What Is a Villa? Villa Style Homes Explained In Florida real estate, a villa is usually a one-story attached home that shares at least one wall with a neighbor, though detached villas exist too. “Villa” is a marketing term, not a legal one, so the same home can be deeded as a condo, a townhouse, […]
Home Inspection Checklist for Buyers (From a Florida Agent) A home inspection is a visual, non-invasive review of the home’s structure and major systems, and it usually costs somewhere around $300 to $450 and takes 2 to 4 hours. This post includes the full room-by-room checklist you can bring with you, covering the exterior, roof, […]
Boynton Beach vs. Vero Beach: Which Florida Coast Town Fits You? Boynton Beach and Vero Beach sit about 75 miles apart on I-95, and on paper their median home prices look surprisingly similar. The real difference is what that money buys and how each town feels day to day. Boynton Beach is a city of […]
How To Stage A Living Room to Sell The living room is usually the first room a buyer really reacts to, so it does more selling than any other space in the house. Start by removing furniture and personal stuff, not by adding decor. Most Vero living rooms photograph better with less in them. Float […]
Diamond Shores on Hutchinson Island: A Straight Answer Guide for Buyers Diamond Shores is a gated community of 43 new construction oceanfront single-family homes on Hutchinson Island, built by Phoenix Custom Homes, with every home steps from a private beach. Recent asking prices have run from roughly $3.4 million to $3.9 million for a 3-story, […]
McAnsh Park Vero Beach: A Local Agent’s Guide to the Historic Neighborhood McAnsh Park is one of Vero Beach’s original neighborhoods, platted in the 1920s by Chicago developer Andrew McAnsh and built out over the following decades, with the neighborhood park at the center of the design. Expect roughly 280 single-family homes on the central […]
Moving From Illinois to Florida: What I Tell Every Chicago Buyer Illinois loses more income to outmigration as a share of its economy than any other state, and Florida is the number one destination for people leaving. The tax math is real: Illinois hits you with a 4.95% flat income tax plus some of the […]
Vero Beach Zip Codes Explained: What Each One Tells You About the Area Vero Beach has six primary residential zip codes (32960, 32962, 32963, 32966, 32967, and 32968) plus four PO box zips (32961, 32964, 32965, and 32969) that don’t map to any neighborhood. 32963 is the entire barrier island, and it’s the single most […]
Homes for Sale in Vero Beach: A Local Agent’s Honest Guide The median sale price for homes in Vero Beach sits around $400,000, but that number hides a huge split: mainland homes often trade in the $300s and $400s while barrier island homes routinely run seven figures. This is a negotiator’s market right now. Most […]
The Best Restaurants In Vero Beach: A Local’s Opinionated Guide The best restaurants in Vero Beach split by occasion, so the real question is whether you want an oceanfront splurge, a casual meal on the water, or a locals-only spot the tourists never find. For a special night out, The Tides, Ocean Grill, and Citrus […]