I know there’s a lot of hurricane talk but we just pulled the trigger to build at my country club in Brooksville so we’re moving a little north. We’ve had a water view at every house we’ve lived in for the last 14 years so it’s going to be weird having a wooded view. Just worried about the pines near us with these crazy storms and being on top of a hill.
My old house in Sunset Park had 4 feet of water in it. One of my friends drove by and essentially everything in the downstairs is in a trash pile in the front yard. Two of my friends in the neighborhood said they’re moving once they get their house fixed. A few others are thinking about moving. Not sure how many buyers there are going to be. I’ve gotten probably 20 texts the last week saying I was lucky as hell to move when I did.
Been a member there for a couple years and feel in love with the community. Wife and I can see us retiring there so figured might as well get in there now before it gets built up and we’re priced out.
Just got an update from a friend in Bay Crest. They had 2-3 ft of surge in the house. They had JUST finished building an addition the week before and I don't believe it was insured yet. They were also in the process of building a pool, which definitely wasn't insured yet. They put $15k on a credit card just to start the demo process and they're currently living at the husband's mom's house in Bradenton and commuting to Tampa for work. Just brutal.
Correct. Even if you do fix it up no one is going to pay what they would have a few years ago except a builder whom will just buy the dirt.
Every house going to start looking like this one for zone A and maybe B? https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/...ssage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare
This was recently built down the street from a friend in St Pete. Main floor floor just about higher up than the neighboring roofs
They're building them in my old neighborhood. Built up to the minimum code height. Garage on the bottom with a front porch that's raised 4 feet or so higher with the 1st floor starting there. Almost every house being built near me looks like a slightly different or larger version of this one. This is our friends directly behind my old place.
there is an apartment on Davis Island that is only a few years old that has a parking garage as the first floor , that is the model but a whole area would need to be Homestead leveled to have a majority of properties built like that ..then there is the question if demand goes down if the current trend of Gulf Coast storms continues
As is listings coming in hot https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/...ssage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare
** PROPERTY HAS FLOOD DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE HELENE* CASH OFFERS ONLY! PHOTOS ARE PRE-HURRICANE** Immerse yourself in the luxury of a modern, move-in-ready sanctuary nestled in the sought-after Northeast area of St. Petersburg. This impeccably designed 3-bedroom, 1.5-bathroom open-floor plan pool home underwent a comprehensive remodel in 2023, showcasing every detail with modern sophistication.
Been at my in laws since Friday packing and moving everything out so they can rebuild after getting two feet of water. I’m exhausted physically and pleaded with them, my wife and her brother convince them to not rebuild it. Just get everything out, live with us for a year and sell it. They are one street off bayshore and been here fifty years. I love them but they are so stubborn and not thinking clearly.
What’s funny is the original people who moved to Tampa wouldn’t even build their houses down there. That’s why Tampa heights and Seminole heights exist. Building on a swamp at sea level was dumb 100-120 years ago. They built the street car right past all that over to port Tampa
They think they will get more if they rebuild than as is. I agreed right now they would get low balled but wait a year. Don’t waste the time rebuilding and waiting 2-3 years to sell. I told them I’m not breaking my back again if they stay and it happens again.
Hyde Park elevation actually isn't horrible. Anything within a block of Bayshore should be on stilts though.
We got about 7 inches of rain in the span of half an hour tonight, which overloaded our drainage system, leading to water getting in the house from our back patio. House looks like a disaster from scrambling to move stuff off the ground. Gonna have to rip up some flooring and base boards this weekend :/
Sorry to hear that. Got more rain last year from a random of thunderstorm last night than we did with the Hurricane.
That sucks. Happened to me at my first house. Ground was so wet from so much rain over a couple of weeks that when it rained 24 straight hours there was nowhere for the water to go and all came into my laundry room.
It's our fault for having our pump on the back porch feed into a storm drain that was already overwhelmed. Rerouted the hose It's hooked up to this morning to a better draining area that drains away from the house. I think we'll be fine going forward unless the power goes out in the middle of one of these tsunamis
Raymond James is the worst stadium to leave after an event. Shit took like 60-75 minutes to get back on 275 tonight