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JMintzer 11-20-2023 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by rustyp (Post 2276151)
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 ?
Depending on the view, premium could be upwards of $250K...

dhdallas 11-20-2023 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2275824)
Only in The Villages, would someone say this was a "Waterfront Home".

Where do people get this stuff? You have a retention or detention pond in the neighborhood and now you have "waterfront property"?

& I read stories all the time, about people complaining they bought "waterfront" homes and the drainage basin are dry. That's what they're for. Sometimes they're dry, sometimes they're wet and become mosquito incubators.

It's like those overpasses that say "Welcome to The Villages" in huge letters, is actually a force field, that sucks people's brains out, when they drive under them.

This was posted yesterday, on Facebook.
Can they be "waterfront" homes if the water is behind them? Hmmmmm.

JMintzer 11-20-2023 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by dhdallas (Post 2276211)
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...

Lee55 11-20-2023 10:42 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2275824)
Only in The Villages, would someone say this was a "Waterfront Home".

Where do people get this stuff? You have a retention or detention pond in the neighborhood and now you have "waterfront property"?

& I read stories all the time, about people complaining they bought "waterfront" homes and the drainage basin are dry. That's what they're for. Sometimes they're dry, sometimes they're wet and become mosquito incubators.

It's like those overpasses that say "Welcome to The Villages" in huge letters, is actually a force field, that sucks people's brains out, when they drive under them.

This was posted yesterday, on Facebook.
LOL ! :1rotfl:

huge-pigeons 11-21-2023 06:23 AM
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.

Singerlady 11-21-2023 06:29 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2275824)
Only in The Villages, would someone say this was a "Waterfront Home".

Where do people get this stuff? You have a retention or detention pond in the neighborhood and now you have "waterfront property"?

& I read stories all the time, about people complaining they bought "waterfront" homes and the drainage basin are dry. That's what they're for. Sometimes they're dry, sometimes they're wet and become mosquito incubators.

It's like those overpasses that say "Welcome to The Villages" in huge letters, is actually a force field, that sucks people's brains out, when they drive under them.

This was posted yesterday, on Facebook.
That’s OUR waterfront. Sounds like you’re unhappy here. There’s lots of ‘real’ Florida waterfront elsewhere, but $$$$.

beckylou152 11-21-2023 07:02 AM
Lake Okahumpka
 
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Originally Posted by shut the front door (Post 2275892)
I live in The Villages on a named lake that is neither a retention nor detention pond. They do exist here, and according to TV, all that are fishable are above 466. All of the fishable waters below 466 are ponds.
Is Lake Okahumpka a lake? Lake Deaton?

phojo 11-21-2023 07:03 AM
They can ask for more money.

keithwand 11-21-2023 07:15 AM
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Waterfront

Pondboy 11-21-2023 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by jimdecastro (Post 2276058)
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.
So are those weeds, or beneficial aquatic plants? If weeds, call The Villages Property Management and complain. The contractor hired to maintain the pond might not be doing their job.

BrianL99 11-21-2023 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Altavia (Post 2276049)

They quickly attract all forms of wildlife that was not in the previous pastureland.

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A more accurate description would be:

"They eventually replace the prior/existing wildlife, with an eco-system more compatible with residential development"

Altavia 11-21-2023 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2276280)
A more accurate description would be:

"They eventually replace the prior/existing wildlife, with an eco-system more compatible with residential development"
Nope, it was tax exempt pasture land filled with future McDonald's hamburgers that fertilized the sod farms.

Lyarham 11-21-2023 09:17 AM
Complainer
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2275824)
Only in The Villages, would someone say this was a "Waterfront Home".

Where do people get this stuff? You have a retention or detention pond in the neighborhood and now you have "waterfront property"?

& I read stories all the time, about people complaining they bought "waterfront" homes and the drainage basin are dry. That's what they're for. Sometimes they're dry, sometimes they're wet and become mosquito incubators.

It's like those overpasses that say "Welcome to The Villages" in huge letters, is actually a force field, that sucks people's brains out, when they drive under them.

This was posted yesterday, on Facebook.
This person should move on to somewhere else since the beautiful villages isn’t good enough for them

rustyp 11-21-2023 09:25 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2276280)
A more accurate description would be:

"They eventually replace the prior/existing wildlife, with an eco-system more compatible with residential development"
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

BrianL99 11-21-2023 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Altavia (Post 2276307)
Nope, it was tax exempt pasture land filled with future McDonald's hamburgers that fertilized the sod farms.

Ahhh ....

Of course. The denuding of 1000's of acres of pasture land to make room for residential development is always big a win-win for the environment.


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