Moving to the Treasure Coast (Miami, Port St. Lucie: renters, insurance, condos)

[tiggrbing]

Currently we live on eastern Long Island, but it's getting insane to stay here. Middle of April and the winter weather has finally given up, hopefully.

Where are the best places to live?? We have been looking at Port St Lucie. We are looking for a condo/townhouse to rent. Does anyone have any suggestions?

How much do basic utilities cost? and Renters insurance? How about finding work? I am looking for customer service (phones or in an office).

Which is the best airport?

[TriMT7]

Originally Posted by tiggrbing

Currently we live on eastern Long Island, but it's getting insane to stay here. Middle of April and the winter weather has finally given up, hopefully.

Where are the best places to live?? We have been looking at Port St Lucie. We are looking for a condo/townhouse to rent. Does anyone have any suggestions?

How much do basic utilities cost? and Renters insurance? How about finding work? I am looking for customer service (phones or in an office).

Which is the best airport?

If you're looking to be in Port St. Lucie, there have been a number of new condo and townhouse projects going up. There is a relatively new development called "East Lake Village" that is near US-1:

http://www.homesbykennedy.com/comm_eastlake.htm

You might be able to find townhomes to rent there.

Also, Tradition has townhomes and condos:

http://treasure.craigslist.org/apa/305082342.html


The good thing about PSL, though, is that you can often get HOUSES to rent for the same or only a little bit more as well! (And if they're in developments like Tradition, the landscaping is probably taken care of).


Port St. Lucie is awash with "customer service" phone type jobs.... check out Liberty Medical (Eastern PSL), QVC (St. Lucie West), and Aegis (Eastern PSL) to start. Wages, however, won't be what you're used to in Long Island for sure!


The BEST airport is Palm Beach International, about 45 mins or so away. There are, however, regional airports in Stuart and Ft. Pierce.

[Catq]

Hi TriMT7!

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[Cougar31]

Originally Posted by tiggrbing

Currently we live on eastern Long Island, but it's getting insane to stay here. Middle of April and the winter weather has finally given up, hopefully.

Where are the best places to live?? We have been looking at Port St Lucie. We are looking for a condo/townhouse to rent. Does anyone have any suggestions?

How much do basic utilities cost? and Renters insurance? How about finding work? I am looking for customer service (phones or in an office).

Which is the best airport?

Stuart, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, Vero Beach, Sebastian, and Melbourne; those are my choices. And again it all depends on your job. You have to remember that Treasure Coast is very nice which means not cheap or as some will say less affordable than other areas.
Here are two local newspapers, check out the classifieds. make some phone calls to get an idea on jobs.

www.tcpalm.com for Martin, Indian River, Saint Lucie counties.
www.floridatoday.com for Melbourne for Brevard county.

also, you may want to visit -online- the chamber of Commerce for those countires. It will lit local utilities company and more.
Best of luck

[tiggrbing]

Does anyone know of any condo rental communities that are going up?

[TriMT7]

Pineapple Cove in Jensen Beach

Pine Lakes in Port St. Lucie

The Enclave in St. Lucie West

Portofino in Jensen Beach

St. Andrews Pointe in Port St. Lucie

Belmont in St. Lucie West

Downtown Tradition in Port St. Lucie

[tiggrbing]

How much do basic utilities run? (ie: water, electric, etc)

[tiggrbing]

Originally Posted by TriMT7

Pineapple Cove in Jensen Beach

Pine Lakes in Port St. Lucie

The Enclave in St. Lucie West

Portofino in Jensen Beach

St. Andrews Pointe in Port St. Lucie

Belmont in St. Lucie West

Downtown Tradition in Port St. Lucie

Thank you. I looked into them and so far so good... I did find a few others online. We just have to go down there now and look at them.

[tiggrbing]

Thank you for the info... I tried to apply from NY, I figured I could start before I move, but they are not hiring in NY. I'll have to wait until we move then. Thank you again...

[Sueilp]

Vero Beach & Sebastian are nice areas to live too - they are about 45 minutes drive north from PSL!