[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by Wiotte

Anything would be better than the shiny white PVC the developer is installing. Yuck

You just proved my point, who decides what is attractive, personally I like the white fence a lot more than the brown they are using in Fenney now.

[Wiotte]

Originally Posted by Goldwingnut

You just proved my point, who decides what is attractive, personally I like the white fence a lot more than the brown they are using in Fenney now.

There is PVC fencing that doesn’t look like PVC, looks
like wood.


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[chuckinca]

Never thought I would say it but I miss having our own back yard with 6 foot high brown wood fences 20 feet behind the house and 5 foot from each side where we could do our own thing like we did for over 30 years.

Now have 15 ft on sides and 50 feet in back of grass and a large oak with the golf course and more grass and water for hundreds of yards that is just open for anybody who hits a golf ball a bit off the fairway. The view is great but not really ours to make a special space.

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[Wiotte]

Originally Posted by chuckinca

Never thought I would say it but I miss having our own back yard with 6 foot high brown wood fences 20 feet behind the house and 5 foot from each side where we could do our own thing like we did for over 30 years.

How have 15 ft on sides and 50 feet in back of grass and a large oak with the golf course and more grass and water for hundreds of yards that is just open for anybody who hits a golf ball a bit off the fairway. The view is great but not really ours to make a special space.

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I think about that every time I mow my lawn. But, these are the sacrifices we all make.


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[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by chuckinca

Never thought I would say it but I miss having our own back yard with 6 foot high brown wood fences 20 feet behind the house and 5 foot from each side where we could do our own thing like we did for over 30 years.

How have 15 ft on sides and 50 feet in back of grass and a large oak with the golf course and more grass and water for hundreds of yards that is just open for anybody who hits a golf ball a bit off the fairway. The view is great but not really ours to make a special space.

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We lived on a golf course for 15 years, never again, the view is nice but not worth the lack of privacy, ball hunters, trash, grandkids hearing every curse word imaginable, players urinating on the tees, tossing beer cans in the trees, noise, noise, noise. I would much prefer a water or nature view of some type over a golf course, even worse if the cart path or tee is right behind your home.

[OCsun]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

We lived on a golf course for 15 years, never again, the view is nice but not worth the lack of privacy, ball hunters, trash, grandkids hearing every curse word imaginable, players urinating on the tees, tossing beer cans in the trees, noise, noise, noise. I would much prefer a water or nature view of some type over a golf course, even worse if the cart path or tee is right behind your home.

WOW! I am sure a bad occurrence with a golfer could sour you on the idea of living on a golf course.

We have lived on two different golf courses here in The Villages and have never experienced things like players urinating on tees, tossing beer cans or lots of noise. We enjoy the beautiful view that we see, even from the inside of our house. The occasional interactions with golfers have been friendly and respectful. We live on an Executive Golf Course where golfers tend to move along rather quickly since the distances are short.

Our golf front property provides an open back yard with palm trees and someone else who is responsible for taking care of them. To each his own.

[vintageogauge]

Our's was on a private club course, our deck was right behind the #5 tee and believe me, when the golfers got backed up, everything I explained earlier went on there. We even had one guy ask to use our bathroom???. I would suppose if on the side of a fairway that was not near a cart path it would be okay. I can't complain about our view, it was awesome, just the members that thought they could do whatever they wanted. Also, they were a much younger group than we have here. I still wouldn't chance it and would not do it again.

[Retiring]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

We lived on a golf course for 15 years, never again, the view is nice but not worth the lack of privacy, ball hunters, trash, grandkids hearing every curse word imaginable, players urinating on the tees, tossing beer cans in the trees, noise, noise, noise. I would much prefer a water or nature view of some type over a golf course, even worse if the cart path or tee is right behind your home.

