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Old 03-04-2012, 09:22 PM
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  • Visited The Villages and did the Trolley Tour. Met lots of nice people - check.
  • Did a Lifestyle Preview visit. Met lots more nice people - check.
  • Came back and drank the Kool-aid. Met more nice people--and some we'd met earlier - check.
  • Put down a deposit on a home site in Fernandina - check!!!

We're excited about moving to TV, yet have so much to do to get our house ready to sell!

We just read the thread about the smell in Fernandina, and have some slight concerns. We had mentioned this to our realtor, and he said it was the result of drilling the well near Bonifay. He assured us the smell will dissipate, because otherwise there would be an uprising of TV residents! We trust our realtor, and feel confident we made the right decision! Does anyone have any further concerns about this that we should know about?

The important point is we're excited about our upcoming move to TV and are looking forward to meeting others, and becoming Frogs!

Cheers,
Paul & Gail

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Welcome to Fernandina. We hope to be in around mid June.
We have visited the site a number of times inc. 2 weeks ago and all was well.
Had lunch outside at Bonifay and again all is well.
With people paying upwards of 800K (golf view) there would be an uprising.
My wife says I have a very sensitive sniffer so if somethings in the air believe me I'll know.
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PandG:

Welcome to TOTV and TV.

Mark your calendar for when you get here:

Saint Louis Club. First Wednesday, most months. 6:00 pm. Savannah Center.

Central States Club (MO, KS, AR, NE, OK). Fourth Thursday, most months. 6:00 pm. Canal Street Rec Center.

Excellent parties, both. Lots of St. Louisans in both clubs.

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Sounds like you have everything under control! Welcome to TV. We are in Sanibel and will move on May 8th. Such an exciting time!
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Old 03-06-2012, 09:34 PM
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keithwand - Good luck with your move in June! Thanks for the reassurance about the smell. I (Gail) also have a "sensitive sniffer". We'll be on Mockingbird Ln. - what about you?

swrinfla - Thanks so much for your kind welcome. And especially thanks for the info about the STL and Central States Clubs! We had not read anything about those, and are glad to know they exist. We'll look forward to meeting you, but not until Sept.

Happinow - Good luck with your move to Sanibel on May 8th! We've met some very nice people from Sanibel when we were at the Sanibel Pool last week.

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Old 03-07-2012, 10:55 AM
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Gail. Liz and I will be on Braddock Ct.

We are very excited to be moving to TV and our trip next week to pick out options for our house.

We really like the Fernandina/ Sanibel area and know you will too.
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  • Visited The Villages and did the Trolley Tour. Met lots of nice people - check.
  • Did a Lifestyle Preview visit. Met lots more nice people - check.
  • Came back and drank the Kool-aid. Met more nice people--and some we'd met earlier - check.
  • Put down a deposit on a home site in Fernandina - check!!!

We're excited about moving to TV, yet have so much to do to get our house ready to sell!

We just read the thread about the smell in Fernandina, and have some slight concerns. We had mentioned this to our realtor, and he said it was the result of drilling the well near Bonifay. He assured us the smell will dissipate, because otherwise there would be an uprising of TV residents! We trust our realtor, and feel confident we made the right decision! Does anyone have any further concerns about this that we should know about?

The important point is we're excited about our upcoming move to TV and are looking forward to meeting others, and becoming Frogs!

Cheers,
Paul & Gail
Paul and Gail, Congratulations on your purchase. Hope your home building goes smoothly!
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Paul and Gail it was fun meeting you at the Sanibel pool. Congrats again on your purchase.

See you soon

Mike
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Old 03-18-2012, 10:40 AM
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Hi Mike,

We enjoyed meeting you at the pool, too! We return the end of May to work with the design team for the new house. Hope to see you (and meet your wife) at the Sanibel pool then.

Now we're facing the reality of preparing to put our MO home on the market. We interviewed Realtor #1 yesterday, and won't be able to do everything she recommends. It's the anticipation of moving to TV that keeps us going.

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Old 03-20-2012, 05:38 PM
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Paul & Gail

We have friends we met in July 2011 in the Sanibel Pool also who just told us they bought a lot in Fernandina on Mockingbird? on the golf course. Sanibel pool is turning out to be great place to meet new people.
Vera and I are looking foreard to see ing you again.
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