[NatureBoy]

Originally Posted by Spartan86

Edit: I failed to quote a post above. I’m very familiar with the Sumter site but have been unable to noodle the process to see permits, model type slated for a given lot etc:

Would you describe the process? I have poked around and not been successful in finding the lot/model info. Thanks!

Start here. You'll need to create an account and log in.

Once logged in you can search for Address that "contains" a street you are interested in.

The "Permit Info" tab will have a line like: "Short Description: 3/2/0, BELLEVILLE-A (GPC), 124V/33". Here you can see the number of bedrooms & bathrooms, the house model, and the... I think it's section or something.

You can also search for Description "contains" and type in the model. You'll probably get a lot of results, but they are sorted by time, so you can hop to the last page. That info can be used to find streets where Verandas (or whatever) are being built. e.g. You search for a model, Monroe. Find the street(s) recent ones are being built on. Then go back and search for those street names to find all the models in that series that are being built on that street. Rinse and repeat until you are bored or overwhelmed with information.

On the "Permit Info" tab is a list of attachments; among them are the plans for the house.

Quite handy!

[NatureBoy]

Originally Posted by DylanTodd

To summarize, when a new area is released by the Villages, the sales agents are notified and we make every effort to see if we can secure the right size lot for the type of home you want to build.

My understanding is that the Verandas & Villas are built "on spec" i.e. "on speculation". The Villages builds them and hopes people will buy them. Only the Designers involve purchasing a lot and then choosing a type of home.

[ElDiabloJoe]

NatureBoy, I would really appreciate a "walk-through" on this. Your example, below, is excellent, but an actual walk-thru example would be great! I tried these steps but could only find properties that were already built and sold some months and months ago.

Follow-up question: How do I find out the street names for villas either still being constructed or planned?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by NatureBoy

Start here. You'll need to create an account and log in.

Once logged in you can search for Address that "contains" a street you are interested in.

The "Permit Info" tab will have a line like: "Short Description: 3/2/0, BELLEVILLE-A (GPC), 124V/33". Here you can see the number of bedrooms & bathrooms, the house model, and the... I think it's section or something.

You can also search for Description "contains" and type in the model. You'll probably get a lot of results, but they are sorted by time, so you can hop to the last page. That info can be used to find streets where Verandas (or whatever) are being built. e.g. You search for a model, Monroe. Find the street(s) recent ones are being built on. Then go back and search for those street names to find all the models in that series that are being built on that street. Rinse and repeat until you are bored or overwhelmed with information.

On the "Permit Info" tab is a list of attachments; among them are the plans for the house.

Quite handy!

[NatureBoy]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

NatureBoy, I would really appreciate a "walk-through" on this. Your example, below, is excellent, but an actual walk-thru example would be great! I tried these steps but could only find properties that were already built and sold some months and months ago.

Hmm... OK, let me see what I can do.

• Browse to the online permit page here.
• Under "Permits", click "Search Permit".
• Login or Register.
• On the "Permit Search" page, select "Description", "Contains" from the two drop down menus.
• Enter the name of a Villages house model. "Monroe" is a current model. (Here you kind of have to guess. You can look at the Villages app or web page, search for new homes and find some model names.)
• "Monroe" returns five pages of results. Click on the arrow at the bottom of the list that takes you to the last page.
• On the last page I see "SAMANTHA CT", "BROOKE LN", and "LACOURSE PL" among the SITE_ADDR values.
• You can now use those values in the "Search By" menus. Select "SITE_ADDR", "Contains", and enter one of the street names.

Does that help?

Follow-up question: How do I find out the street names for villas either still being constructed or planned?

Thanks!

One: You guess.
Two: If you go to The Villages web page and search for new homes for sale, you'll get a list of "Pending" homes. Use the model names to search the Sumter County permit site.

This approach is imperfect. If you look at the Sumter County interactive map, you can zoom in on the new DeLuna area and see lots of roads and lots. But there's no link from there to the permits. If you're familiar with TV you can kind of guess what sorts of houses are being built where; the shape of the lots gives you good hints.

Note that all this only works for construction in Sumter County. There is also new construction happening on the north side of the Turnpike down toward Leesburg. As far as I can tell, their online resources are not as sophisticated and up to date as Sumter County's; I couldn't find any info on the houses being built there.

[ElDiabloJoe]

Thank you, NatureBoy, your explanations are useful, educational and enlightening!

Originally Posted by NatureBoy

Hmm... OK, let me see what I can do.

• Browse to the online permit page here.
• Under "Permits", click "Search Permit".
• Login or Register.
• On the "Permit Search" page, select "Description", "Contains" from the two drop down menus.
• Enter the name of a Villages house model. "Monroe" is a current model. (Here you kind of have to guess. You can look at the Villages app or web page, search for new homes and find some model names.)
• "Monroe" returns five pages of results. Click on the arrow at the bottom of the list that takes you to the last page.
• On the last page I see "SAMANTHA CT", "BROOKE LN", and "LACOURSE PL" among the SITE_ADDR values.
• You can now use those values in the "Search By" menus. Select "SITE_ADDR", "Contains", and enter one of the street names.

Does that help?


