Buy A New or Preowned Home?

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  • There are advantages to buying both new and preowned homes. Join Jerry and Linda as the Villages Newcomers discuss benefits to each. They also show you some upgrades that you might consider whether shopping new, or preowned.
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Komentáře • 208

  • @melvinaspence6257
    @melvinaspence6257 Před 3 lety +3

    You Folks are so real, cute and loving. You appear to be enjoying your end time life together as a couple.Most people are just living a married single life. It's nice to see you are enjoying each other. I just love you both❣

  • @KATE69101
    @KATE69101 Před 2 lety +1

    You two are so cute. The dog too. You give very informative videos. I want you guys to know how appreciative I am. Thank you again.

    • @JERRYANDLINDA
      @JERRYANDLINDA  Před 2 lety

      Thank you Kate! We really, really appreciate that!

  • @ggbice
    @ggbice Před 3 lety +14

    Superb information that many people may not consider.
    In particular; you hit the jackpot with your home imho. The crown molding is beautiful.
    Upgrades equal greater resale value.
    Anything that minimizes maintenance is priceless. If you cook a lot, that backsplash is a necessity.
    The light and sun exposure in Florida is very important as well. Cooling and heating costs should be considered.
    While my home has lots of tile, I have carpet in living room and bedrooms. It's just preference.
    Love your epoxy floors.
    19 years since building our house, and upgrades have really been worth it.
    Garage pad is 18ft. vrs 16. Closet space is abundant. There really are significant considerations that will make a house, a home.
    I had plans made from my original with less square footage to build again. Everything is on hold for now. A resale is still an option. Building costs are very high; land clearing and prep is almost as costly as my land.
    Like you started the video......
    Location, Location, Location. Probably the best advice Jerry and Linda. I really feel your video could help many who may want to relocate.
    Sorry comment is so long!🙋✌️🙋✌️.

  • @sherrycampbell9196
    @sherrycampbell9196 Před 2 lety +1

    Loved this ❤️ video..it helps to hear pre owned versus new...I am getting caught up on all your videos..while awaiting the surgeon to call for my surgery to remove a mass and left knee..to get a whole new knee...blessings to all

  • @Miguel195211
    @Miguel195211 Před 3 lety +8

    Location is very important to me. I have built two homes, so I love new. But, pre-owned has some additions that other homeowners put in. Whatever makes you happy! 🏌️
    You guys covered a lot in this video, good job.

  • @MariaReyes-te7lk
    @MariaReyes-te7lk Před 2 lety +1

    The best upgrade paint.. good paint.

  • @theresatitus-lawson3431
    @theresatitus-lawson3431 Před 3 lety +4

    Thanks again for a very informative video. I bought a pre-owned home also with some very nice upgrades. My home was only 6 years old when I bought. Still fairly new for a house! I love my neighborhood and love my neighbors! I've said it before and I'll say it again, The Villages is awesome! Hi Gizz! Stay well Jerry and Linda!

    • @JERRYANDLINDA
      @JERRYANDLINDA  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks, Theresa... we always love your positive attitude!

  • @robinduke3184
    @robinduke3184 Před 3 lety +3

    You are so right about location. You can slowly change anything about a home that you don’t like, but it’s location is permanent. 😊

  • @rescuelady4678
    @rescuelady4678 Před 3 lety +6

    This is a great video. You have shared some very helpful information about the homes in the Villages. You have a beautiful home. Wishing you many years of happiness living in Florida. Take care. Stay safe. 🐾🌺

  • @everetteborr
    @everetteborr Před 3 lety +16

    I wanted to add one more thought.
    With the additional “upgrades” to your home and the “paid-off bond”, you probably gained significantly more “net value” than buying a new home, and you also got a better location.
    You have presented a whole new way to look at purchasing a home in the Villages.
    You did well, and thank you again.

