Thanks so much and welcome to The Villages! We appreciate your feedback and we are so thankful that what we have shared is helpful. We hope to record a home tour later this week, so stay tuned. We are meeting a growing number of retired military families here and we are making notes for a video about the advantages of retiring to TV for veterans/military retirees. Let us know if you and/or your wife need anything and also if at some point you want to meet for coffee, ice cream, etc. Our email is [email protected]. We will keep you and your comrades in prayer for a safe deployment and a speedy return home.

Thanks for your comment, and I assume that you mean that you don't like electric. Just curious if that is based upon your analysis or have you had an electric golf car that you weren't pleased with? Have a great week.

Thanks so much for your encouraging comments and we hope you have a great visit. Let us know when you come this way for good.

Thanks so much and so glad that it was helpful. We are definitely enjoying it! Have a great weekend.

Thanks so much and we really do enjoy it. We took a while to decide what we really wanted there and our U.S. Flag and what it represents seemed to encapsulate the message we wanted to share. Have a great weekend.

Thanks so much, so glad it was helpful.

Thanks so much for your encouraging comment and hope you have a great visit.

Thanks so much and so glad that it was helpful. Happy 4th of July!

Then obviously our channel is not for you. Have a great 4th of July.

@@thevillagesnatives3491 Respectfully , you have a great day also.

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Thanks for your comment and great question. Our Golf Car is 112 inches (9 ft, 4 in.) long and our Golf Car Garage, which is one of the shortest in depth, is 158 inches (13 ft., 2 in.), so plenty of room for our car. I have not seen a model that would not accommodate our Golf Car, but that might be possible. What model home do you have? Hope these dimensions help, and let us know if you have any other questions. Have a great 4th of July.

Thanks so much for your encouraging comments. Have a great 4th of July!

Thanks so much and our answer is: Golf Car, well according to our dealer and The Villages Golf Car Store. I see them as interchangeable but here they are treated much more like a personal transportation vehicle and golf usage seems to be secondary in my observation. When you get here get what you can afford when it is right for you. I see quite a bit of older golf cars and they get folks to the same places that the new ones do. MWR Surplus Sale, most definitely! Have a great 4th of July!

@thevillagesnatives3491 Happy 4th to the two of you as well. It will be our last "Salute to the Nation" ceremony=bitter sweet day. Enjoy the time with the family.

@@thevillagesnatives3491 Right on 👍.. A golf cart , is more geared for driving around the golf course, With equipment needed for a round of golf..ie, Bag holder on back , drink holder, sand bottle , ball holder, scorecard ,holder ..etc. A golf car.. more geared for driving on cart paths, neighborhood roads etc, and the equipment package is more safety friendly, upgraded lighting, seats, seatbelts, turn signals, etc…🛺

Thanks so much and enjoy your special day. Celebrating the 4th of July with the military community was always so meaningful for us as well.

Thanks so much and most definitely. Same platform but two different functions. Have a great 4th of July!

Thanks for your comment and very keen observation. I looked into one of the electric golf cars but the battery from the manufacturer did not offer an acceptable range for me. I do admit to being over cautious, so personality does impact these decisions. I think that if/when we need another golf car it will be electric. Thanks again and have a great 4th of July.

Thanks and that is a great question. The Evolution D5 Ranger 4 seater does have the three point seatbelts, and actually I think Michael and Tiffany with The Villages Experience KZbin channel purchased one of those and a big reason was the shoulder seatbelts. They did a few videos on their purchase and seem very happy with it. In many areas here golf cars ride alongside traffic on main roads (30 mph or less) and within neighborhoods we ride with the traffic. Hope this helps!

Thanks so much and good luck to you as well. That platform is hard to beat and it just goes and goes.

Thanks so much for your comment and congratulations on the purchase of your new home. We definitely hope to see you and would love to meet you. Once you arrive and have time shoot us a note via email and we would love to meet you. [email protected]

Excellent idea, thanks so much for sharing, and yes the parking lots can be a challenge. Not sure what it is about Brownwood Paddock Square but I can get turned around there in a heartbeat. The Air Tags are going in the shopping cart.

Thanks so much and so glad that it was helpful.

Thanks so much for your encouraging comment. So glad that it is helpful; that is truly why we are doing these videos. Soon you will be sharing with others your great experience. Have a great Independence Day!

