[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by LynnDeb

That SUCKS!!!! People are People!! The man is doing a GOOD DEED not ABUSING anyone..SAD

Sorry, but must disagree with you. Rules are rules. A home site with 15 rescued dogs is not what one expects after accepting deed restrictions when buying in TV.
Your opinion may change after you visit The Villages. I encourage you to visit all of the villages then pass judgement of what deed restrictions really mean.

[Tom Hannon]

Thanks Phil/Pat

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by Tom Hannon

Someone reported a small caramic frog my wife placed in the garden and she was forced to move it. A few months later after extensive landscaping we were reported again for two twin birds set inside the landscape. This was the final straw. My wife wants to move now and we fight about it all the time. It looks like my wife will win the battle and after next summer, I might become an ex villager. So sad that people can be so shallow and need to report their neighbor.
With all the activities available, don't these people have anything else to do with their lives.

I am sad to hear about your dilemna. It is sad that some people need to make others unhappy with pettiness. IMHO

I hope you and your wife will find harmony with living in TV and not move.

Best wishes.

[MLBellis]

I Love TV, But I have to move out .... I am a single women who came here to help out my parents. My Dad is in early stages of dementia, and has asked me to move (he thinks the world is against him, he is VERY paranoid). He is making very bad choices and decisions. It is in my sisters hands for now, (till he gets on her too).. I am on disability. I can not afford to live here, the rents are too high for a single women in my situation. If it was in my cards for me to live here I would.

So there are many reasons why people move out of TV.... And if my folks go down the path they are going down, I see that they will be moving out too (Mom has COPD, on oxgen 24/7) so if he gets into Dementia more, she can not live here on her own!!!

I hope this will explain why some people move out!

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

We live in a community of 100,000 people. I would guess that there are somewhere in the order of 60,000 homes. I don't know how many previously owned homes are sold each month but I don't know that it's out of line with other communities of similar size.
The other thing to be to considered is our demographic. I'm sorry to have to say this, but the mortality rate here has got to be higher than average simply because people here are going to be older than the average community in this country. I would say that a lot of homes get sold because the owners die.

I know that some competing developers have told people that for every person that moves into the Villages, three have moved out. It's hard for me to believe that some people fall for that line. I haven't done the math but I would imagine that at least 300,000 people would have had to moved in and moved out for us to have grown to 100,000 if there were any truth to that. Does anyone know of 300,000 people that have left the Villages because they were dissatisfied with life here?

[buggyone]

Originally Posted by Tom Hannon

They were not pink flamingos. They were not visable from the street. If you want to go by rules, i could report all my neighbors for one thing or the other, but I don't. I am a perfect neighbor. I go out of my way to be nice and lend my golf cart to anyone who needs it. While I'm in NY when my bushes were getting overgrown, I flew down from NY just to cut them. IF YOU WANT TO CALL THIS A LAW, maybe I shouldn't be a villager. How many golf carts go over 20 MPH. How many people water their lawns more than twice a week. Dont get me started Golfnut. If we have to live in fear of everyone being a spy maybe my wife is right.

Hey, Golfnut is right. Rules are rules and you agreed to them when you signed on the dotted lines when you moved into The Villages. Now, north of 466, we do not have the lawn ornament rule and it looks just fine. The brass cranes and other statuary look downright good in yards. Maybe you should pick up and move north of 466.

[Tom Hannon]

All many of you posters are doing is scaring away people who are considering moving to TV. So much for The Friendliest Home Town. I guess with so many devils living in TV this can't be heaven

[Tom Hannon]

Originally Posted by buggyone

Hey, Golfnut is right. Rules are rules and you agreed to them when you signed on the dotted lines when you moved into The Villages. Now, north of 466, we do not have the lawn ornament rule and it looks just fine. The brass cranes and other statuary look downright good in yards. Maybe you should pick up and move north of 466.

I have an over $300,000 investment here. Not sure if its your place to tell me to move.

[ariel]

Originally Posted by Tom Hannon

All many of you posters are doing is scaring away people who are considering moving to TV. So much for The Friendliest Home Town. I guess with so many devils living in TV this can't be heaven

So sorry you are having this bad experience. I am so lucky - my villages neighborhood is wonderful. Courtyard villas south of 466 and haven't met anyone that is in the least bit rude or petty. A number of homes have various front yard ornaments - most are tasteful and very pleasant to look at as I take my walks. I appreciate the variety.

You never know who you will get as a neighbor in a new place; and occasionally we have drawn an unlucky card or two, but for the most part our neighbors over the years of many moves have been wonderful. I hope you can work this out so you won't have to move.

[Patty55]

Originally Posted by Tom Hannon

All many of you posters are doing is scaring away people who are considering moving to TV. So much for The Friendliest Home Town. I guess with so many devils living in TV this can't be heaven

Maybe that would be a good thing.

I think the "Friendliest Home Town" thing is a marketing slogan, shouldn't expect it to be reality-LOL.

One of the problems I have is all the YENTA BS, if one of the neighbors have an issue why not be up front about it. Why do they all go running to file complaints? Why didn't they go to you or your wife and say the bird was stressing them out (Maybe because they'd look pretty STOOPID-IMO).

I really don't do any of the neighborhood activities, I try to be cordial and that's about it. I just can't take the gossip, BS and people unable to mind their own business.

As far as "tacky" lawn ornaments, I find a lot of the allowable stuff tacky. I can't stand the urns looking tipped (so 80's). I personally like more natural looking landscaping than most people have, but guess what? I MIND MY OWN BUSINESS.

[jblum315]

Originally Posted by Tom Hannon

I have an over $300,000 investment here. Not sure if its your place to tell me to move.

Didn't know you were so rich!

[asianthree]

Have been looking for the right pure owned for six months and not seen one right for us.. So there is not that many homes for sale

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by asianthree

Have been looking for the right pure owned for six months and not seen one right for us.. So there is not that many homes for sale

There are a few on this thread that want to get out of here. Check with them and you might get a great deal on a preexisting home. LOL

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by ariel

So sorry you are having this bad experience. I am so lucky - my villages neighborhood is wonderful. Courtyard villas south of 466 and haven't met anyone that is in the least bit rude or petty. A number of homes have various front yard ornaments - most are tasteful and very pleasant to look at as I take my walks. I appreciate the variety.

You never know who you will get as a neighbor in a new place; and occasionally we have drawn an unlucky card or two, but for the most part our neighbors over the years of many moves have been wonderful. I hope you can work this out so you won't have to move.

I agree and I have friends in Buttonwood that love it there. This may be a case of the pot calling the kettle black don't ya know.

[Mack184]

Far too many people in TV suffer from "long-nose" disease. The cure for that is amazingly simple...Just keep your nose in your own business and let others live their lives. If there are violations to be dealt with let the developer or other authorities find them and deal with them. Nobody likes a snitch.