Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Yep. $1/day No body loves increased Property Taxes, but there are about five posters who won't let this go. The increase is here, move on & vote differently if they want.
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May have been true at one time. Our Pine Ridge bond is 28K. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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All I have to say is that every county commissioner who is currently sitting on the commission needs to be voted off when they are up for election. The newly elected county commissioners should consider reviewing the actions of the current county manager and a possible replacement.
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Bonds
The bonds have gone up and the developer is not doing what has always been done..they are to pay our share of the impact fees that are now due...the developer has always built the roads and donated them to the county as part of his share of the impact fees.
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Bonds have always been popular in Florida. The Villages did not invent the idea. I have sold new construction all over Florida and some developers do a bond and some do not. I find the ones with bonds have better amenities and they are better maintained. In response to the amount of bond being paid south of 44, you are paying for interior streets lamp posts rec centers sewers etc. the major improvements to county roads to accommodate new traffic is being provided by tax dollars.
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Otherwise in my experience, the clubhouse and pool tend to not be finished until the development is substantially completed. Or not at all if the developer fails. |
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The homes in Pine Hills and Pine Ridge - which are in Lake County - do have a bond and are shown at the link in Advogado's post. |
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Every time you pay your taxes from here on out, you are, in reality, writing a check to the Developer in the amount of the tax increase. That doesn't bother you? |
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Bonds are fine (if not used to overpay the Developer), but it is amazing that the Developer has gotten away without disclosing their existence when advertising house prices. |
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Don’t know why their bonds are higher but the only thing I can think of is TV are selling the same designer in the new area ( Fenney) for less money than what people in the old area that are trying to sell their preowned homes, then making up the difference on the extra $10,000. extra from the bonds. I really think people don’t do their homework before buying.
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The Villages agent I used dodged any discussion whatsoever about the bonds. He never brought the fact that a pile of bond indebtedness comes with every new house. I knew about the bonds from TOTV and asked him about them. He just shrugged his shoulders and admitted yes there are bonds but when I asked him how much he professed ignorance of their amount. Hard to believe but I found his actions and words at least underhanded if not deceptive.
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It is incredible that the Developer has gotten away for decades without disclosing the existence of the bond in his advertising. It seems to amount to about 10% of the value of the house and is really a part of the purchase price. In other words, the Developer's ads understate the true cost of a new house by about 10%. It is like a car dealer advertising a new car for $30,000 and later you find out that there is an additional $3,000 charge for the engine. If you feel that you were deceived by the Developer's advertising, I would suggest you file a complaint with both: >the Federal Trade Commission: - FTC Complaint Assistant and >the Florida Attorney General: Florida Attorney General - Consumer Protection Division Contact Form |
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