[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Maybe you could get your answer BETTER by renting here in the Villages for a few months to better understand the restrictions and the advantages. Also to determine which Village would be best for you.

Or just read the deed restrictions and regulations for whichever village you are planning on moving to. What you want to do is in violation, you might get away with it for a little while until a neighbor or someone walking their dog sees or hears what you are doing and turns you in, then you will get the infamous letter, desist or pay fines. End of story.

[WickedMike]

I change my own oil and would do minor work on golf cart and auto if/when needed. I would think maintaining your personal items occasionally would not be a complaint! I’m thinking in garage and not outside!

[Bogie Shooter]

Taking care of your own stuff doesn’t come even close to a deed violation.
Some body complaining about a resident changing the oil in their car would be a busy body. It’s not like they do it every week. I do my own mowing….guess what, I change the oil in my mower……..in my driveway.
Previous posters have pointed out what the deed restrictions are……there are none on taking care of your own stuff, in or outside of you garage.

[Bluehook]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

You didn't complete the restriction, it states no inventory or "equipment" to be used in a business. A small motor repair shop will have fuel, oil, tools, cleaning chemicals, pullers, gaskets, blades, engine parts, etc. He would not be driving back and forth to a mower shop every time he needed a part.

I don't inventory parts, I order 99 percent of them from Amazon and they get delivered, usually the next day. Is Amazon okay to get there?

Are you actually claiming that resident of TV cannot keep a tool box, gas cans, oil, and spray cans in their garages?

You're kidding, right?

[dougawhite]

As an ex LEO you could easilh make side money as a home watcher while people are up north. About 7,000 homes are empty all summer and many hire home watchers.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

You didn't complete the restriction, it states no inventory or "equipment" to be used in a business. A small motor repair shop will have fuel, oil, tools, cleaning chemicals, pullers, gaskets, blades, engine parts, etc. He would not be driving back and forth to a mower shop every time he needed a part.

Originally Posted by Bluehook

I don't inventory parts, I order 99 percent of them from Amazon and they get delivered, usually the next day. Is Amazon okay to get there?

Are you actually claiming that resident of TV cannot keep a tool box, gas cans, oil, and spray cans in their garages?

You're kidding, right?

He said a small repair shop,…….not residents.
Really, you actually asked if Amazon delivers in TV?
I am beginning to wonder who is doing the kidding here.
Someone earlier posted you should visit TV and see for yourself……sounds like a good idea.

[Bluehook]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

He said a small repair shop,…….not residents.
Really, you actually asked if Amazon delivers in TV?
I am beginning to wonder who is doing the kidding here.
Someone earlier posted you should visit TV and see for yourself……sounds like a good idea.

Me too. Although, I have no idea what you're trying to say and yes, do the "busy-bodies" in the Villages object to Amazon deliveries? Some here are making it sound that way.

I'm planning to stay for a week this summer, but it may turn into looking for a house in a neighboring community.

If you live across the street from me and your mower fails, is it really a violation of the rules for me to help you fix it in my driveway? 'Cause that's all that my "business" really is.

Neither me or my "business" is disruptive. I live in an upscale community now and no one has ever complained, and for good reason - because I don't cause traffic nor do I make more noise than is common for any house in any residential neighborhood.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Bluehook

Me too. Although, I have no idea what you're trying to say and yes, do the "busy-bodies" in the Villages object to Amazon deliveries? Some here are making it sound that wa

NO.

I'm planning to stay for a week this summer, but it may turn into looking for a house in a neighboring community.

Check their rules.

If you live across the street from me and your mower fails, is it really a violation of the rules for me to help you fix it in my driveway? 'Cause that's all that my "business" really is.

This is so contradictory I cannot respond.

Neither me or my "business" is disruptive. I live in an upscale community now and no one has ever complained, and for good reason - because I don't cause traffic nor do I make more noise than is common for any house in any residential neighborhood.

Well, that’s good ………….

