[DAVES]

Originally Posted by brianherlihy

i park my car in front of my home all the time to stop all parking and dogs to and my two cars cover the front of my home not a happy place

Sadly we have been there. Our previous home we had the neighbors from hell buy the home next door to us. When, we moved to the villages I planned on meeting the neighbors before buying a home. Thus, I wanted a resale. Wife wanted new. So of course we bought new and we were first in. So far we have been lucky. In the villages, there is a high rate of turn over.

"NOT A HAPPY PLACE." Been there. If, it is bad enough. moving is an option. The post seems to read that it has gone on too long for a HAPPY resolution.

[shut the front door]

Originally Posted by joelfmi

Before anyone buys at the Villages, I strongly recommend the go through the Talk of the villages website before they buy here and then decide. Thanks for the transparency.

I respectfully disagree. Had I read this board before I bought, I wouldn't have even visited. This board is not even close to what you experience. If I went by this board, I would assume that TV is filled with bored disrespectful complainers, many times downright rude, who have nothing better to do with their lives that pick apart message board posts. I do run across the entitled villagers, but they are by far in the minority.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by joelfmi

Before anyone buys at the Villages, I strongly recommend the go through the Talk of the villages website before they buy here and then decide. Thanks for the transparency.

When people live together there will always be issues. That of course, there will always be issues, includes the villages.

I knew a person through my business, who lived in a planned community and had an issue over a tree that had been there for years. The architectural committee decided that he had to remove which was at the point of the complaint a rather large tree.
He decided to fight it. Last I heard he had paid HIS atty like 20,000. The irony was that he was also in his common charges paying the atty fighting against him. Before it was settled, he passed away. The property passed to his daughter. Who his daughter sold it to?

I met another person who married a duchess and they live in a castle on a huge tract of land. He and a neighbor are having a dispute over a several hundred year old tree.
that is over the property line. I recall him saying if it sits for another 50 years the tree will be grandfathered and not disputable.

Before moving to the villages, I became aware of an island off North Carolina that was for sale. It had a nice home. It was roughly 10 acres and it had a small herd of wild horses. Our own kingdom, me KING wife QUEEN. There is no life without disputes.
KING? The QUEEN refused to even look at it. My first KINGLY ruling was met with an immediate revolution.

REALITY-perfection does not exist anywhere.

[davem4616]

before we moved up to TV we had a home in an HOC...I was on the board...that was an eye opener

it doesn't matter how expensive and upscale an area is....there are always going to be a few jerks out there that never learned how to play in the sandbox...or keep the appearance of their yard up

It's almost impossible to resolve situations like what the OP posted...TV isn't zoned for boarding houses.... behavior is established back in the teen years

if you don't care to move, try to ignore it....and keep taking those high blood pressure pills

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by joelfmi

Before anyone buys at the Villages, I strongly recommend the go through the Talk of the villages website before they buy here and then decide. Thanks for the transparency.

Yes, because the lunatics in this asylum are the norm...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by shut the front door

I respectfully disagree. Had I read this board before I bought, I wouldn't have even visited. This board is not even close to what you experience. If I went by this board, I would assume that TV is filled with bored disrespectful complainers, many times downright rude, who have nothing better to do with their lives that pick apart message board posts. I do run across the entitled villagers, but they are by far in the minority.

You said it better than I just did...

[Hans53]

Thank you all for your input. Im not vindictive enough to report for running a business and not paying taxes etc. Also why should i move having been here first and loving the neighbors( all but one). I thought there was a villages ordinance of no on street parking.
Guess i will just continue to ignore.

[Babubhat]

Need video surveillance. Sue in small claims court. Show police the damage. That should get his attention

[Lottoguy]

Put that smartphone to work. Take photos when the tires are on the lawn, etc.

Originally Posted by brianherlihy

i park my car in front of my home all the time to stop all parking and dogs to and my two cars cover the front of my home not a happy place

I'm confused by your run-on sentence. Are you saying that you park both your cars on the street to stop people from parking in front of your house and to keep dogs off your lawn? Is this why your home is not a happy place? If so, then you are not in compliance with the deed restrictions. Your cars should be parked in your driveway.

[dewilson58]

Find out where your front property line is located.

Most property lines are NOT at the street.
(I'm not talking easement)

[Dotneko]

I think that this board should require names and addresses of the posters.
The anonymous posting contributes to the snark and I, for one, would love to
know what neighborhoods to avoid. There are some literal and figurative cranky old farts on this board.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Dotneko

I think that this board should require names and addresses of the posters.
The anonymous posting contributes to the snark and I, for one, would love to
know what neighborhoods to avoid. There are some literal and figurative cranky old farts on this board.

I would never use my real name on a message board...

Wait, what?

[Dorebea]

Originally Posted by joelfmi

Before anyone buys at the Villages, I strongly recommend the go through the Talk of the villages website before they buy here and then decide. Thanks for the transparency.

This type of situation can happen anywhere. Not unique to The Villages. In fact, saw a similar complaint on a neighborhood site in Michigan.

Sympathize with OP.

[keepsake]

A complaint to the county could get a neighbor is untold dodo. If they rent they cannot claim 100% homestead on the property. If they lose some of it, they won't ever regain it. They will be enemies forever that they live there. There are also punitive taxes if you rent for less than 6 months on a lease.