One: You guess.
Two: If you go to The Villages web page and search for new homes for sale, you'll get a list of "Pending" homes. Use the model names to search the Sumter County permit site.

This approach is imperfect. If you look at the Sumter County interactive map, you can zoom in on the new DeLuna area and see lots of roads and lots. But there's no link from there to the permits. If you're familiar with TV you can kind of guess what sorts of houses are being built where; the shape of the lots gives you good hints.

Note that all this only works for construction in Sumter County. There is also new construction happening on the north side of the Turnpike down toward Leesburg. As far as I can tell, their online resources are not as sophisticated and up to date as Sumter County's; I couldn't find any info on the houses being built there.

[Cookie Princess]

Originally Posted by Monika Greiner

New DeLuna is large (over 1mile along Marsh Bend Trail). We live 100 yards from new DeLuna in old DeLuna. We can be at Magnolia Plaza, Brownwood in a car or golf cart in 10 minutes and on I 70 or the turnpike in about 5 or 6 minutes.

Is the turnpike noise a problem for you in this location?

[bdrybob]

We had a deposit in a lot in DeLuna, but let it go when we saw how close the houses are to the street. The front yard would be so so small that we could not put in a palm tree. A pickup truck would not fit in the driveway without the bumper hanging over the curb!

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by bdrybob

We had a deposit in a lot in DeLuna, but let it go when we saw how close the houses are to the street. The front yard would be so so small that we could not put in a palm tree. A pickup truck would not fit in the driveway without the bumper hanging over the curb!

They did that to give people larger back yards. Some prefer it that way. Others? Not so much...

[Spartan86]

Originally Posted by NatureBoy

Start here. You'll need to create an account and log in.

Once logged in you can search for Address that "contains" a street you are interested in.

The "Permit Info" tab will have a line like: "Short Description: 3/2/0, BELLEVILLE-A (GPC), 124V/33". Here you can see the number of bedrooms & bathrooms, the house model, and the... I think it's section or something.

You can also search for Description "contains" and type in the model. You'll probably get a lot of results, but they are sorted by time, so you can hop to the last page. That info can be used to find streets where Verandas (or whatever) are being built. e.g. You search for a model, Monroe. Find the street(s) recent ones are being built on. Then go back and search for those street names to find all the models in that series that are being built on that street. Rinse and repeat until you are bored or overwhelmed with information.

On the "Permit Info" tab is a list of attachments; among them are the plans for the house.

Quite handy!

Ah, thank you! I’ve gotten pretty good a finding stuff on the Orange County site, I’ll dig a little deeper on Sumter.

[VApeople]

Originally Posted by Cookie Princess

Is the turnpike noise a problem for you in this location?

We do not live in DeLuna.

We often walk on the trail around Hogeye Sink and along that trail there are many houses very near to the Turnpike. When the wind is blowing toward the turnpike, the noise is OK, but when the wind is blowing away from the turnpike the noise is much louder.

If someone says the noise is not a problem, don't believe them. They may be basing it on a day when the wind is blowing toward the Turnpike.

[NatureBoy]

Originally Posted by bdrybob

We had a deposit in a lot in DeLuna, but let it go when we saw how close the houses are to the street. The front yard would be so so small that we could not put in a palm tree. A pickup truck would not fit in the driveway without the bumper hanging over the curb!

I took a look at some of the plans for Verandas (the model I'm interested in) and I see that the distance from the front of the lot to the house is 17' or 18'. An F150 is about 19' long. My SUV is a bit over 16' long. I agree, that is a very short front yard.

Looking at the backyards, I found one with a 7.5' backyard! But some others are in the 20' range. And one of the view lots is 43'.

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by NatureBoy

I took a look at some of the plans for Verandas (the model I'm interested in) and I see that the distance from the front of the lot to the house is 17' or 18'. An F150 is about 19' long. My SUV is a bit over 16' long. I agree, that is a very short front yard.

Looking at the backyards, I found one with a 7.5' backyard! But some others are in the 20' range. And one of the view lots is 43'.

The lots and setbacks are all different. We have a small back yard but it goes into a pond which is nice as we have no maintenance back there and it's very private. In the front we can fit 2 cars in tandem in the driveway, much larger than the back, some of the other streets are just the opposite, short driveways and large backyards. Just tell your agent what you would like to have, a good agent will get you what you want.

[Robbb]

You do know the new Deluna area is rapidly being completed. My complete guess is within 30 to 45 days it will be sold out.

[Robbb]

Originally Posted by Cookie Princess

Is the turnpike noise a problem for you in this location?

Yes it is, I just visited their last week, its a very nice area however the front section is to close to the highway, the back section is better but I was surprised how much traffic noise
there was at night.

[NatureBoy]

Originally Posted by Robbb

You do know the new Deluna area is rapidly being completed. My complete guess is within 30 to 45 days it will be sold out.

Yes. The lots and Designers are being sold & built rapidly.
The Verandas & Courtyard Villas aren't available to buy until they are built and The Developer releases a block of them at once.
My exercise here is to find where the Verandas are being built, find a handful that I wouldn't mind buying, and then having my salesman put my name on the list to buy them. If everything goes my way, I'll be first in line for my first choice.