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TOUCHE' What a really STUPID thing for me to say. I don't know what I was thinking. I know better...really I do!! As a matter of fact, our neighbor's daughter and her boyfriend just bought a mobile home in Orange Blossom Hills (fulltime residents)and they're not even in their 50s !!! They absolutely LOVE it here...

I'm soooo sorry for writing something soooo stupid!! We hope to sell (aka: "give away" in today's sad market) our Amarillo ranch home (w/Fl Rm) soon...complete with all it's furnishings and professional decorating and I would hope that prospective buyers/newcomers would not limit themselves from looking at what we're selling for ANY reason !!

THANKS for calling me on this one.

We bought 4 months ago south of 466. The reason was we wanted a new home rather than a re-sale. We have found not matter what age most are lively and active

Very well said
 

VERY WELL SAID!! I commend you ! as we too are hopeing to move to The Villages next month (May). It's people like you that keep "me" motivated as I am 63 and getting tired of being a "couch potato" here in Tenn..... Maybe you can teach my wife to dance....:evil6:

EVerywhere you go the people are so welcoming and genuine. I sometimes feel just like a little kid again, so carefree and happy. I would urge you to buy on my street in Hadley, but they are all taken. Look in Bonita and Hemingway, new people are moving in there every day! The older villages are just as beautiful, with taller trees and folks who are just waiting to welcome you. You can't really choose the wrong place. I will be gone this summer or I would tell you to drop by!

I hope you will be as happy as we are....and I see no reason why you won't!!

Thanks Chattanooga! I think you'll find that TV is full of people like me who just want to get out and do things. As far as dancing, you'll find plenty of those kinds too. Some are great dancers and some feel like they are, and everyone has a good time. To me TV is a happy place whatever you choose to do.

We will be back for a week at the end of May, so I'll look for you at one of the squares!

I know what you are going through with decision
 

I am new to TOTV's but bought the first lot south of 466 some 5 years ago. I went through the decision process and was even told by a villages sales rep. that "you would probably find building a new home more to your liking, the average age and interests would be more like your own". Well, now that I have been here for sometime I can tell you that was certainly NOT true. I recently had some "younger" friends (48) from my old home town retire and move to El Santiago which they LOVE. I now have decided that the remark from the sales rep. was purely to push lot purchase. I am VERY happy with my location, Bonnybrook, it seems perfect. I rented for several months twice to try to get a feel for what I wanted, and made the decision to wait until they opened the then "new area to come" past 466. This may anger people on this forum but I do have three very good friends who all live in different villa areas and are disappointed (but certainly NOT UNHAPPY), that so many of their neighbors are only part time residents. One has a villa near the high school and is really disappointed that so many residents are one time renters who never really get to know neighbors well.

Please ! The reason WE are here is the "lifestyle" and the people "no matter where they live" are the same throughout the Villages - everyone is friendly and helpful! No matter which Village you chose there will be snowbirds; however at The Villages WE live our life to the fullest and you will be SO busy you won't even notice!!

Question please? We are still deciding on size, location, new or used house.
I have read many post here discussing that many people move two or three times with in TV. Is this why there are so many two BR patio villas for sale? Also wondering why there are so many houses for sale that are less than four years old in new areas. Are these people also moving to bigger houses too?
Thank you your answers may help us from having to move more than once.

Since we have been here some 9 months we have met maybe 6 or 8 couples who have bought a villa with the intention of living in TV part time and when they can sell their other house they then intend to maybe sell the villa and buy a Ranch or Designer house.

As for house resales what a 3 of our neighbors did was buy and move here. Once here they saw new construction and liked a particular lot so they bought again and sold the first house.

I am sure there are many other reasons but these are two that we have seen.

Moving to the Villages
 

[QUOTE=Patches;196248]Julie:

Hi, my husband and I are coming in May to buy a designer (we think) and we enjoy this blog - we have learned so much. Thanks to everyone who posts here for their honest opinions. I was very surprised to hear how much in demand things were 3 years ago. We have been watching since last September & the prices don't seem to change much compared to other parts of Florida. Even the golf communities close to TV are advertising great deals. Thanks again. Judy