Talk of The Villages Florida - New villas with carports

Talk of The Villages Florida (https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/)

- The Villages, Florida, General Discussion (https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/)

- - New villas with carports (https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/new-villas-carports-305439/)

$38K is for designer lot/houses, I would think the smaller homes have lower a lower bond

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 1759283)

$38K is for designer lot/houses, I would think the smaller homes have lower a lower bond

Jimbo, please see post #132.

Sounds great for short term rentals..with intrusive dogs...BUY THERE

Hmm, they must be doing some sort of experiment to see how the market responds. Those villas are approx. 850 sq. ft. Kinda reminds me of a tiny house minus the wheels.

well about 1200 w/garage, for $159,

It meets the needs of buyers build it, sell it!

Villas with carports

Attached is a picture of villa with carport

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrf6969 (Post 1749668)

Criminal what they are charging for water lots in Chitty Chatty. We paid 30K for a nice water lot just south of 466.

What's criminal about it? They'll charge what the market will bear. If no one buys them at that price, the price will come down. If people choose to buy them that's a private transaction and no one's business.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 1759283)

$38K is for designer lot/houses, I would think the smaller homes have lower a lower bond

The patio villas have a bond of 15,148. I called on them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CS0711 (Post 1749806)

I’m pretty sure the laundry machines are kept in that “storage area” in the Carport too. You would actually walk out of your Villa with the laundry basket and head for your carport. That definitely reduces storage even more and isn’t terribly convenient. I would suspect these Villas might be targeting investors looking for “rental” properties?

We looked inside the carport villas and they have the laundry hookups inside the house not in the storage area. One of the models only has room for stackable washer and dryer.

What Is Fair Market Value? | realtor.com(R)

A home's fair market value is the price it would sell for in a perfectly logical world—one where both home buyer and seller are acting of their own free will (in other words, they aren't desperate to make a sale) and are reasonably aware of a home's good and bad points, and where the buyer could just as easily choose a different house that suits her needs better.

Quote:

Originally Posted by vintageogauge (Post 1770807)

We looked inside the carport villas and they have the laundry hookups inside the house not in the storage area. One of the models only has room for stackable washer and dryer.

Exactly right!

Cost of Villas with Carports in Chitty Chatty

I looked on The Villages web site. The cheapest patio villa in Chitty Chatty currently for sale has a one car garage for $165,392.

Are the Chitty Chatty patio villas with the carports not for sale yet? If they are for sale, does anyone know the price?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenswing (Post 1749562)

Don't the manufactured homes in the Historical section have only carports? How does it work out for them?

Yep, they get stuff stolen don’t they.

Quote:

Originally Posted by VApeople (Post 1749542)

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.

Its less expensive than building a garage, so no surprise. Personally I would buy a house with a garage, instead of a carport. I think the carports look cheap, but as others pointed out, they would be okay for renters.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goldwingnut (Post 1751349)

Perhaps only half wrong, there are garages on these new floor plans, only big enough for a golf cart but a garage none the less. These "carports" are not what one typically thinks of as a carport and are under the full roof structure of the house, just like the front and rear lanais of other homes.

A final thought on this is that the developer knows their market and their customers and what they are looking for in a house. They obviously feel there is a market for such a house design. They've proven this time and again. For a rental unit these two new floor plans look to be ideal.

So I guess Goldwingnut is right because I the email I received today from my TV realtor the narrator in the video calls it a “Porte- cochere.” Not a carport!

A rose by any other name. . .