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?
If you don't want lots of snow birds or old people - you can pretty much rule out most of SW and SE Florida (with some exceptions - like Miami).
There must be something wrong with the larger houses you saw (assuming they're on the water). We have 7-10k sf waterfront houses in our HOA - and they run about $2.5-5 million even up here in the JAX metro area.
In terms of live-in help and staff and the like - if you have to ask what it costs - you probably can't afford it
. The people in my HOA who have full time live-in staff are generally professional athletes (golfers - football players - etc.) who travel a lot. Most of us mere mortals rely on non-live-in help
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Note that I've lived in Florida for 40+ years (moved here after 20+ years in Miami). I know the state pretty well. Robyn