[DaddyD]

Presumably one of the main reasons people choose to live in the Villages is due to all the clubs & amenities and the "low maintenance" lifestyle. But those things aside, would you rather:

Live in a large, really nice $1 million dollar house (3 car garage, big screened in pool, custom deck & BBQ area, etc.) but on a comparably small plot of land with houses close to one another,

or

would you rather live on a large, very private piece of property with an amazing view--perhaps on a lake, river, or in the mountains--but in a perfectly livable but small and otherwise unremarkable house or doublewide mobile home?

[tophcfa]

Property

[manaboutown]

Location, location, location.

[dewilson58]

Both.

[Topspinmo]

Property as long not in city

[Bill14564]

Property

[airstreamingypsy]

Property, where I could have horses again and a place to ride.

[Boffin]

Dirt does not depreciate.

[Toymeister]

As someone who has owned a property and now the house, I can tell you that you live 'in' the house. But I do miss my own lake (7 acres) shooting range and skeet field. So maybe an above average home and 5 acres.

[shaw8700@outlook.com]

The house obviously!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by DaddyD

Presumably one of the main reasons people choose to live in the Villages is due to all the clubs & amenities and the "low maintenance" lifestyle. But those things aside, would you rather:

Live in a large, really nice $1 million dollar house (3 car garage, big screened in pool, custom deck & BBQ area, etc.) but on a comparably small plot of land with houses close to one another,

or

would you rather live on a large, very private piece of property with an amazing view--perhaps on a lake, river, or in the mountains--but in a perfectly livable but small and otherwise unremarkable house or doublewide mobile home?

Tell ya what. I'll stay on my relatively smallish piece of property (1/5 acre), and you can buy me a brand new 1200-foot luxury double-wide to replace my old one, for around $125,000. With the rest of the million - $825,000 - I'll replace my golf cart with a newer model, hire someone to replace our sprinkler system since the old one's busted, get my hip replaced without having to put the insurance company's mandatory $9800 "out of pocket expense" on a credit card, go back to Connecticut for a month and spend the month visiting Boston and New York while I'm up there. Maybe take beloved spouse on a Mississippi River cruise. And still have plenty left over to live on.

[La lamy]

Land with a view, for sure!

[elle123]

Originally Posted by DaddyD

Presumably one of the main reasons people choose to live in the Villages is due to all the clubs & amenities and the "low maintenance" lifestyle. But those things aside, would you rather:

Live in a large, really nice $1 million dollar house (3 car garage, big screened in pool, custom deck & BBQ area, etc.) but on a comparably small plot of land with houses close to one another,

or

would you rather live on a large, very private piece of property with an amazing view--perhaps on a lake, river, or in the mountains--but in a perfectly livable but small and otherwise unremarkable house or doublewide mobile home?

How could you compare a million dollar home in The Villages, as it's much more expensive to maintain than a trailer sitting on a large piece of land. The cost of maintaining a trailer is negligible unless it's located in Malibu or in a similar kind of location where property taxes are astronomical.

[asianthree]

We have the view on a Great Lake, with a cottage. We also have a view of a prairie in TV.

Both are great, but much prefer the property our youngest has in the hills of Kentucky, or the property our oldest has at the base of the hills in South Carolina.

Neither property price tag was a million, unlike their coastal homes, that battle weather related storms constantly.

A quarter or half million dollar property can make one just as happy as a million dollar property, it all state of mind, not $$$

[Susan1717]

Definitely a house. I’d want it convenient to many things I enjoy and walkable to them. I can’t stand anything over a 5 mile car ride. I prefer being able to walk to most things. But that’s why I prefer being walkable to a square and why I always lived in a city before moving here. I love near by options and to me, such easier living.