Congratulations - I have not met anyone who has done more due diligence than you - Welcome home !

Remember, a good deal of my posts were about NOTHING.. :1rotfl:

Unless this a total spoof would you mind sharing with us what I'll call your obsession with The Villages and how it developed. When did you first visit - how many hours have you logged here, etc. Of course this could be an entirely new thread. Expand that thought - you probably earned the right to upstage the Villages Newcomers You Tube site. Got to admit following this website for 5 years and becoming a sage sounds like it could have an interesting backdrop.

Well I wouldn't call it an obsession but I am an Engineer so I do tend to analyze/research the heck out of anything I do. Over these past 5 years I've averaged just over 3 posts per day. Not nearly as many as some. More than others. But this is a huge decision so I wanted to make sure I was comfortable with it.

It pretty much started with a Google search of Florida retirement communities. Then went down that rabbit hole. After we decided this was a good fit for us we made our trips down to see if it was too good to be true. When we decided to make the move the next steps in research started. Home models, Village location, where could we build a new home, cost. Then, what were others happy with about their homes. What regrets did they have. What did they wish they had done differently? Who are the good contractors? Who are the ones to avoid. The list of considerations are nearly endless.

Sorry for the thread hijack for those of you that came here for New Home Prices.. :pray:

Pool cost
 

With a pool only a couple blocks away, a pool in my back yard just wasn’t on my radar when I retired and purchased a home in TV. That said, to each his own.

And after all of that I hope they get good neighbors and don't end up with a Bed and Breakfast next door which is becoming pretty popular down here. We are fortunate to have good neighbors all around us but when were coming down to look around there were 2 homes we rented that had really terrible neighbors, fighting with each other, parking in front of the other neighbors house just to PO them, one had a dog that barked non stop, etc. That is one thing you cannot foresee and not much you can do about it except move and gamble again.

You have me beat by a mile on number of posts, but I joined TOTV in 2008, and just bought my first home in TV 2 months ago. Visited friends numerous times, and rented for 3 winters before I could convince DW to take the plunge.
We are very happy that we spent the time we did scouting, as we feel we found the perfect location for us based upon our activities and where our friends are, and our new neighbors have been amazing.
The only downer has been the delay in getting furniture due to the combination of COVID production delays and a housing boom. I feel like I'm back in college living with very little furniture.

Being an engineer doesn't matter
 

Being risk adverse, having a linear decision tree logic model, being a process type who doesn't like changes, and having a hard time with conceptual concepts is more like the real reason. . . so the last line in the quote above is the real reason.

I have dealt with many, many of these personality types in my lifetime, everyone in my family of origin except me, most like engineering, not that this choice is special or wrong, but being an engineer is just complimentary to your personality type. . . and OMG, if the situation isn't in the linear process model of familiarity, it takes forever to make a decision. . . even if some can even make the decision.

Glad you finally made the decision. . . now, how is the transition going? other than the furniture. . .

:popcorn::duck::duck:

Logic tree missing a branch ?

Kenswing is the engineer
Laker14 is sparse on furniture

Wow. You gleaned all that from one line in one post? Hilarious. :1rotfl:

I'm nowhere near risk averse. I welcome change. Making a decision and acting on it is quite natural for me. If you'll notice, our original plan was to retire in 2024. I've simply been doing my due diligence. So if you want to spout anymore psycho babble feel free..