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Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2225930)

I have been here about two years and my wife is talking about moving. When we got here, we both agreed that we didn't want to back up to a lanai so we back up to a wall. Now, she is talking about getting a house with a view.

The Villages website refers to Home Golf Front Site, Golf View Site, Water Front Site, Water View Site, View Site, and Preserve Site.

Can anyone explain the differences between a Golf Front Site and a Golf View Site and a Water Front Site and a Water View Site and a regular View Site? Why isn't there a preserve view site?

Any pros or cons for these various sites?

I have seen complaints from people that live on golf courses - noise and golf balls in their back yards. Do people with view sites think that it is worth the premium price?

Only you can answer the question “is it worth it”.
“View” means doesn’t back up to site…..may be a narrow view across neighboring yard, or across the street. Sometimes the home May back to the golf course but limited or no view due to hills you can’t see over.

A true water “view” site will likely cost you about 150 K and the “designer” home you build on it won’t be so designer, but more like cookie-cutter prefabbed. Don’t count on much availability till after some more development is initiated south of the turnpike. Many of the view sites in Dabney and Denham aren’t really that great. Just be patient.

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Originally Posted by Dilligas (Post 2226413)

Our first house, a court yard villa, had a 2 car garage, small pool & was on an executive golf course. Unfortunately the golf cart path was very close to our back fence. No privacy & unless you're here full time a pool is a money pit. Now I'm in a courtyard villa, 2 car garage, on an executive golf course & path is on the other side. Love the beautiful view and large private courtyard. So many neighborhood pools & I've met a lot of nice people there! Good luck!

A golf front means your property backs up directly to the golf course. A golf view means you can see a golf course somewhere in the distance. You typically cannot look straight at it. You'll have to go outside to see it to the left or right or across the street. We have a golf front between the green and tee box so we are not in the line of fire for errant golf balls. We have not been woken up or bothered by lawn mowers at all. We love our view.