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Here we go again. This will be the third time in my life I moved to Florida. I left Tampa 7.5 years ago for a job in Silicon Valley.

We are building a new house. Permitting took three months and the builder is now breaking ground. ETA Jan-Mar for completion.

Maybe the last move?

Three months for permitting... problems with the bunker addition or $pecial Permitting costs?

I hope all goes well with building the new house, unfortunately home building contractors are lying perpetual optimists.

I'm going on record and saying July-August.

How far away you gonna be?

Last house I had built was a dream house at the time. The plan was the family would live there until our dying days or until it was time to step down to something smaller when the kids were on their way and the adults were retiring. It was back around 2004. In hindsight, everyone was riding housing bubble before it popped a few years later. The house and landscaping was supposed to be completed around Thanksgiving time frame. We sold our previous house in late summer and added the stipulation that were going to be there until mid November.

As the fall came upon us the new house was lagging and due to the weather it would not be completed until March of the following year. WTF? As time went on, builders pissed me off. They were trying to build new houses in the same development in the same time frame and bit off more than they can chew. We ended up withholding money until it was complete to our satisfaction.

Sadly we had to put our stuff in storage and move in with the in-laws for about 4 moths over the winter until our house was completed. That's another tale for another time.

Morale of the story, I really don't trust builders at their word anymore.

Hopefully your project goes much smoother than the one I went through.

But, government departments are more reliable than home builders.

(I cannot believe I just typed that, but there is is.)

What's that show that builds homes in Florida? 100 day dream home? Shoulda been on that show.

Absolutely! With zero doubt. I have been watching from Orlando since Space Shuttle.

I love whenever I see launches, booster separations and booster returns towards landings. And you will be closer with a better view!

Best of all, there will be launches down-range in your direction.

Yes.

Planned development. Semi custom builder that operates in many states. 24 hour manned gated community to keep rif-raf like Mr Jones out.

Is your garage gonna be big enough for your golfcar too..??

I thought you just moved to AUSTIN , TEXAS??

WTF?

I know you just moved to TEXAS !!!

We are planning on purchasing our first EV. It will be a golf cart and has its own berth in the garage! I may attach a Mr Microphone to it to make fart noises.

My neighborhood is surrounded by an 8' brick wall and it changes the private-gate entry-pad code every 90 days. We all have remote openers or use the ones in our cars to get in. Haven't had a burglary or major crime in 25 years. It won't stop anyone who wants to get in, but it does keep the street quieter and makes it more difficult for outsiders cruising around (and some presumably checking out opportunities). Only downside is maintenance cost of the street since we have to privately own it and therefore can't get the county to pay for upkeep because it excludes non-residents.

Not sure I would like to live in a neighborhood surrounded by 8 foot brick walls with an electronically monitored entrance and a 24/7/365 policed gate. Kinda sounds like a closed off military complex.

Heck. My neighborhood couldn't even keep Frankie T out.

Red brick with columns and decorative masonry pattern. Looks classy. Keeps noise down too and people don't try to climb in. They instead go through the front gate were we have security cameras. May sound a but uppity, but this type of neighborhood is actually common in decent Florida PUD/single developers neighborhoods.

with bidets, even!

https://buyersguide.org/bidets/t/seat?m=e&d=c&c=649600971055&p=&oid=kwd-328352011092&lp



good luck with your new home, Bro!

It would be a crappy decision not to install them. At the very least, an electrical outlet adjacent to each toilet.

He's been keeping a secret-----he's in love with Manatees.

It’s a horrible awful place. You also get alligators in your pool every day.

....best of luck with new home purchase.

HD will prolly need an end table humidor for his new place... Ram can help with that...

I've had gator once at some dinner thingy at some restaurant in Framingham, MA. Had to buy tickets a month in advance. They served various themes once a week each month. The theme we signed up for was a 5 course meal of various game meat and various wine that coupled with it. If I remember correctly one of the servings was some gater meat as an appetizer. Could also choose frog legs, some cheese and sausage platter, some other stuff on the list. I did gator, others in my party chose other selections like frog legs and stuff. We all shared the picks.

For main course it was some elk, or bison, or some bird thing, or some fish thing. Again we all ordered different stuff to pass around and share. I was OK with that and we all sampled everything they brought us.

Based in that limited taste input, I probably not go out of my way to order another gator meal.

I did like the elk and bison meals that they created. The bird meat was good to (forget what bird it was). Fish meals, I didn't even try. I've not had a fish meal that I would like to try again. My taste buds don't like to eat fish, seafood, or mostly anything that lives in the water.

That areal of Central Florida also gets a particularly amazing amount of rain.

And then the crocodiles will migrate to Florida if there is any shallow water.