[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by KimberlyOz

One year living in a patio villa in the new eastport area. The problem with the patio villa's for me personally is the transient nature of the owners. This is something that no one really talks about. It's not the renters, or the close proximity of the homes that while that sometimes causes minor issues it can be worked out. It's when the owners come into town for two weeks, they escape their problems at home and they are the kindest people to you. Then they go home and you hear nothing until they come back again. Do they know how hard this is on the full timers? Feeling a bit "used". Sorry for the rant but I hope it gives a glimpse into one of the issues with this style home.

Huh. Interesting insight. I'm going to guess your career was spent in a small, close-knit environment, like a family-owned, office-based company? Maybe a single-location medical facility?

Your concern is interesting to me because it was never even a blip on my radar. I spent my career working for employers that had many thousands of employees and dozens of work sites. It was not uncommon to work with someone for a few months or a few years, then go your separate ways to different assignment/work locations only to meet up again at another one years later. People tended to pick up their friendships pretty much where they left off after a short reacquainting conversation.

My northern home is about 10% Florida snowbirds. We simply say "See you later" in the winter, and "Hey, welcome back!" in the Spring, picking up neighborhood socials right were we left off six months prior.

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Originally Posted by KimberlyOz

One year living in a patio villa in the new eastport area. The problem with the patio villa's for me personally is the transient nature of the owners. This is something that no one really talks about. It's not the renters, or the close proximity of the homes that while that sometimes causes minor issues it can be worked out. It's when the owners come into town for two weeks, they escape their problems at home and they are the kindest people to you. Then they go home and you hear nothing until they come back again. Do they know how hard this is on the full timers? Feeling a bit "used". Sorry for the rant but I hope it gives a glimpse into one of the issues with this style home.

Exactly!

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by KimberlyOz

One year living in a patio villa in the new eastport area. The problem with the patio villa's for me personally is the transient nature of the owners. This is something that no one really talks about. It's not the renters, or the close proximity of the homes that while that sometimes causes minor issues it can be worked out. It's when the owners come into town for two weeks, they escape their problems at home and they are the kindest people to you. Then they go home and you hear nothing until they come back again. Do they know how hard this is on the full timers? Feeling a bit "used". Sorry for the rant but I hope it gives a glimpse into one of the issues with this style home.

It’s not the PV neighborhood it the age of owners. On our Fifth Village. I never moved expecting neighbors to fulfill all my needs like staying and never leaving their house, making a promise they would always be home.

Those that stayed in their houses and rarely left were of an age that I really didn’t have anything in common other than they could’ve been our parents

The younger residence like us travel, take vacations. OP if you really need all homebody neighbors, travel north. Most we have played golf with have never traveled farther than 15 minutes from their house. Have no idea where Brownwood is, and I’ve never heard of Eastport.

[DrMack]

Originally Posted by thelegges

Have no idea where Brownwood is, and I’ve never heard of Eastport.

Obviously not well rounded for this discussion. OP, don’t listen to the clueless. None of us want to live near rentals and a lack of consistency. Villas and designer homes are far less likely to be rentals than the mass produced courtyard villas.

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Originally Posted by DrMack

Obviously not well rounded for this discussion. OP, don’t listen to the clueless. None of us want to live near rentals and a lack of consistency. Villas and designer homes are far less likely to be rentals than the mass produced courtyard villas.

I know I don’t.