I do too. Not as much traffic and commotion.

Did I say you did? If I had been directing my comments about you, I would certainly have addressed them to you. For what it is worth, my disbelief comment was made in general because this thread has gone on and on over a rumor, then more rumors-obviously I made the decision to open the thread because I thought it might be something I needed to know. The rumors just kept feeding on themselves, even to this extent that you became upset with me over a remark you think I made about you, that was not directed towards anyone in general. No one but Mr Morse knows what he is going to do, I trust him to tell us when he thinks he should. BTW, nothing I have written in here is not directed to any one person other than to dress the original post. Sorry if anyone feels otherwise.

The population of the Villages has doubled in 5 years so enough said.

:agree: Beautifying a neighborhood is bad?

The only downside is, some newer people may not be in the 250K range housing market. I'm sure his marketing plan is accurate, as usual. IMHO

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Exactly. Every town across our nation has the older historical side which co exists happily with the newer built up areas (in places that were once apple orchards or cow pastures). Also, some of the newer modular and manufactured homes are very very nice on the interior........plus fit perfectly with many budgets.....or those who want to maintain two homes.

Believe it or not, even younger college educated folks sometimes prefer to buy an older Victorian or Colonial as a fixer upper, due to its charm.....over a suburban tract home or new build, as with the new construction, they don't always get the "space" they desire.

To some, "charm" and "history" are important.

As for Florida, we were also very impressed with how pretty the Historical Side of the Villages was.......nothing at all like we imagined. It was well kept up, GORGEOUS SHADE TREES, very pretty homes that reflected the owners' pride of ownership.

To each his own. However, every town does have the older homes vs. the newer sections. Something for everyone. When people visit New England (from Florida in particular, or out west) they fall in love with the charm of the older dwellings. Just something different from the same old same old, I guess. Of course, older homes come with their share of issues which have to be resolved by the new owners.......but that's life.

I see only one issue that is negative with modular homes here in central Florida. They are not as safe in strong winds.


If "he" is buying, or has bought the less expensive properties and plans to rebuild on them, I am waiting to see good stuff.


But you all know I am a huge fan of this unseen guy and his family and the great people who I did see who built our house..


Bring it on.


The PINK part of this post is a rumor. Rumor alert. Rumor alert.

You can't post a one-word post with a bunch of exclamation points and not expect the person who posted before you to think it was directed at him. We are not mind readers. If your post had been the bolded one instead of the one-word comment, people would have understood.

I didn't take your comment as being directed at anyone. Throw a rumor out of someone wants, but +100 posts trying to analyze it is Unbelievable. (not aimed at anyone)

The OP just asked if anyone else has heard.

;)

No problem. It was simply that your one word post came immediately after mine and I didn't know if it was directed at my post or not which is why I asked.

Yes, the entire historic district which includes the villages of Silver Lake, Country Club Hills and Orange Blossom Gardens is in Lake County and, if I'm not mistaken, also in the town of Lady Lake.

But you do know that our manufactured homes do employ a tie-down system which really does protect the integrity of the home in those strong Florida winds.
http://www.tiedown.com/pdf/d327.pdf [pdf file - copy/paste the link]

When was the last time anyone can recall a manufactured home being doslocated from its structure? That would be interesting to know!

I did NOT know they were safe. I am very glad to hear it. So...will these RUMORED renovations be helpful or just money making? And perhaps increase the value of all of the homes in The Historic District. The Villages Olde Towne.

Gracie, if the rumors of Morse purchasing lots on the historic side with plans to build stick and mortar homes is true, I can't help but think it will (1) be a good thing for present homeowners and (2) be a money-maker for him (not a bad thing in this instance).

Our Villages Realtor told us the EXACT thing on Monday as we are looking to buy a home now, and have a manufactured home that we will be putting up for sale in the fall.

Just for the sake of discussion, I'm curious why it would be a good thing? I live in Country Club Hills and have no plans of leaving. If someone made us an amazing, too-good-to-turn-down price and I was bought out, I would still have to use the money to purchase another home. I can't think of anywhere in TV I'd rather live than where I am now. There has always been a large volume of homes for sale in this area. I would have to guess it is due to the age of the residents and the natural progression of time on one's body that none of us can escape. Plus, there are already stick and mortar, as you say, homes on the historic side.