[BPRICE1234]

We just moved here about 3 weeks ago. So far everyone has been so nice. We have met people from all over and heard many great stories.

We have on two occasions overheard people mention their age, in their 30s and 40s that live in the villages. They are full "members" and golf all the courses and do all the classes. How does this happen?

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by BPRICE1234

We just moved here about 3 weeks ago. So far everyone has been so nice. We have met people from all over and heard many great stories.

We have on two occasions overheard people mention their age, in their 30s and 40s that live in the villages. They are full "members" and golf all the courses and do all the classes. How does this happen?

They bought a home and pay amenity fees - just like it happens for everyone else.

Look at your deed restrictions and find the paragraph that mentions age.

[melpetezrinski]

Originally Posted by BPRICE1234

We just moved here about 3 weeks ago. So far everyone has been so nice. We have met people from all over and heard many great stories.

We have on two occasions overheard people mention their age, in their 30s and 40s that live in the villages. They are full "members" and golf all the courses and do all the classes. How does this happen?

Only 80% of the homes need to be occupied by at least one person 55 years of age or older.

[biggamefish1]

We live in a %80-%20 over 55 community. They have every right to live here being under 55 as over 55 does. Google 55 and over communities in Florida.

[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by BPRICE1234

We just moved here about 3 weeks ago. So far everyone has been so nice. We have met people from all over and heard many great stories.

We have on two occasions overheard people mention their age, in their 30s and 40s that live in the villages. They are full "members" and golf all the courses and do all the classes. How does this happen?

Because it is a federal law that even a planned retirement community must allow up to 10% (at least it used to be 10, perhaps it's been raised now ?) residents who do not meet the target for the development... in this case, age. However, no one had ever figured out WHO, HOW OFTEN, and HOW RIGIDLY, any of this is checked and recorded !

[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by biggamefish1

We live in a %80-%20 over 55 community. They have every right to live here being under 55 as over 55 does. Google 55 and over communities in Florida.

Correct, though I believe it when it first started it was 10%, but I may be wrong. The HUGE problem in my opinion is the "anything goes" age for those renting 1, 2, or even 3 nights. The one night in and out, all night now teen "visitors", pull up 2:30 a.m., HONK the horn, then go to door and go in, constant.... but other than the usual horn honk (which "seems" to be the signal to come to open the door ?), no loud noise, music, etc. ! ?

[dewilson58]

[TimTinNewell]

Originally Posted by Pairadocs

Correct, though I believe it when it first started it was 10%, but I may be wrong. The HUGE problem in my opinion is the "anything goes" age for those renting 1, 2, or even 3 nights. The one night in and out, all night now teen "visitors", pull up 2:30 a.m., HONK the horn, then go to door and go in, constant.... but other than the usual horn honk (which "seems" to be the signal to come to open the door ?), no loud noise, music, etc. ! ?

Pretty sure that horn honk is a signal the car is being locked from the key fob. That drives me crazy, btw. I remember staying in a hotel one time near the interstate. About every five minutes a horn would honk. I finally got up and went to look outside. There was a drunk guy sitting in his car. He would fall asleep, fall forward, honk the horn with his head and wake himself up! HaHaHa!

[Bitsee]

Did you not notice your outside surroundings when you were in the process of purchasing a home here ?

The Villages is now this huge sprawling metropolis with a Leesburg zip code and 4 other ones ! There are so many people of all ages everywhere you go in The Villages...not really a big surprise in my opinion.

Many pools are full of children of all ages at various times of day, golf carts are being driven by very young children, and the recreation centers are geared now for the young people as well with thier gaming rooms that were incorporated into them.

The majority of people occupying our cul-du-sac here are very young and still work because they are under the age of 50.
Another part of our neighborhood consists of young AirB tenants that change weekly.

I no longer consider The Villages this charming Idyllic retirement community that it WAS 16 years ago because the whole concept here and now has changed....it is for anyone that can afford to buy in here to enjoy everything that The Villages offers.
It's defiantly more about the
" Active Lifestyle " being offered and the word retirement is not even mentioned or come into play when young people purchase homes in here now.

However, It is kinda sad for us old folks that truly remember this place and it's original concept of 55+ retirement when we bought in here so many moons ago , a different world indeed....

[JGibson]

Originally Posted by melpetezrinski

Only 80% of the homes need to be occupied by at least one person 55 years of age or older.

This is not enforced and never will be. TV is entirely too large for them to spend resources trying to monitor it.

The only exception might be very young children.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by JGibson

This is not enforced and never will be. TV is entirely too large for them to spend resources trying to monitor it.

The only exception might be very young children.

Do you have anything to back up that claim?

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by Bitsee

I no longer consider The Villages this charming Idyllic retirement community that it WAS 16 years ago because the whole concept here and now has changed....it is for anyone that can afford to buy in here to enjoy everything that The Villages offers.
It's defiantly more about the
" Active Lifestyle " being offered and the word retirement is not even mentioned or come into play when young people purchase homes in here now.

However, It is kinda sad for us old folks that truly remember this place and it's original concept of 55+ retirement when we bought in here so many moons ago , a different world indeed....

Not sure where you bought 16 years ago, but in 2007 we in our early 50s buying a home, and some people we met were in their 40s, buying homes in LSL area. So young under 55 have always owned here. As the northern residents move because of health, or death, 40&50 yo residents buying homes look pretty young to 80 and 90 yo.

[Battlebasset]

We purchased here when we were 54. The way it was explained to us was that as long as you met the requirements of a person 55 or over (no underage children), you could purchase here.

I have seen some in our neighborhood where their adult child lives with them, and sometimes they have a child (single mother situation) for a brief period of time until they can find a place, get job/childcare, etc. I for one like seeing younger people/kids and as long as they aren't causing problems, I really don't care.

I'm more annoyed by the old people, like the ones I saw at the Brownwood square last Friday night, smoking pot in their golf cart parked at the square, stinking up the place. It's people like this, who can't just do it in the confines of their house, that will make me vote against legalizing it in November.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Pairadocs

Because it is a federal law that even a planned retirement community must allow up to 10% (at least it used to be 10, perhaps it's been raised now ?) residents who do not meet the target for the development... in this case, age. However, no one had ever figured out WHO, HOW OFTEN, and HOW RIGIDLY, any of this is checked and recorded !

Not true. A 55+ designated community MAY restrict residency to 100% 55 or older. The law says that a 55+ designated must have at least 80% properties occupied by at least 1 person 55 or older. That means the other 20% MAY also be 55+, if the community chooses. That's what "at least" means, legally. Minimum 80%, maximum 100%.

OUR community is an 80/20. So UP TO 20% of homes MAY have people under 55 living in them, with no one 55 or older living in them. HOWEVER - no one under 19 may live in The Villages.

So if those 30-somethings decide to have kids, they'll need to move.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by JGibson

This is not enforced and never will be. TV is entirely too large for them to spend resources trying to monitor it.

The only exception might be very young children.

Not true.........................you forgot the concept of "little old ladies with clipboards".

This has worked and will work.