How to Determine Where to Buying in Northeast Florida

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Determining Where to Buy in Northeast Florida

Northeast Florida offers plenty of choices.  You can live in the busy urban environment of Downtown Jacksonville, the peaceful, rural areas of St. Johns County or the beautiful beach community of Atlantic Beach.  Looking for real estate in the largest area-wise city in the continental U.S. can be daunting.  After years of helping buyers find real estate in Jacksonville, these are the questions we have found that you need to ask yourself to help you narrow down which neighborhoods of Northeast Florida will work for you and your family.

Consider the Location Before Buying a House

Currently there are around 10,000 properties for sale in Northeast Florida MLS. This is a staggering figure, but fortunately you don’t have to look at all of them.

You can make your home search less stressful and more meaningful by reading these pivotal home search factors and discussing with us what you are looking for. Each factor is a different ingedrient to cooking up the perfect home and neighborhood for your family.  When you put them together you get your dream home and a home search that is focused on just those properties that fit your wants and needs.

Neighborhood Landscapes

The first factor concerns the surroundings near your future home. Surroundings include natural features of the area like trees, oceans, creeks and rivers. Other options include manmade amenities like sidewalks, parks, lighting, and public roads.

When you visit a home, try to imagine yourself living there and if the surroundings offer what your lifestyle requires.  You can narrow down your choices greatly if you decide you want to become a beach person and thus be close to the ocean or you don't want to be able to see your neighbors and want land and trees all around you.

Neighborhood Characteristics

Think about characteristics of the neighborhoods like architectural design, types of housing, access to recreational amenities like swimming pools, tennis courts, and golf courses, and particular details like deed restrictions that might limit what you can do on your property. 

When you come home from work is there a sport or hobby that you like do?  Which, if any, characteristics of the neighorhood do you need to do this sport or hobby?

Distance to Work and Services

The second factor in choosing a location involves how far you will have to drive to essential services. Examples of services include: workplace, gas station, grocery store, restaurant, post office, bank, airport, highway and medical facilities.  For others the mall, evening spots and nightlife might have a bigger pull.  As your Realtor, if you let us let us know what is important to you we can point you to those areas that will satisfy your housing needs.

Schools

If you have children or plan to start a family, schools are another important consideration. Some regions of our county offer newer, less crowded or high scoring schools than others, so research the school district. You can also investigate opportunities for daycare, private schools, after school care, and recreation for children.

We can provide you with plenty of information about test scores from the school.  But we have found most parents to only be satisfied after visiting the school campus and talking to the staff of the different schools. 

Demographics

There are other factors unique to your lifestyle that impact where you will be living. You can find on the internet the different demographic information for our area.  You will see that you can look at demographic information by county or zip code.

Our Realtors at the Phyllis Frankel Realty Group have spent decades in our area.  We will be able to give you the inside, local information about the areas you are interested and be able to help you make a more informed decision about which part of Northeast Florida is right for you. 

Don't make the mistake of buying your dream home only to find out that you are missing some neighborhood landscape or neighborhood characteristic that would of made you happier.