[bkcunningham1]

Yeah, you are right Gracie. Too funny.

[wynnshanks]

Mikey, Harry, and Hershey.......Isn't that THREE??????

[JenAjd]

Originally Posted by wynnshanks

Mikey, Harry, and Hershey.......Isn't that THREE??????

TWO???? TSK TSK TSK!!! Shame, shame!!!!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by wynnshanks

Mikey, Harry, and Hershey.......Isn't that THREE??????

Welcome to you.

I think you are new to TOTV.

I think it is two. I taught preschool for many years. Perhaps it is more. It seems like just the right number to us.

[Jim Straz]

Originally Posted by browie1

Looks like we are stuck with a courtyard villa if we buy. Management should me more customer oriented. We have 2 cats that we need to fence in. looks like you get more for your money with a ranch style home but there are no fences! What's the harm in fencing in your yard with a pretty fence like the
vinyl ones that exist in the villas? Haven't seen any villas with a 2 car garage either. My wife and I are prepared to downsize but would like to have a 2 car garage to put some shelving. Also concerned about the 355 million dollar IRS case against the developer. Who will pay if they lose? The residents?

You sure have a lot of concerns. I'd look somewhere else other than TV for a place to put up one of those nice vinyl fences for your cats. Good luck with that now.

[downeaster]

Originally Posted by browie1

Looks like we are stuck with a courtyard villa if we buy. Management should me more customer oriented. We have 2 cats that we need to fence in. looks like you get more for your money with a ranch style home but there are no fences! What's the harm in fencing in your yard with a pretty fence like the
vinyl ones that exist in the villas? Haven't seen any villas with a 2 car garage either. My wife and I are prepared to downsize but would like to have a 2 car garage to put some shelving. Also concerned about the 355 million dollar IRS case against the developer. Who will pay if they lose? The residents?

Your cat/fence/garage questions have been adequately answered. That leaves your IRS questions. And the answer is: the jury is still out. There was an article in today's Daily Sun that mentioned more mistakes in the IRS audit. Who knows the final outcome? No one. Should you be concerned? That is for you to decide. Am I concerned? Maybe a little bit but life still goes on. Would I buy here knowing what I know now? Absolutely.

[clod]

Aside from CYV's, there are a few houses with 2 car garages and fenced yards off of Nash Loop and Bailey. Probably was an experiment that was d/c'ed. Not very many, maybe 2-3 streets worth.

Steve

[salpal]

looks like that was the OP's first - and only - post back in August of last year.

[boobear51751]

All owners signed at their closing a statement that they read and understand the rules of TV. No Fences and if someone puts one up and the neighbor turns them in, down it comes. Uniformity is what TV are all about. Keeping a clean looking neighborhood to keep values up. If you have a miss mash of fences it would do nothing but bring the value down and then there is the up keep that probably won't happen after a few years. As for the villas they are a breed all of their own. They are meant for people with pets. There are not to many predetors that can get into the yard. Yours can't get out and only birds can get in. I have not heard of any cats being taking away by an eagle or hawk. Could happen I suppose. Bird cages are a good suggestion as long as your cats don't claw through like mine did a few times to get out. He now lives back up in upstate New York on a hill top out in the middle of no wheres and comes and goes as he pleases. I get to visit him too..... Hope this helps

[kofficer]

and we had cats when we lived in St. Petersburg, FL years ago. We had a really nice Florida room, old style with louver windows. We went to bed one night and heard all this catawalling on the back fence. My husband got the hose and went out there to scare them off, just doused one of the cats with water, and guess who it was? Our beloved Bandit (who looked at my husband like he was nuts), and who had apparently been enticed to come out to play, and went right through the screen! There was a nice big slit in the screens, and I would never have just put him out in our fenced yard -- blink an eye and he would have been over the fence, as he almost proved that night.

[old moe]

Are there leash laws in TV, and are they enforced? And by whom? Are dogs or Cats allowed to roam because of irresponcible owners???

[Trish Crocker]

Originally Posted by Pturner

I don't think I've ever seen a cat that couldn't get over a fence.

I was thinking the same thing!

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by old moe

Are there leash laws in TV, and are they enforced? And by whom? Are dogs or Cats allowed to roam because of irresponcible owners???

County enforced.
Dogs do not roam in The Villages. The cats that are roaming are, for the most part ferral.

[Trish Crocker]

Why would you want your cat outdoors? If nothing else, there are fleas. As I've said before, if you don't want rules, don't buy in a community that has them...easy! TV has many small lots, if each one was fenced in it would look terrible! I love the fact that I will be able to look around my neighborhood without looking at fencing. I have two cats right now and their main source of amusement it to be let into the attached garage...they think they are really getting away with something. I would never, ever want them wandering outside.

[old moe]

Good for you, My way of thinking also.