Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Welcome Wagon
Just bought a house at TV. Is there some sort of turnkey concierge service similar to a 'welcome wagon' the Villages has to provide information for new owners just getting started and has lots of questions? Info on: utility services, internet services, insurance services, yard maintenance, police and emergency contacts, who to call for which questions, etc., etc., including recommendations, web sites, phone numbers, even user reviews.
If so, will they contact me or do I need to contact them? If the latter, who would I contact? Thank you! |
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MrLonzo - You might wish to consider attending one of these sessions VCDD Resident Academy
And you might want to attend this group meeting VCDD Orientation And there is a wealth of info available starting here Village Community Development Districts
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You already found a good source TOTV.😎
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Well, I guess the answer is there is no 'welcoming committee'.
For electric service, I heard the names SECO and Duke Energy. Ok. Which should I use? Do they both service my area? After about 3 websites and 4 calls, I finally got an account with SECO. Took the better part of a day. Now on to a gas provider. The name on my breaker panel is LECO (see photo). I went to the LECO site and got nowhere. My real estate agent said TECO. Again, I’m fishing around for information about providers – are they exclusive to my area or overlapping? I go to the TECO website, it says “Tampa Electric” COmpany. Electric? I’m look for gas! And Tampa? I’m in the Villages. Do you see how the new guy on the block can be confused? And next on the list is internet providers. And trash collectors. And water/sewer. And on and on. Someone said talk to a neighbor and find out what they’re using. It’s hard when you haven’t moved in yet and met the neighbors because you’re still in another state packing your stuff trying to move. Others suggested different websites, and there is a lot of information so easy to get lost in. One contact suggested was the Community Development District. I did email them with some questions and was told to call SECO and TECO for electric and gas service for my area, but no further details. Do they have competitors? Or are they monopoly utilities? Why does TECO have so many websites? And what is this LECO? And what about water, sewer, trash pickup? Finally, after 3 days, I found this on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6I6_1vAdBM. Starting at 1 minute in, it answers most of the ‘start up’ questions I’ve been asking for 3 days! I find it incredible that with all the people buying and moving into homes everyday in “Florida’s Friendliest Hometown” that there’s no one (not even the real estate agent) who provides some simple introduction like this. I also came across a book, “Inside the Bubble” by Ryan Erisman, which provides a lot of tips and details about living in the Villages. It’s $25 on Amazon, but right now I’m only interested in Chapter 25 entitled “Things to do right after moving here”. Too bad the Villages has people holding doors open for you at the sales offices, but doesn’t even have a 1-page informational brochure on these 'move-in' topics for new buyers moving to the Villages! |
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Aren’t a lot of the things OP is asking about already defined and established in a new home purchase.
For the two new homes I purchased I didn’t have to shop for electric and gas service. Trash pick-up happened when we moved in. Things must have changed?
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go to the new resident night, usually at the Colony Regional center. Given once a month, and it's free. Also go to the golf cart safety clinic, also given once a month, also free. You can find this and additional information on the district web site..... Village Community Development Districts. Also, sign into Nextdoor.com and facebook page The Villages Friendly folks.
Last edited by bowlingal; 06-29-2023 at 05:51 AM. |
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I've been here almost four years and still haven't yet been able to attend a new residents night. There were none for a long time during the Pandemic. The year before that, I only vaguely knew they existed from skimming some posts here that weren't related to anything I was focusing on at the time. I'm also involved in a club that meets on Tuesday afternoons down by O'Dell. So I'd have to come all the way back to the Historic section, stopping to pick up something for dinner so I can get home by 5, eat dinner, wash up, and then go all the way back down again to a 6:30 meeting, then back home again...
If they had it any other night of the week, it'd be great. I'm already -not- a member of the Historic Side Club for the same reason. I'd LOVE to join that club. But I can't wrap my mind around the idea that I'm retired, supposedly living in a resort community, and have to rush around every week at suppertime. I love my volunteer gig, but I just wish either it, or the club I want to join, would be on a different night. AND it'd be great if the new residents meeting would alternate nights. So people who have already joined a club that meets only on Tuesdays - still have a chance to attend one without missing the other. |
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