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Don’t forget golf cart insurance.
You don’t have to have it, but being a newbie in TV I chose to purchase it.
Good Luck

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Originally Posted by John41 (Post 1884081)

Welcome to The Villages
For us in Sabal Chase CYV 2/2
North Sumter Utilities
Water base $10.07
Water use $5.38
Irrigation base. $ 6.75
Irrigation use. $ 0. irrigation turned off (no grass)
Sewer base $14.34
Sewer use $12.85
Sanitation $22.24.
Amenity fee. $157.39
Total. $229.79

RedFoxRick, your summary is right on the nose. When we lived here about 2 yrs. ago this was almost exactly what we were paying. You did a pretty good job listing everything, & the water bill is right. Good job!

The trash is $19 a month and my water bill runs $45-55 a month but we are not here much. There is a minimum on water and sewer. We are in Marion County so things are billed differently here. We have a mortgage so taxes, insurance and the bond are included in the monthly mortgage payment which makes thing easier.

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Originally Posted by John_W (Post 1884314)

Water, Irrigation, sewer and thrash all comes on one bill along with the amenity fee. Mine bill averages $240 to $250 a month in Sumter County for a CYV.

One piece of advice, get to know the "Search" button at the top of this website. I spent six months searching for every subject you could imagine and I had 20 page pad filled with names and numbers when I moved in. I had a painter lined up and painting the inside the day after closing before the furniture arrived. I had a handyman double shelving my master closet, adding shelves above the W&D, adding hand pulls to all the cabinets and drawers, putting a peep hole in the front door, putting safety pins in all the sliding doors. I had the Hangman as soon as my furniture arrived hanging curtains, pictures, and anything that went on the wall. I had a shutter company in right away measuring for plantation shutters. It's good to know in advance names and numbers when you have time on your hands, then to try and think when your life is in disarray.

Although not as quickly, I knew who to call for landscaping estimates and who not to call. I knew who to call for a kitchen backsplash. Since I brought my Directv boxes and remotes with me, I knew who to call, do you know who to call for internet, TV, telephones. Now's the time.

Could you please post contact info for both the closet person and the backsplash person? We move in first week of April.

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Originally Posted by rschwan9 (Post 1885195)

Could you please post contact info for both the closet person and the backsplash person? We move in first week of April.

I moved in 2011, I used Great Lakes who are on 441 by the Summerfield Walmart and at 301 and 44 in Wildwood. I bought the tile from them, and they provided the tile installer.

More recently in September I had the bathroom floor done in tile and used a tile installer from Wildwood, he did a real good job, even provided new baseboards. His name is Bruce Bowen of A+ Flooring & Remodeling, phone 352-551-9174.

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Originally Posted by John_W (Post 1885234)

We will be adding this information to our own list we have created. You don't happen to recall the shelving handyman you mentioned? I am sure most can do it. I have done it all myself in the past but now I am retired and have other plans. Thank-you for all of your great suggestions in this thread.

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Originally Posted by brfree1411@aol.com (Post 1884629)

Bring less than you think you will want or need. Once you get here you will want to buy "Florida" colors & furniture. It's a pain to get rid of heavy dark furniture you paid to have moved. Yard work is cheap here don't bring a lot of yard tools, mower, weed eater, etc.
We moved 3 months ago & gave away most of our furniture and we still had too much stuff.
Welcome!! You will enjoy it except Covid has slowed down the "fun stuff".

Yes, welcome!!
We moved from Southern California (brought OUR politics but NOT California politics with us), and brought very little of our possessions. Thank goodness as we missed virtually none of it and didn't have to pay to have it all hauled across the country.

We brought only minimal LR furniture and got rid of it, as planned, for light and breezy Florida colors and a "modern tropical" feel. We LOVE our life in TV, and hope all our friends and loved ones will find their way down here as well. In the meantime, we are making new friends and carefully making our way around while still being cautious of Covid, for everyone's sake.

