I currently live in the county with the highest property tax rate, at $24.47 per $1,000 of property value. My parents live in another county that borders mine and for a similar size house and piece of land, pay less than 1/3 what I pay.
I think that we live in the same town if memory serves me. I'm interested that you homeschool...I think about it from time to time, but so far our school is working out for us. There are so many choices here that it's tough to pick a school. If we are in the same town, I can say that our town school wasn't an option for us. It's academically decent, but the school itself is physicallyto me anyways.
The high property taxes thing has me scratching my head. Where did you live before? Property taxes here aren't high to us anyways. What we pay in 1 year on our big house with a pool is what my sister pays in 6 months on her tiny townhouse elsewhere. We're in the incorporated section and pay taxes to the town too and they're still way cheaper than we were paying on our tiny house in an icky town in MA. Homeowners is higher than I'd like, but it's not horribly unreasonable even with wind added in.
Doesn't Gleason have a pond? That would explain the gator I guess. I think I'll stick to Ryckman or Paradise...gators don't like the river or the ocean![]()
I currently live in the county with the highest property tax rate, at $24.47 per $1,000 of property value. My parents live in another county that borders mine and for a similar size house and piece of land, pay less than 1/3 what I pay.
I know you had mentioned a move, but didn't know, of course, if that took you away from this town. We had no issues with the local school (IE), but we just wanted to spend more time together as a family. We are in our 3rd year homeschooling, and have really enjoyed it.
Yes, Gleason has a pond, and we are there quite a bit. As far as I know, he has never bothered anyone. I haven't seen him in awhile, so he may have been relocated.
About the property tax, I guess it is all perspective. Where we were in Louisiana, property taxes were much lower, so they seem high to me here. I'm sure I would feel differently if I had come from a state that had higher taxes. KWIM?
Which counties are these? Do you know of others that are high or low for property tax? Thanks
Another myth debunked...despite the proximity, we never "go to the beach" (I personally am not a fan of this coastline area). For whatever reason so many work/personal associates who are not from FL seem to think that as Floridians our lives must revolve around this?![]()
Another myth debunked...despite the proximity, we never "go to the beach" (I personally am not a fan of this coastline area). For whatever reason so many work/personal associates who are not from FL seem to think that as Floridians our lives must revolve around this?![]()
Used to live in Clay County and loved the schools. That's where we'll probably head back to when our time in Hawaii is done! We really love FL, love the whole beach/coastal lifestyle.
Clay county is one county inland, so the hurricane thing isn't too bad. It's southwest of Jax. St John's County is great and is known for great schools. St Augustine is the cutest city!
It's all about 2 hrs north of the Mouse.![]()
Check out some of the schools in NW St Johns county. I live there and I LOVE it. Schools are really good. I don't know how good compared to yours, but we moved to this area because of the schools. There is full time gifted. Great neighborhood for kids. Small town feel, but most work in Jacksonville. Most people love this area.
Way OT, but how do you find out if a school in your area has full-time gifted? I think that our neighborhood school just does pull-out one day a week for gifted. I'd love to find a full-time gifted program but wouldn't know how to go about looking.
I really don't know other than calling the school or maybe the school board. I just know that ours does because I have friends with kids in this program. Now not all schools in our area have it, but if your child tests into the gifted program you can drive your kids to these schools. All of our are really fairly close together, so it isn't a real haul for anyone.
ON the other hand I do have to say that you may want to think long about a full time gifted program. All of our gifted kids pretty much stay together, they really never get to know other kids. They tend to isolate themselves and have a problem with other kids sometimes. I know that some of my friends have pulled their kids out for this reason. They weren't getting enough of the social aspect of school and learning to meet new people. OTOH, in our schools most of those kids that were pulled out go to our designated laptop grogram, this is where my kids are and were. They get a little something more than the regular class with laptop time, they all actually purchase a laptop. Yes shock for most people my DD had her own laptop from age 6. She is now 12 and never lost or damaged it in anyway, (sorry OT a bit) Anyway, maybe call the school and see what they offer.
DH graduates from vo-tech next October. He is being certified in HVAC/refrigeration, and hopefully can get a job quickly. Who in FL doesn't need their A/C fixed? LOL. We really love the Gainesville area, and the area north of Orlando. I will have to check out NW St. John's County. Thanks!!
We moved here a year and a half ago. The economy isn't great. but there are things to like. We live just a few minutes from the entrance to Disney World and have gotten three horses since moving here. My daughter wants to take advantage of all the rodeos here and start barrel racing her horse. We often think about moving back to Virginia Beach, but we hate the cold weather.
We live in St. Johns County!
Hello, neighbor! We live in JCB. Our kids go to Nease!!!
JCB has Neighborhood schools! Love that! The kids are never far away from home. So many kids walk or ride bikes to school. That's the time of day I avoid driving around here!Traffic!
The classes are from what I remember, smaller. Plus, the kids tend to stay together in the same class every year. The schools here are good. They are the highest rated in the state!
I need a good AC repairman! Send him my way....
My property taxes seem cheap enough...$850 on $150k house. (ranch)...and homeowners ran $650 thru USAA.
Why aren't you a fan of this coastline area? I like the beaches in Vero even better than our beaches in Brevard. Vero seems to have less buried coquina which is nice.
We live in southern Indiana. My hubby was manager for a small family owned electronics retail business. His main source of income was commission and we saw it steadily decline over the last few years. We've always loved Florida but never dreamed of moving there. Our daughter is a senioir in high school and loves Disney as much as I do. She always said she'd love to go to college at the University of Central Florida. I woke up in the middle of the night and got to thinking, why not? Hubby applied and was hired into the managment training program at hhgregg in Jacksonville this past July. He accepted and moved ahead to Jacksonville. I stayed here to sell the house and let our daughter finish her senior year. She was accpeted to UCF and since hubby will have been a Florida resident for a full year before she starts next fall, she will qualify for in-state tuition. We already sold our home (yay and sold it for 75% more than we paid for it) and I'm just waiting for her to graduate in the spring. Hubby may very well be placed in a store in the Orlando area, so all fingers are crossed. I can't wait to move there! I never dreamed I'd be doing this last year. You only live once, though.![]()
I would LOVE your prop tax! Our house is $200K and they run over $2600!