Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Spectrum service in the last 2 years had been a nightmare and the speeds they quote aren’t even close. Both of them charge you for a full month even if you only have a partial month. They charge 100- to have service and TV prewired for Xfinity so the box will have to have service changed over. They are both awful however they are a monopoly here and other than streaming you have little choice. You either get 30 channels for 200 with most of them duplicates. I moved here in 2019- cost was $127- for 1 TV, in June of 2021 it was 225-my service broke down 8 times replaced hardware 3 times and remote 6 times. Now if you want then you do the install to your TV they walk you through it. I had them up north it was fine down here just awful and I’m so excited to leave and dump them in a few weeks. Forced to go to a UPS to return the hardware. Never sign a contract you don’t get a better rate |
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Depends on where you live. If you’re south of 44 that’s not the experience
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Make sure you get the proper width of the washer & dryer. Usually, lawndry room has limited space to place these machines |
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You now have the option of getting Verizon or T- Mobile for internet, they use wireless connections now in the Villages....
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Welcome.
We have not seen any new pre-built homes in the Villages set up for both gas and electric dryers. Are you certain about that? We have never had anything but gas dryers in all of our (8) homes. Our new place in St Catherine is gas for the dryer and range and hot water, and that is fine with us. Gas dryers do typically cost about $100 more than electric, but are usually less expensive to operate. With respect to the post about safety of electric-only service, I guess that they never read of accidental electrocution of anyone or house fires from electrical short circuits or circuit overloading or from electrical appliances. Either gas or electric has some real but very small risk. Choosing between gas and electric is just not a big issue for us. Choose what you are most comfortable with. Personally, we would not go to the expense of installing a 240V outlet for an electric dryer, but others obviously feel differently. As for cable, we have Comcast in the Villages and in our Condo in a Chicago suburb. It works for us. When we are away from one location for extended periods we can opt for a reduced service plan at that location that is very reasonable cost-wise. Do not know whether Spectrum offers that option or whether it is important to you. Occasionally Comcast has been a pain from a service standpoint, but it has not been frequent, and I doubt that any cable provider is completely trouble-free. In the big picture, these are good issues to have. You are moving to a great place, you have good choices available to you. Enjoy! |
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Yes, double check on the electric dryer issue. We’ve been told they only have gas deyer hook ups in Citrus Grove and that’s what ours is.
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We used Appliance Direct in Fruitland Park to buy our Maytag washer and dryer which was priced better there than any other places. The place doesn’t look like much, but the products are the same and we saved about $150. We use high speed Xfinity for internet which for the most part has worked out well and was $50 a month for one year. Good luck with your move and welcome to TV 😊
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Comcast in Sumter is excellent
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I live in a village adjacent to yours and all houses here have gas hot water, ranges and dryer hookups, no choice of electric. The electric connection is for the washer. So I would double check your dryer connection it might be gas only.
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all i have to say is stay away from the villages we just closed on a new home and the closing was so bad we will have to sue
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As far as Internet access is concerned, we heard so many horror stories mainly about Comcast but Spectrum as well. Also, we don't subscribe to any commercial television (cable or satellite), so our choices were more limited. We have DSL through CenturyLink, which meets our needs well and virtually never has an issue. I no longer work at home, so we don't need ultra-fast service. It's been my experience that when I ask to piece together a 'bundle,' they ALWAYS assume it's television plus whatever else. They cannot grasp anyone with no television (a topic for another day...), but our bundle is phone service and Internet access. Works fine for us. Back when our homes were built, they included all appliances (range, refrigerator, washer, dryer—and gas were typically used—but the choice for electric was, as mentioned, available. Homes also came with ceiling fans and window blinds throughout the house. We haven't seen any of the newer homes, but we understand these amenities are no longer included. Is this correct? Thank you. |
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We had Verizon FIOS in Virginia as well and loved it. Wish they had it here. |
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