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[asianthree]

From 2011 and the last post in 2021, I counted 7 threads asking for repair of lawnmower, string edger. My guess is those looking in 2011 to 2015 are no longer mowing their lawn.

So OP have to take into account when you did your research, on needs of mower repair, the age of the post is key. I found nothing after 2021, except for those asking advice about which battery mower do you use, and would you buy again

[Bluehook]

Originally Posted by asianthree

From 2011 and the last post in 2021, I counted 7 threads asking for repair of lawnmower, string edger. My guess is those looking in 2011 to 2015 are no longer mowing their lawn.

So OP have to take into account when you did your research, on needs of mower repair, the age of the post is key. I found nothing after 2021, except for those asking advice about which battery mower do you use, and would you buy again

I'm assuming you live in TV - best guess, what percentage of homeowners run their own equipment? And best guess, how many homes would that be in a 4-square mile area?

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by Bluehook

I don't inventory parts, I order 99 percent of them from Amazon and they get delivered, usually the next day. Is Amazon okay to get there?

Are you actually claiming that resident of TV cannot keep a tool box, gas cans, oil, and spray cans in their garages?

You're kidding, right?

"equipment" for a business is not allowed. Lawn mowers are "lawn equipment" therefore if you are repairing any type of "equipment" in your garage it is against the deed restrictions. Trust me, one you start someone will turn you in and you'll be in a legal fight with daily fines if you don't desist. You have received many comments and you now know what the deed restrictions are in most villages so it's up to you if you want to gamble, PO your neighbors, and take a chance that you won't be turned in. Not a good way to start a new way of life.

[Bluehook]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

"equipment" for a business is not allowed. Lawn mowers are "lawn equipment" therefore if you are repairing any type of "equipment" in your garage it is against the deed restrictions. Trust me, one you start someone will turn you in and you'll be in a legal fight with daily fines if you don't desist. You have received many comments and you now know what the deed restrictions are in most villages so it's up to you if you want to gamble, PO your neighbors, and take a chance that you won't be turned in. Not a good way to start a new way of life.

I understand -- although many disagree with the details of the deed restrictions as you porport them here. And in relation to my intentions, you're right that it's probably not worth the gamble.

In the end, regarding the possibility of a "legal fight," it appears that TV doesn't seem like a good fit for me. Nor does any HOA or a community with arbitrary rules of that nature.

I'm actually not sure why anyone would want to live in a place where the freedoms of a land owner can be stepped on so easily by cynical people with nothing better to do with their time.

That does not comport of my vision of American freedom.

Just sayin....

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by Bluehook

I understand -- although many disagree with the details of the deed restrictions as you porport them here. And in relation to my intentions, you're right that it's probably not worth the gamble.

In the end, regarding the possibility of a "legal fight," it appears that TV doesn't seem like a good fit for me. Nor does any HOA or a community with arbitrary rules of that nature.

I'm actually not sure why anyone would want to live in a place where the freedoms of a land owner can be stepped on so easily by cynical people with nothing better to do with their time.

That does not comport of my vision of American freedom.

Just sayin....

150,000 people disagree with you, the restrictions are here for a reason and for the most part they work to keep the neighborhoods the way they were intended.

[Bluehook]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

150,000 people disagree with you, the restrictions are here for a reason and for the most part they work to keep the neighborhoods the way they were intended.

Really? You suppose that no citizens of TV, or even a minority of them, feel that the restrictions aren't over-reaching?

I live in a free neighborhood now that has no restrictions similar to TV and the average home value is 20-times that of TV.

My current home searching has also enlightened me to the fact that properties with HOA's hold less value than those without.


Again, just sayin...

[Happydaz]

Sounds like someone is having fun coming on this site and saying they don’t like HOA’s or restrictions and are thinking of moving to the Villages and then they say they want to repair small engines in their driveway? If you were repairing pickle ball rackets or pool noodles you might find part time income in the Villages but small engine repair? Most Villagers play golf, pickleball, or whatever but hardly anyone mows their own lawn and if they do they use battery powered mowers now. Maybe a battery repair business?