I feel your pain. My vacation home is in a golf course community. I bought pre-construction but the developer had a very detailed mockup of the lots and golf course. I chose a location that was 90 degs from a tee box. I’m not a golfer but my logic was no one can hit a ball 90 degs from their intended direction, it’s a matter of physics. I was wrong. I averaged about one ball per month, either into the stucco, roof, or window. How bad does a golfer need to be, to be that far off??? I’ve never played the game so I came from a place of naiveté. As for buying on a golf course, never again.

[Carla B]

Nine years now by the first tee. Not one errant ball, no loud talk. The only disturbance is sometimes when the mowers go by at 6:15 A.M. Otherwise, it's peace on earth and we don't have to take care of it!

[twinklesweep]

Though generally speaking we're surrounded by chemicals, I'd have no interest in seeking out more by living on a golf course, which I've been told involves far more chemicals for proper maintenance than other outdoor areas, especially for asthmatics and those with other breathing issues.

[Mikeod]

Originally Posted by twinklesweep

Though generally speaking we're surrounded by chemicals, I'd have no interest in seeking out more by living on a golf course, which I've been told involves far more chemicals for proper maintenance than other outdoor areas, especially for asthmatics and those with other breathing issues.

Are you aware all TV golf courses have been certified to the Audubon Silver level for environmental considerations which include reduced and more environmentally friendly fertilizer and pesticide use?

[Quixote]

Originally Posted by Mikeod

Are you aware all TV golf courses have been certified to the Audubon Silver level for environmental considerations which include reduced and more environmentally friendly fertilizer and pesticide use?

Can you please document this? I would like to be able to pass it on. Thank you.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by Goldwingnut

Would not want to go down that rabbit hole. Fences are restricted by the deed restrictions of each unit.

To change this the applicable CDD would have to seek a change to the deed restrictions and then it would have to be approved by all parties associated with the deed restrictions - this would be everyone in that unit and the Developer (not The District government or the CDD, but The Villages of Lake-Sumter company) as this is basically a contract between the buyers and the seller.

People can't stand a yard gnome or a simple wooden cross in someone's front yard, imagine the drama if you blocked someone's view with a fence. And who would make the decision of what is attractive...

You are spot on

Every where we moved we built and we would get together with other owners and agree not to build fences but to use natural barriers (shrubs, etc.) It worked well and the back yards were gloriously green.
The problem occurred when the original owners sold and new people would move in and immediately erect a fence and it all went to ----

In Memphis you would literally see a six foot wooden fence up against the opposing neighbor chain link fence. If you followed the evelopments in years built suddenly there was the appearance of run down beat up fencing. what an eye sore .

Can you imagine what villages built already would look like if fencing was allowed. The problems associated with maintaining lawns, fencing etc.

Those who play Voluisa will note that once they reach the 2nd hole they are up high and what does that otherwise beautiful view offer but a sea of asphalt.

What people are really saying is that they want privacy but privacy ( a view) not the house in The Villages requires a great deal more in cash

Personal Best Regards:

[rubicon]

All homes on golf courses offer a view. the differences lie in which golf course your home resides, where on that golf course your home is located (tee box to green) and whether your home is adjacent to a golf cart path.

We live on Palmer's for better than 11 years and I would not trade it. the location of the golf cart path is on the opposite side of our home. The location of our house is such that we have found about a dozen golf balls in those years. My next door neighbor's home is such that they have bore the grunt of errant golf balls.

We have found all but a very few golfers who lack proper etiquette.

but the biggest factor in my opinion is an owners attitude. If you can't handle living on a golf course don't

While I said it here, I never tell people I live on a golf course. And I like to have a dollar for every golfer I've heard say after hitting a house "that's what they get for buying on a golf course"

Personal Best Regards:

[charmed59]

Our neighbors have an invisible fence. They let their dogs out and they run up to the edge of their property, but not a step over. Looks great and works.

Note: to maximize their area, the wires for the fence are actually a foot into my property. I have no problem with a wire under my lawn, and it allows the dogs to run up to the line. Apparently the electric shock works a foot or two from the line.