[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by sallyg

If you can rent for a while it would help you decide on an area you prefer. TV is so huge, with so many variables, including home styles, you can't think of everything. If proximity to a rec center is important that might influence you, but then there is noise from the pickle ball courts. Want a water view? There could be mosquitos or unpleasant odors when the water gets low. Good luck.

At my lake in the northern area, there can be some nasty odors if the water gets low in a drought period. It consists of gas produced from drying, dead lake vegetation. Rarely see mosquitoes anywhere I go in TV Land.

[Kerndan]

Not sure but we are going to put our home on the market soon if you want to take a look or walk through beforehand.

[valuemkt]

Originally Posted by sam&rog

Be careful in the new area as it is next to the turnpike and a quarry that blasts a couple of times a week.

Hey guys, do you live in the "new area" ? I do, and can tell you categorically you don;t know what you;re talking about

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by valuemkt

Hey guys, do you live in the "new area" ? I do, and can tell you categorically you don;t know what you;re talking about

These naysayers have been bashing the south for years. You are correct in the fact that they have no idea how great it is living down here. I'm not singling out any of the negative replies but the bashing is most likely jealousy manifested by the fact that their parents loved their siblings more than they. That happens when you have children with negative personalities.

[Boomer]

The advice to rent is the best advice you are getting in this thread.

Take your time.

Do not get caught up in the sense of urgency that often is an immediate motivator when it comes to sales -- sales of any kind. But with buying a house, it is especially and obviously of top importance to think things through. Look before you leap. Visit. Rent. Try to experience all the things you think you would want to do if you owned in TV.

In addition to the price, the location, the model and all that other surface stuff, I strongly advise you to get the feel of the place. "Feel" is an intangible. When it comes to choosing where you want to live, getting the feel first is something that can get skipped. How does TV 2021 feel to you? Do you think you would like the fit?

I can tell you that since we bought, as snowbirds, in 2013, after visiting and renting since 2007, the feel has changed. Some of that is due to the enormous growth of TV and what that is doing to the ratios of people to things they want to do. And there are other things that contribute to the feel of the place, too.

Bottom line: Get the feel.

Boomer

[George Page]

Originally Posted by Marathon Man

More myths about Southern Oaks that will not die.

Do the math......the further south you go, the thinner the amenities get. I walk to Sumter Landing not a food truck. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by George Page

Do the math......the further south you go, the thinner the amenities get. I walk to Sumter Landing not a food truck. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

The further south you go the more new amenities are being built that are unique to the southern villages. Not everyone wants to live within walking distance to the squares and listen to the noise all evening. Within the next 60 to 90 days it will be a short golf car ride to the squares if in fact we want to go that route, personally I would sooner take a car. We are less than 10 minutes from many great restaurants and also have the more relaxed atmosphere of Edna's on the green with adult beverages, entertainment, and the food trucks all of which are very popular and attract many people that live north of 44.

[Villagesgal]

Pick a property you like and a home plan that works for you. I'm on a championship golf course, love the view all these years later, had the house built, so it's exactly how we wanted it, still love the house too. Buy what you want, not what others may want. You will be living in it, not them. The County sprays for mosquitoes in season, so don't worry too much about that. Enjoy!

[DotComMom]

Originally Posted by l2ridehd

Everyone has a different opinion about this and what bothers them. However if it bothers anyone it impacts value and resale. So being next to the turnpike does not bother those that bought there, they will tell you the noise isn’t bad. For them it isn’t. But if you grew up in the country where you never heard traffic it would bother you. But if anything bother some folks it impacts value. So my response is what bothers others and therefor impacts value.

Being close or backing to a busy street, turn[ike, Morse, Stillwater, Buena Vista, etc.
Being next to or close to a treatment plant.
Being close to the power lines
Being close to the railraod tracks
Being close to a golf cart path
Being on the water. There are more bugs and critters.
Backing to another house. Kissing Lanai’s.
Being close to prior sinkholes.
Being close to the prisons and quarries.
Backing to a rec center
Being on a golf course next to a tee box
Backing to land not owned by the villages
Backing to any shopping venue.

