[Wantabe]

Hi, I understand the Villages has a relocation program? Has anyone used it or have any pros or cons about it?
Thank you

[Wantabe]

Hi, I understand the Villages has a relocation program? Has anyone used it or have any pros or cons about it?
Thank you

[Chi-Town]

I used it ten years ago and was very pleased. Took care of the sale and the move. Not sure what it's like now.

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[thelegges]

So if you speak to your rep, they can go over, how it works. They find the best track record real estate agents in your area. After all they you want you to sell quickly. You contact them, interview and choose who you like.

[KSSunshine]

We tried using Relocation services a year ago. Unfortunately, the two agents we interviewed jacked up the price in order to recover the relocation fee from TV. We weren't wise enough to understand how unhappy that made our real estate agent. We are how $35K lower than we started out at in February 2018. Just lowered the price again today as we are coming anyway! (Why delay retirement and fun...). Will be looking next week for a PV rental until our house sells.

Secondly, the moving services that they have contact you seem to be about $1-2K higher than going out on the market ourselves. Just took bids today and they are coming in at $1-2K lower for the same level of them packing and moving with one month storage. Again, I think there is a premium on the referral that TV takes.

I know it works well for some and that is wonderful! But it didn't work for us. Just our experience!

[villagetinker]

We used it to sell some swamp land in Delaware (long story), and it was more of a reference service for a Delaware realtor, in the end it worked our better than we expected, we got rid of the swamp, and actually covered all costs and got a few bucks back.

[Toymeister]

I believe that their cut is ten percent of the commission on selling your home outside of TV.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Wantabe

Hi, I understand the Villages has a relocation program? Has anyone used it or have any pros or cons about it?
Thank you

We used it and found it not helpful. Better to go with recommendations from people in your home area, which is what we ended up doing. The relocation people really don't know inside info for all the different areas. I think they just work off of a list. I recommend doing your own scouting work.

[Nucky]

Witness Protection. Absolutely. Several in the neighboring Village. I'd take them over the Problem that many have in our neighborhood.

Our best friends used the service you speak of and the entire thing was seamless, not cheap but seamless. Wish I knew about it I would have paid for sure. Let us know how you do with this. I would like to do it on an InterVillage Move. Is that bad? Does that make me lazy? We've moved 22 times, we've had enough. Good Luck To Ya!

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by CFrance

We used it and found it not helpful. Better to go with recommendations from people in your home area, which is what we ended up doing. The relocation people really don't know inside info for all the different areas. I think they just work off of a list. I recommend doing your own scouting work.

I missed your post-CFrance, I'm sorry. I would be 1000% more inclined to go with your version as you have led little old me in only good directions on other issues. Good Job. You are way overdue for a Killer Joke! Thanks.

[mrdarcy]

I used it several years ago and was not happy with the program. The agent kept telling me we had a buyer and sales contract, but she never received any earnest money from this buyer. My house was off the market during this fiasco. In the end I reported her to her chief broker and hired a different agent, not related to The Villages Relocation program.

[Wantabe]

Hi thanks so much for your experience. Much appreciated.

[Wantabe]

Thank you all... I will let you know how I make out...

[CaliforniaGirl]

As someone with over 30 years experience in the moving industry (upper management level) and 5 of those years dealing with TV Relo, here are some facts and what I personally would do.
Facts: TV does NOT get kickbacks/rebates from movers (illegal.) They DO get a percentage of RE commission (legal.) There are 3 categories of customers, in order of importance: 1) Military/DOD/Other Gov't, 2) Corporate, and 3) COD (everybody else.) If you go through TV Relo, you are considered a corporate customer vs a COD. IF you have to move during mover's peak periods (Memorial Day through Labor Day, the last Friday of every month, and whenever schools are out - Christmas break, for example) that bump in service level is critical. You could book your move months in advance, do everything right and by the book, and still get dumped like a hot potato the day before your move if you are COD and the mover can drop you in lieu of a desperate last-minute COD they can make more money off of. A corporate customer will not get dumped.
All that being said, I would do my own thing IF I could be flexible and/or avoid peak periods. Which, BTW, is what I did and I had no problems at all.