Posted on 09/29/2022 1:34:05 PM PDT by know.your.why
I hope your video thread stays up. It’s pretty informative as a before, during, and after the hurricane.
Horrible! And those kids are lucky they didn’t get smashed against the pier.
That’s the looming big issue. And people who are insured through the state’s insurer of last resort, Citizens Insurance, don’t realize that they can receive a special assessment equivalent to 40% of their annual premium to fill the claims hole. So even those homeowners not in the affected areas are likely to get a nice surprise in the mail from the state of Florida...”Your annual premium is $5000, so you owe us another $2000.”
Four years after Cat 5 Hurricane Michael, you have to look hard to find evidence of the destruction in Mexico Beach.
However, the Florida insurance situation is far worse than in 2018.
I suspect ever more insurers will bail from FL and redevelopment from Ian could be very slow.
do you live down there?
Bfl
Yes! Biden says he is coming to Florida to check out the damage...we don’t want him here! He couldn’t call our Governor until pressured into it so he doesn’t need to come now and do photo-ops.
So that’s you on the video? Nice looking couple!
Don’t worry, JoJo. Brandon won’t even know he’s there. ;)
I’m sure the Enemy Media will paint this as his Crowning Achievement - among SO MANY so far. *BARF*
“This hurricane will spook many from moving down to Florida so soon. This will hurt Florida real estate values.”
My wife and I have been wanting to build on our 10 acres in Okeechobee for years now, but just can’t seem to afford it. The prices of homes in Florida are way higher then here in New Hampshire.
Now that we have saved, what I thought was enough to make the difference between our home price + savings = new house, the price of building supplies will SKYROCKET in Florida in the next few months and for years to come.
We would move down there in a NY minute if we had the funds.
This is our favorite place to visit. Over the years it seemed like it was getting busier and busier. Then Margaritaville started building..
“Why the F would people play in the surf during a hurricane.”
Testosterone, Liberty and youth are a powerful mix. Creates invulnerability.
Really sad to see. I hope all made it to safety.
They got out in plenty of time, at least from that area, where they went to after, who knows.
Since you kind of asked.....
I have lived in Massachusetts. I have lived in Florida.
NH is even colder. You have too much cold weather thinking. In NH you need a house that you can button up against the winter chill and snows. In your Okeechobee situation, I would buy and move a high class single or double wide mobile home onto your spacious acreage. Then extend outward with two screened in porches on concrete slabs. A large one for more family living space. A smaller one for your workshop and tools and tinkering around.
You are moving to a rural situation. No need for a nice house. For A/C I would mount two powerful windows type air-conditioners for the rooms you use the most in the mobile home. I would also find a way to vent the hot air that your refrigerator throws off, into the outdoors. Or just place it on your family porch. Along w the stove (lol) during the hot months.
Most homes in FL have no basement. They are built on top of concrete slabs. Think slabs slabs slabs. For all of the above, my guess is $100,000- $120,000 -— For Okeechobee septic I think you can dig a leach field. No tank needed.
I would do a double-wide if the HOA allowed it ... yes even in the middle of nowhere in Okeechobee we have a HOA ($250/yr) ... though no one apparently pays attention to it, but the rules say a regular “Florida” style home of 1600+ sqft or greater.
I do want to put a 40’x60’ steel building on the property to house the cars, tractor, workshop, etc...
I have to build a 1 acre pond on the lot as well as per Florida EPA and county rules. All that site prep work is big $$$ now.
I have no mortgage so what I would sell the house (NH) for all goes to the new home. I already own the land free and clear in Okeechobee. The builder we want to do the job quoted over $405,000 just for the house!!! the steel building was another $150,000 a year ago. And that was when building materials were going up 10% per month! I can only imagine what the cost is now.
Gotta play the lottery more and hope to win.
1600 square feet. Well, my home in Myrtle Grove would fail miserably, since it’s only 1404.
Yikes! Now I get your situation. Maybe somehow you could get the HOA to allow a double wide or a manufactured home. Perhaps the rules have been updated. Meanwhile, hit the lottery!
A one acre pond. That is a lot of bulldozing $$$$
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