  • @bnyob3463
    @bnyob3463 Před 3 lety +4

    That was fabulous when Gizmo fell asleep...I just loved it.❤

  • @cametientaucoeur
    @cametientaucoeur Před 3 lety +2

    Very nice points. We have built 2 homes & purchased 1 preowned. We liked most things about each home but we always selected for location, hence our lake site. You gave good advice. Prior to moving in, whether building, or buying, think carefully about your needs. Throughout the 20 years in our development, we have upgraded lots of things, living in the midst of mess. We eventually removed wall to wall carpeting, only works if leave shoes off & replaced with wood floors (except 3 bedrooms). As far as pre used toilets, new seats always a good idea. Your molding is very nice. Plantation shutters are great. Your blue walls are a very nice color & love your brick patio. Motorized screens very interesting, some people put that on their garage doors. Gizmo is so sweet. Jeanne

  • @scottduncan6991
    @scottduncan6991 Před 3 lety +5

    Perfect timing as we just bought a lot in the new Village of St. Catherines. We were looking at preowned and spec homes but just did not have what we wanted. Found that the preowned homes were a lot more expensive. We will be down in December for the design center. So excited for this new chapter in our lives. There will be months of construction but it is exciting to watch your neighborhood grow.

    • @barbaraebner5889
      @barbaraebner5889 Před 3 lety +1

      I just saw that "golden wingnut" did a drone video over St. Catherine. Looks nice. May good health and happiness move in with you!

    • @saundby
      @saundby Před 3 lety

      Congratulations! Things are really moving fast down there. I hope you get your home exactly as you would like it.

  • @cynthiaamitrano8915
    @cynthiaamitrano8915 Před 3 lety +5

    Very informative and greatly appreciated. Thank you. I’d choose pre-owned any day of the week.

  • @nataliesmithhart4511
    @nataliesmithhart4511 Před 3 lety +2

    Great information! I couldn’t agree more about LOCATION. 🙋🏼‍♀️ 💯 You can change your home but not the location of that home. I too love to step out of bed onto plush, soft carpet! 🛏 ❤️ We made the decision years ago to remove all the carpet from our rental properties. Too costly to replace with each tenant. I LOVED your plantation shutters and all the beautiful trim work. Fantastic upgrades that are worth the 💰. Thanks for sharing! Have a great week. Best! 💕

  • @zzzzipy12
    @zzzzipy12 Před 3 lety +3

    Yea, Gizmo...you tell them that YOU are the STAR!!!! Great advice on homes!!! Love your couch, pillows & art work!!!

  • @janeta3509
    @janeta3509 Před 3 lety +4

    Great info. A friend of mine just bought in Marsh Bend. I tried to talk him into a pre-owned for all the reasons you bought yours, especially that $30,000 bond! You have to add $30,000 to your purchase price if you buy new! And location! It took me 25 minutes to drive from Sumter Landing to his house in Marsh Bend.

    • @saundby
      @saundby Před 3 lety

      Marsh Bend is very nice, even if it's kinda "out there" right now. We strongly considered that village, the walking trails being a strong selling point for us, plus the houses get a lot of amenities that were extras on the older construction.
      In the end, we bought further north because we're impatient. They will probably have shopping in the area within a year, and a new town square in a few years, but we wanted all that a short cart ride away //now//. :D

  • @dorebea1
    @dorebea1 Před 3 lety +4

    One of my favorite videos! Loved hearing your first hand experience- based thoughts on pre-owned vs build. Especially appreciated the suggested list of upgrades / enhancements. This is a major topic for all future ‘newcomers’. Question: Is there anything you would have done differently, any changes to floor plan, any additional upgrades you wish you had etc? Personally I love your house (including the painted driveway & sidewalk).

  • @carolynanderson6545
    @carolynanderson6545 Před 3 lety +3

    Great video. Plain speak and informative. Homes are expensive there. Bond amounts are an issue. I'm single, newly retired looking for over 55 area but don't want to spend the rest of my life in a small box. Moderate homes are very expensive. Just have to keep looking.

  • @alexbloss4163
    @alexbloss4163 Před 3 lety +4

    I’m in the Villages tomorrow and making this same decision. Excellent timing !! Thank you...

  • @j.m.7056
    @j.m.7056 Před 3 lety +4

    Excellent information and thoughts. Much of which can be applied when house shopping elsewhere. I have purchased both new and pre-owned homes and your presentation is spot on! Thanks for your work.

  • @patsygrace2561
    @patsygrace2561 Před 3 lety +2

    You both are so fun to watch, honest, informative, interesting. Keep on with the good workd❤️

  • @gwolfe3825
    @gwolfe3825 Před 3 lety +4

    Buy new, start new, get all the sweet upgrades! Ours is brand new, you get all the warranties. I looked at owned homes, people did not take care of them.

