Visiting for the second time to look at homes the middle of April, hope to relocate this summer.

We just returned from 8 days in The Villages and had a fabulous time. What an awesome place. Hubby retires in 3 years and then, Villages here we come.

Wannabe nah; future TV resident!
 

Wannabe!?!?!?! Heck no we're "future Villages residents" no two ways about it!

First discovered TV in 1998 and was told I was crazy to want to live in central Florida so I never mentioned it again until a friend told us that's where she was going after retiring from her job here in Boston. Believe it or not February 2007 after the Tornadao blasted through TV and in the middle of The Superbowl the decision to move to TV was made. Originally we had planned on this year as the one we became residents of TV but due to the economy and other circumstances beyond our control maybe next year is the year.

We'll be in TV this April for about 8 days to visit with friends, party and look at some homes.

Hope to get together with anyone who's up for it while we're there!

Just was there
 

Just was at TV, returned with more questions then before. Seems a lot of people we talked to are very concerned of the upcoming (?) law suits against TV and/or the family. Leaving some wondering of the future of TV.

Any other thoughts (this was discussed two nights at the Sumter music with just people we talked to (or should say they talked to us).

Soon-to-be
 

:2excited: No we are not wanna bes, that is not anymore. We signed a contract on 3/31/09 in Duval. We have been on numerous lifestyle tours over the last 20 years and can't wait for settelment June 18. We purchased a Begonia and will be arriving as soon as we sell our Maryland home. So I guess we are soon-to-bes.

Hopefully, within the year!!
Sooner would be better.

Congrats "elevatorman". Finally did it after 20 yrs. Wow!!! Good luck on the sale of your home.

F16

Hi,

There is a thread with a lot of information on this. The columnist from the Orlando Sentinel initiated it. You could do a search on bonds and sentinel and probably find it. LOTS of good info there.

I make my point pretty clear in posts on that thread, so don't want to beat it to death, but I do not consider reporters who string together a lot of half truths in an alarmist fashion to be credible.

Kate

Kate

Half True
 

Thanks, it's hard enough to make a good decision and on top have people who add 'statements' that are maybe half true at best.


Thanks to anyone and everyone who will be honest about TV. To the others please don't post without facts.

aj

We are still "gonnabe's". The house is getting a lot of traffic now that it is back on the market (it needed a rest during the winter). We sure are hoping this time makes us potential "frogs". We're getting tired of only being able to visit our home in Amelia.

QUOTE=Pookirgirl;195613]Yes.... we are definitely wannabees! We are presently in TV for only one more week...sigh...
Not looking forward to our return to Jersey. Our home has been on the market for 2 years and we are getting soo discouraged.
We want to get here more than ever![/QUOTE]

:agree: Also a discouraged wannabe.

I stumbled across this thread when doing a search for clubs.

I came to TV for the first time fours years ago. I was blown away that something could be so beautiful and wonderful and was dying to move as soon as possible. I couldn't move at that time but that's a long and boring story.

I am also having trouble selling my condo as I live in condo city, (many choices), and the board of directors took out a loan, (AKA - assessment), for all residents without their vote which makes selling almost impossible. :mad:

Last night, my next door neighbor informs me that she had gotten an offer after being on the market for about two years and hopes her potential buyer can get a mortgage. She also informed me that she will pay the assessment as this is the only way she can sell. I hope she can escape this crazy place and I can follow. At this moment, I am very discouraged as I've had my condo on the market since Jan/2010.

I was having dinner with friends Sunday night and Barbara remarked to me, "Do you remember when you were counting down the days when you could retire"?
That countdown ended November2010, and Thursday is my birthday and marks the one year anniversary of when I was planning on moving to TV, (countdown is zero, minus 365 days, still counting and way overdue).

I came down for a LSV in September of this year and met several TOTV members at Crisper’s including KathieI, (The Mayor).

My new plan is to shoot for spring of 2011 as I don't think it will sell over the holidays.

Worst case scenario is spring of 2012. For right now, I can keep my dream alive by the wonderful members on TOTV to keep me from losing it. I keep on working to keep my mind off of “How much I want 2 B N T V”.

Thank you for listening to my tale of woe.

Oh Yeah!
 

Just returned home from our 2nd lifestyle visit. Will put our home on the market in April next year until it sells! Then rent for a few till we find that right house and from then on....... FROGS! Woo Hoo!!

