[OhioBuckeye]

Originally Posted by paulat585

I lived on the Historic Side for four years with a carport and a storage shed at the back of the port. It worked fine.

Carports & Garages are just a matter of taste. Garages for some people are for people who think they have to have their car covered or use there garage for junk they think they’re going to need some time so they fill their garage up like some of these hoarders you see on TV. Carports are a cheap car covers to protect it from the elements, rain, keeps it protected from falling debris, snow, which Florida doesn’t get & shade from sun. Just my opinion carports make a new home look cheap & they’re not easy homes to sell. You think they’re easy to sell, buy one. Unless you want a less expensive one, buy one in the historic side! But there’s a lot of nice homes over there! Carports are just a way for the builders to make more money on a house that they don’t have the expense of a garage & sell it for the same price of a home with a garage! No Pune intended, just my opinion.

[coffeebean]

[QUOTE=txfan;1750313]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

OMG. I'm so glad someone else said it first. I have been thinking that ever since I first heard the name of this new village.

Reminds me.......in NJ, there was a street a few miles away from our home called, "Gay Boy Court". Hubby said we could find our dream home on that street and he would not buy it![/


Do some research. Although a different spelling, the name has historical significance.

I've never researched the name of any village so why would I start now? There are some funny names but Chitty Chatty takes the cake.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by txfan

And “coffeebean” reminds me of something I grind to a pulp every morning!

Yup, love my coffee, especially Starbucks!

[Nucky]

So many have suffered for so long with the dreaded trashy carports. Many people in apartment building have to transport their laundry to a laundromat. Some manufactured homes have the washer/dryer combo in an outside shed and storage building just steps from their home. They have survived somehow for 30 plus years this way.

I have a very unusual Manufactured Home as it has a two car garage, a golf cart garage and a carport and a lanai and we have to different choices of indoor plumbing when we need to take a bath or relieve ourselves. We even have electricity for the Icebox and the Central A/C. We love our HOME. We are grateful for our Health, Home, Family and our Faith. We now have something to be even prouder of. We have The Kin Folk of Mrs. Leona Helmsley's Family rite here in our presence. Isn't she the one who spoke sharply about The Little People. Hail to the Royalty who pass judgement on others. Carports & Trashy places are the target today, as soon as you turn your back on these wonderful people you will be their next target. Chitty Chatty is a cool name and a beautiful place to live as is all the rest of The Villages. Judging other peoples housing choices is not very nice. All the best to those who Judge.

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

Just there, perhaps this is fake news

I'm thinking perhaps the OP saw a gc garage before the doors have been installed.

[Skunky1]

Hurricanes-Not much protection for your car but less costlier to replace

[VApeople]

Originally Posted by photo1902

I'm thinking perhaps the OP saw a gc garage before the doors have been installed.

No, they sure looked like carports to me.

Some of the villas were still under construction but others appeared to be totally finished on the outside.

On a previous walk, we crossed the beautiful MMP bridge over to Bradford and went along the new walking/biking trail for a long ways until it ended. I think that area will be much nicer than C-C.

The new trail at Bradford goes between the houses and the nature preserve, which looks like a good place for bears, hogs, and bobcats to live. We saw some animal footprints in the dirt but there were no human footprints, so we suspect it might have been from a bobcat. I think next time I will carry my metal-tipped hiking stick that I used to carry when people would let their dogs run off-leash in our neighborhood

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by Nucky

I have a very unusual Manufactured Home as it has a two car garage, a golf cart garage and a carport and a lanai and we have to different choices of indoor plumbing when we need to take a bath or relieve ourselves. We even have electricity for the Icebox and the Central A/C.

What a great comeback. We looked at a mobile home that the property was on the golf course. Beautiful double lot, it was a remove and rebuild since there were trees growing inside. We thought long and hard about the view, and what could be built. Then what really changed our mind, not the area, or the other residences, the bridge. One of us would never cross the bridge, so sadly no sale.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by VApeople

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The new trail at Bradford goes between the houses and the nature preserve, which looks like a good place for bears, hogs, and bobcats to live. We saw some animal footprints in the dirt but there were no human footprints, so we suspect it might have been from a bobcat. I think next time I will carry my metal-tipped hiking stick that I used to carry when people would let their dogs run off-leash in our neighborhood

Lions and tigers and bears, oh boy!

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Lions and tigers and bears, oh boy!

Such natural beauty. I don’t see the downside.

[VApeople]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Lions and tigers and bears, oh boy!

Within the last year, someone posted a picture of a bear ambling through one of the neighborhoods south of 466A, and we once saw a wild hog in Fruitland Park.

Can the lions and tigers be far behind?

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by VApeople

Within the last year, someone posted a picture of a bear ambling through one of the neighborhoods south of 466A, and we once saw a wild hog in Fruitland Park.

Can the lions and tigers be far behind?

Is there a yellow brick road, lion, tin man, scare crow, thrown in ruby slippers you have a classic

[VApeople]

Originally Posted by thelegges

Is there a yellow brick road, lion, tin man, scare crow, thrown in ruby slippers you have a classic

No, but there are herds of wild monkeys to harass you.

Last year were walking near Ocala and a couple we met had a harrowing tale to tell. They were near the beautiful and peaceful Silver River and a herd of wild monkeys cornered them. Just before the monkeys were about to attack, some people came along the river and rescued them.

As we were quickly leaving the area, we could hear the monkeys howling in the trees and getting closer ... and closer ... and closer.

[woderfulwendy1]

Went to chitty chatty yesterday, could not find any homes with carports. What street were they on? Thanks

[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by VApeople

We walked through Chitty Chatty today and found several new Patio Villas (I think) with carports instead of garages.

We were surprised because we have never seen a new home in TV with a carport. However, it makes a lot of sense to me because we had a 1-car carport in Virginia and it was fine.

Chitty Chatty is interesting because the lots are very different. Some are great but others were not. In some cases, there would be a LOT of space between houses. It made it interesting to look at the houses and critique them.

The walking/biking path around the large lake is very, very nice. We thought it was smart to have the MMP follow the power lines so the carts would not be speeding close to the homes.

We followed the MMP north until we got a very good view of the place where the new bridge will cross Route 44 and it looked pretty crazy. The new bridge will be high, and when the MMP comes downhill from the bridge it will take a sharp left turn, which could be dangerous.

This is the fourth time we have walked through C-C and it looks better each time.

I just spent an hour over at Chitty Chatty this morning filming and driving every street and cul de sac, I can tell you with 100% certainty that the number of homes with carports is ZERO. The floor plan is called an Emerald and it has a semi-detached golf cart garage with a lanai between it and the house. Yes, when looked at it from the side while it's under construction it might look like a carport, but it's not.