    • @saundby
      @saundby Před 3 lety

      We bought pre-owned, but the prior owners took excellent care of the home. It was also one of the show homes for this section of the development, so it came with a lot of upgrades, plus those that the prior owners put in while they were here.
      We vacillated between new and pre-owned, but in the end we were impatient--we didn't want to keep renting with our stuff in storage while waiting on construction! :D

  • @Ellenllee
    @Ellenllee Před 3 lety +4

    I was chuckling like Linda when Jerry called the "stoop"..."good for nothing",lololol and EGAD! - the West facing lanai.Add the fact that Gizmo gets ac,fan and shading...well I was on the floor laughing then,my dog gets the same treatment lol.Informative and hysterical...thanks you so much for such lighthearted entertainment.Stay safe and have fun:).

  • @mindexpanding1
    @mindexpanding1 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you both for being so honest and objective. The salient points that you have identified have convinced me that I will not consider my retirement years at “The Villages”.
    Leaving metro NY to go to a community that has so many of the negatives that are our catalyst for relocation would be devastating.
    All best to you both and thank for your
    truthfulness.

    • @Jyeagley1
      @Jyeagley1 Před 3 lety +1

      I have not heard any negatives.

    • @mindexpanding1
      @mindexpanding1 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Jyeagley1
      Very subjective. Positive items for one individual can very negative for another.
      The problem with the “Villages” is the endless fees and levels of upgrades available that suggest better value(s).
      The “fixed” costs are always increasing and the “typical” home owner has no options except to utilize the outsiders who prey on residents.
      This is especially true for widows who are the most vulnerable and their numbers increase daily.
      Do your research, look at all the abuses that local contractors perpetuate on the uneducated homeowners.
      I personally dated a staff member who shared much information with me that convinced me never to live there.

  • @petemanning3012
    @petemanning3012 Před 3 lety +1

    I never noticed the lack of gutters on all the homes we are looking at....thanks for that tip

  • @floridafunprof6750
    @floridafunprof6750 Před 3 lety +4

    Great info as usual; I agree that location is very important - I may prefer the old area more due to less yard restrictions, access to 441 and all it's rest/shopping, more developed infrastructure, and maybe less crowds...they need a 4th square badly it seems. Thanks again!

    • @lauralampe1664
      @lauralampe1664 Před 3 lety +1

      I'm with you. I could easily buy a home on the Historical Side or right around Spanish Springs. Love the convenience of that area.

    • @saundby
      @saundby Před 3 lety

      We loved the homes near Brownwood, and they're a few years newer than the house we ended up buying further north. We love Lake Sumter Landing, we fell in love with the square and the lake when we visited shortly after it opened, so we decided to buy a home nearby.
      It we had bought further north yet, though, there would have been a lot of advantages to that compared to here. The roofs are newer there--we will probably have to replace our roof soon, if we had bought an older home, that would already have been done. There seems to me more landscaping area that's owned by The Villages up north, just an extra touch of beauty there.
      And we love both Lady Lake and 466 for shopping, which is more remote for us than if we'd bought further north, but that turned out not to be too big a deal, we just drive a little further.
      We are in an area where the landscaping is mature and well established. Most homes have upgraded from the builder's original landscaping, and there are a lot of other "younger" people like us buying into the area who are making their own upgrades as well.
      We also like being in an established neighborhood. The "old hands" here have made us feel very welcome. The two things that really sold us on this specific house were the lanai (oversized lanai glassed in with slider doors) and the neighbors we got to meet before settling on the place. We had another house we were looking at with a huge, magnificent screened lanai but our first encounter with the man next door made us decide that it certainly wasn't where we wanted to live.

  • @dankleman5010
    @dankleman5010 Před 3 lety +1

    You almost have me convince to move south to the villages from Ohio when I retire next year. Now to convince my wife. Really enjoying all your videos. They are very helpful.

    • @JERRYANDLINDA
      @JERRYANDLINDA  Před 3 lety

      Haha! It is tough to convince the boss! See you when you get here!

  • @mialorenzen3538
    @mialorenzen3538 Před 3 lety +3

    This was super helpful! We’ll be buying a Villa soon! I love your grandfather clock! 😊😎, Mia

  • @cynthiaamitrano8915
    @cynthiaamitrano8915 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Carpet is like a sweater for your house. Up north it’s insulation in the cold winter months. I’m looking for a video and can’t find it. Maybe you didn’t do a home tour, but I believe you did.

