Originally Posted by
slawecki
went to st pete last week. liked it. went to sarasota. did not like the place(too many tourists????) (too many old people!!!). the return flight took 38 hrs with overnight in charlotte.
do not understand why in st pete the mid sized house on the water are so expensive...3000-3500 sq ft are 6-800K, and the larger houses 8000-10000 sqft are so cheap 1-1.25mil. i want a big one. wife does not want live ins or staff. no 10K house for wife.
anyone know of cost of live ins or staff?
What on earth made your return flight take 38 hours?
I really like TPA. I can get from my car in economy parking and through security in under 30 minutes fairly regularly.
The mid-size houses are so expensive because, like anywhere else with high demand waterfront property, you're paying for the land. It's like in Ocean City, NJ, where a 15 year old beach front house goes for 1.6 million and a newly built one goes for 2 or 2.1 million.
I have no real experience with live-ins but a quick Google search indicates that the average housekeeper's salary is $10.71 an hour with live-ins earning slightly less because of the benefit of free rent.