How long have you been a Villa Owner

[Matt]

I closed on mine and moved in (well for 8 days) on April 18th 2002. That still seems like yesterday and I love every minute of it. Mirroring what has been said above I enjoy helping first time and experienced renters, and mainly enjoy the many trips over to Orlando myself.

Luckily I've been in a position where I can get to Orlando at least once every 3 months so can keep on top of things over there without it having to spoil a vacation buy doing DIY 24/7 whilst over there (although I do enjoy doing that too), but I know I lurve sitting round the pool with a cool drink in hand

Matt

[KJH]

We closed on ours on Glenbrook in May 2004, we didn't realise just how much would be involved.

I can't get my head round the tax things that have just come in and I don't even know what some of the are!

Apart from that I love have a home in Florida, I just wish I didn't have to rent it out. Luckily when we were there last week it still looked as good as new and even still had that 'NEW' smell.

My bookings have suddenly shot up for the next few months and I wonder what it will be like after?

Got to remember it's a business.............[msncry]

Kaz

[Newhomebuyer]

We put a deposit down in August 2003 and closed in Feb 2004.
I have been over to stay 4 times and can't wait to go back. We have been full for 75% of the time so I can't complain but I thought the stair carpet already looked a bit worse for wear when I was there at Christmas.[msnsad]

[greenpete]

We closed in June 2004. Have been over twice since closing, always ending up doing so many jobs with little time left for 'holiday'. We hate leaving our house, can't wait till April when we go out for two weeks. This time we will definitely have a 'holiday'. Pete spends about 3 hours a night answering enquiries, bookings, updating website etc etc. But we just love it.

[Sue and Jere]

We closed in March 2004. Still so much to learn, finding the forum very helpful. We have been to our villa twice since closing and we also hate to leave. On our next visit in May, we intend to do a little updating. Need to hire a bigger car[msnwink]

[njstringer]

Got the keys to our new house in April 2001.
Boy what a rapid learning curve from the first day onwards. Love the villa, love working on the villa, would not change a thing.
All we need is more time out there.[msncry]

[dan]

We have been villa owners for exactly 3 years now and we still get a buzz from it.

I love every minute of it. I especially love buying new things for the villa and decorating it.

[Ruth]

We bought in July 2001 and after having the pool/spa custom built started renting it out in January 2004. I wish I had realised that it would take over my life and the amount of time it would need to keep things going but I would still have gone aheadWe now usually try to have at least a week in someone else's villa during our time on holiday, and we also like to spend time at the Gulf coast, just to make sure we feel like we have had a holiday