Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Spec home buyers DUE DILIGENCE QUESTION for new buyers
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If you want to cook with a certain energy source, be sure the house has the correct energy source installed. Many long term investments highly dependent on interest rates were caught way offsides with the latest round of interest rates, which is really a return back to a normal range. The developer, now being run by consultants as the current generation of owners don't have the same business experience as the founders, are being run with a growth and financial goals solely.. . not for quality any more or customer satisfaction. The first sign was the elimination of the custom built houses, which made this place unique and desirable for owners, just like the IKEA model. DYDD Due your Due Diligence |
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Heard something about gas/electric stoves. An outside Realtor told me that for the houses built around Brownwood, a deal was made with the developer to make all them with electric appliances. That’s why none of them are gas. Does this sound like it could be true?
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If, and when, the Bean Counters take over in any business, quality is always the first thing to suffer.
Then they start staff cuts, usually with the higher paid and most knowledgeable. Seen it many times over my working life. |
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I live in the Brownwood area, and there are NO gas lines to the houses, I am GUESSING the local gas company was not interested in the expense of installing all the infrastructure. I have neighbors that went the propane route and had large tanks installed underground.
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Marsh bend has both electric and gas, we chose electric and had the gas for hot water and a pipe for a gas grille next to the lanai good luck |
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I’m surprised anyone would choose electric. I hate cooking on it. But apart from that my bias probably comes from being a Massachusetts resident where electric heat would be cost prohibitive.
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& I'm the opposite. Given a choice I would chose electric for cooking. It may be a matter of what I am used to, I know how to use it, & the reasons often cited for gas superiority are reduced if not eliminated with the right user. I have had gas for cooking & currently do have a gas grill. I can use both.
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Unlike Massachusetts, where so called green energy sources are jammed down ratepayers throats, electricity is refreshingly affordable in The Villages. Trust me, I know, we own a home in each location.
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I was a boarder in a house up north for a year after college. An old 1800's Victorian with stained glass windows and circular staircase. They had a tiny kitchen with a potbellied wood stove they used for heat in the winter. The chimney for the thing went up between each bedroom, keeping the whole house warm. But we cooked on the stove too. When we weren't using it to cook, we kept a pan of water with eucalyptus leaves in it.
On super-cold nights they would sometimes also put wood in the walk-in fireplace in the living room. Super-toasty. They had a half-cord of wood delivered every year. They had an oil tank for central heat but they kept it off most of the time. |
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