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We closed in September 1999 after putting our deposit down in July 98 when our UK house purchase fell through. I wanted to buy in France and Chris wanted to buy in US so you can see who won! The only holiday we have had since then was a week in Dubai for our silver wedding anniversary. Still, we are here at the moment, and I can tell you sitting on the lanai in a swimsuit reading takes alot of beating knowing what the weather is like back home! Himself is gardening and I am picking the plants:D. However, today he is playing golf (coming back via Home Depot of course) and I am powerwashing the front, painting the doorstep, getting rid of cobwebs, and trimming the sago palm that is leaving green marks on one of the windows. Enough of this though, I am off to sit by the pool for a while and then start the work!
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Glad you were well enough to get out there Fiona, enjoy the rest of your "holiday"<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by fiona
We closed in September 1999 after putting our deposit down in July 98 when our UK house purchase fell through. I wanted to buy in France and Chris wanted to buy in US so you can see who won! The only holiday we have had since then was a week in Dubai for our silver wedding anniversary. Still, we are here at the moment, and I can tell you sitting on the lanai in a swimsuit reading takes alot of beating knowing what the weather is like back home! Himself is gardening and I am picking the plants:D. However, today he is playing golf (coming back via Home Depot of course) and I am powerwashing the front, painting the doorstep, getting rid of cobwebs, and trimming the sago palm that is leaving green marks on one of the windows. Enough of this though, I am off to sit by the pool for a while and then start the work!
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Same from me Fiona.
Don't work too hard - look after yourself.
Julie
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Hope you are enjoying the sunshine too Fiona as well as doing that long list of jobs.[msnsmile2]
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we closed on our villa 22ND September 2004 I am at the honeymoon stage as well
any regrets no way, is it hard work.yes bl***yhard work
would I do it again yes already done it again close on second at the end of this year
this was my dream I am glad we bought when we did buying now would be a different kettle of fish
In fact we could'nt afford to buy the villas now the prices have gone silly
I wonder how many villa owners now, will have sold up in 5 years time?
Barbara
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We've owned our villa since March of 2002. My Florida vacations haven't been the same since. As John said, it's a lot of work keeping your property to a high standard! But, I love owning the villa and I do really enjoy all the jobs we do when we're there, but I always feel like I need a vacation when I come home!
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We signed the dotted line in April 2003, closed in June 2003, and we've loved every minute. Even spending virtually all of 2 weeks the first time we went out to OUR home, scrubbing,painting, diy, adding features. But made a point of going out every evening to a restaurant or just wander around somewhere like downtown disney just to soak up the atmosphere.
Would we do it again, most certainly.
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April 1993, and enjoyed every minute.
steve
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We have owned for just over 5 years and absolutely love it. We are off there on Tuesday for a month and it is our intention to spend the winters in Florida before too long now we have our 6 month visa. It is sometimes hard work and is certainly like having part time job getting the bookings but the pleasure of owning and being able to go there when we please, out weighs the work involved. In fact during our visit this time we may well look at selling our villa and buying a new one again but we cannot imagine not owning at all.
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We decided to take our boys to see the mouse last May for the first time.(for them not us we had been many times before)
Our very close friends had a villa on Cumbrian Lakes and after owning it for over a year they had decided to emigrate there, so we rented the villa next door to them for 2 weeks. Before we got to Cumbrian Lakes we had a week at St Pete beach in a lovely hotel.
We had a fantastic holiday, staying in a villa we really relaxed, so different to a hotel where you worry the kids are being too noisy etc.
With 2 days left to go we decided we wanted to buy a villa.
The rest as they say is history, we came home did lots of research, hooked up with a good realtor over here in the UK who had offices in Orlando too.
Once we found our villa we were put in touch with their agent over there who turned out to be an old friend of mine from years ago.
We close on our villa next month, we are so excited, but boy, its a really steep learning curve and hard work, but I love every minute.
and we have the forum for help[msnwink]