  • @carolapostolos8929
    @carolapostolos8929 Před 3 lety +3

    Very interesting. Thanks for your thoughts Jerry and Linda.

  • @quiltme10
    @quiltme10 Před 3 lety +2

    Fabulous video today! A lot of GREAT info you gave us to think about the pre-owned & new homes! Thank you so much, Jerry & Linda!

  • @scottdial.45
    @scottdial.45 Před 3 lety +2

    Great info guys! You picked a beautiful home and chose a very pretty paint color. Hello Gizmo!!

  • @juliegarren2994
    @juliegarren2994 Před 3 lety +1

    Linda & Jerry, thanks again for such an informative video. I was taking notes as fast as I could!

  • @CynthiaMUrban
    @CynthiaMUrban Před 3 lety +1

    So nice spending a Sunday afternoon with the 3 of you. Thank you for sharing and God bless.

  • @lp2565
    @lp2565 Před 3 lety +2

    Shout out to my old home town of WACO, TEXAS! Born & Raised!

  • @JWH808
    @JWH808 Před 3 lety +1

    Just subscribed to your channel. I’m 45 years old, but dreaming of retirement. I’m jealous of your full head of hair. Thanks for sharing your lifestyle!

  • @derbuckeyetribe9789
    @derbuckeyetribe9789 Před 3 lety +1

    Since 2003 my father has owned 4 homes in the Villages. Two were pre-owned and two were brand new. All have been fine homes of various sizes. The first 3 he bought because they were at the end of a cul de sac with larger lots. The 4th one was a down size, He's getting way up in age. Houses 2-4 are all near Lake Sumpter Landing and Rainy Trail. Location! Near Rainey Trail and west or close to Lake Sumpter landing has given us a quick way into and out of the villages. In less than than 15 minutes I can be on the Turnpike or I-75 for Tampa, Orlando, or Home (Ohio). Not too mention a short golf cart trip into Lake Sumpter Landing or Southern Trace for shopping, etc. We're not golfers, but the lanai and birdcage on the current house overlooks the 2nd tee on the Arnold Palmer course. We've had a lot of fun in the Villages over the years. I'm hoping you two have many years to enjoy the Villages as well.

    • @JERRYANDLINDA
      @JERRYANDLINDA  Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you so much. It sounds like you could probably teach us a few things about The Villages!

    • @derbuckeyetribe9789
      @derbuckeyetribe9789 Před 3 lety

      @@JERRYANDLINDA You're welcome and Thank you as well. Your videos let me have a good look at how the Villages is evolving. I really appreciate the time and effort it takes to make your videos! 👍 I really miss my visits to the Villages.. Maybe this Thanksgiving!! Craving a visit to Oakwood on RT 27 for a dinner of Oakwood chicken!!

  • @chineseslaves1971
    @chineseslaves1971 Před 3 lety +1

    Nice upgrades! Not providing gutters...wow...shocking what they take away.

  • @GUITARTIME2024
    @GUITARTIME2024 Před 3 lety +2

    Your wife adores you, dude. You did well.

  • @robertfitzgerald6419
    @robertfitzgerald6419 Před 3 lety +2

    Great show, enjoyed it.
    Your friend Bobby.

  • @foxiedogitchypaws7141
    @foxiedogitchypaws7141 Před 3 lety +1

    There is a growing town in north Alabama called Gorham Bluff. The man who designed the villages also designed Gorhams Bluff.

  • @garysimms1347
    @garysimms1347 Před 3 lety +1

    EGAD. A new mnemonic for the tuning of the strings for a bass instrument! Thanks for the info!

  • @lailja21
    @lailja21 Před 3 lety +3

    Another plus of solar tubes is the moon glow

  • @edithp.7213
    @edithp.7213 Před 3 lety +1

    I just ❤️you two. I wish you were our neighbors!🌺🌼🌸

  • @downinthebayou2143
    @downinthebayou2143 Před 3 lety +1

    We learned a lot from this great video. Thank you!

  • @everetteborr
    @everetteborr Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you, this an extraordinarily thoughtful video.

  • @williamdillon1598
    @williamdillon1598 Před 3 lety +1

    Of course you have to keep Gizmo cool and comfortable!

  • @LanceMcCormick
    @LanceMcCormick Před 3 lety +1

    Nice video! Laughing hard with you on that floor in garage!
    Preowned you can pick your own realtor and negotiate like we did! New you have to use villages sales people!

