Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Interesting conversation today
I am currently up north in Massachusetts and went out to do some errands today. When I pulled into a parking lot a young women noticed I have Florida plates on my car and came over to strike up a conversation. I would put her in her late 20’s and she had a couple young kids with her. She said she loves Florida and wanted to know if I lived there, so I told her we have a second home in Florida. She asked where and I told her at a retirement community called the Villages. Her response was that her and her friends love that place and have been there several times and can’t wait to go back. She said they used to go to the beach towns but it has gotten too expensive, so they now rent AirBnB’s in the Villages so their kids can use all the beautiful pools and they can go to the town squares. She said it’s the cheapest way her and her friends can take their kids away on a family vacation in Florida and have access to so many fun things to do.
So much for the Villages being a 55+ retirement community with amenities reserved for its residents and guests. Something seriously needs to be done about this out of control AIRBnB thing! I’m not making this up! |
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Troll alert....
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No, these posters are not trolls. They are just people who point out facts that obviously make you uncomfortable.
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Last edited by Pairadocs; 06-30-2023 at 12:54 AM. Reason: clarity |
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We "probably" would have too, but, thinking rationally, not emotionally, there was no way to know how popular the resort aspect, (all inclusive golf, plus all the lessons, classes, activities open to anyone as long as they are registered renters) would become, here, and any other places we considered. We have relatives who chose a 55 plus life style community in Arkansas, and relatives who also chose a senior life style and golf community in Tennessee. BOTH are now experiencing a number of very unpleasant experiences since one of the communities does have a list of restrictions on owners renting out: renters must also be 55 or older, no rental periods of less than a month, must PURCHASE a separate "gate pass" no matter how short the visit, but, NONE of these are enforced, in fact, the local police do NOT enforce community restrictions and rules, and the community HOA administration never made ANY plan for enforcement of these "restrictions" and employ NO "enforcers"... so as they told us, "it was all smoke and mirrors". They other relative in a Tennessee senior golf community turned out to have no actual restrictions, the administration tells them at the time the development began, they had no idea that sometime in the future there would be Verbo, or AB&B, and other such businesses. So, though we agree, we don't beat ourselves up over our "mistake", it's happening all over, and all over Florida too ! We had friends who moved to Margarittaville near Daytona. Loved it, now they tell us it's just like here, more a resort than the senior, age restricted planned community it represented itself to be. So same there, nightly rentals, weekly rentals ... they don't like it all !
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Good thing I'm not married to TV, if it gets to bad I would find a real gated community and just pay for my golf.
I don't even really go to the Squares in the winter anymore because it gets so crowded and to hot in the summer. Even the gyms in TV has gotten so crowded with a much younger crowd trying to be the next Arnold. Yeah, I can see TV becoming one big Time Share. Sad, but true. |
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Better than going to Disney. My grandchildren prefer to come to The Villages.
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You would not have. How do families, at the family pools interfere with your peace and joy? You love that they exist because it gives you another thing to complain about.
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Homes near squares are not profitable? That is dumb and not factual. Check selling stats and where people like to rent. They are profitable for investors and appreciate very well for the owner.
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I believe the investment value of the Villages is dropping fast, increases in all expenses make a new purchase very tough if not impossible to profit from. The answer for now is short term rentals, Airbnb, ****, etc. to make ends meet. The other end of the argument is that this is why property values are currently so bloated and once the investment losses are realized be prepared for lower and more normal home values. I hope for the latter because the Villages have priced themselves out of the 55 and over market for high saving seniors as they made their hay on over the years. Enjoy what you have because you are blessed to be a Villager.
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I guess none of the people on this post were every teenagers. I can only wish I had a place like this to come and see my grandparents/parents, knowing that they are in a happy, safe community. These are visitors, not residents......if it's really that hard to deal with, move..... please.
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But, it will steer the younger rental customers away from senior areas. It will be much more desirable to rent near a group your own age than rent 20 miles away where all there are are old people.
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