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We are using a local very small company. He was one of my jurors (I was the Jury Commissioner) and he bid on our job and came in $2,000 less than the big guys. They have all the insurance but they are a rent a truck kind of company. I really hope we're doing the right thing. (Do you notice a thread through my threads????? I worry a lot!!!!!)

jdudik, I don't have the new map of TV so I don't know how close we are but if you say your right around the corner then you have to stop by the new Reedy Homestead!!!

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DD, make sure either they or you take an inventory that's agreed on by both parties. Without it, you're DOA on any claims. The inventory should also show any current damage to furniture, i.e. scratches etc.

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jjdees,

Your right. We are taking pictures etc. There is very little furnature, it's more boxes than anything but we'll see.

And Villages 07 - We have your pictures and THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!! All of our friends and family now have them!! You are soo cool. :bigthumbsup: :bigthumbsup:

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Hey DD

Just got back from 4 days at the cottage and what a surprise ... you've already bought!! Good for you, it is nice to see you so excited. Congratulations!! :welcome: Sounds like Duval is a great Village with friendly people. We also bought sight unseen, last May, but the online video was so helpful. So we are nutty too!! We will be arriving October 26 with our two dogs for our first stay in our new Villa (4 years old, not new). So we'll meet you then. ;D

We need furniture like crazy and are hoping to pick up some "gently used" furniture .. I heard there is a place called "Bargains and Treasures" which is good .. does anyone know of that place? We are bringing an inflatable bed from Canada; that may be our only furniture for a while. We want to have some fun when we arrive and not spend all our time shopping!!

I am so excited for you, and for me, and for everyone else who is moving to TV. Finally, we can start living the good life that we are have been looking forward to!

We're in Belmont Villas, does anyone out there live in the Village of Belevedere?

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Barefoot,

Try Caren's Classy Cottage for consignment buys as well. She is in Fruitland Park and took our entire home of furnishings and was able to sell them quickly. She picks up and sells from TV at very reasonable prices.

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Patty, thanks, that is great info. :#1: I will indeed try CCC and hope to get lucky. It would be super to buy a whole houseful of furniture in one visit!! We are hoping to find someone in TV who wants to sell everything (even kitchen stuff and a golf cart) so we have a "turn key" situation. Do you know of any other way to find people who are selling all contents? I have spotted ads for one or two pieces of furniture on TOTV, but I've never seen an ad for all contents .. maybe I don't know where to look! Thanks again Patty, much appreciated.

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first post, just joined the forum. visited tv in july, closed on a house in duval one month later. will be part time resident for at least one year though will be visiting every six weeks or so for 5 days at a clip.

hello to all and looking forward to meeting you.

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Hi and welcome. You'll love TOTV. Please visit often.

JLK
Administrator, TOTV

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Before you go for your preview stay (or post view) check with your realtor. We did the same thing as you. We were to come down for a preview stay at the cottages at Lake Sumter Landing at a cost of $100/night to us. In the mean time we found a house we fell in love with on TV web site and put a purchase agreement on it before we came down for our preview stay. Our realtor informed us that now that we were technically owners now we were not intidled to stay at the cottages and or the preview visit and when we come to close we would have to find a hotel. My wife and I were a little disheartened to say the least since we were never down for the preview before and you hear from others who were wined and dined by TV before purchasing a home there. We still love our house and the lifestyle but that one incident sure left us with a bitter taste before we even got there.

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Now that's not a good way to treat a new buyer. I'd like to believe that if the employees got management involved, there would have been a different outcome. Shame on them. Quite tacky to say the least.

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PJ & Rick,

Have you considered placing an ad on TOTV and the Daily Sun. You might find that people will call you wanting to sell their entire household? Just a thought.

Good Luck and look forward to seeing you here in TV.

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Sorry, I apologize in advance, this is a bit off topic (altho I did buy sight unseen!) :'(
Patty .. That is a good suggestion re used furniture, I was just going to watch the ads online in the Sun, but placing one for specifically what I want makes sense. Might also cost less than doing the same thing through a consignment shop. I am definitely going to place one on TOTV. I think I'l wait until the week before we arrive, which would be around October 20.

We can hardly wait for our trip to TV! ;D .. My husband always calls to me when he comes home: "What are you doing, oh, I know, you're on "your" site". Now that I have the cam website I'm even more hooked.

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I hope this doesn't cause any negative feelings but we are still welcome to come down on a "preview" visit even though it's our 3rd and the lady that I have been talking to called to congratulate us on buying our home...so "the company" knows. Maybe there were others in the past that had negative feelings that they are more welcoming. Or, it's the slow sales that's causing their feelings.

Anyway, we leave Wednesday the 5th, to see our home for the first time. Remember, we'll be at Sumpter Landing ready to boogie with our Bronco hats on. Mine is a visor with the Bronco horse on it.

Hope to see many of you then. And the rest when everyone gets down!

I'm so tired I can't even type. Thanks Barefoot for the nice words. I packed 15 boxes today so I'm going to bed...Nite everyone!!!

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bare, we live in Belvedere and have a couple friends that live in Belmont Villas one lives on Leicester and the others are Remington.

larryd, we have a Jasmine.

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Golfnut,

That's what I thought, we have the same model, and we put 2 14" solartubes in the dining/loving area (right in the area that you go toward the master bedroom. I thought that area was always very dark, but with the solar tubes, I have been able to take off my miners helmit w/light :bigthumbsup: I like that model. Ours is on the 15th tee of OBG golf course... "Historic Side"

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Sorry zcaveman for being off topic :dontknow: ... just want a quick reply to Golfnut .. when are you coming to Belvedere again? You have friends on Leicester -- we also live on that street -- now you have two sets of friends on Leicester ;D (after October 26). We have solar tubes in our kitchen and master bath, haven't seen them yet tho.

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Sounds like zcaveman has been appointed topicop.

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bare, we will be there 9/19 - 23, then we'll be back again for the first two weeks in December. Did you go to the Xmas party at Dan and Trudy's last January, we were there.

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I really envy all of you who have made the decision to move to TV ... I can't seem to muster the courage to move away from the "kids". But we do spend the winters in TV ... looking forward to three months there this year!

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Golfnut - We will miss you in September, but will meet you in December for sure!! October 2007 will be our first time staying on Leicester; hopefully I'll be there until April. We have never seen our Villa, bought it site unseen ... :joke:

Caveman, see how cleverly I worked in the "site unseen". I'm still on topic!
Yes, jjdees, Caveman is topicop, :cop: and I don't want to get arrested!!

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Hey Darby

So, so happy for you - what a whirlwind. But see, it all works out!

Looks like we'll be moving sooner than later. My company eliminated my job so now I'm a lady of leisure. Well, sort of, still trying to get use to not working. Hubby feels I've worked long enough. House goes on the market first of the year - hope the freebies will still be given away.

Again, congratulations - wonderful news!

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Golfnut, Are the sliding, stacking door walls a special addition in the Jasmine? We are looking at a resale that is a Jasmine, and am curious to see if the sliders can be made wider.

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My wife flew down last Dec and bought our home in Duval... I never saw it untill we finally arrived in June (she had come down a # of times but I was too busy). Call us (Scott and Kathy) when you arrive. My cell is 570-441-4926. Welcome to The Villages.

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Hey Darby, I am so glad that we will be neighbors. Looked on the map and you will be about 4 streets away. Our home is at 2768 Day Lily Run. If you get a chance go by and let me know how it looks, all we have is pictures. We will be down around the 24th of Sept. If you are there would love to come by and have a meet & greet. :welcome:
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