Thanks so much for your encouraging comments and for joining us on our journey. All the best to you as well.

@@user-lo4bf7lt7i Thanks so much guys and it was awesome meeting you and hearing your story. Can’t wait to see you in a few years in your new home. Keep us updated when you come back to visit so we can catch up with you all, and thanks to Kaitlyn for being such a great sport listening to us chatting. Enjoy your visit!

Thank you so much. You are exactly correct about the extra cabinets in the laundry room. I believe it will be a beautiful added feature to the room. It truly is a work in progress. Thanks again for your sweet compliments. Blessings to you and your family. :)

Thanks so much for your encouraging comments and we are so glad that the videos are helpful. We really love our home but the hours of talking together and researching really paid off. Be encouraged, you will find a home that is just as beautiful as ours and just right for you. Thanks again and keep us updated on your progress.

Thank you so much for your sweet comment. Absolutely, we would love to meet you guys for coffee! You are so right, it is a lot to take in. All the best as you try and narrow down your search to what you are looking for. If you have any questions, shoot us an email or a Facebook message and if we don’t know the answer we will try and find some information for you. Take care and Blessings! :)

Thanks so much for your encouraging comments and the puppies enjoy being with us so we just let them be a part. We did have to edit out a few outbursts but for the most part they were great. You mentioned a few areas like the master suite and the counter/island. For us, these parts of the home are really special. The counter/island in the kitchen is the hub and we forgot to video the functional side but it is very well laid out. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

Thanks so much for your encouraging comment and we are so glad that it was helpful.

Thanks for sharing and the Veranda homes and Courtyard villas are a very similar concept and they both provide great privacy. Have you contacted the Districtgov office about the debris? I wonder if they could trim them back so that there would be less or no debris. I have heard that some do their lanai sliders in vinyl but upgrading to glass should provide you greater sense of enclosure for you to leave your interior sliders open. From my reading there are a lot of people who enclose their lanai and then open the sliders as you say, and allow the home AC to take care of the room rather than spending on a mini-split. It sounds like you are truly making it your own and thanks for the compliment on our sign. As April mentioned, Signs by Jackie were extremely helpful to follow through and get it exactly as we had ordered. Thanks so much for sharing and we hope you have a great week.

Thanks so much for your encouraging comments and, though we are totally biased, yes our daughter is very talented and a great person to her core. It was truly our desire to make this house into our home. It won't be too long for you all and we are both excited for you.

That is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing and it sounds as though your experience was just like ours, and in one day. Everyday day I look at our walls and I think, that was some of the best money I have spent. Have a great weekend.

Thanks so much and congratulations on your new home! In what area did you purchase? Yes, I retired as an Army Chaplain in 2021. We had a Deputy Chief of Chaplains named Charles Ray Bailey; that is probably who you are referring to. I did not know him personally, but I served with him in Germany when he was the U.S. Army Europe Command Chaplain. He was a great gentleman and an exceptional leader in the Army Chaplain community.

@@thevillagesnatives3491 We are purchasing a home in Monarch Grove. We’re in the stressful part right now of packing up, downsizing, giving things away, organizing, getting quotes, etc. Yes, Charles Ray Bailey is exactly who I am referring to. He was our pastor at church when I was a teenager and married the daughter of longtime friends. Such fine people!

We love the Monarch Grove area and we can relate to "the stressful part". We will keep you all in prayer as you transition.

Thanks so much.

Thanks so much and good catch on the garage. We plan to do a video on the garage but we are waiting until we get it more finished. Many thanks,

Thank you and you are most welcome. We hope that it was helpful.

Thanks so much!

Thanks so much, and we do not plan to add any palm trees as of now. I (Everett) like the Robellinis but April is not a big fan, so we decided to forego them. Thanks so much for you great question and for sharing your experience.

Thanks so much and you are more than welcome. We think the advantage of the designer home is that you can buy a lot and configure your house the way that you want, and the main advantage of the verandas are that you get the extra privacy. Either way you can definitely get a very good home to meet you wants/needs. Good Luck and let us know what you decide.

Thanks so much for your encouraging comment and we are glad that the tour was helpful.

Good question. The once a year flush is for the tankless water heater on the outside wall of the garage. We plan to add a whole house water filtration system very soon. Thanks and have a great weekend.

