Living in Ford's Colony Williamsburg Virginia 

Yes!!!! And more coming!

Ha! Sorry about that, glad you mentioned it. I must have been picturing Coliseum Mall when I was saying Patrick Henry.

Hey Dawn! Appreciate your kind words - I haven't seen the same as you have as far as overgrown foliage, etc for the most part, though I have seen some houses that have looked like that. The Fords Colony HOA does have guidelines on landscaping, as building new there is also a requirement for landscaping depending on the neighborhood built in. The houses are awesome though can be a maze but there are also some great builders in Fords Colony that design quite nice floor plans. So it really does depend for me. I like Fords Colony for the clubs and neighborhood feel along with the amenities for the price, though I also like Governor's Land and Kingsmill for other reasons. Governor's Land's primary downside keeps ending up being the up-front fee of $30K to get into the community. Anyway, thanks for your feedback so much! Best of luck to you in your house search, as well!

Miss Dawn, you are so correct! Lived in FC for 10 years without any real problems but when I put my house on the market, that's when the challenges began. First, the HOA Covenants and architectural review requirements kicked in, and their are no "grandfather" items. If your home was built 30 yrs ago, you are stuck bringing them up to the latest Covenants and this can be quite time consuming and expensive and you won't necessarily get that money back upon selling. Second, be prepared for a few spiteful neighbors to come after you to chop down trees, take down a fence, mitigate and other issue before you move. If they get the HOA involved, the HOA will send you a letter stating what must be done or they will hold up the closing on the sale of your home. The board of the directors is known as the board of no. They are not diplomatic empathetic people. So although Sam is correct about the amenities and nice aspects of living in Williamsburg, please do your own thorough research about living in FC. Do not rely on comments from realtors. Thus neighborhood has an abundance of cold hearted people. Sorry, but I actually lived and experienced it. I know of 3 families who sold in less than 5 years because they could not stand the gossipy difficult neighbors and the pressures from the HOA. Keep looking. Port Anne is a smaller but better neighborhood. Good luck

An honest review! Thank you. Sometimes I feel like a lone wolf. But I lived there for 10 years so I know what you say is true! This is not q neighborhood for the faint of heart. You u need a strong constitution and deep pockets to live there. There are drainage problems everywhere and once you buy, you are stuck with the problems and they are your responsibility regardless that you did nothing on your property to cause the problems. There are many spiteful unreasonable neighbors and they will walk around looking over your property and tell you what they think you should be doing and will readily report you to the Board or HOA. This is not a neighborhood of nice people. So as long as you know what you are getting into, take care and have plenty of money for landscaping, tree trimming, culvert maintenance, drainage problems, insect control on and on and on. Good luck

Yeah I really enjoy this area, as well as a few others near Ford's Colony.

I'll do Kingsmill, for sure!

Ha! Well I will say there are some spots that are a bit less, but you're right. It can get quite pricey. Small word that you worked there!

@@samsansalone they had some serious rules for contractors...they gave us sh....they had issues with us taking our shirts of while sweating and working, wanted us to quiet or air compressor, oh and heaven help you if you work past 4pm, even kings mill wasnt that bad,the reason williamsburg has such lower taxxes is the tourist industry and very high dollar people living there, but bless tham, them busch gardens anhauwseir executives gota live somewhere

Mr Vaughan, I lived there for 10 years. The HOA is demanding and the Covenants are insanely detailed and extensive. The Board is unsympathetic AND YET there are still homes in disrepair and landscaping can't keep up with the drainage problems along with some very unreasonable spiteful neighbors. Believe me, it was a blessing to get out of there altho I enjoyed living in my extremely well built home. Once you leave some of those neighbors, you feel like you can breath again.

@@bethh.9647 they are crazed out there. let the place fall under its authatarian rule

@@bethh.9647 i used to think kingsmill was rich snotty assholes til i went to fords colony

I know, right?! I love it!

If you can afford to live in Ford's Colony then you can afford to pay the property taxes. I mean, seriously, the HOAs and the costs of continual hoke upkeep including what the HOA and Covenants demand and all the additional special assessments do not deter you from Ford's Colony but the property taxes are a concern? Please. As far as Newport News, most of the homes there are cheaper so you are paying less even considering the higher property tax.

@@bethh.9647 Err.. I was saying how cheap the taxes there are compared to NN, which isn't as nice.