[Mass288]

Hi not sure if I am doing this right but here goes..here now lifestyle stay with my wife till Monday. The stay not my wife..love it here so far exciting and overwhelming...moving here from south of Boston in August. I have been following this site for about a year lots of nice folks helping out .we won t know anyone here so I will be asking a ton of questions . Get ready. Lol.

[Arlington2]

Congratulations on your pending move. And yes, it can be over whelming with too much to cover in one lifestyle visit. I suggest you focus on the one or two activities that you are keenly interested in. Get a copy of the Recreation News, available at the recreation centers, to find a club or activity that is of interest, and if lucky find one meeting while you are here. You will have ample time and opportunity to try new activities and club after your move.

[OCsun]

Originally Posted by Mass288

Hi not sure if I am doing this right but here goes..here now lifestyle stay with my wife till Monday. The stay not my wife..love it here so far exciting and overwhelming...moving here from south of Boston in August. I have been following this site for about a year lots of nice folks helping out .we won t know anyone here so I will be asking a ton of questions . Get ready. Lol.

Welcome! We moved here just over 12 years ago. Joined friends for their lifestyle visit and as the story goes, we bought too! We never moved here full time, instead we return to our summer home in Ocean City, MD, four months every summer. It works for us!

[CFrance]

Welcome!
My suggestion is to familiarize yourself with the search function on TOTV. It will answer some of the basic nuts-and-bolts questions, and for other things you can ask on here.

[Smalley]

Welcome! This site is great for getting information. Just finding your way around TV takes months!!!!

[Michael 61]

Welcome - And ask away! I did the same starting with my lifestyle visits last summer - learned a lot from the folks here at TOTV - most here will be kind and patient with you, as we all were ‘newbies” at some point. Congratulations on your journey to TV - you will love it here!

[villagetinker]

Welcome, there are several threads about coming to TV and getting your first house. There are differences between the older areas and the newer areas. I agree with most others, rent for a month or longer and look at different areas, we are more or less in the current center of TV (close the Brownwood) and love the area, almost everything is less than a 1 hour golf cart ride, most less than 30 minutes. Be sure you read the deed restrictions, many people do not and have trouble later, these are different in different areas of TV. Ask questions if you can of people in the area you are considering, some have more renters than others, we have very few, and almost no snowbirds. July and August tend to be hot months, look at your proposed house orientation, a west facing garage will be HOT. We found a North facing front, south facing lanai to be very nice. Houses on golf courses have good points and bad points, be sure to consider both, we specifically stated we did not want a water view or golf course view due to some of the concerns we had.
Hope this helps, and I hope you find your home.

[Taltarzac725]

Welcome. Been here in the Villages since June of 2005. Always miss it when I go somewhere else. Even with the roundabouts and the turn signals on when they turn in the other direction.

[BlkBlt6]

Welcome!

[Lisuccia]

Originally Posted by Mass288

Hi not sure if I am doing this right but here goes..here now lifestyle stay with my wife till Monday. The stay not my wife..love it here so far exciting and overwhelming...moving here from south of Boston in August. I have been following this site for about a year lots of nice folks helping out .we won t know anyone here so I will be asking a ton of questions . Get ready. Lol.

Welcome!!!

[Freeda]

Welcome! We're in our 16th year here and it just keeps getting better! Ask away!

[La lamy]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

Welcome, there are several threads about coming to TV and getting your first house. There are differences between the older areas and the newer areas. I agree with most others, rent for a month or longer and look at different areas, we are more or less in the current center of TV (close the Brownwood) and love the area, almost everything is less than a 1 hour golf cart ride, most less than 30 minutes. Be sure you read the deed restrictions, many people do not and have trouble later, these are different in different areas of TV. Ask questions if you can of people in the area you are considering, some have more renters than others, we have very few, and almost no snowbirds. July and August tend to be hot months, look at your proposed house orientation, a west facing garage will be HOT. We found a North facing front, south facing lanai to be very nice. Houses on golf courses have good points and bad points, be sure to consider both, we specifically stated we did not want a water view or golf course view due to some of the concerns we had.
Hope this helps, and I hope you find your home.

He said they're moving in TV in August, so I think they've already found a place.

[Bridget Staunton]

Poor english. Write full sentence so we understand. Thank you

[CAReid]

Originally Posted by Mass288

Hi not sure if I am doing this right but here goes..here now lifestyle stay with my wife till Monday. The stay not my wife..love it here so far exciting and overwhelming...moving here from south of Boston in August. I have been following this site for about a year lots of nice folks helping out .we won t know anyone here so I will be asking a ton of questions . Get ready. Lol.

We moved down 13 years ago this July from Springfield, MA. The scariest thing for me were the roundabouts. Get a brochure, watch a video. I used to go out early in the morning and drive the boulevards to get practice and get use to signage. Sounds silly, but it helped me acclimate to my new surroundings.

[Sherrilee]

Hi We are from North of Boston .and packed up and moved here full time in 2015. Difficult for me at first but in a few months -with no snow began to live it. Don’t take too much New England furniture as we had yard sale and sold everything.. would love to meet sometime.