Thanks so much for your encouraging comments. That is a good point about the dark furniture, thank you for your keen observation. And yes, our house is truly becoming our home. We have moved so many times it truly feels so good to just slowly let this house take shape. For decades we have always moved into a new home, and set it up immediately realizing that we would only be there a short time, but this transition is so much different, in such a good way. Thanks again and have a great weekend.

@@thevillagesnatives3491 April, the dark wood furniture complimented by the light accents and soft goods of alot like they have the Sandals Resorts in the Caribbean decorated.

Thank you so much for that sweet compliment and comment. I really appreciate it! :) Have a blessed rest of your weekend!

Well, you did get a chuckle and a smile, and we are so glad that what we are doing is meaningful. Thanks so much for your gracious comments and the rock that we plan to use is a white marble chip, so it should have a nice clean appearance. All the books? Great catch...no massive bookcases anymore! Our remaining bookcases are actually in the office closet. We have given away most of what we had except for the essentials and they fit nicely into two bookcases in that closet. Again, we really appreciate your feedback and look forward to hearing/seeing how you all make your new house your home in TV.

Thanks so much and yes you caught it! That is actually the door gasket and it is damaged thanks to our 4 lb. Yorkie, Abbie, so I will be repairing that one. She has separation anxiety and one of the first times we had to leave them alone we exited through the garage and she was not happy. Thankfully that is the only mishap and they are now accustomed to their new home.

Thanks so much for your comments and that is the look that we wanted to go for with our hardscape. Our home came new with gutters only around the front door, so we knew we wanted to have the whole home done. The sandy soil does soak up the rain very well, but what often happens is that directly under the edge of the roof line over time the rain will erode the soil and the grass to form a line of bare soil in the lawn. Having said that, many homeowners here choose to not install gutters. Thanks again and have a great weekend.

Thanks so much!

Thank you so much for your encouraging and uplifting comments! We are honored to have served and we look forward to seeing you all when you arrive. Keep us posted.

Thanks so much and we think the corner lot works great for us, but we do have to water and maintain it. If you mean can we rock the area between the wall and the street, I don't think so, and I don't think would want to do that, though some might. At this time we are not considering putting up a bird/spider cage in our yard, but in the future we might. We are always outside with our dogs when they are in the yard, so we are not too concerned about predatory birds with our presence. The issue with insects and especially mosquitoes is much more of a problem. Stay tuned, in time that might go on the list, and thanks so much for the great recommendation.

Thanks so much for your encouraging comments and we hope that it was helpful. Some or maybe most of the models have a tub in that front suite area, but ours doesn't. That is a good point and we can understand your preference for a bubble bath and I am sure that one of the 100 models that TV has would probably have that. I guess we are much more functionally oriented for ease of use for guests. Thanks again and have a great weekend.

Thanks so much and we really do as well, and we truly do feel a great sense of privacy. As you can tell we are truly excited about the lanai as well and we hope to get that completed by the end of the year. Thanks again and you have a great weekend as well.

Thanks so much. Originally we didn't want a corner lot but once we saw this layout it made so much sense for us, and we really like it.

Thanks so much and she is truly talented. She has been doing some digital art lately and I think I will ask her about getting that transferred to a print. Thanks again.

Thanks so much and you truly know where we are coming from. "Oh, the Stories we could tell", most definitely! For us Army Vets the whole furniture equation is totally different: will this last another PCS? How much do we spend to replace a piece of furniture knowing that it has to survive # numbers of moves? Etc., etc... Great idea about a live tree trimming party, but I'm not too sure about me playing live. I guess I better get to practicing and praying! Thanks again and we are so glad that it is helpful.

Thanks so much. We understand about the budget, but one thing I realized is that TV has so many home designs that you can truly make your own, and we are sure that you all will do that. You may already know this but this same floor plan comes in a designer home called the Oriole model which you can get for less $$. Be safe and have a great and safe journey. Let us know via email if you all would like to meet up for coffee while you are here. thevillagesnatives@gmail.com

Thanks so much.

Thanks so much for your encouraging comment, prayers and for sharing our journey. We are so glad that what we share is helpful for you and others.

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 thevillagesnatives@gmail.com. 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 RU-vid 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. thevillagesnatives@gmail.com