As of 1 1/2 years ago (not sure if you still can now) you could still have a NEW manufactured home put onto an EXISTING property you own there. A friend of ours did that. Watched them roll in, actually BACK in, 2 units to make a double wide. Meets all current hurricane and other state/county standards of course. Her mother had passed away and they removed her mother's old mold-filled long unoccupied DW and replaced it with a new one. Of course The Villages didn't make it "easy" but it did get done.

I heard they are buying homes and putting in High-rise apartments........every where. The world is ending.



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Nope tiny homes are going in, but if you stack them, you could have tiny apartments...still need a sarcasm sign

I actually think a tiny home village within the Villages would be pretty awesome.

Im seeing historic side modular homes (doublewides) going for up to $150,000.

Manufactured homes and replace them with site built homes
 

We bought the manufactured homes and using outside builder, Armstrongs who build the Stonecrest Community. Decent price with many choice, stuco or siding, 8ft or 10 ft ceiling.
Very pleasant to work with, change during the construction. We are very please with the Armstrong. We have not closing the house yet, but they allow us to do the epoxy floor in the garage (using any company we chose), paint the mural wall in hallway. Check their model homes in Stonecrest

Its not foolish to sell below market value by a family member. If they live out of state, dont want the house, dont ever want to live in TV, then the house is just a weight around their neck. So, dump it as soon as possible

Desirable areas
 

Really?

Anyone can build not just the villages

In Lake County or the Town of Lady Lake a person can use any builder to build whatever type of home that they want as long as they own the lot. This is different from most of The Villages that lies in Sumter and Marion counties.

Often times when a resident passes away the offspring live up north and coming down here, cleaning a house out and putting it up for sale is a huge hassle. It's often worth it to them to accept $10,000-$30,000 less than market value to be rid of a headache. If the house goes on the market and doesn't sell for a long time, they are paying taxes, insurance, amenity fees and upkeep every month that it doesn't sell. Most of these people are busy with work and family so to have The Villages come in and make an offer makes sense.

Most manufactured homes over here are worth more than $90,000. Some homes where the owner has passed away have fallen into disrepair. The landscaping hasn't been kept up. In some cases, the owners were hospitalized for a period before they passed so nothing had been done for a while.

It's a myth that all of the homes that were taken out were old single wides that had fallen into disrepair however. Some very nice double wides were removed as well. In fact many of the homes that were removed were donated to Habitat for Humanity and are currently occupied outside The Villages.

The Villages bought homes that people were willing to sell. They paid what they though the lot was worth. What's interesting is that when they first started doing this, they were paying above market value. I believe that they simply wanted to get the ball rolling. As more and more people decided the convert from a manufactured home to a site built the prices that they would pay would go down.

The process of buying these homes for the site tells you the enormous profit TV make on a home. If the average home not Villa is 300,000
then the cost to build it is around 120-150 or less plus a profit on reselling other homes to third parties

With so many people in TV hating socialism, why so much complaining about the family making to much money ????

Unfortunately they dont. We were almost ready to do ours when we were told that are putting all their resources to building down south. Shame. We havent looked elsewhere yet....

I would at least have a real estate agent do a market analysis and let them try to sell it for what they think it is worth. That doesn't cost you anything.

They're going for over $190,000 in some cases! And not even on a golf course or water. 804 Saint Andrews Blvd, The Villages, FL 32159 - realtor.com(R)