None, since he isn’t living there.:confused:

Everyone's house here in TV is the best. None of my friends made a mistake picking their house. They even researched the best location. They did their due diligence. Yet on average they moved three times.

So far I learned if you don't play golf, don't like to shop, like to commute by car rather than golf cart and are into driveway parties Lake Denham/Dabney is the place to be. To each their own. What's important is what makes you happy - not others.

Ahh gotcha.

Clearly I meant what amenities are missing. The emoji is absurd because it’s obvious what I was asking.

Sounds like
 

Sounds like community gatherings with town squares…could be golf?

The developer has consistently updated their website with upcoming golf course plans and construction progress...

Just curious, if you need a quart of milk where do you go?

Brick and Mortar ARE NOT amenities. They are businesses. They supply jobs and bring in tax revenue. Without them, Florida may have to change its tax system. Perhaps, collect a state tax, estate tax, or capital gains tax. Or, a combination. How many jobs will be lost without stores? Don't forget to include those who transport the goods and warehouse workers What will our unemployment rate be? Finally, don't forget capitalism works because of competition. When you rely solely on companies like Amazon you are giving them the power of monopoly. They can charge whatever they wish because they have no competition.

A generation is defined as a time period of 15-20 years. Unless you are 50 or younger, YOU ARE IN OUR SAME AGE BRACKET and part of this new generation of retirees.

You did not buy for investment but retirement doesn't always go as planned for many. Health issues or suddenly widowed force them to leave Florida. This happens quite frequently.

ALL of us have our fingers crossed hoping home prices do not go down. The developer has shown his cards. He is willing to slash prices to keep his wheels moving. Will he HAVE to keep doing it? Only time will tell.

From the middle of Lake Denham, it's 9 minutes to the Publix on US 27 in Leesburg and 14 if you go up Meggison to Publix at Everglades. Hardly a tragic inconvenience!

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You are not speaking for me!

Don't forget the toll plaza is nearby with a couple of fast food places and odds & ends. Came in handy very early one morning. :-)

And there's pretty much every restaurant you could image over in Leesburg on US27, less than 10 minutes away.

Oakwood
 

We like the Oakwood. It’s less than 10 and it’s right next to Publix

YOU don't care about shopping...

YOU don't speak for an entire generation. We're quite close in age. My wife LOVES shopping... (Yay me...)

I guess Eastport will also be "bore city" to you, since they'll have many of the same shops you see in Brownwood...

AFA golf goes, there have been countless threads from your neighbors bashing the developers for not building more courses down Meggison Rd. I explained that there simply wasn't enough land, between the turnpike and the wetlands...

Funny, just the other day, you complained about people bashing the southern villages. Yet, here you are, bashing the northern areas... Funny how that works...

Anyway, I'm glad you're happy where you live.

Wrong. There are Zombies everywhere. I’m far from being a Zombie and I live in Springdale. I have friends up this way that aren’t Zombies either.

There may not have been enough land to build an executive course but there was clearly enough land to build an 18 hole championship course between the turnpike and the wetlands - plus two pitch and putts.

And on the Eastport side of the turnpike, right as you cross Bexley, they are building Laurel Oak, which is a very narrow executive course right next to the turnpike. It would easily have fit along the northeast side of the turnpike.

Publix or Winn Dixie. 6 minutes down 470.

Ok stay far away from Dunham nothing there

I have not once bashed the north. I love Brownwood. I like the music and the atmosphere and the restaurants/bars even if they aren’t necessarily the best quality. If the right home came along I wouldn’t rule out living up north. I’ve taken the golf cart to Sumter and Brownwood multiple times this week because I love a long ride in the cart. They are very fun places.

My point was simply we aren’t missing anything down here. We have live entertainment at Sawgrass with lots of fun and community. Wouldn’t mind better food but that’s okay. If people are complaining about lack of golf here is have no idea why they bought. But you folks acting like we made a bad investment are just being ridiculous.

Eastport looks like tons of fun. Lots of entertainment and recreation. Food and drink, etc. so what if I don’t care about tiny shops selling overpriced old man shirts and golf hats? Everyone on here telling me how horrible I have it because the stuff I don’t care about isn’t here, it’s silly.

Amazon collects taxes. I buy from many online retailers. None of that is the point. You are right. They aren’t amenities, so we have all the amenities down here that up north has.

I could sell my home for a $150k profit right now if my year was up. Maybe a small house with missing lanai wouldn’t make a profit but I’m secure in my home value. Prices dropping in the dead of winter is not a concern for anyone looking long term.

Denham
 

I think you mean Denham, and ya, there is zero around that area. Only the poorly educated real estate purchasers slip up on that one. Worse than Oxford if that were possible.

