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We have lived here as season residents since 2011 and we bought a pre-owned designer home that was built in 2001. I have kept a spreadsheet of [U]ALL/U] of my HOUSING expenses (including taxes, home & cart insurance, lawn maintenance, cable, all purchases & repairs, amenity fees, and every incidental - EVERYTING). That has included things like roof replacement, furnace/AC replacement, new flooring, new appliances, and purchase of a golf cart. My annual expenses have ranged between $10,000 when we moved in and hadn't started making renovations or repairs to $33,000 when we had to replace the roof. For the 11 years our annual cost average is $15,380 or about $1,300 a month.
So if you were trying to get an estimate of what it cost to own a home in The Villages, I would budget a range from $1,100 to $1,500 a month. And since our bond was already paid when we bought, you need to add bond payments to that average which vary depending on where/when the house was built. |
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However, if you think that streaming after taking over from cable, won't increase their costs for their central office equipment and service in the future, as if cable in the past was the same price forever, you might not understand profit motives for bonus plans. Streaming will be ubiquitous in the future, the question you can't answer definitively, is that the future price will be the same as now, as demand continues to increase and speed continues to increase, and content will continue to increase. . I put that into the higher inflation category, being conservative for expense planning. switching costs may be low currently, but that's not a guarantee in the future |
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Up north, I have way more free time, so a cable package with sports is a must, but down here there is always something to do and watching television is typically an afterthought. We are always busy outdoors until dark, then dinner, the nightly cribbage game, a long swim in our backyard pool, walk the dog, and it’s time for the 11:00 news. The only way I would see us getting paid cable television in the Villages would be If we put up a big flatscreen in the birdcage that we could watch from the pool, but then we might never get out? |
I would add lawn care and pest control @$150/month
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or it should have been because that's on my excel here That's obviously something someone can reduce with self maintenance |
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Good to know current numbers. I just bought a CYV a few months ago and this is what it cost per month.
2006 Courtyard Villa 1,400SF Utilities $285 Gas-Teco $40 Electric- Seco $70 Lawn Service $30 (no grass) Comcast Xfinity $80 Utube TV $70 Home Ins $100 Umbrella $18 Golf Cart Ins $18 Prop Tax $275 Pest Control $15 Bond-Paid 00 Cleaning Srv $125. (1 x per mo) TOTAL $1,126.00 per month I also pay $70.00 per year for dryer vent cleaning, $160.00 per year to have the exterior power washed. I paid $190.00 for a 2x per year HVAC service contract (not sure if that one is worth it) There is a termite bond in place for the next 3 years. That will cost $600? and then $100 a year or something like that and I have a whole house surge protector from Secco that's good for another 2 years. That will cost $350.00 and last 15 years. The roof needs to be replaced in 2 years and that's $10,000., the water heater has seen better days $1,500? and everything else is new. This does not include food, wine and entertainment. We won't talk about that:) |
FRom whst I have seen on different wsebsite on U2 that promote the village
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not sure why you need to pollute the discussion, with generalities. |
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my boss is full of :blahblahblah: :blahblahblah: :blahblahblah: :blahblahblah: :blahblahblah: and I got my 5 year award this week, and that's my limit for any one company, and I don't have another 5 year stint in me, with 1 year to go to medicare. . . I am giving the snowblower away with the house when we sell it. |
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I've got an A-h*le for a boss, as well... Oh, wait, I own the business... Er, my initial comment stands... When we were back up in the DC area last month, we had that snowstorm that shut down the city (and 95-S in VA). Took me 2 hrs to drive the 6 miles to get out of the city and 2.5 hrs to drive the 14 miles home... 2 years, 3 months left on my lease... Working on my exit strategy as we speak... Sooner, if possible... Till then, I'll be a snowflake and come down as much as I can... The "real" Boss, otoh, is now back in TV, playing golf this afternoon... But I'm not jealous... Nope, not one bit...:grumpy::grumpy::grumpy: |
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