Crick is a variant of creek originating in the U.S., where it reflects a dialectal pronunciation of the word for a small, shallow stream. Crick might be nonstandard, but it is established enough to be considered an alternative form, and it is even listed in some dictionaries.

Plenty of realtors lie. I have met them. Caveat emptor.

South of 44, the most of the rentention areas tend to cover several acres and be be more linear, winding through the community giving the impression of being along a winding river. They quickly attract all forms of wildlife that was not in the previous pastureland.

The water table is high so even the new lakes fill rapidly on their own. Never seen a pond get lower than the top of the pipes connecting the lakes.

Homes backing to these areas sell for as much as $100k or higher relative to homes not on water.

I have a pond behind my house. Call it what you want. I love hearing the birds. Watching the fish get picked out by Ospreys or getting speared by Inhingas. The random Eagle is a bonus. The golf course behind the pond does draw from it so the water level is generally really good. No wall to smack me in the face or noisy neighbor. I happily paid more for this. Live in a Courtyard Villa so I have great privacy. “ Private “ entrance into the Villas is wonderful. We all pick what we want. I don’t criticize folks that like the wall 10’ from their lanai. Or those that have bushes behind their lanai to hide their neighbors lanai 20’ from theirs. If they are happy; Good. Never considered my house as waterfront. But, I do tell folks I have a beautiful pond and golf course view.

Agree! LOL. They stink when they start drying up too. Really gross.

It would have stated water view or pond view. If you are on a pond, which is part of a golf course, they always have water - never dry!

I bought a "lakefront" house - our pond is quite large with a preserve behind it. On the sales map it plainly said the area where the pond was "may or may not contain water. The bigger grime to me is that many of these ponds are overrun with weeds and other growth that was not there during the sales cycle.

Isn’t nature wonderful………..

You saying lake Miona is a pond it is below 466.

As far as I know a pond has water in it so if you can see it it is a water view.

It's what unedumacated yankees call a creek.

"Crick is a variant of creek originating in the U.S., where it reflects a dialectal pronunciation of the word for a small, shallow stream. Crick might be nonstandard, but it is established enough to be considered an alternative form, and it is even listed in some dictionaries.

Waterfront
 

Looks more like water back home as it is the rear of the home. So false advertising.

Or,
A crick in the neck is a stiffness in the muscles that surround your lower neck and shoulder blades, often caused by sleeping in an awkward position or moving your neck in an abnormal way.

Back in the late 80's I bought ocean front property in the Dominican Republic. When I looked at the property it was 1 good 50 yards to the water. They dug to the property. Not sure if that'd be allowed in the US.

A Crick is a pain in the neck or upper back, shoulder. When it rains ol Aunt Gurdie get that crick in her neck.

Has anyone bothered to check with the body of water? It may look like a puddle, act like a puddle, but identify itself a lake.

I believe they are referred to as a view site by the developer.

No they're not... It's a trade association.

Their real estate license (the same license that TV agents have) defines the "code of ethics"...

And Lake Deaton is between 466A and 44, as well...

A pain in the neck... Like this thread...

True. I know people who back to the ponds and the view is beautiful. Some are better than others.

In our case, pie shaped lot, almost no front yard, lots of back yard, and no kissing lanai, think of a lot on a cul de sac, or the outside bend in a road.

north of 446
 

there are a lot of small natural lakes and large ponds north of 466, I live on lake Lago, never knew it had a name until a old timer told me, waterfront or Waterview has many definitions. It depends on where you come from or what you expect I agree there are many retention ponds that dry up but there are a lot of man-made ponds that are out there and there's quite a few natural ones so it's up to the person buying what their definition is of waterfront view is. my bride of 55 years which I survived looked at 105 homes before she found this one on the lake and then behind the lake, there was a Golf Course, true I was getting ready to go into the lake and drown myself, but we found what we want. It took time, the Lord blessed us, so we have a few shackle, it's only up to a couple or the person what they consider a water view , their opinion is the one that counts ,not me, not you, because they're gonna live there,

Water in the rear is referred to as waterfront in real estate. It usually isn’t in the front of a home.

Really? You've never heard of "Ocean Front" homes? Do you really think the front door is off the beach, or is it on the road on the other side of the house?

We didn’t have the desire to live on a Village waterfront view home because of costs and a desire to have an ocean view. So, we live in the Villages in a less expensive house but have a condo in Hudson with a good view of the Gulf waters. I am not sure in the long run which will come out ahead money wise. View wise the condo can’t be beat.

LOL, don't know about "sucking brains out" part, but at least there seems to be a lot or home for everyone's desire ! We were fortunate enough to have rented a number of times for a month or more before buying a lot for our future home... we were here in a very dry year and able to take advantage of the "aroma" of dying fish during a dry year... so needless to say, it helped us choose the location of our lot. Others are able to over look the negatives of some years, in order to enjoy the pleasant views of other years: duck swimming with their new hatch-lings, the sight of white pelicans forming a "fishing ring" circle by touching their wings and "beating" them on the water's surface to force fish to the top of the water, and so on.

Especially so this time of year when the tax bill comes !

Not sure about everywhere, but have relatives in Missouri and in rural Missouri a "crick" is a "creek".

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Not sure about everywhere, but have relatives in Missouri and in rural Missouri a "crick" is a "creek"

If one looks at The Villages new lots for sale not one waterfront or golf front lot appears to be available. Also I did a quick scan for lots which had a neighbor on just one side - very few. Do these water or golf lots sell as fast as they hit the market or is there a different sales technique applied. Many lots available seem to have premiums of $89K and these are not water or golf lots - how much are the premium for these ?

now THAT is funny! :loco:

[QUOTE=wolfie;2276115... I live on lake Lago, never knew it had a name until an old timer told me, waterfront or Waterview has many definitions... [/QUOTE]

That's kinda funny, your lake's name is "Lake Lake." I'm sure most here know "Lago" is the Spanish word for "lake."

As a kid crick was something you could walk across in less than 12” of moving water.

A creek was something you could could drown in up north we have lakefront property that we refer to the lake house. Good size lake that one can swim, ski, tube, or in the middle a great sand bar.

Here we have a water view, that never lost water, but not at any time would one want to step in it, gator included

In TV One can have view lot, or lake living, but again not a lake that I would use.

Ah yes. Some are. My dear realtor lied not only orally but also in writing. However, having been in real estate myself, not in Florida, it was not a deal breaker. I just never believed a word they said. Checked out everything independently, wrote into the agreement what I agreed to and … all is well.

There are usually several buyers waiting for each waterfront or golf front lot that is released and yes they sell usually the day they are released. Today an $89,000 lot premium most likely offers nothing but possibly a wall in the back.

Depending on the view, premium could be upwards of $250K...

Can they be "waterfront" homes if the water is behind them? Hmmmmm.

Tell me you didn't read the thread without telling me you didn't read the thread...

LOL ! :1rotfl:

Ponds, lakes, rivers, creeks: don’t all of these contain water? Does your property front on some kind of water then?
The only thing I don’t like here is that the real estate agent from the villages will state that this piece of water might not always be here. It could be dry tomorrow and full a month from now. But I’ve seen huge lakes (let’s say Lake Mead) that if I lived on that lake, boat access and views would have drastically changed throughout the years.