[bonicka]

We are in Winifred and absolutely love it! You will too! Welcome!

[J1ceasar]

enjoy yourselfs and don't read those naysayers - in ten years Morse will have built out to Winter garden or Orlando and nothing will be "central"

[Spadra1]

Welcome to your new home. We are across from you in Bonnybrook. You couldn’t have picked a better area. We are close to everything and have all the established stores restaurants etc within a short drive by golf cart. You will love it. We are a little older than you we are in our 60s but still considered the youngins here. Lol. If we can be of any help or you just want to meet some new friends give us a reply.

[rmd2]

Winifred is a GREAT choice. I live near Buena Vista just a couple of blocks north of 466 and I LOVE the location. Everything you need is in this area. Enjoy. You are in a wonderful location.

[kendi]

Originally Posted by John_W

At 9:21 tonight, it will be the 21st minute of the 21st hour of the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century. No, it's not, but I made you look.

Now look at map of all The Villages old and new. Look for #40, that's Winifred, now look down near the bottom for your village and go ahead and tell us all again how central you are. Actually my Village of Tamarind Grove is more central than both. We are 14 miles from Fenney and 11 miles from Calumet Grove. The most central Villages would be Hemingway or Duval, numbers 57 and 58.

Interesting that they are naming 470 “Central”. ( Ave or parkway.). Your map excludes all the new land TV has purchased and if they continue buying and building at the same rate it won’t be long until South of the turnpike is Central. Wouldn’t be surprised if 470 ends up being the center of TV one day.

[PugMom]

"And property taxes?! Holy cow.... About a quarter of what we paid up north on a comparably sized home, even with the 'big' tax increase of 8% that we had after years of no increases to speak of. No more spending thousands on heating bills! Our home was about seven years old when we bought it—and we promptly paid off the bond balance (a tad over $5,000)."
this is the reason a LOT of us came down here. living in high-cost areas taps people out until the quality of life drastically disappears. WELCOME!!! wishing you all the best

[John_W]

Originally Posted by kendi

Interesting that they are naming 470 “Central”. ( Ave or parkway.). Your map excludes all the new land TV has purchased and if they continue buying and building at the same rate it won’t be long until South of the turnpike is Central. Wouldn’t be surprised if 470 ends up being the center of TV one day.

It will be 20 years before Fenney is central, and that's only if they continue to sell at the current rate. Right now Fenney is the very southern most edge of TV. That's about 20 to 25 miles to the northern most edge and Calumet Grove. To become central they'll have to built 20 to 25 miles further south of Fenney. Calumet Grove was started just about 20 years ago, about 2000 to 2002. I don't how anyone can look at that map and think the new area will be central in the near future. All I can say is the new home sales people much have one heck of a sales pitch.

[Buzzerbaby]

Thank you for all the warm welcomes! I figure "they" (whoever they are) say the average villager moves 2.7 times while living in the villages, so that gives us plenty of time to really figure things out as far as location. I don't think this one is our forever home, but it's definitely going to be our right now home. Now to figure out how to get the wife retired so we can get down there full time.

[newgirl]

Make sure to join the south of sixty group!

[dhdallas]

Originally Posted by Buzzerbaby

So we did this kind of unconventionally, We first visited the Villages in December, found a house in a location we liked (Winifred Village), and am currently under contract. I'm fortunate to have worked in a profession that allowed me to retire early (I'm 52 and my wife is 55). We originally looking at Latitude Margaritaville and a couple other communities but absolutely fell in love with The Villages. I'm sure it's not all rainbows and unicorns here but everyone we came into contact with seemed really happy and had a zest for life.Looking forward to meeting some of you and I'm always looking for a fishing partner .

So what did you do that would be considered unconventional? Usually, a person visits, picks out a house, and buys it like you did. Seems pretty conventional to me.

[Villages Kahuna]

Great location. Nice mature neighborhood.

[dougawhite]

Originally Posted by John_W

At 9:21 tonight, it will be the 21st minute of the 21st hour of the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century. No, it's not, but I made you look.

Your map is missing Bridgeport at Laurel Valley, and probably some others...

[Buzzerbaby]

Originally Posted by dhdallas

So what did you do that would be considered unconventional? Usually, a person visits, picks out a house, and buys it like you did. Seems pretty conventional to me.

I guess it was due to the fact that we knew very little about the villages when we visited. We didn’t do the lifestyle visit and probably only spent around 10 hours total there over a 2 day period. It was a h*ll of a first impression!

[John_W]

Originally Posted by dougawhite

Your map is missing Bridgeport at Laurel Valley, and probably some others...

Homes 4 Rent made the map, it's on their website, it's the best map I could find of the location of the individual villages. I wish they made a nice printed version, but I haven't found one. It appears two of maps over lap in that area, Mission Hills #42 was included, and Bridgeport at Lake Sumter #41 was included and then it looks they had room to put in Laurel Valley, but forgot. I'm surprised Gracie didn't mention that since she lives in LV.

[pablo cruze]

I closed 2 weeks ago and have a ton of updates to do on my house - it is very dated and not well kept up. I think the paint is the original builders paint from 2008. Anyway, I selected the home due to the excellent location w/i the villages, and a nice corner lot.

After a few months of steady work, I should have it looking better, and make my wife happy. She won't move down till it's fixed up.

The residents on my street are a few decades older than I am, as were the previous owners of my place. Maybe some "youts" (U60's) will move in within a few years...

Have a happy day