Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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To look at some of these houses, you'd think that the house is very tiny in comparison. And that's all you see, street after street, neighborhood after neighborhood (except the courtyard villas, where the garage is sorta-kinda off to the side). It's like "oh look Mabel, a garage with a house attached!" That is what I see, when I look at those houses. I see garages, with houses attached. |
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My very first trip in our brand new golf cart had me face to face and oh, so close to two sand hill cranes as I emerged from a tunnel. Oh-my-goodness. I will never forget that exhilarating feeling. What a way to travel in this absolutely gorgeous community with infrastructure for golf carting like nowhere in the world. Have I mentioned that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it here?
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Love that everywhere I go, it is air conditioned. I don't sweat the summers. Thank goodness for cold air inside.
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The developer would certainly not want that, wants more homes per acre not less. |
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I have been here on-and-off since June of 2005 and always am glad to get back. The traffic, crowds, and noise are quite worse than in 2005 but probably no where near like in Palm Harbor, Florida where I lived for nine years before the move to the Villages. Minnesota sure sounds like it has changed a great deal since I lived in the Twin Cities from late Summer of 1986 through late Autumn of 1991. I have not been back in Minnesota since then but did spent much of the Autumn of 1993 in the Chicagoland area. |
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Maximize your ROI....thats the cluster type construction MO. Don't blame them but it certainly is cookie cutter |
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Raised ranches solve that problem by having the driveway lead straight into the garage, and if the house is "deep" enough toward the back, then a mudroom in the back of the garage leads to the steps to the den, and then a few more steps from there into the kitchen. Most of the neighborhood I grew up in had that layout. Ours was a split-level and we had a single-car detached garage added a few years after my parents bought the house. The house I lived in before moving here was a ranch, with a single-car detached garage, but the driveway was off a road that was actually a right-of-way to the senior housing apartment complex behind us. And at one point I lived in a late-1800's Victorian colonial with the stained glass window on the landing of the winding staircase, and a walk-in fireplace. I was a border, and occupied the mom's room while she was living in Greece. The property had a garage in the back that had been converted into a family friend's studio apartment. |
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I moved here from NYC about 5 months ago. I moved into an established neighborhood. My neighbors are wonderful and the neighborhood has been surprisingly quiet and pleasant. Though, I guess after NYC, most places would seem quiet. I moved from about 1400 to 1500 square feet, so I am one of the few with more space in the villages than I had previously. I wasn’t sure I was going to like it as I did not come down for a lifestyle visit, I bought immediately. The villages continues to exceed my expectations. I feel incredibly lucky to be here. No basement and a straight on garage both work well for me.
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Great big house with 4 bedrooms, 4 baths and two family rooms plus very large deck and tons of storage room in our attic which we never had much need for. After our kids went off to college we did have way to much room and have larger 3 bedroom but do kind of miss the extra space but time had come for downsizing |
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