We,ve talked of little else for two years now. But now that we put a deposit on a lot in Tamarind Grove, we'll be spending our 3rd visit, starting thursday, picking interior finishes instead of wishing....Gonnabe

Bought Sept. 2009 and hope to be full time by the spring of 2012.

Yes we are. I will retire at the end of February, and we will become FROGS as soon as we can sell the house in VA. Of course, who knows how long that might take!

B.

Uptown Girl and I came home from our Life Style Visit in September convinced this is where we would want to retire. I have several years left to work but since I travel a lot and work from my home when I don't travel where we live doesn't matter.

I wanted to have a knee replacement done with a Doctor I like. The surgery was a week ago today and I came home on Thursday. Already started the Physical Therapy and hopefully will be done with everything by early December. We will probably wait until after Superbowl to list our home and hope to see by springtime.

Count me in!

The plan: :2excited:

Put the house on the market ASAP - need to sell by June 27th (2011) so I'm trying to price to sell;

Visit TV in Jan to househunt (hoping to buy);

Retire as soon as I sell (or sooner if I really can't stand my job one more minute);

Move to TV;

Relax;

Enjoy life :MOJE_whot:

taylor111947:

Amen!

Yep, me too
 

We are Wannabe's but may remain so for several years. My hubby is 56 and he will need to work to have insurance...no early retirement for us. He can't seem to find a job there so we remain Wannabe's.:cus:

This Mar will be our 5th visit and we do enjoy it while we are there.

We are happy where we are up North...we get to see the Grandkids and enjoy friends here. Don't want to waist half of my life unhappy with what I do have.

We do want to move there too...it is just sooo beautiful with such beautiful people there.

We hope to move if the Good Lord allows and if the Crik don't rise.

S

GonnaB
 

June won't come soon enough and I can retire from the insanity of 24/7 teaching and lesson plans. Lot is almost paid for, house plan and most interior packages picked out. One small bump in the road.............We need to sell this house!!!!:censored:

Hope2B
 

We had hoped not to shovel another flake, but the NJ housing market has other plans. Maybe in 2011!!

Yes I'm a "WANNABE". Wanted to move 4 or 5 years ago:cry: Wife won't retire. Stuck in NJ. :cry::grumpy::sad:

Another Wannabee!
 

I am another Wannabee. I would move to TV tomorrow, but I'm still 5+ years from leaving my current job...unless my current job leaves me first...Then there's the health insurance dilemma...got to keep working to get health insurance coverage. I'm hoping to rent a place in TV during summer of 2011 for a week or two and then maybe for a week in the fall of 2011. Now if I won the lottery...all of my problem would be solved.

We bought a lot in Buttonwood this past July. We will put our home on the market in Feb 2011 and then begin building our dream home in The Villages. We will be full time residents.

I can hardly wait to hit the golf courses, swim, dance and hang with my new found friends and family. My parents moved to TV five years ago, they are thriving with life and spark.

We'll be there soon!!!

2012
 

We hope that we will be down there to start to look next year.
We are just trying to figure out new or used.
So many options.

We are definitely wannabees, we first visited for 2 days/nights in June 2008 and we were impressed. At that time we still needed to sell our house in Pa and we thought we wanted to move back to Virginia Beach area where we had lived before for 20+ years. We are returning to TV for a 6 day lifestlye preview after Thanksgiving and we hope that after drinking the "koolaid" and sampling "the bubble" that we will be sold on becoming gonnabees!

Sue and Gary:beer3:

I like the Gonnabe attitude! --because it's gonna happen...someday. Im 47 and have about 10 more years left in my career before I retire. My wife and I have been to TV twice thru the LSV program. First time in 2009 and again in the summer of 2010. We love the lifestyle, friendliness, the calmness and the safety/security which TV offers. We both can't wait to become involved with clubs, programs, activities and enjoy the company of new friends! By the time I retire and we are ready to make the move, Brownwood area will be complete and we will most likely be south of 466A. See Ya Soon!! :beer3:

We too are members of that club!

Definite gonnabe
 

Color me a gonnabe. First visit was in 2005. Several more visits and lots of lurking on TOTV. Closed on home in Bellaire in March 2010. :a040:

Maybe we can move full-time in 2012. Several more Ohio winters to survive.

Still the Wannabee ~~
 

My wannabee dream is following my youth :cryin2:

As of today 12 months and counting!!!
 

:beer3: It's my 65th today! Medicare what a great birthday gift from Uncle Sam.
Now the TV countdown:pepper2::bowdown: