Originally Posted by MrLonzo (Post 2255881)

Well, it's hard to make it a day without internet service. That needs to be done at once. Do they knock on doors?

Originally Posted by Normal (Post 2260281)

Research the neighborhood you move into. Designer home streets are less likely to be bought out by investors and future landlords. You don’t want to be located next to a revolving door AirBnB. Court yard villas are prime targets for the STR landlords out for the quick bucks.

Originally Posted by ldj1938 (Post 2307625)

I see more and more of my new neighbors, in Spanish Springs, with termite baits and I'm very familiar with Florida termites. I used to live in the Fort Lauderdale area. Let me tell you that the folks in that area and on the west coast know termites. When you see a tent going over a house termites live and die there. Next you will see the house next to it will be tented and so on. I had a saw horse outside my garage with two legs on the dirt and two on concrete. I picked it up one day to find the legs that were on the ground were hollow! I pushed to open an outside garage door and it fell out. The frame was hollowed out. Another time in my office, off garage, one time there was a parade of termites coming up out of the concrete floor through a hole they had made. My house was on a deep water canal and they had obviously been living in the wood pilings that support the house.
The geckos lined up to eat the termites, but couldn't keep up with them there were so many. I opened the outside door so they could get out. The exterminators arrived and drilled holes all over our floors and pumped nine million gallons (exaggerated) of poison down into the pilings to nourish them. If you want to watch for termites just put a board down on the dirt someplace around your house. If there are termites they will find it. I haven't seen a house tented in The Villages tented since I moved here in 2000. You will see their activity. Watch for sawdust. Leave a board on the ground near your house. Those options are FREE and very reliable.

Originally Posted by billethkid (Post 641625)

before you move take a long hard look at your furniture and decide whether you really want the same in your new home in TV. I can't tell you how many new residents wind up getting new furniture becuase it is time or it doesn't go in the new house as well or it is not a Florida-ie or just because.

We for one could have saved time and money by bringing our master bedroom and guest furniture only. Sell, pass on, give away and don't pay to move it.

When it comes to golf carts take your time to comparison shop.

CHeck with your neighbors for the various services they use. Many of us have had to trial and error find ones we are satisfied with.

As has been stated already beware/ignore the door knockers....especially the ones who want to trim your trees and bushes whether they need them or not.

btk

Originally Posted by Pietrovc1 (Post 2337962)

Dear TV friends,
First off, thank you to everyone here who has been so kind to my mother and I. Mom is renting and also looking to buy soon. She would like to go to the Hard Rock in Tampa and we're curious to know if there is transportation other than through Uber. Again, thanks for being so welcoming to my beautiful and active mother.

🤗

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2301792)

Reputable ones do not. Our home was internet-ready, since it wasn't a new build. I own my own modem/router so didn't need to wait for them to send me one or bring me one. We didn't need or want cable TV service or internet phone, just internet. There's an Xfinity store near here, so going there with proof of address was a piece of cake. It took - literally - a day. That evening we had service.

Originally Posted by frayedends (Post 2338010)

New builds are already setup with Centric Fiber. I called before closing, set up my account and had service on the day I arrived in my new house. The modem and router were already installed. That’s a good thing about the new areas.

Originally Posted by delima2000 (Post 641695)

Watch out for the welcome wagon phone call. They are not from welcome wagon. They are people that want to test your water and get you to purchase a system from them.

Originally Posted by Pietrovc1 (Post 2337962)

Dear TV friends,
First off, thank you to everyone here who has been so kind to my mother and I. Mom is renting and also looking to buy soon. She would like to go to the Hard Rock in Tampa and we're curious to know if there is transportation other than through Uber. Again, thanks for being so welcoming to my beautiful and active mother.

🤗

Originally Posted by Pairadocs (Post 2049787)

NOT saying this is poor advice, only want to bring out some other things to consider ! No matter where you go, you will simply not be able to buy (at any price, and the prices are high) furniture of comparable quality. Many of you may have made in the USA (in the Carolina's area), high quality furniture with "dove tailed" construction, solid, not cardboard backings, and very sturdy metal door glides, high quality hardware, and on and on and on. No matter how much you can afford to pay, you will not find anything ever a tad close to well made hardwood furniture. Now, that may not even matter to you, but something to consider. Also, keep in mind, if you worry about having the latest "style", almost any furniture (even dark heavy woods) can be made extremely stylish in your new setting. If you are not even a little bit talented in looking through magazines and library books for tips, you can get all kinds of help from professional decorators at various stores by simply purchasing a few accessory pieces to go with you "old" furniture. Also, there are a variety of businesses here that can take your high quality furniture and give them a whole new look with a professional quality finish you would be amazed to see ! Some are so beautiful and unique, "in style" (if that is important to you), that you would never believe it is a post manufacture finish!

You can pay 5K and up for a bedroom or dinning room ensemble from China or Vietnam, that does not even come close to what you may already have. Not arguing with others on here, just saying... give thought to ALL OPTIONS.