Not all these things bother everyone. Some even seek some of these things out. But if you look at a pool of 100 buyers, some of them will not buy because of those items. And that impacts value. At one time I built spread sheets with resale value impact based on sales data. Just as an example, being next to the power line will impact your sale price by 9%. Now lots of folks near the XXXX will argue that they love being next to the XXXX. And I am sure they do. But not everyone does. And that is how you have to think about finding the best location.

Why “backing to land not owned by the The Villages”?

[kendi]

Originally Posted by sam&rog

Be careful in the new area as it is next to the turnpike and a quarry that blasts a couple of times a week.

We live in the new area and have never heard a blast. Turnpike is no big deal. It’s wonderful down here.

[John_W]

Originally Posted by DotComMom

Why “backing to land not owned by the The Villages”?

I can give you an example in my village of Tamarind Grove off St. Charles Blvd. Those who bought homes on the west side of TG on the streets Ansley Path and Tamarind Grove Run and in the Village of St. James on Chesapeake Place. When they purchased those homes new in 2011 and 2012 they had big open fields behind their homes with cows grazing. Here is a satellite map of how the land looked before 2017, the red line is TV boundary.

Google Maps

That all changed in 2017 when they started excavation there was a dust storm for six months in our area and those homes now have backyard views of the back of Lowes, Publix and soon to be built Apartments. That's Trailwinds Village, a commercial park. TV offered to buy the land but the City of Wildwood wouldn't approve the purchase, they didn't want another 2,000 new homes. Honestly I glad they didn't, the golf courses in our area would of been saturated and 466A would of been unbearable. I appreciate those new stores. The lesson learned is, vacant land in Florida unless it's protected will be built on someday.

Here is how it looks now. I didn't mention Beaumont Properties, they are due west of Trailwinds have been building townhomes, Apartments and single family homes for past year. Those are directly south of Tamarind Grove Run on the west end.

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by John_W

I can give you an example in my village of Tamarind Grove off St. Charles Blvd. Those who bought homes on the west side of TG on the streets Ansley Path and Tamarind Grove Run and in the Village of St. James on Chesapeake Place. When they purchased those homes new in 2011 and 2012 they had big open fields behind their homes with cows grazing. Here is a satellite map of how the land looked before 2017, the red line is TV boundary.

Google Maps

That all changed in 2017 when they started excavation there was a dust storm for six months in our area and those homes now have backyard views of the back of Lowes, Publix and soon to be built Apartments. That's Trailwinds Village, a commercial park. TV offered to buy the land but the City of Wildwood wouldn't approve the purchase, they didn't want another 2,000 new homes. Honestly I glad they didn't, the golf courses in our area would of been saturated and 466A would of been unbearable. I appreciate those new stores. The lesson learned is, vacant land in Florida unless it's protected will be built on someday.

Here is how it looks now. I didn't mention Beaumont Properties, they are due west of Trailwinds have been building townhomes, Apartments and single family homes for past year. Those are directly south of Tamarind Grove Run on the west end.

And all of those new homes and apartments will add to the congestion in the area, fill the squares, and many will join the championship courses. We looked at a re-sale home on the golf course across from the Beaumont property before we bought south of 44, the homeowner thought we would be excited to know that stores were coming so near to his house, we were not excited and chose not to buy it although it was a beautiful home.

[Just Me]

I think more than a few people suggested "what's annoying to you may not bother me" and vice-versa; also good advice to rent. I am near a major rec center and if we're on the lanai, it's "BOK-BOK -BOK-BOK-BOK" from Pickleball (okay, figure out which side won the point) nearly constantly. In addition, we live sort of west (on the west side of Buena Vista) and I've been surprised by the "train noise" (whistle, etc.) - everyone said, "Oh, you'll get used to it and won't even hear it after a while!" Uh, 5 years later and it's as loud as ever and still annoying. BUT - you have to mostly be outside to hear these things, and they're minor. It's terrific here, and I'll take these with what The Villages has to offer!

[Marathon Man]

Originally Posted by George Page

Do the math......the further south you go, the thinner the amenities get. I walk to Sumter Landing not a food truck. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

Did the math. Not true.

[Stu from NYC]

It seems like the more they build out the longer it takes for the amenities and shopping to follow.

At our age did not appeal to buy new and wait years for close by shopping and restaurants.

However ever should take the time to look around and make their own choices.