Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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After we sold our house we rented in The Villages for three months in the summer. Took our time and closed in September. We didn't rush to any house or any certain Village. I think future buyers should first focus on the house they want then look for that house in The Village they want. If you decide to live here year around then buy a house and NOT one of the villas. Those are mostly for the seasonal owners and you will feel your in a ghost town when there are all away. My two cents...
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The Villages isn't for everybody. We talked to people in other communities who had moved from The Villages. They had their reasons, but they didn't resonate with us. We've been here for a year now as full-time residents and I still wake up with a smile every day, looking forward to the adventure that is The Villages. I don't know that I would recommend renting here for a year just to see if you like living here. Look into the lifestyle preview or rent a house from individual owners or a week or a month. That should be enough to convince you one way or another. I would think you might want to rent for a year if you really want to be sure which exact neighborhood you want to move to or if you want to build a new house but can't wait until it's done to move here (not that they take a year to build houses here!). If you've never lived in the South, the summers can be intimidating. We got used to them by living in North Carolina so we are OK with heat and humidity. The first summer can be a bit of a shock though. Just keep in mind that there is a ton of things to do here indoors as well as outdoors. You can still play golf, tennis, pickleball or whatever in the summer by doing so in the early evening and can still hit the square for dancing after the sun has gone down. Between those times, there are myriad clubs in the many recreation centers plus movie theaters, bowling alleys, etc., etc. It's actually pretty doable. Plus there are fewer people here then so it's easier to get into restaurants and everything else. Good luck with wherever you end up deciding to live! |
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We came and visited with a realtor and bougfht the same day--drink the loo-aid
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You will not likely need to rent for a year before deciding one way or the other. Your husband will either love it almost immediately, or decide it's a nice place to visit but wouldn't want to live there. If you have never even visited, you are basing a lot on the word of someone else. I often see and hear that TV "is not for everyone". For people who love it, it's hard to imagine why everyone would not love it. My parents moved to TV 6 or 7 years ago and we have visited many times and fell in love with the place from the first visit. Now we are at a point where we can make a move and that's where we are headed (in less than 2 weeks). To this day, I have a hard time describing the place, sufficiently, to people who have never been there. It's truly somewhere you have to physically see and experience to get the true picture of it, good or bad. I would definitely recommend renting first if you are fairly sure it's where you want to go. I have never done it but I think the Lifestyle visit program is a great, economical, no pressure, way to get a good flavor of TV, but is not long enough for most to really decide if it's where they want to be full time. Many come on the Lifestyle visit and commit to buying property before they leave. But it doesn't really give you enough time to take everything into consideration and make the best decision for yourself, in my opinion. Rent is super reasonable in the summer months. And if you can stand the summer heat and afternoon storms, then you can stand anything else weather related. We are renting for at least 2.5 months while we search for homes. It's not unusual, and in some cases it's even required, to contract to buy a home and close on it in 30 days. If you can't make up your mind or find something in that amount of time, it's usually fairly easy to extend your rental or find another one during the summer months. Finding places and renting them in the winter months is an entirely different story. For the place I'm renting starting this month, the rent for the same place in Jan - March is over triple per month what I'm paying for this time of year.
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Even if you are somehow correct, how many people do you know that regret moving here? I can think of three former forum members.
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Regarding the hot summer weather: We are from the Chicago area, and worried about the heat in TV in summer. Then someone asked us whether, during the winter in Chicago, were we into outdoor winter activities like snowmobiling, skiing, ice skating or such. No? Then what did we do when it's cold outside? Stay in, of course. Or at least, only go from a heated home, to a heated car, to a heated destination. So, flip that 180 degrees. If it's too hot, stay in. Go from your air conditioned home, to an air conditioned car, to an air conditioned destination. And then, in winter, when your friends back north are shoveling snow, you can shake your head and wonder why it took so long to decide to move.
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That's what we did too! Sold most of our furniture or gave it to people who needed something. Most people who move their furniture down here end up tossing it away when the get here. You will save tons of money by not hiring a mover. Just buy new or check out the multiple consignment shops when you get here.
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We brought our old stuff with us second house here. Our old stuff likes it here and with some pretty light blue greens on the walls and drapes, fits right in.. To each their own. I enjoy how people make their home beautiful.
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One of the first sales agents I talked to when I began going out looking at homes when I visited TV told me that there are 2 things most new villagers bring too much of with them - furniture and cars. |
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All of us can talk until we are blue in the face but most people don't believe us, when we tell how wonderful it is here, until they visit. IMHO
I would rent in three month intervals in different areas, as TV is a humongous place. Send for a map and you can see how big it is and where you might want to rent. It' not for everyone but can 120,000 people be wrong?
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Syracuse had 4 inches of snow on the ground this morning .. My brother can't wait to visit next week. I gave him my 7.5HP John Deere blower when I moved from the Southern Tier (Endicott) to Atlanta 20 years ago and the smile still hasn't gone from my face. Now the Villages .. I learned to drive in multi foot snowstorms .. Driving and living in high temps with high humidity is a breeze compared to dark skies and frigid temps.
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I have lived in FLA 20 years and still not a fan of Summer. We do exactly what you are saying - stay in when it is really hot. What makes a huge difference is closing in and air conditioning our lanai. Also getting up earlier to do activities in the morning. My project this Summer is to clean out & organize my house. At least it will be cool!
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