  • @doorguru168888
    @doorguru168888 Před 3 lety +1

    Another fine video Jerry and Linda! I will never live in the Villages, but I do enjoy your videos. All the best to you!

  • @beingkitschroeder2507
    @beingkitschroeder2507 Před 3 lety +3

    We'll be down there a week from today!

  • @nadeichman
    @nadeichman Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for sharing your home! Nice features!

  • @barbaraebner5889
    @barbaraebner5889 Před 3 lety +6

    Jerry and Linda you have a beautiful home. I still am confused with this "bond". I understand infrastructure but what are taxes for? I am in the East and lived in a brand new build, no bond. On my Village " to buy" list is bond paid. Very informative video. You guys present wonderfully.

    • @saundby
      @saundby Před 3 lety

      The bond is a way to finance the original construction of the infrastructure--roads, sewer, etc. The taxes pay for upkeep. Since existing homeowners aren't having to underwrite the new construction costs for areas they don't live in, taxes stay lower and our tax rates aren't subject to speculation in construction.
      Bond paid is very nice, but it's not worth passing up the right house over. The rule of thumb that people use is to mentally add the remaining bond to the price of the home. It's not all that accurate a way to think of it, but it helps when you're prioritizing one house vs another on cost. We bought a house with $8K left on the bond last year. We had a "war chest" of money set aside to do improvements on our house when we bought it, and if there had been enough left over, we would have paid off the bond during the annual window to do that. However, we decided that we have other priorities for now, and opted to just make the regular payments for another year. Our bond will be paid in 5 years, so we may just continue that way--it'll be paid off 5 years before we pay off the house itself and we're thinking of other upgrades we'd like.

    • @markskipper2199
      @markskipper2199 Před 3 lety

      @@saundby everywhere we have lived the developer absorbed these cost, and it was figured into the cost of the lot. This is ridiculous!

  • @rowenah3723
    @rowenah3723 Před 3 lety +2

    Hi, if I lived in the US I would move to your area,in Oz we pay stamp duty when every you buy a house, about 4,% of purchase price, to buy a place like your would cost about $700,000 US dollars here.,Rowena/Oz 🤑💙

  • @haroldwiser2641
    @haroldwiser2641 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for a great, informative video with a few chuckles along the way!

  • @jonkrispeterson6678
    @jonkrispeterson6678 Před 3 lety +1

    I don’t know about The Villages, but if you are in West Villages/Wellen Park, homes sell in hours for 10% over asking. Almost no choice but to build.

  • @jimroberts2852
    @jimroberts2852 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks Jerry & Linda - quality video like always!

  • @judithcicalese842
    @judithcicalese842 Před 3 lety +1

    Love your informative videos!!!! Thank you for all the great details.

  • @csnanny1882
    @csnanny1882 Před 3 lety +2

    Hey,enjoyed, where have you guys been hanging out at ? Haven’t seen you for a while. Hope all is well, love ya, God bless.

  • @suespony
    @suespony Před 3 lety +3

    Must admit, I am not a carpet fan, we live in the finger lakes area of New York, it's gets very cold, we have a few throw rugs, but that's it. We are still in the process of getting a winter home in Florida, we plan to still live in new York in the Summers. Covid has definitely put us behind some as for finding a winter home.thanks for all your thoughts and input, is very helpful.

  • @kennethbrooks9930
    @kennethbrooks9930 Před 3 lety +4

    You did not discuss your bidet. Did you get them installed? Good job discussing some of the upgrades on pre-owned homes.

    • @JERRYANDLINDA
      @JERRYANDLINDA  Před 3 lety +5

      We sure did, we have one in both bathrooms now. They were a big hit during the toilet paper shortage.😁😁😁😁😁

    • @kennethbrooks9930
      @kennethbrooks9930 Před 3 lety

      @@JERRYANDLINDA Now, if we can get the shoes off in the house we will be in business. Love the videos, thanks.

  • @matt51402
    @matt51402 Před 3 lety +2

    Yes indeed, the bond is so expensive! And location, location, location! I'm holding out to Spanish Springs or Brownwood.

    • @saundby
      @saundby Před 3 lety +1

      I definitely tell people to pick their town square and live near it. We were vacillating between the house we bought and one down near where Jerry and Linda are. In the end, my wife's preference for Lake Sumter Landing made the decision for us, plus we're about equal distance between Spanish Springs and Brownwood, close enough to take the cart to either, but of course we normally go to LSL because it's closer.

