The Villages (retirement community)

[jaye614]

http://www.thevillages.com/HomeFinder/Results/detail/L4.429

I know someone who lives there and started looking at the homes on their website....doesn't this home seem too good to be true for the price? It even comes with a golf card.

 

[TheIncredibles!]

Seems about right to me. It says it's a "Manufactured Double Wide" which to me means it's a trailer home.

 

[Praying Colonel]

Manufactured - Double Wide

Yep, that's the "too good to be true" part.

 

[Luvchefmic]

What's wrong with a manufactured double wide ? We have a beautiful one 4 bdrm 2 bath ...no tires. I think you watch Jerry Springer too much OP from the pictures it looks really nice.

 

[LBIJim]

Manufactured homes are likely NOT trailers. They don't have wheels, and once put together on site, they're permanent. I don't know real estate prices in the area, but $139K for that isn't "too good to be true."

 

[Wish I lived in Fl]

It is actually "in" the villages and has certain benefits in exchange for a monthly maintenance fee.

My Mom hated not having any control over that monthly maintenance fee and so chose a house near the Villages but not actually in there.

She paid 44k for a 4 bedroom/1 ba cement block house on a pond 20 years ago.

Prices have gone up and gone down since then.

 

[gwynne]

Manufactured homes are likely NOT trailers. They don't have wheels, and once put together on site, they're permanent. I don't know real estate prices in the area, but $139K for that isn't "too good to be true."

Probably good in price, maybe not so good in a tornado or hurricane. Always lots to think about when making decisions about housing.

 

[DVC-Don]

If it is a manufactured double wide, then it is in an older part of The Villages.