“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.
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.
“This will hurt Florida real estate values.”
When Michael hit in 2018 prices went.