    • @matt51402
      @matt51402 Před 3 lety

      @@saundby that the way of doing it,equal driving to both town squares!.

  • @pmholcombe453
    @pmholcombe453 Před 3 lety +1

    Very informative! Never dealt with a mortgage bond in GA.

  • @jaywinger8131
    @jaywinger8131 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for sharing great information hopefully give me to get a good golf game will you guys will be down there visiting in December

  • @pakaza
    @pakaza Před 3 lety +7

    Yikes on the Bond! A lot of money, that could be spent on your own upgrades.

    • @saundby
      @saundby Před 3 lety +1

      Part of why new houses are listed at lower prices than preowned in many cases. Though the newer houses also have many more amenities built in. Golf cart garages and walk in showers are pretty much standard in the new construction designer homes.
      Rule of thumb is to add the bond to the price of the house, see how it compares to others you're considering.

  • @emmylou-y4b
    @emmylou-y4b Před 3 lety +1

    This is most helpful as usual. Thanks so much!

  • @TomTom-gz7jo
    @TomTom-gz7jo Před 3 lety +1

    excellent video, many great insights

  • @ceciliapetrowsky2572
    @ceciliapetrowsky2572 Před 3 lety +1

    Beam me up Scotty. Haha. Loved that reference Linda.

  • @richardc488
    @richardc488 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for the information!

  • @jimhunt7634
    @jimhunt7634 Před 3 lety +1

    Great info.. Thanks guys

  • @Judes121
    @Judes121 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for sharing !

  • @samsmullen991
    @samsmullen991 Před 3 lety +1

    I personally hate carpets. I want floor to be clean and with carpet, you couldn't see how dirty it is.

  • @gracealleman4102
    @gracealleman4102 Před 3 lety +2

    To answer your question about why people don't like carpet:
    Stains easily shows very badly if you cannot get it out...dog pee etc
    Smells more than tile
    If you're allergic to the smell of carpet it's hard to get it out more allergies in carpet than in tile
    If you put in the color of carpet and you get sick of it that's it, with tile at least you can cover it with a throw rug or another piece of loose carpet
    The fibers in the carpet they have done studies attract more disease, more allergies, and health problems
    Carpet cleaning companies that come in and clean your carpet are not cheap
    Install a cork floor or a flooring with a cushion underneath instead of carpeting

    • @JERRYANDLINDA
      @JERRYANDLINDA  Před 3 lety

      I Y H O

    • @LarryNewmanSusanNewman
      @LarryNewmanSusanNewman Před 3 lety

      I always have to laugh at how people worry about carpet be being dirty so they put down tile and then put rugs over it. Duh...

  • @carolapostolos8929
    @carolapostolos8929 Před 3 lety +4

    No Gizmo you're not chopped liver. 😍🐕

  • @sukmarip.733
    @sukmarip.733 Před 3 lety +1

    Very informative 👏 thanks

  • @mb0314
    @mb0314 Před 3 lety +1

    Jerry, another nosy question, we’re closing on March 23rd. We would like to have our garage floor epoxied as well, may I ask who did your garage floor? I would like to call them and ask the cost and if it can be done b4 we get there since we will close a few days before we arrive, if it can be done.Thank you to you and Linda for all the great info.

    • @JERRYANDLINDA
      @JERRYANDLINDA  Před 3 lety

      Our home was already finished in that regard. We have heard good things about Edison Concreations. (352)406-8775

    • @mb0314
      @mb0314 Před 3 lety

      @@JERRYANDLINDA Thank you, I will look them up😘

  • @jrgolferty7898
    @jrgolferty7898 Před 3 lety +1

    We are back to school for the villages charter middle school yahhh

  • @jeffreyhoffman760
    @jeffreyhoffman760 Před 3 lety +4

    I see they are building new apartment near the square can you do a show on those please

  • @freddiebasset4298
    @freddiebasset4298 Před 3 lety +1

    Carpet is nasty! When they took up my carpet the crud under was gross! Wood floors are the best!

  • @silverbubbles4728
    @silverbubbles4728 Před 3 lety +1

    Just Love your backyard! Love, Love, Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gorgeous! One question though, are the motorized screens in the windows expensive to fix/replace? Thanks for your time. God Bless!

