ConnecticutFlea
Mouseketeer
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- Apr 18, 2016
Has anyone moved to Florida to be near Disney? If so, can you recommend an area and/or a realtor within 30 minutes of WDW?
TIA!
TIA!
A friend actually quit/lost her job as a teacher here because she was spending any chance she got down at WDW.
She moved down there and got a teaching job there and now lives in Windermere and can see MK fireworks from her house.
Can you tell me more about Windermere? Was it a long distance move? Would she recommend her realtor?
The median home price is $700,000, but way on the outskirts you can get homes in the $200,000 range. Also beware of 'bloody I-4' a nickname for it because of all the accidents. We lived just north of Orlando for 18 years and was about a (depending on traffic) 45 - 2+ hour drive to WDW. If $$ was not a factor, you canot get any closer than the Golden Oak neighborhoodCan you tell me more about Windermere? Was it a long distance move? Would she recommend her realtor?
It's a very nice old town with a northern feel to it. Lots restaurants. Art festivals during winter. The Dora Canal makes for an excellent boat ride.Tell me more about Mt Dora please. It seemed like a nice area, but I’m out of state and relying on on-line research.
Not sure why you say that. The people I know me included who have lived in the area for decades would say the opposite. Except that it is closer to DisneyWintergarden is the perfect area to be near Disney what ever you do don't go to Mount Dora..
I drive every day on i4 when I'm in town for a long long long time and have never heard that reference. We consider the back roads to New Smyrna and Daytona as much more dangerous.The median home price is $700,000, but way on the outskirts you can get homes in the $200,000 range. Also beware of 'bloody I-4' a nickname for it because of all the accidents. We lived just north of Orlando for 18 years and was about a (depending on traffic) 45 - 2+ hour drive to WDW. If $$ was not a factor, you canot get any closer than the Golden Oak neighborhood
Tell me more about Mt Dora please. It seemed like a nice area, but I’m out of state and relying on on-line research.
I lived in Mount Dora for a year and we hated it. It is 40 min west of Disney and I drove to Disney almost Daily for work having to use the toll roads each day. Its an adorable tiny town at first but we had a lot of different issues. One the only grocery store was Publix, there was no movie theater (there is now) or anywhere to shop besides walmart and kmart so there was NOTHING to do in town. Its a tourist town bc of it being artsy so everything was more expensive. Utilities were crazy expensive, there was more but too much to write all at once.Not sure why you say that. The people I know me included who have lived in the area for decades would say the opposite. Except that it is closer to Disney
We found even most of the restaurants were crazy expensive with the exception of a couple places that we ended up frequenting bc the others were Disney priced. I am in SC and everything from real estate, property rental, car registration, gas and groceries were much much cheaper than living in Mt Dora, we have plenty to do that isn't an hour or more away without paying tolls. It was just an all around bad experience.. To register my husbands 2004 vehicle that was paid off in 2010 we had to pay right under $500 when I came home and re registered it here it was $60 for license plate and $60a yr property tax..It's a very nice old town with a northern feel to it. Lots restaurants. Art festivals during winter. The Dora Canal makes for an excellent boat ride.
How was the HOA in Independence?