[MrFlorida]

I like the deed restrictions, that's why I moved here.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

I like the deed restrictions, that's why I moved here.

Me too.

Now, if they would just make the noise restrictions more measurable, and ban wind chimes. I could live with the pink flamingos.

[drcar]

Originally Posted by frose

don't tell me about paying attention.. when someone tells me what i can or cannot do with My property they better be paying my property taxes, or **** off. and real estate people are only selling "a lifestyle, not a home" and only are about the commission, there was never a mention of these restrictions before, during or after closing. we were told about them when we were getting our ID cards. I can only hope that someone will come to their senses and fix this..( i know, it's not broken) can't wait to leave!!

bye bye

[drcar]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

I like the deed restrictions, that's why I moved here.

I agree with you, of course I did the correct thing BEFORE moving here, I asked questions and research The Villages, and there were no surprises when I arrived. When you make a life changing choice shame on anyone who states "I didn't KNOW!

[Kenswing]

Originally Posted by drcar

I agree with you, of course I did the correct thing BEFORE moving here, I asked questions and research The Villages, and there were no surprises when I arrived. When you make a life changing choice shame on anyone who states "I didn't KNOW!

Exactly. I started reading this forum about five years before we actually moved here. I knew the deed restrictions before we even bought our lot.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Trayderjoe

I agree with the three obvious choices you cited. I would say in my opinion, that if someone forgets signing an important document in a pile of documents, it couldn’t have been that important to them at the time it was signed.

Based solely on anecdotal evidence it seems that when faced with the large number of documents that needs to be signed, there are those who don’t read every document, but glance and sign. I am not saying everyone does it that way, but I refuse to sign or initial any document that I haven’t read and understood. I will take as much of the sales person’s time or office time as I need. Blank spaces to be filled in later? The document is not ready for my signature.

All the closings (including our two Villages homes) I have been to, before any signature if affixed to a legal document, the document is explained to me so I have a general idea what the document is stating. Read all the documents at closing from top to bottom? Hardly. That would take a couple of hours and I would not slow down the process. I do, however, want to know the gist of every document I'm signing or will not affix my signature.

[Trayderjoe]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

I did the same thing. At closing you are signing a stack of paper large enough you can measure it with a ruler. Much (most? all?) of it is standard boilerplate with your specific details filled in.

Is there really a chance that someone is going to notice a detail in one of those documents and decide they are not going to purchase the house? "I was really looking forward to buying this house but I won't do it if I can't put pink flamingos in the yard."

If someone wants to live in the Villages then this is the stack of paper they are going to sign. A buyer can puff up and say they are going to keep everyone here until they read and understand every paragraph but in the end either they sign it or they forfeit their deposit. There really is no negotiation: just like software EULAs, you click the button, sign the papers, or go somewhere else.

I did spend a considerable amount of time reading the details later. Fortunately, I never planned on raising a flock of pink flamingo statues.

In my case, we bought a new home and yes, there was no negotiation on price. I did not however, put down a non-refundable deposit. Perhaps because I bought an existing home from the developer, or something in the process changed, but in any case I would not sign a binding agreement unless/until all conditions were identified in that agreement which would be incumbent upon me to understand. If the sales agent told me that I had to do so or not be able to buy a home here, I would have walked away. Note that I very much enjoy living here, but I worked too hard to have the ability to buy a home here to blindly agree to unknown conditions. Having said that, if a person did blindly enter into such an agreement, then they lose any right to complain after the fact. They could of course choose to sell their home and leave, ironically, unless there was a condition on the timing of such a sale that was part of the documents they choose not to read before signing.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

I like the deed restrictions, that's why I moved here.

Same here. The deed restrictions keep this place looking beautiful.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Me too.

Now, if they would just make the noise restrictions more measurable, and ban wind chimes. I could live with the pink flamingos.

Wind chimes work on my last nerve. It doesn't matter how beautiful they sound. Wind chimes, when they are "singing" is noise pollution to me because I do not want to listen to them. Agree about banning them.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by drcar

I agree with you, of course I did the correct thing BEFORE moving here, I asked questions and research The Villages, and there were no surprises when I arrived. When you make a life changing choice shame on anyone who states "I didn't KNOW!

Agree......That is called "due diligence".

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Wind chimes work on my last nerve. It doesn't matter how beautiful they sound. Wind chimes, when they are "singing" is noise pollution to me because I do not want to listen to them. Agree about banning them.

I wonder if they'll pass the same 25 foot restriction on wind chimes as they did on car stereos

[Whitley]

I refuse to stare out the window all day on the off chance that a pink flamingo (aren't they all) lands on my lawn, resulting in the need for me to go and chase it off lest I get an HOA violation.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Whitley

I refuse to stare out the window all day on the off chance that a pink flamingo (aren't they all) lands on my lawn, resulting in the need for me to go and chase it off lest I get an HOA violation.

What HOA?

[Whitley]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

I like the deed restrictions, that's why I moved here.

Really? Seriously? you moved to the Villages because they have deed restrictions. OK. I do understand it playing a part. In NY we had one man angry at the local government architectural review board.He wanted double pane storm windows with the woodenseperators snapped on so it looked like multiple panes. The ARB would only accept actual individual panes held in by the pins, putty and wood. He found something that was not addressed in the docs. You had to have your home either natural cedar, stone, or painted using colors in existence in 1903 (year the town was founded). It did not say you needed to pick one color. He painted each cedar shake a different color (total of 9 colors so it was an assortment of 9 repeating colors. Deed restrictions may have been good.

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Wind chimes work on my last nerve. It doesn't matter how beautiful they sound. Wind chimes, when they are "singing" is noise pollution to me because I do not want to listen to them. Agree about banning them.

A majority of people might vote to add that restriction ;-)