    • @JERRYANDLINDA
      @JERRYANDLINDA  Před 3 lety

      The motorized screens are warrantied... we don't know how hard they'd be to fix if they broke. Hope we don't find out.

    • @silverbubbles4728
      @silverbubbles4728 Před 3 lety +1

      @@JERRYANDLINDA Thanks, hope you don't have to find out either! Tonite, you two need to sit back in your lanai, open up a bottle of wine & have a drink while looking out into your backyard. When you do, just say, "This one is for you, Barb!" Ha ha ha.....

    • @JERRYANDLINDA
      @JERRYANDLINDA  Před 3 lety

      Cheers!

  • @elsacleary9065
    @elsacleary9065 Před 3 lety +3

    Thank you great video, except you didn’t introduce little Gizmo, he looked so sad..

  • @jim-uu2db
    @jim-uu2db Před 3 lety +1

    At some point could you go,over how you searched and found your home. Also your visiting experiences.

  • @markskipper2199
    @markskipper2199 Před 3 lety +2

    Didn’t see anything on home prices. Did I miss this?

  • @tammirfowler1216
    @tammirfowler1216 Před 3 lety +2

    Thanks for the great info. We were there last week looking around and agree that location is important. How did you find your home? Did you pick location first and then floor plan? How long did it take you to find what you wanted in your price range? You have some wonderful upgrades! Thanks for sharing.

    • @saundby
      @saundby Před 3 lety +1

      We picked our favorite villages based on location relative to our favorite town square. We had favorite floor plans, but there can be very clever modifications to any of them that dramatically change the house--we have a Lantana as do our neighbors behind, but moving the master bedroom door gave them a closet almost twice the size as ours. My mother has a Lantana as well, but they grafted on the master suite of a Premier home, expanded, extended, and raised the ceiling. So it shows like a Premier home even though it's a Designer.
      But they had to extend their lanai later to get one as large and usable as ours. ;)
      Start with your favorites, but look at anything in the right size range, and know what kind of flexibility you have in how you will use your rooms and the public areas of the house. I did up scale drawings of our two favorite floor plans, the Lantana and Gardenia, before we started looking, and made cutouts of our furniture that we expected to have so that we could experiment with different ideas about how we would use the space. We looked at a lot of other floor plans as well, but the exercise with the furniture cutouts helped us a lot in understanding how each home's layout would work for us.

    • @tammirfowler1216
      @tammirfowler1216 Před 3 lety +1

      @@saundby That information is very helpful ad informative. I like the idea of the furniture cut outs. Appreciate you taking the time to share. Thanks.

  • @mmengyan
    @mmengyan Před 3 lety +2

    Maybe I missed it, did you explain what a "BOND is ? I think it is a passed - thru cost of developing the infrastructure of the land the neighborhood sits on. Not used in the east or midwest. Developers just add that to the upfront price of the houses. That is so they can advertise a house "PRICE" without being honest about the true price.Kind of underhanded or fake to add it as an additional line item. jmho

    • @saundby
      @saundby Před 3 lety

      Not really, since the price of the home goes to the seller, but the bond goes to the local government. It's part of what makes things grow so quickly down here. Without it, The Villages wouldn't be what it is.
      Nobody tries to hide the bonds. In fact, it's usually right up top on the info sheets, especially if it's paid, in which case it's all caps with exclamation points.

    • @ggjr61
      @ggjr61 Před 3 lety

      Thanks for explaining what a bond is I had no idea.

  • @godsloveasall.4984
    @godsloveasall.4984 Před 3 lety +1

    In 27 years here in Florida, i owned 3 homes already, I always prefers a new home cuz i got to peaked the color and choose what i want to be upgrade in the house. Beside i kinda have a bad feelings about the history of the home and the previous owner. Maybe I just been watching to much scary movie😆 i live by myself so i don't want scary home😆 an also I just can't afford to keep the maintenance to soon, and here in Florida, also it can be dangerous for someone you don't know to come into your home knowing that you an older woman that living alone. Not a good idea here in Florida, that's why i always choice a new home 🏡 an i stayed for 9 years an then i sold and find another new home. It's how i do it here myself.

  • @brentpaulus4195
    @brentpaulus4195 Před 3 lety +1

    Jerry & Linda, I love your videos, I'm just wondering if You have in the past ? Mentioned anything about having any retired military community within the villages? Just wondering what the closest military base is?

