Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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A party is a party no matter what time it is scheduled. And, why bring food trucks and bands to your neighborhood? To me, it sounds awfully plain and ordinary. You can find the same food trucks and bands in ANY town square on any given night. Dance any night you wish. And, have interesting conversations with neighbors seated beside you. Bringing this to your neighborhood is not out of the box thinking or extraordinary. Most neighborhoods have scheduled activities, driveway parties, and monthly events. It is not just a south of 44 thing. I have nothing but gratitude for those who came years before me and started these traditions.They helped make the Villages a wonderful place to retire. Cheers to the older generations! (I hope I can keep up with them during our next outing.) Last edited by Randall55; 05-11-2024 at 05:04 AM. |
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Not Everyone Golfs
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The area isn’t isolated by car if you want to drive, it is isolated in the use of what the rest of the villages enjoys, golf cart accessibility for enjoyment of shopping, golfing and so much more.
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Looks to me like your first instinct is working here. On the map you can see the location and the distance it will to get there. I suggest you look into other areas for the house your looking for. Many of them, are just a couple of years old and have many upgrades already installed. South of 44 had 20 pages of preowned homes in their Tuesday edition. Loads of good homes to choose from right now. It is a buyers at this time.
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On the other hand, if you were to buy a newer pre-owned home in one of those areas, you'll already be in the area, you'll have more options within a 20-minute golf cart drive of your own home, you won't have to wait for anything to be built in order to enjoy EVERYTHING you already enjoy, and - major bonus - you won't have to wake up to construction trucks rolling past your house to get to the unbuilt homes down the next block every day for the next year. |
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Retail and Golf Wasteland south of 44
Consider how far you’ll be driving for groceries, medical, entertainment, misc. shopping, restaurants, etc.. Buy where all of these are a short golf cart ride.
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South of 44 is a retail and golf wasteland. Consider how far you will be driving got groceries, shopping, restaurants, medical, dental, entertainment. Choose somewhere where you are a short golf cart ride to these places.
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One person's "wasteland" is another person's "tranquil retreat". |
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I am just looking at the Villages website showing the new homes that are still for sale in Lake Denham and Dabney. It looks like most of the prices have been cut several times and they still aren't selling. It will be interesting to see how low the Villages will go to sell these houses. Does anyone that was here in 2008/2009 know how low the prices were?
I moved here in 2021 and I don't remember seeing any price reductions on new homes. It was a seller's market and the Villages was no lowering prices. They were selling at the asking price. I don't think the Lake Denham/Dabney prices have hit bottom and people hate to buy when they think the prices will drop further. It appears that the homes in Eastport are selling faster than the homes in Dabney. Homefinder - The Villages(R) Homes and Villas for Sale |
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The rec centers near their homes were built before the homes (most of them are pickleball players and play at Franklin and Homestead). Golf courses are going in on the other side of the turnpike, as well as Eastport. The land that will hold smaller retail is to the west. So, no rude awakening.
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466A is still being filled in with retail, some of which only came in the last few years... Well after construction was finished in the area...
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Agree. It’s basically a retail, golf, shopping, medical, restaurant, drug store wasteland. I wouldn’t move to a location that isn’t more than a 15 minute golf cart ride to any of those places. Two grocery stores, nine executive courses, three championship courses, Brownwood. Oh, fire station one mile. I didn’t move here to drive my car except to ACE.
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