[Dusty_Star]

Originally Posted by jebartle

I must ADVISE, every night every wild critter known to mankind has pooped in your yard and the kicker, they don't have anyone picking up after them. I always wondered what our dog Moses thought about me following him around and when that very special moment arrived, I would grab the PRIZE, yipsters!!!!!

Yes! I'm convinced my pup thinks I have a weird poop obsession.

[OhioBuckeye]

Do you get a discount if you don’t have a dog?

[Garywt]

We generally don’t use the dog parks. Ours went up to $187 in January rather than the usual March which is our anniversary date. An $11 increase which is the largest we have seen but still a bargain. Too much to enjoy here to worry about any increases.

[joelfmi]

using a spread sheet and taking into all the fees and tax with cdd bonds about 4k a month. Thats not cheap

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by joelfmi

using a spread sheet and taking into all the fees and tax with cdd bonds about 4k a month. Thats not cheap

Throw in a mortgage, a couple of cruises, and dinners at nice steak places and it goes up even more. What's your point?

What is the cost at an equivalent retirement community? Is there even an equivalent retirement community to compare the Villages to? I don't like paying taxes either but I suspect that the combination of state taxes, property taxes, maintenance fees, and amenity fees is significantly less here and with many more amenities here.

As others have asked, do you even live here?

[gobuck827]

Originally Posted by joelfmi

using a spread sheet and taking into all the fees and tax with cdd bonds about 4k a month. Thats not cheap

Your are paying $48K a year in fees, taxes and cdd bonds?

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by gobuck827

Your are paying $48K a year in fees, taxes and cdd bonds?

Good catch.

Maybe $450/month for property tax, school tax, bond, and maintenance fee and another $250 or so for water, sewer, trash, and amenities. Less than $800 per month.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by La lamy

Are you serious?!

Our pickleball courts in TV are taken care of by our amenities fees and are not available to the general public. So no, they are not free. But the ones in any public area in most cities in the world are.

You said "up north"... Since I know you live in the northern end of of TV, one could easily come to the conclusion that you were talking about that area.

So, yes... I was serious...

But if you want to get into the "semantics" of pickleball and executive golf "aren't really free" nonsense, count me out...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by La lamy

That's a very judgemental thing to say. Like I said, this is a retirement heaven that I have no regret investing in.

Methinks the poster was just trying to make a point about the inanity of the original post... Hence the "see, we can all do that" comment...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye

Do you get a discount if you don’t have a dog?

Yes, the very same discount you get if you don't play pickleball...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by joelfmi

using a spread sheet and taking into all the fees and tax with cdd bonds about 4k a month. Thats not cheap

Who is paying $4K/month?

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Throw in a mortgage, a couple of cruises, and dinners at nice steak places and it goes up even more. What's your point?

What is the cost at an equivalent retirement community? Is there even an equivalent retirement community to compare the Villages to? I don't like paying taxes either but I suspect that the combination of state taxes, property taxes, maintenance fees, and amenity fees is significantly less here and with many more amenities here.

As others have asked, do you even live here?

He left, some time ago... But he still feels the need to trash the place...