    • @JERRYANDLINDA
      @JERRYANDLINDA  Před 3 lety

      Lots and lots of veterans, but no designated area.

  • @tinkertailor3115
    @tinkertailor3115 Před 3 lety +2

    "First one on the toilet seat" -- ah, the little pleasures of life!!

  • @markforbes4389
    @markforbes4389 Před 3 lety +1

    Did u look around different parts of Florida and if u did what made u decide on the Villages?

  • @georgepedone8506
    @georgepedone8506 Před 3 lety +1

    Boy I love your vids. Question on power outages . Do they have backup power or are residence allowed to have generators ?

  • @oceandreamer1958
    @oceandreamer1958 Před 3 lety +1

    This video was very helpful! We plan to look at pre-owned homes. Do you recommend an outside real estate agent for MLS listings?

    • @JERRYANDLINDA
      @JERRYANDLINDA  Před 3 lety

      Debbie, to each his own. We did not, we found a home ourselves on The Village's app, and had our Villages sales agent come and look at it for us while we were back in Indiana. The rest is history.😁

  • @davidshkoler4126
    @davidshkoler4126 Před 3 lety +2

    I would’ve left the refrigerator filter in, as an added system for clean water.

  • @stuartmckenna835
    @stuartmckenna835 Před 3 lety +1

    Yet, another great video! But, I have to say that a "lack of introduction" for the "Giz" was a bit concerning. Granted "Giz" didn't do much in this segment, but just that dog's presence demands an introduction! Hey, we have mini-splits here in Connecticut and love them. Speaking of home upgrades, a good friend of mine is a retired CIA employee...so he started his own kitchen remodeling business...he calls it, "Counter Intelligence!" Keep those videos coming!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Its_me--Boo_Radley
    @Its_me--Boo_Radley Před 3 lety +1

    Jerry and Linda, hubby and I are now residents of ... Florida!! Yes, we've arrived in Tampa and we are loving it! In the past, we built a new house and have bought preowned homes, including the one here in Tampa. We looked into building here, but we found a home we loved that was in a beautiful established neighborhood. Our neighborhood is in the northern, newer part of Tampa. Our home is 20 years old and was really in prefect, move-in condition. The trees and landscaping in our neighborhood are all well established and beautiful. The area has easy access to everything we could want--shopping, world-class medical care, restaurants, entertainment, outdoor recreation, etc. We have a pool and lanai, which, if we were building new, we probably wouldn't have ... and all this for much less than if we built a new house. PS. Unlike you guys, we looked for non-carpet. We have wood-looking tile. We bought a Roomba which scoots around the house cleaning up after us. PSS. We have plantation shutter throughout too, plus we also have hurricane-rated windows.

    • @JERRYANDLINDA
      @JERRYANDLINDA  Před 3 lety +1

      I thought about buying Linda a Roomba but I think it might drive Gizmo crazy!!!😆😆😆

    • @craiglange4852
      @craiglange4852 Před 3 lety +1

      @@JERRYANDLINDA Try borrowing one to see how he reacts...

    • @Its_me--Boo_Radley
      @Its_me--Boo_Radley Před 3 lety

      @@JERRYANDLINDA The first time we used Roomba, our little dog Cooper, barked at it for the first half an hour. He seems to be getting used to it now and only growls at it when it first starts. 😄

  • @stibs66
    @stibs66 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi Jerry and Linda. Rained all day in Sarasota as well

  • @bradcurtis9560
    @bradcurtis9560 Před 3 lety +1

    Love your channel. We are moving to oxford oaks in January. We fell in love with the place when my parents moved to the village of Sanibel. Any chance you would do a tour of the family communities?

  • @Jyeagley1
    @Jyeagley1 Před 3 lety +2

    What are the names of the newer villages?

    • @JERRYANDLINDA
      @JERRYANDLINDA  Před 3 lety +1

      There are so many… Hawkins, Bradford, Chitty Chatty, Saint Catherine, DeLuna, and lots more.

  • @TheGregWallace
    @TheGregWallace Před 3 lety +1

    We are going to be moving down there in about 10yrs......If you are interested can we just buy your house in about 10 years?

  • @landeeld9596
    @landeeld9596 Před 3 lety +2

    We bought a 30 year old house in Sun City Oro Valley because its all built out

  • @BobbiDoll
    @BobbiDoll Před 3 lety +1

    On one of your videos you mentioned some of the names of models in the Villages. Which one do you have?