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Old 05-28-2008, 09:34 PM
 
Location: Plantation, FL
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I agree ... the exteriors are ugly!
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Old 05-28-2008, 09:36 PM
 
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.it's hard to know if a nice looking neighborhood is also safe or if there are problems that only someone living in the area might know about. So, I really appreciate the invaluable insights!!!
Very reasonable question to ask, but fortunately that's a very sturdy neighborhood. That whole 33325 area still has that "midwestern" feel intact. That zip code area goes from extremely wealthy to some more shabby mobile home parks, but the only worst crime in that area is a few burglaries a year in the more run down mobile home park by the high school. A few years ago they had burglary spree in Shenandoah, and a few months ago, there was some suicidal guy who pointed a gun at a cop. While that sounds scary, the guy was trying to provoke the police to shoot HIM, he was going through a divorce and other problems, so it was the kind of thing that could have happened anywhere (all of his neighbors claimed he was a friendly person).. Otherwise, there is an occasional car theft (maybe 2-3 a year), something gets stolen from an unlocked car, and maybe a more sporadic home burglary (probably 10 or so a year). Home invasion or any of those more scary crimes pretty much don't exist in that whole zip code.

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Old 05-29-2008, 12:59 PM
 
Location: Boca Raton, FL but want Clayton, NC ASAP!
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Compelled rocks! I don't think I can give you rep points again. (booo, hiss)

I was going to suggest Shenandoah. I've seen houses there and they're quite nice. An acquaintance of mine lives there.

I've been in Poinciana Parc on a regular basis--family lives in there. Houses are nice, but the land is non-existant. I know there are at least 2 foreclosures on the market in there--I've passed them when I've been on the way to visit my former sister-in-law.

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There are entry level similar sized properties across the street in SHENANDOAH now in the mid 200s, a comparatively upscale neighborhood (if you were referring to the Davie house). That neighborhood has multiple properties selling in the low 200s, check the Broward property appraiser website. I'm not sure what kind of condition the Plantation house was in, but if it's interior is anywhere near as neat and tidy as the exterior, it looks like a nice find and I agree.

Single Family Home - 13971 Oaklawn Pl, Davie, FL, 33325 - Realtor.com
Thanks to the lack of trees that house has a Miami-Dade look but everything else about that house is superior to the first house, including the neighborhood. AND it has a pool.

Here is another SHENANDOAH house with a pool in the mid 200s, and this one is nice!
Single Family Home - 804 Cumberland Te, Davie, FL, 33325 - Realtor.com

And if you don't mind living across from I-595, they have sparkling clean Weston-style townhomes like this in Poinciana Parc.
Condo/Townhouse/Co-Op - 14033 N Forest Oak Cr, Davie, FL, 33325 - Realtor.com

ANOTHER small but tidy lower end Shenandoah house for 244
Single Family Home - 13871 Langley Pl, Davie, FL, 33325 - Realtor.com

Those houses are also wood frame, but they didn't get nearly the damage that the neighborhood across the street got. And here are a few cheaper Honey Lake homes(the neighborhood you posted). This is where they should be priced RIGHT NOW for that neighborhood.

Single Family Home - 13400 SW 10Th Pl, Davie, FL, 33325 - Realtor.com
Single Family Home - 13531 SW 9Th Ct, Davie, FL, 33325 - Realtor.com
Single Family Home - 960 SW 133Rd Te, Davie, FL, 33325 - Realtor.com
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Old 05-29-2008, 11:56 PM
 
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I knew that house in Plant Acres for $299k was a good deal. I just checked again and it's now priced at $550k! It was a $250K listing price mistake....

Single Family Home - 11860 Tara Dr, Plantation, FL, 33325 - Realtor.com
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Old 05-30-2008, 10:03 AM
 
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Yeah, that makes A LOT more sense to me. It's unimaginable to buy such a huge house in a nice area for under $300,000; prices have dropped, but South Florida is not Atlanta!
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Old 06-02-2008, 07:19 AM
 
Location: florida
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Default I was thinking the same

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I knew that house in Plant Acres for $299k was a good deal. I just checked again and it's now priced at $550k! It was a $250K listing price mistake....

Single Family Home - 11860 Tara Dr, Plantation, FL, 33325 - Realtor.com
We lived in the acres for many years and while the market is depressed, I know the 299k had to be a mistake.
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