by zcaveman

But our area has low or no bonds. We want you here.

We are in Springdale too and I agree with everything Z said. We love the north side because of the beautiful mature landscaping, our favorite golf courses are on there and especially because it is more peaceful. The houses are not as close together and there is more green space within the Villages. Low or no bond too.

South side of course has other advantages, primarily being more central. So it's a matter of priorities.

Best bet: Springdale. We want you here!

[jojo]

For consideration, I find myself mostly using regional rec centers for fitness classes and tennis. We are close to Colony and fairly close to Seabreeze and Lake Miona. I go to one of these centers almost every day and sometimes twice a day.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Posh 08

Thanks for your reply. Pools and golf, not so much the Squares for us.

We also stayed one month in a large designer home on the Nancy Lopez Golf Course......beautiful birdcaged pool and waterfall.....peaceful lanai right off the birdcage........nice and quiet neighborhood of long time residents. Seemed perfectly normal to us. The shopping was fine at Mulberry plus in the other direction past the Polo Grounds was all the shopping one could want.........can't remember the number of that highway as I am not looking at the map.

If you like quiet and do not plan to frequent the squares on a daily basis, Calumet Grove is very nice..........

At first we thought it would be "too far out" as it is in the northwest quadrant...........however, we had no problem driving to Lake Sumter Landing when we wanted to eat out on the lake.

My husband , who was totally adverse to The Villages, loved the location.
It was as comfortable as home could be. He said he actually preferred it.
We rented for one month on a cul de sac..........everything was just fine.

Obviously, the homes are a bit older......but we are used to much older up here.......and being on the golf course and in a pool home, made up for the distance. Most people, I would imagine, would settle into a normal routine of daily existence and do the things that interest them.
Again, it was nice and quiet. Initially, our lifestyle visit for the four days was in Creekside Landing.......also very very nice, but didn't seem as cozy a neighborhood as did Calumet Grove.........which went over the top in decorating their homes at Thanksgiving time for Christmas.......

We actually hated to leave........good luck in whatever you choose.

[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by eweissenbach

Okay if this is a contest, you should consider my place, NO BOND ........ MO For Sale By Owner Website | ForSaleByOwner.com - FSBO

Hahaha, I got one of those too.

[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by Pturner

We are in Springdale too and I agree with everything Z said. We love the north side because of the beautiful mature landscaping, our favorite golf courses are on there and especially because it is more peaceful. The houses are not as close together and there is more green space within the Villages. Low or no bond too.

South side of course has other advantages, primarily being more central. So it's a matter of priorities.

Best bet: Springdale. We want you here!

That looks real nice up there and just might fill the bill.

[asianthree]

You have to admit the homes up there seem to have larger lots, and more detail in the homes, we just decided south of 466 was for us, and we can hear the train as well but just not as loud

[jgbama]

Originally Posted by Posh 08

That looks real nice up there and just might fill the bill.

Well Posh, you can say one thing about my earlier post. . . it brought the "snowbirds" out of the northwest sector! I was PM with someone earlier and they own a villa just behind Mulberry and she referenced that area as having snow, being so far up north!

Folks, I wasn't knocking the area one bit. It is beautiful up there. I didn't mention the trains, because you can hear them everywhere west of Lake Sumter and sometimes all over.

I'll take everyone's word for it, but Lake Sumter from Chatham has to be a l-o-n-g cart ride, especially driving home when the dancing stops!

NOW, regardless of where you choose, I want everyone reading this, who isn't there yet, TO GET THERE - - ASAP!!! Paradise is awaiting, plus all these new friends to welcome us!!

We are busting with excitement that our 7-year wait is coming to an end!!!

[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by jgbama

Well Posh, you can say one thing about my earlier post. . . it brought the "snowbirds" out of the northwest sector! I was PM with someone earlier and they own a villa just behind Mulberry and she referenced that area as having snow, being so far up north!

Folks, I wasn't knocking the area one bit. It is beautiful up there. I didn't mention the trains, because you can hear them everywhere west of Lake Sumter and sometimes all over.

I'll take everyone's word for it, but Lake Sumter from Chatham has to be a l-o-n-g cart ride, especially driving home when the dancing stops!

NOW, regardless of where you choose, I want everyone reading this, who isn't there yet, TO GET THERE - - ASAP!!! Paradise is awaiting, plus all these new friends to welcome us!!

We are busting with excitement that our 7-year wait is coming to an end!!!

I was pondering if we would need a scraper/shovel up there.

[Posh 08]

Z and P, are available homes scarce in Springdale? TV doesn't show many except under contract. Hard to find in the MLS.

[cologal]

Originally Posted by Posh 08

Looking on-line at a home in that area. What do ya'll think about the pools, shopping, golf in that proximity? Miss Sam and I are rethinking some things that may be delaying our move to TV.

I live in that area....pools are good, Amberwood is one of the best 9 hole courses in the area. Many old trees and area greenery is well developed.

[liere]

Bought our house in Woodbury last April. Did not know too much about Woodbury then just found the house we wanted. We go to the Springdale pool and love it, just a few minutes from the house. Have gone to the Calumet Grove pool a few times for a change of scenery. Enjoy walking the neighborhood and seeing the mature landscaping in Woodbury. Mulberry Rec Center is close by and the Publix is minutes away. In NY we were 20 minutes away from shopping so it is no big deal for us. We enjoy the leisurely golf cart drive to Spanish Springs. When we visit friends "down south" we take the car. Have friends in Calumet Grove and Chatham and we are there in no time. Neighbors are very nice, although very quiet. Someone on the cul de sac is trying to form a block party and that will be nice. As everyone else has said....it is just a matter of preference.