Welcome, G-d bless you, and stay unencumbered & nimble so you can move quickly on outfitting your new place!

did you budget for Florida furniture purchases? That is the biggest mistakes people make when moving from the north. We bought all new in FL and will not bring much down, no beds, no couches, no TV consoles, no desks, no chairs, no dining room sets. . .

Again, we read here and visited furniture stores in FL to buy the furniture, and with tile and outside lanai, we purchased lots of plastic dinner and drink wares to minimize the breakage from accidents. . . . tile and cement and glass do not go well together.

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Originally Posted by rschwan9 (Post 1885629)

The handyman was fantastic, that was Tim "The Toolman" Miller, however he has switched gears and is the #1 garage floor refinisher in TV. I don't believe he does handyman work anymore because his floor business has taken off. I have read that he still does attic steps in the garage. He did mine also, great job with aluminum steps and 100 sf of plywood in the attic, it was $290 but that was almost ten years ago.

To give you an idea of price on the closet. Tim took the original wire shelves in our walk-in closet and moved them up 18" and installed an identical amount of shelving just below where the original shelves had been, then patched the old holes and repainted. Total cost with materials and labor was $150. Just to give an idea, I have two neighbors who went the deluxe closet redo with drawers, fancy cabinets and the rest and they each spent $1200.

If you want a top notch reliable company, Doc's Restorations is the #1 rated remodeler and handyman work, however they are one of the most expensive. There are other handyman, just do a search above with the button at the top of the site, you'll find probably at least five recommended.

I did a handyman search for you. Here are some replies.

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...light=handyman

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...light=handyman

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...light=handyman

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...light=handyman

My neighbor had his whole 2 BR CYV redone inside by Doc's last year, and I saw the work and it was great. So I called them for a master bath remodel last summer, their estimate was $12,000. I called Bella Stone of Wildwood and had them do the work, total price $9,500.

Miller's Home Services 352- 217-0561 for garage and lanai floors, attic steps (he has no website)

Doc's for handyman and remodeling website

Doc's Restorations: Home Improvement & Handyman serving The Villages and Surrounding Cities

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Originally Posted by Cheryl Barrios (Post 1884643)

I just went there and checked the home I am moving into next month. What all does the bill cover - I couldn't quite figure that out. Is it electricity, water, and gas?Thank you in advance for the information and help.

If you see the "PRINT" button next to the bill click it and a bill will come up. On the right side it is broken down.

Reading your reply regarding services in TV and had to laugh at your comment on bringing politics from Southern California. We are moving to TV shortly also from So Cal, by the end of next month or so. Thank you for all the information!

Thank God, liquor is plenty and the cost is lowered if you buy in bulk...:bigbow:

Well I don’t know why everyone has to knock down our side. I have met sooo many people that have moved over here to all the “new” stuff. We have nicer landscaping and getting all the new stuff. I have met soooo many people that have moved here from the “old” area. I live in Monarch Grove and love it over here. We people on the “other” side of the Turnpike are loving it. Love my new home instead of buying used and have tons of upgrades. So guess maybe “your” utility bills might be cheaper then mine...just saying

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Originally Posted by Rwirish (Post 1884414)

Living in TV should cost much less then living up north. Living south of 44, however, is more expensive then the rest of TV.

Dgizzi : "Well I don’t know why everyone has to knock down our side. I have met sooo many people that have moved over here to all the “new” stuff. We have nicer landscaping and getting all the new stuff. I have met soooo many people that have moved here from the “old” area. I live in Monarch Grove and love it over here. We people on the “other” side of the Turnpike are loving it. Love my new home instead of buying used and have tons of upgrades. So guess maybe “your” utility bills might be cheaper then mine...just saying "

There is only one post in this thread that is anything close to a "knock". With the higher bonds and Wildwood City tax it is probably more expensive to live down there. A factual statement isn't a knock. If they raise the impact fees it will get even more expensive buying new.