Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Thank goodness for the POA!
The Property Owners Association of The Villages...of course.
After receiving my April issue today, I once again strongly advocate that it is the best $10 a year....any Villager will ever spend. Unless of course, you tend to react to truth and facts (and yes, sometimes "opinions") like a vampire does...to direct sunlight. In that case, the best advise I can give, would be to pull the curtains and lower the blinds...STAT! |
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Vacant homes for another. Since it won't link here, GOOGLE is your friend...but methinks you're already familiar with it. |
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Now, can you send me your address so I can sign up. They require that you're a Villages resident.. lol
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When/if you ever get here, I'll pay a 10 year membership...just for you.
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Moderator, please archive this for later.. lol
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No need...my word is my bond.
Heck, send me your address and I'll send a Benjamin to you now...to be used for later. |
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This surely can be linked....this appears on driveways all over The Villages and has for years...
Property Owners' Association of The Villages, Inc. TOTV is not owned or operated by The Villages..at least not to my knowledge. |
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Skimmed a couple of articles there just now, the one about vacant homes and weeds and overgrown shrubs and mold seemed pretty important. They're not allowed to do anything other than mow the lawn and weed, when a home is abandoned due to death or someone with Power of Attorney not understanding things or the owner no longer living there and not being able to afford the upkeep anymore.
Is it possible, and permissible, to have a volunteer emergency club that exists exclusively to assist with things like this? Surely some kind neighbors would love nothing more than to trim the hedges, sweep the outside porch, and hose off any mildew on the outside of the structure once every few weeks, swipe a swiffer on external windows, etc. There'd need to be some kind of criteria met - death and a prolonged probate period would qualify, as would a homeowner transferred to a memory care facility and the executor being overwhelmed and just needing someone to lend a hand with these kinds of details while they sort out the estate. Volunteers could sign a hold harmless, so there wouldn't be any insurance issues. There'd be no planting of new things, no beautification, no building, nothing like that. A free temporary short-term emergency service that would not infringe on the rights of commercial ventures who need to earn a living doing the same things. Just simple minor maintenance to minimize the risk of vermin, overgrowth, and decay, for a specified time period. |
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That is a good suggestion. There was a property like that in our area where the wind had blown the front door open and some neighbors noticed it and one called Community Watch. Who came, went inside and called the police. Had not seen anything in the news about a breaking and entering so assumed it had been the wind. I had been out walking the dog when the neighbor in that group called Community Watch and later saw two police cruisers heading to that address. That property did look pretty bad at the time of the wind pushing the front door open. Someone with the key must not have shut it all the way. It looks OK now that someone had finally moved in. The furniture had still be in it when the front door blew open. |
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Hey, Cold, I’ll see your $10 and raise you a few bucks. Yep. I sent them a few extra because my money is on sunlight, too. I can be quite pragmatic and so I can most certainly see that The Villages Corp. has done many things extremely well. (Had we not thought so, we never would have bought a house here.) I believe in balance of power, and the POA is the closest we can come — of course, it is nowhere near a balance, but the POA does provide a way to communicate with the developer and to assist with issues that sometimes develop for homeowners. I have often tried to explain that owning in TV is analogous to owning stock in a corporation. The decisions for any corporation are made by the upper echelon execs and the board. In publicly held businesses, stockholders can offer opinions at annual meetings or whenever. In reality, the corporation is going to do what is best for the corporation. But corporations want to keep stockholders happy, too, so that factors in — gotta keep that stock price up and running. The POA speaks up for the stockholders in this corporation we call home. I have never been able to understand why there are those who find that so offensive, especially when they, too, benefit. Our house got a brand new roof, materials and labor, all free of charge. That was after it was discovered that the shingles manufacturer had a bad run of shingles and a lot of them were in parts of the LSL area. The POA I know was quite helpful in this situation and seemed to work well with the developer. A homeowner alone could never have fought that battle. I think that shingles situation, a few years ago, was an excellent example of the POA working at its best — with the developer, but certainly not a puppet show. The VHA and the POA both have their place and purposes. But they are not the same thing. It is good to have both. Anyway, c’mon, Cold, kick in a few extra bucks. Let the sun shine on. poa4us.org Sincerely, Boomer — (Darn it. I posted. Been trying not to. Oh well, at least cutting back.) Last edited by Boomer; 04-04-2019 at 04:27 PM. Reason: Typo and another one |
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I seem to recall Blechman writing about the POA. History, organization, and operation of The Villages |
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