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Originally Posted by angel222 (Post 539010)

Thanks so much everyone for all your comments...decisions are easier to make with information. My friends concerns also are that in a patio villa community she won't have any real neighbors if they are mostly rentals...does any patio villa community have more year round residents?

we have 11 people on our street that are year round....3 come 6 months, some rentals and some snowbirds, but the rentals seem to have the same renters every year so you see the faces when they are there

Bought a new CYV in the Village of St. James in July. Love the privacy. Since all the neighbors have the same style, either 2 or 3 bedrooms, and for much the same reason, we all have a lot in common. Good luck in deciding and welcome to The Villages.

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Originally Posted by Single Track (Post 538583)

I just bought a patio villa in one of the new villages. This past May and June I happened to rent a courtyard villa in Hemingway. As a single woman I felt so isolated and very much alone while in the house. I felt that every window faced a high white fence and I very rarely saw anyone in the neighborhood unless they were getting in or out of their car or golfcart. I am really looking forward to sitting on my patio out front and seeing something besides high white walls.
Of course if I were married, I might enjoy the privacy afforded the CYV but for now my preference would be for a patio villa. Good luck with your decision.

Single Track -- I think you were smart to rent a CYV for a couple of months for the experience. In the 3 times I have rented in TV, two have been patio villas and one has been a ranch. When I rent again in October, it will be another patio villa. As a wannabee, I think I should rent a CYV for the experience. I have been to several open houses in CYV's, and I also thought that I might feel isolated if I actually lived in a CYV. That will be my goal for 2013 -- rent a CYV to see how I like it. I did enjoy sitting on the lanais in the patio villas I rented and watching the neighbors go by. Just my 2 cents.

everyone loves what they buy you need to try both out and see what fits for you

We have mostly rented homes but did rent a CYV x1. My question for CYV owners: Do you find the parking to be an issue. Say it is a holiday and everyone has out of town family .... does parking become an issue? How about if you have a party with more than say 6 cars coming that park in over flow parking...how do you handle it? Just wondering....I see advantages an disadvantages to just about every home!

We own a 2br CYV and love it for the following reasons:
1. private backyard that is completely fenced in (for pets)

2. lanai in the back for privacy. Never liked the lanai in the front of the house. You want to sit outside with a cup of coffee in your pajamas reading the newspaper or eating lunch or dinner without the entire neighborhood watching you.

3. First thing we did was to remove all the grass and landscape with more plants and stones. No lawn mowing or paying someone to mow.

Loved the look of concrete villas over frame and siding. Not that there is anything wrong with frame and siding, just a personal preference to the concrete look.