Thanks so much for your encouraging comment and we are so excited for your new home in Shady Brook! Sorry for the late response today; we have had a busy few days. We were just down in that area last weekend and it is really taking shape well. We are glad that our videos are helpful, but we understand that it does bring up a lot of concerns. Are you on Facebook and if so have you looked for Groups of homeowners in Shady Brook. We found this very helpful in our transition. Will you be moving down full time or part time? I also became a member of the forum Talk of the Villages. I found that I could sift through and get some good information and discard some things that were unhelpful or too negative. I am planning a video to share some key connections that most people don't tell new residents but that I found via trial and error. I think the best advice that I have been reflecting on lately is to take it slow and allow ourselves time to develop our pace. It feels like a sprint at the beginning but it is truly a marathon, but a lot more fun and with much less pain. Fun fact, not very far from the Village of Shady Brook is the actual Shady Brook where I spent many a summer day swinging from a rope into the cool waters. I have not heard officially that there is a direct correlation but TV actually uses many local places of interest in their naming. Again, we are excited for you guys and please let us know how we can help and shoot us an email ([email protected]) when you are down if you would like to meet for lunch or coffee.

I had been looking at a map and had seen Shadybrook so thanks for the history on that! We have already joined the forum on Talkof the villages, but did not know about the Shadybrook Facebook groups. I think my husband joined all three! But you’re right that will be a fabulous resource.when we are back in the villages, we would love to meet up with you for coffee. We’ll stay in touch.

So glad it was helpful. We look forward to meeting you guys. Just let us know via email when you would like to link up. Have a great 4th of July!

Thanks for the warning, but our research and talking with experts shows us that if we insulate the ceiling and add a Mitsubishi Mini-Split A/C that we should be ok. Stay tuned and we will let you know how it goes.

Thanks so much and have a great time! If you see us just let us know, it would be great to meet you in person.

Thanks so much for your comment and yes we most definitely are going to do that. Our main question has been when do we do a home tour because to us it still seems incomplete because we have a slower pace with our upgrades. Our initial desire has been to show our home when it is "complete", but it might be better to show it in stages of progress so that others can experience the journey with us. Thanks for your encouraging suggestion and let us know if you would like to see the development in stages.

Thanks and that is a great suggestion and one that we definitely need to incorporate.

Thanks so much and so glad that they are helpful. April loves to socialize; just let us know when you visit and she and I (if you like) would love to meet you and get to know you. Yes, the lightning is a major concern. We have Duke Energy and they offer various levels of support in dealing with lightning and we opted for the whole house surge protection. It is a whole home device placed between the electric meter and the home and it costs about $10 per month. With this service we also get financial reimbursement if we have a loss of motors or compressors up to a certain limit. So far this has been very helpful. Most electricity providers in this area offer similar services, so I would definitely check into it. Thanks so much and have a great week.

Thanks so much and April and I discussed that earlier. Let us check back with Peter and Maria to make sure that we do so according to their wishes. More to follow.

Wow! Thanks so much and we truly appreciate your insight and encouraging words. We are putting together a video for veterans and retired military to share key benefits for moving to TV. All great suggestions and we will definitely incorporate them. Your words and those of so many others are really motivating and it lets us know that our effort is so worthwhile. Thank you again and please give us a heads up via email when you visit.

That is a great question and one that is best answered with a walkthrough of the house. I will get with April and discuss doing that. Thanks so much for your question and those are questions that we will put on the list. More to follow.

Thanks so much for your encouraging comments and for meeting with us; it was a blast to hear your story. We drove by our new home today and it looks GREAT! Congratulations, and see you soon!

Great questions, our priority was floorplan and then Village/location because we spend the overwhelming amount of our time in our home. Our home is 1886 sq feet and we have not seen any of the models with this floorplan (Ottawa, Indigo, Oriole) less than 1886 sq feet, but we have seen some Indigos that were "stretched" with more sq feet. Hope this helps, thanks so much and we really like this floorplan. The separation of the 2nd and 3rd Bedrooms, the utility room configuration and the 3rd Bath are key features for us.

Great question, we brought about half of our furniture and we purchased about half. Most of what we purchased we did so at our previous home and transported with our existing furniture. We have seen some of our neighbors with long waits for furniture deliveries in the area. Thanks so much and hope this helps and we will address this in upcoming videos.

Thank you for watching and for your great comment and questions, and we wholeheartedly suggest even a short visit in person to gain the experience of The Villages before you purchase. There are a lot of rentals available for any length of time and many people will rent for a while, get acclimated and then purchase. Sorry about the delay in your closing and hopefully all goes well from here. Thanks for your questions and we definitely have to address them in an upcoming video because they are so pertinent. We purchased a new home so in our discussion with the sales department they gave a list of all the utility companies for our village and we had to contact them, some online and some via phone, to set up service. This is not as difficult as it first seems, and we found everyone very helpful. Residency is mainly regarding vehicle registration and drivers license. You have 30 days in Florida to get your drivers license and vehicle registration, so that gives you a bit of time to get unpacked and oriented. We will incorporate these questions into our upcoming videos, thanks so much.

