[bike42]

Originally Posted by NoMoSno

Actually, its on the east side of 441

Actually, it is on the Northeast side. 441 runs diagonally from northwest to southeast.

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

Have friends who live in La Reynalda in a Premiere home. It looks far from historic.

Lady Lake, Lake County, zip code 32159? My friends in Mira Mesa told me that was also historic area.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by bike42

Actually, it is on the Northeast side. 441 runs diagonally from northwest to southeast.

You're right of course. I always forget that. In my mind, I go north on Morse to get to 441. So it seems like you go farther north to get to the historic side.

[dalecrenshaw]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

Have friends who live in La Reynalda in a Premiere home. It looks far from historic.

If you drive around your friend's area, you will see that there are some manufactured homes sprinkled around the area.

[jimmy D]

If these homes are For Sale, Any of you will be a able to buy them. For all of the people who believe the Developer is taking advantage and you don't like it, Here is your chance to compete and do your own thing. Most will bemoan the fact the developer is doing this and now the game is foreverone. Who will put up or ???

[Chi-Town]

Originally Posted by dalecrenshaw

If you drive around your friend's area, you will see that there are some manufactured homes sprinkled around the area.

You know that may be. Have only been there from golf or at night. La Reynalda seems to be a very small village.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by jimmy D

If these homes are For Sale, Any of you will be a able to buy them. For all of the people who believe the Developer is taking advantage and you don't like it, Here is your chance to compete and do your own thing. Most will bemoan the fact the developer is doing this and now the game is foreverone. Who will put up or ???

???

[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by bike42

Actually, it is on the Northeast side. 441 runs diagonally from northwest to southeast.

Let's not get so technical.
While there are many curves in both directions,
Highway 441 is a north-south road. Period!

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by CFrance

It's on the north side of 441.

Originally Posted by NoMoSno

Actually, its on the east side of 441

Since 441 curves, you are both right!

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by Bonanza

Let's not get so technical.
While there are many curves in both directions,
Highway 441 is a north-south road. Period!

Yes, it is a north south road and it does curve in many directions. In The Villages area it runs from the south east to the north west so it seems appropriate to say that the historic district lies northeast of that road.

There is a section of 441 in Leesburg that runs from northeast to south west. Would you describe something lying on to the northwest of that road as being east of it?

In the Boston area we have two major highways that are circular. You sometimes have to get onto 128 north in order to go south. In fact a section of 128 South is also designated as US 95 north. Believe me, if I am on 128 north (a north south road) in Quincy, Boston is to the north of me. The Washington Beltway is another example.

In this discussion, the road is a reference point. The ultimate direction that the road will take you is irrelevant.

[asianthree]

I don't have a compass in my golf cart so anyone could be right

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by asianthree

I don't have a compass in my golf cart so anyone could be right

The Historic District lies to the northeast of 441.

If you're in your golf cart, when you cross over the golf cart bridge you have entered The Historic District. The bridge was built to connect The Historic District to the rest of The Villages.

[Alaskarose]

I wish those "lenders" who end up foreclosing on all those reverse mortgages were required to abide by the covenants that we are held to. It seems that they can foreclose on the property and then just sit on it for years and years while the building and the yard become an eyesore.

[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by Alaskarose

I wish those "lenders" who end up foreclosing on all those reverse mortgages were required to abide by the covenants that we are held to. It seems that they can foreclose on the property and then just sit on it for years and years while the building and the yard become an eyesore.

Most cities/counties now have laws that require lenders to maintain properties so that they do not become an "eyesore."

It's not just the reverse mortgages that have been the problem. They only play a small part in the foreclosure scene. And while foreclosure and short sale properties can take a fair amount of time to get on the market and finally sell, they don't take "years and years."

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by Alaskarose

I wish those "lenders" who end up foreclosing on all those reverse mortgages were required to abide by the covenants that we are held to. It seems that they can foreclose on the property and then just sit on it for years and years while the building and the yard become an eyesore.

I think that it's more the process that takes time. What reason would a lender have for just sitting on a piece of property? I'm sure that they want to sell it and get as much of what they lost out of it as soon as possible.

If I'm not mistaken, they have to go through the court system before they can take possession. Until that process is completed, ownership of the property is in limbo.

If you see a property that is not being maintained, you can call The Villages. They will have someone come out and cut the grass and trim the shrubs and put a lien on the property for the cost.