It’s horrible here in Lake Denham. I’m sitting here wondering how I’ll survive the huge financial loss. Nowhere to go. Nothing to do. Nothing to see. A vast wasteland. It’s like Mad Max out here. Not even a gas station. I think the villages is going to put a real bubble dome over us and forget we are here at all. Oh how I wish we bought up north. Oh the humanity.

Yeah and you continually complain that Southern Oaks is too close to the turnpike...

Now you're complaining that Laurel Oak is "right next to the turnpike"...

Would you have complained that this mythical course, that hey had plenty of room to build, was also too close to the turnpike?

I think we all know the answer to that...

There were already 5 executive courses south of 44. People were demanding a Championship course.

There were plenty of executive courses already down there. The population at the time didn't warrant more.

The Pitch & Putts were built at opposite ends of the "East of the Turnpike" development. One in way north in Richmond and one down south in Lake Denham (?). They take MUCH less land than an Executive course to build. The developers know what areas will work for housing, what areas will work for golf and what areas must be left for wetlands. Methinks they are just a tad bit more knowledgable the either you or I when it comes to land development...

And now that the population has grown, they are building more and more courses...

But some people will still complain about them. The same people who would complain if they were hung with a new rope...

And lest you think I'm nothing but a cheerleader for "The Developer", I think they screwed up by not building the typical Pro Shop/Country Club next to Southern Oaks.

Having the Pro Shop as part of Sawgrass was a mistake (IMHO). My neighborhood Wednesday Championship Group almost always has lunch at the Country Club after our round. We have NEVER had lunch at Sawgrass. We typically go to Piesano's. Which is on our way home...

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"


-Wm Shakspeare

Oxford was never intended to be an actual part of TV. It was built for Villages support and their families

LOL. I love it here. I love all you folks. Northerners and Southerners. It’s all fun.

For someone who insists they don't care what others think, you sure seem to care a lot about what others think...

My unsolicited advice? Ignore it all...

Except for "the people up north who are too old to drive and need shopping centers within 5 minutes". ;)

Not that I don’t care. I just don’t get it. But that’s okay. We all have different priorities and I really need to grasp that and walk away. But I get defensive when people say I made a huge mistake buying here.

When I said that I was not serious. It was simply a jab at the idea we have nothing down here.

RIGHT NOW, buyers are not lining up in the Dabney area. The developer had to slash the price of HUNDREDS of homes. This is the first time this has occurred in the southern area. Using this information, some of us are speculating that a resell in that area is going to be difficult. I hope you prove us wrong!

We are not bashing the Dabney area. We are simply discussing what the Dabney area lacks. There must be a reason buyers are not willing to purchase there. Again, I hope you are correct that this is silly talk and all will work out in the end.

A further discussion are homes in Moultrie Creek. The question for buyers AT THIS TIME is, " Should I wait to buy near Eastport because the Developer will have to slash prices like in Dabney?" We are ALL on the same learning curve.

This is an open discussion that none of us know the correct answer. Time will tell. Please do not take it to heart.

I have never complained about Southern Oaks being too close to the Turnpike. In fact, I think it is a great location for a golf course.

And I didn’t complain about Laurel Oaks being next to the Turnpike. I mentioned Laurel Oaks because, according to the maps, it appears to take up very little space so I think there was room for it on the other side of the Turnpike.

I would much prefer that the developer build golf courses right next to the Turnpike instead of putting houses next to the Turnpike. Houses would have a golf course view and be farther from the Turnpike. The Turnpike noise doesn’t bother me when I play golf but I have seen a lot of comments from people who live near the Turnpike and it does appear to be a problem for some of them.

Guess you don’t know that there’s all kinds of shopping 10 mins or less away by car to Publix, Winn Dixie, gas stations, restaurants, etc., right at 470 and 29.

This is getting old! A poster stated he does not need brick and mortar stores. Another poster then asked, "so, where do you buy a quart of milk?" Proving that we ALL need brick and mortar stores.

Just a heads up! I went to Moultrie Creek to look at the floorplans of the new models. Sales in that area are ON FIRE! For now, it appears buyers were simply not interested in Lake Denham/Dabney. Let's see what the end of summer brings. For many reasons, I still prefer the villages that will be closer to Eastport. But, many are loving this area. The Championship golf course and country club are beautiful.

The new floorplans are nice.Very modern and different than the older models. I expect a premiere area will be built somewhere in the Eastport area. Goldwingnut will have to fill us in.

Just to clarify, when I said I don’t need brick and mortar stores it was about the stores in the squares. Not food markets. I don’t let other people pick my meat and produce.

I am well aware of this thank you. As of 2-18 there are 1,400 total homes for sale in TV and growing daily.

Very kind and thoughtful response. Thank You...

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Well said.:bigbow: