[IRISHGIRL3US]

Hello, please forgive me if I am not proceeding correctly I am new at this.
I am considering buying a home and would like to know what extra cost per month there are.
ORHER THAN .
Mortgage, bond, electric, insurance. Can someone help?
Kate

[dewilson58]

Did you look on The Villages site??? They show an example. Add 20%.

The Villages - Florida's Friendliest Active Adult 55+ Retirement Community

[Tmarkwald]

Originally Posted by IRISHGIRL3US

Hello, please forgive me if I am not proceeding correctly I am new at this.
I am considering buying a home and would like to know what extra cost per month there are.
ORHER THAN .
Mortgage, bond, electric, insurance. Can someone help?
Kate

Amenity Fee - for new purchasers, it is $164/month per household. And bond, if you are purchasing a new home or one with bond remaining. But, you mentioned bond, so you understand that part I guess!

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Tmarkwald

Amenity Fee - for new purchasers, it is $164/month per household. And bond, if you are purchasing a new home or one with bond remaining. But, you mentioned bond, so you understand that part I guess!

As noted in the link in post #2..

[Mortal1]

In order for a more complete and useful answer you'd need to provide what you are paying for...taxes...water...garbage pickup...electrical...etc. Now while some of our costs are bundled each month knowing your costs would make it easier for you to know where the savings/greater costs are...Yes?

[champion6]

For more information in TOTV, go down to the bottom section, Nuts and bolts of The Villages. Read the 3 Sticky messages, Part 1,2 & 3. Good luck ... the best is yet to come!

[Decadeofdave]

After normal expenses that you mentioned. You will need lawn cutting, fertilizing of lawn and bushes/trees,
Termite contract and bug spray of home and some bushes. Trees and bushes grow quickly here in the summer. If you snowbird you may need someone to do some trimming in July/August.

[Garywt]

Since you are getting a mortgage your escrow will include taxes, insurance and bond. Other bills I receive are cable, water and sewer, electric, amenity bill including trash fee and we have a loan for our golf cart. For us it is about $2000. a month for that. In addition we have lawn care both mowing and fertilization.

[John_W]

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[IRISHGIRL3US]

Thank you. I the 164.00 the HOA?

[IRISHGIRL3US]

Thank you. Is the $164.00 considered the HOA?

[IRISHGIRL3US]

Thank you for the very detailed expenses. I appreciate it.

[UsuallyLurking]

IRISHGIRL3US, The Villages breaks down expenses, so the HOA equivalent is the amenity fee ($164) and something called the district assessment fee (shows up on the property tax bill; depends on which district you are in, average is a little under $200), so the total is a little above $350 a month HOA equivalent.

[John_W]

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[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by John_W

That $200 district assessment fee tacked onto your tax bill? That should be your bond, so you're paying about $2,400 a year for the bond. Every district is different, mine is District 8 and I pay $1,100 once a year on my tax bill. We also have maintenance on the tax bill, mine is $450. I just consider all three of those fees as the taxes on the property since I'm paying once a year in a lump sum.

Here's a breakdown of my March 11th amenity bill, I live here full time and water the shrubs and trees by hand and use irrigation just a few minutes a week:

Water base $10.07
Water use (3300 gallons) $7.10
Irrigation base $6.75
Irrigation use (420 gallons) .98
Sewage base $14.34
Sewage use $16.96
Amenity Fee 155.94
Sanitation collection $22.94

Total $235.24

I wouldn't call that an amenity bill. It is a services bill that amenity is a part of.