We live in Stonecrest & love it. No complaints.

No dog park, dogs must be on leash. There is plenty of room for a fenced dog park but, apparently, no demand (?)

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Working on it. State of the art dog park coming soon, lol .

My husband and I just returned from a Lifestyle visit to both TV and Stonecrest. While we loved TV and all that was offered, we have made the decision to buy at Stonecrest. For the price of a new villa which would include a bond of $25,000 above the price of the villa we were able to select our own lot and have a brand new home built with no bond for a lot less money and a lot more house. We would still be able to go to all the squares, enjoy the nightly entertainment, dine in the many fine restaurants or go to the movies without having to be TV residents. We are not golfers and it seemed TV was more geared to those that loved to golf. Stonecrest has 3 outdoor and 1 indoor pool, their fitness center is free to use and the golf cart paths are not as intimidating as at TV. That's just our opinion, thanks for letting me voice it.

Well said.

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Congratulations for choosing what suits you! As I have, you will meet many people frequenting restaurants in and around TV who reside in various communities near TV.

It sounds as if you know yourselves well, and have put a lot of thought into the decision making process. I hope you enjoy Stonecrest.

Thanks to you for your replies. We have put a lot of thought into our decision. I had a moment of complete insanity before deciding on Stonecrest; my husband not so much. He just kept saying "I want you to be happy and not me coming home and you in tears because the decision was wrong". What can I say? I am a woman and need to have time to make up my mind - LOL.

I don’t know how I managed to miss this thread, but here I am.

Both Chuckinca and Silvertoken have covered most of the points quite well, but a couple of corrections are needed.

The governing body of Stonecrest as established under the covenants is the POA. The current number of sold homes is 1881 and when it reaches 2000, the developer is required to turn over control of the POA board to officers elected by the residents.

Several years ago, the developer established a Stonecrest Board Committee (SBC). It consists of residents that were selected by the developer to deal with resident issues and make recommendations to management and the POA board. It is essentially equivalent to TV’s AAC.

The Stonecrest Homeowners Organization (SHO) is an ad hoc group of Stonecrest residents that are upset with the developer mostly regarding responsibility for maintaining retention ponds that are located on the privately owned golf course. But what the SHO has failed to acknowledge is that roughly half of the streets in Stonecrest drain into those ponds via underground conduits. I know this because I examined the engineering plans that were submitted to the St. Johns River Water Management District as part of the approval process for our community. So why shouldn't the residents be responsible for maintaining them. The SHO has no authority over anything in Stonecrest.