09-25-2013, 09:24 AM
We have been fairly lucky here, both in our rental house when we first moved & the house we bought...but like ANYWHERE, one person can & did change our street... luckily for us it was a renter that moved in & many of the neighbors contacted the landowner & the renter was not here long...
That is one of the big reasons why most everyone always points to renting first.... so you can get to know the 'flavor' of a street (and here it is pretty much street by street....the subdivisions are sooo large & the streets are sooo varied....)
Even with a lot of acreage, one neighbor next door or down the street, can really ruin your experience (esp if they choose to steal your property & kill your animals).... and like anywhere, there can be some ...interesting... characters to deal with...
Unlike most areas, there is really no overall area 'filter', as land taxes are equally low in areas around the island - so there is no real economic dividing on the land taxes....just the structures on the land...and you CAN have a very questionable property next to a very upscale property because of this...the only time this is anything bad is when there is a clash of ..."personalities" because of this...
BTW - how is your move going (hopefully all is sailing smoothly!)
That is one of the big reasons why most everyone always points to renting first.... so you can get to know the 'flavor' of a street (and here it is pretty much street by street....the subdivisions are sooo large & the streets are sooo varied....)
Even with a lot of acreage, one neighbor next door or down the street, can really ruin your experience (esp if they choose to steal your property & kill your animals).... and like anywhere, there can be some ...interesting... characters to deal with...
Unlike most areas, there is really no overall area 'filter', as land taxes are equally low in areas around the island - so there is no real economic dividing on the land taxes....just the structures on the land...and you CAN have a very questionable property next to a very upscale property because of this...the only time this is anything bad is when there is a clash of ..."personalities" because of this...
BTW - how is your move going (hopefully all is sailing smoothly!)