moving to St Johns. (real estate, 2014, appliances)

[osopecoso]

Purchased new home in St Johns that is almost complete. Have a few questions.....

-Was informed that the water in the area is hard which require homes to have softener. Who do you all recommend to install one?

-What cellular service works best in the area. Found T-Mobile useless there.

-What home internet service is in the area? What does everyone recommend (needs to be reliable since I work from home)

[Florida2014]

Originally Posted by osopecoso

Purchased new home in St Johns that is almost complete. Have a few questions.....

-Was informed that the water in the area is hard which require homes to have softener. Who do you all recommend to install one?

-What cellular service works best in the area. Found T-Mobile useless there.

-What home internet service is in the area? What does everyone recommend (needs to be reliable since I work from home)

1. We don't have a water softener and have done fine here. Some neighbors have recommended Hardass Water Conditioning but I haven't personally used them.

2. Verizon

3. Comcast is still the best. AT&T has fiber service now but have read people saying service is unreliable. We've had Comcast internet since 2014 and I can count on one hand the times it has gone down.....it even stayed up through our first hurricane here.

[osopecoso]

Originally Posted by Florida2014

1. We don't have a water softener and have done fine here. Some neighbors have recommended Hardass Water Conditioning but I haven't personally used them.

2. Verizon

3. Comcast is still the best. AT&T has fiber service now but have read people saying service is unreliable. We've had Comcast internet since 2014 and I can count on one hand the times it has gone down.....it even stayed up through our first hurricane here.

We are from South Florida so we are used to the hurricanes. How long was the electric out after the hurricane came through. The new home will have Gas water heater/stove so at least that will be working if the hurricane came through.

[Gromicide]

Where in St Johns? Typically I would vote comcast as well but in some areas, AT&T has their newest infrastructure and seems to be more reliable with better (but not great) customer service. I have AT&T for example in Nocatee after having comcast for the last 20 years. We are happy with AT&T and hear plenty of neighbors complaining about comcast.

In my old neighborhood in Jax, we tried AT&T for a brief stint and went running back to comcast.

Agree on Verizon 100% but still some areas are bad in St Johns.

Water softeners are never required but Culligan, Florida Water etc are popular choices. I guess I am used to it so I have never had one.

[osopecoso]

Originally Posted by Gromicide

Where in St Johns? Typically I would vote comcast as well but in some areas, AT&T has their newest infrastructure and seems to be more reliable with better (but not great) customer service. I have AT&T for example in Nocatee after having comcast for the last 20 years. We are happy with AT&T and hear plenty of neighbors complaining about comcast.

In my old neighborhood in Jax, we tried AT&T for a brief stint and went running back to comcast.

Agree on Verizon 100% but still some areas are bad in St Johns.

Water softeners are never required but Culligan, Florida Water etc are popular choices. I guess I am used to it so I have never had one.

We are going to be in Aberdeen.

[Turbogyrl]

All Florida Water Soft - they are out of Ponte Vedra.

Suggest having a softener put in and maintained by a company that sells them. Makes a HUGE difference in the feeling of our clothing, towels and sheets - they are soft and I believe lasting longer. Also you only use 1/2 the amount of detergent. When showering you will notice that your skin feels softer too. Hard water has lots of mineral deposits which also negatively impact your other appliances over time.

Verizon Cell service - hands down the most reliable. When we were looking at houses, my Real Estate Agent was always having problems with her AT&T - no service. Verizon is EVERYWHERE.

We have Comcast for TV and internet. We have the upgraded super fast internet, and so far so good!

[osopecoso]

Thanks for all your help. Will definitely be taking all your advice.