Congratulations and welcome to The Villages! We really like Deluna and so glad that you all found a home that has those upgrades you wanted. We would love to meet up with you all as well. Whenever you are ready just drop us a message at our email: [email protected]. Welcome again and thanks so much for sharing.

Welcome to the Delunatics! We are a great village! Best of luck with your move. 🤗

Thanks so much for your encouraging comment and I wholeheartedly agree with you about April and the pups; I am a lucky man! Food stores/Groceries and Florida drivers license and plates are great topics, thanks so much for them. We retained our Florida residence and licenses all through our military service so it wasn't something that we had to do, so we haven't thought about that yet. We will talk more about Food Stores but one main thing that we see is that retail usually lags houses and amenities as The Villages grows. Thanks again, great suggestions!

Depending where you live grocery’s stores can be 5-15 minutes away for the majority of Villagers Licenses and plates are in a couple of locations. Easily done

Thanks so much! You all will be enjoying them very soon. Congratulations!

Thanks so much for your encouraging comment and for following us on our journey. Have a Great Week!

That is a great question and something that we haven't thought about. We will look into it, and thanks so much for the recommendation. Have a great week.

We totally agree and we are so looking forward to getting the lanai completed. Thanks so much for your comment.

Thanks so much!

Thanks so much and so glad that the videos are helpful. I will check those bulbs out.

That is great to hear. Maybe when we get ready to do that we will talk to the Pegasus folks as well. Thanks so much for sharing your great experience; it really helps us and others who will read the comments.

Thanks for your comment and we will try to work that into an upcoming video.

Thanks so much, I will check them out. I think that even if they are LED we will still add the LED strips because we really like the look. We usually choose the functional but here I think we will splurge for aesthetics. We will add our choices to the future upgrade video once we get these accomplished.

Great question. Our home came with about a 10'x10' concrete patio off of the lanai. The grill fits perfectly on one side of that and we have a mat underneath. We plan to have that painted/stained to match the driveway when we have that done in the future. Again, thanks so much for your great question.

Great question, and thanks for sharing. Yes, we did have gutters installed around the whole home. We chose the 6 inch gutters because of the heavy rain we get here. We are really happy with the result.

Thanks so much and congratulations to you on your home; we love the Citrus Grove area. We really appreciate your kind offer; let me talk to April and we will get with you.

The indigo and the ottowa are actually the same model. The difference is that the Indigo is a designer home and the Ottawa is a Veranda. So which you have depends on whether or not you have an enclosed courtyard.

Great ideas. Since you guys are from Leesburg, family gatherings are plentiful (plenty of times and plenty of people). Whole house is probably your first to do because it saves pipes, appliances, bathroom surfaces, and your skin. Sounds like you have several renovation videos in the future. We are happy to accompany the two of you on these endeavors. Our retirement was delayed by 6 months, so now looking to moving to FL in 2025!🎉❤😊 Congrat on the 1k family!!!

Thanks so much and we are looking forward to sharing the upgrades for sure. Yes, I think the water filter system is probably going to the head of the line. Did you see the Villages Newcomers video this week? On Bubble Wrap they changed the filters; I was very surprised! Sorry to hear about your delay and we will keep you all in prayer for a smooth transition from here. Keep us updated on your progress. Thanks again!

@PedroDiaz-qt2mg I spoke with April and we would love to take you up on your offer. Probably best to link up via email. Would you mind emailing us your contact info to [email protected]? Thanks again and we look forward to meeting you.

Thanks so much and we are aware of that requirement. We definitely need to go over the Architectural Review Committee guidelines in one of our videos. Your comment has helped me remember to get the list; thanks so much and have a great week.

Thanks so much and we are so glad that our ideas are helpful. No, Abbie and Alle are from different parents about 4 months apart. I think we sent the wrong message by calling them puppies; they are actually both 10 years old. We just have a habit of calling them puppies. Thank you for your kind words about them; they are wonderful companions and true members of our family. Have a great week!

@@thevillagesnatives3491 I call my bulldog a baby and he's almost five so I completely understand!

Thanks so much for your encouraging comment and we are so glad that they are helpful. See you soon!