The first few years I was in my first TV home, a courtyard villa, about half the street moved out. About half of them bought other homes in TV, from patio villa to designer to premier. The other half left TV to go to AZ, TN, SC, other retirement communities in the area and apartments.

One woman said moving to TV was the biggest mistake of her life and went off at a high rate of speed to buy a penthouse in Clearwater Beach.

Unfortunately, people that leave TV rarely post on this forum, so we can only speculate. TV is not for everyone. You will see brand new homes listed for sale, fully furnished, golf cart included, quick close possible. Obviously, something did not work out.

I see a lot of homes in "new" Villages for sale on VLS. I always wonder what would make people buy their dream home and then sell it a few months later. I think it's probably due to health problems and/or missing family and friends back at home. We'll never know because people exiting The Villages aren't posting on TOTV.

We attended an open house by owner last year. It was a relatively new designer with 2000+ sf. We talked to the owner and they had purchased the home with the understanding that her mother would live with them and contribute to the costs. Her mother's health declined and she had to go to assisted living, and as a result they could not afford the home they had built and were trying to sell it and buy a patio villa. As they used to say "there are eight million stories in the naked city".

This question is subjegative! It depends on your life-style. We're from the midwest, we find it's cheaper here for sure. We don't have a mortgage so it's just our amnity fees, the taxes and electric etc. bills each mo. Don't know what you're looking for re: your question. So in looking you'll have to talk it over with your agent.

We have a new neighbor in our (NEW) village who sold their less than a year old home to move to a spec home in our village.

This one may be in some way more what they wanted than the one they had. The up side is that you can sell your homes here without too much effort and the cost of moving is way less expensive here than it is up North.

Hi, we just bought and had our design meeting last week. Not even hurricane Sandy kept us from our meeting, and we are in point pleasant beach n.j.
I truly believe that the houses here are selling at a very respectable rate compared to most other areas, so as they say....the reason people sell is because they can...:a040::a040::a040:

We met a couple the other day who bought an Iris in January and just sold it, they were not happy with this model. They would like to build a stretched Gardenia if they can find a lot for a reasonable price.

I live on a street in Pennecamp that is just over 2 years old and 5 homes have sold just in the last 4 months. None sold before then. We are in designer homes. 1 moved to a Premier, 1 moved to another designer but with a golf course view, 2 moved to be closer to their grandchildren and family, 1 couple split up sold and moved to 2 villas. All homes sold in under 3 weeks.

My wife's parents are now on their 3rd home within TV. Originally they rented when they first came down a number of years ago over in what you call the "Historic" section, then they built a ranch in one of the villages just north of 466, then they sold that and built a designer in Belvedere. What's that old Tommy Roe song?? Everybody's Three Times In Love? Worked for them.

Other posts have correctly mentioned the many reasons people sell their homes in TV. I have been told by agents who have been in real estate many years that the "normal" is that 5% of homes in a retirement community will be for sale. You can do the math----that's a bunch of homes.

Was talking to a friend of a friend the other day. He's selling his home and moving to another retirement community close to here. I thought that was kind of odd and asked him why. Here's his story:

He's into animal rescue (dachshunds). He has three of his own and frequently has six or more in his home at any time. A friend of his also in the same organization was reported by a new neighbor for having more than two dogs and was given two weeks to either find a new home for the dogs or for herself. That was his breaking point. Rather than take a chance of being forced to move or stop doing something he loved, he opted to move. He doesn't sound too unhappy about having to move.

So, some sell their house to upgrade or downgrade but are staying in TV. Some leave for health issues (I'm including the need to be closer to family since that's a mental thing). Some leave because they're unhappy here but I think those are few and far between. Some leave because of financial setbacks. And then there are reasons that make you scratch your head (like being upset that someone might report you for breaking the rules).

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.

This is the least expensive place we have lived in over 40 years.

I have to disagree with you on this one. If you break the law pay the cost. What is a silly rule to you may be why your neighbor bought in The Villages knowing he/she would be protected from folks like you. Some folks think big plastic pink ornaments in the yard are nice, where the next guy might like to work on his car in the drive way keeping it up on blocks for a few months. What is small to some is a big deal to others. I am just saying.

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.