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Old 03-21-2018, 09:11 AM
 
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My husband has the opportunity to take a job in Lakeland Florida. We are a family of five with three kids. My oldest would be going into high school, my middle child would be going into 7th grade and my youngest into 5th grade. Good Schools are the most important to us and obviously safe and low crime. My husband would like to have no more than a 30 minutes commute.

We would like a 4 bedroom home, on the new side, as we don’t have time to fix up a house. My kids are into baseball and my oldest into theatre. I personally would love a small town with a “downtown” area where you can walk to restaurants, small shops or something.

I don’t even know where to begin to look for a home or town to reside in.

Help!!!
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Old 03-21-2018, 08:04 PM
 
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How's about giving us an idea of what your housing budget is? That's going to have a significant effect on where you can live...

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Old 03-21-2018, 08:12 PM
 
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our Budget is $350,000!
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Old 03-24-2018, 11:11 AM
 
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My husband has the opportunity to take a job in Lakeland Florida. We are a family of five with three kids. My oldest would be going into high school, my middle child would be going into 7th grade and my youngest into 5th grade. Good Schools are the most important to us and obviously safe and low crime. My husband would like to have no more than a 30 minutes commute.

We would like a 4 bedroom home, on the new side, as we don’t have time to fix up a house. My kids are into baseball and my oldest into theatre. I personally would love a small town with a “downtown” area where you can walk to restaurants, small shops or something.

I don’t even know where to begin to look for a home or town to reside in.

Help!!!
Look in the Lakeland Highlands area (south of Lakeland). Nice communities, and good schools.
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Old 03-24-2018, 11:38 AM
 
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I keep hearing conflicting information on their schools. Are they really decent?
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Old 03-24-2018, 12:56 PM
 
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our Budget is $350,000!
You can buy a whole street at that price.
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Old 03-24-2018, 01:02 PM
 
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You can buy a whole street at that price.
Haha! That’s funny!

We’re looking into some other places(Fish Hawk) that it looks like houses are more expensive.
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Old 03-24-2018, 01:42 PM
 
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Fish Hawk is nice for the price.
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Old 03-24-2018, 01:49 PM
 
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You can buy a whole street at that price.
Haha! That’s funny!

We’re looking into some other places(Fish Hawk) that it looks like houses are more expensive.
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Old 03-24-2018, 01:50 PM
 
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Fish Hawk is nice for the price.
These are the areas we are looking Into:

Lakeland Highlands
Lithia
Wesley Chapel
Valrico
Bloomingdale
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