Question Tell me the TRUTH.....

[Underboss]

If you are going to own an rv, avoid Palm Coast at all costs. I know I owned a lot and was going to build there. The general heart of PC has no HOAs but the city itself is a huge HOA. Insane rules that are not applied unilaterally. RVs are not welcome, even class b van based cannot be seen from the street or neighbors so they must be garaged. The city loves to send out letters if you have your rv in your driveway for a week. No rv garages allowed, in fact garages are not allowed to be more then 30' deep and the roofline cannot be higher than the rest of the house. There is actually one home in all of PC with an RV garage and after that house they made a building ordinance against it.
As for traffic and overcrowding, drive through PC midday and its as bad as NYC in commercial areas.
Some of the 'hoods have no lights at the main street so either you have to go right and make a u turn somewhere or take some convoluted route to get to an intersection with a light.
As I posted before, the northeast area has higher utilities. My friend pays $240/mo for water and sewer on a 1/4 acre lot with less than 600 sf of lawn. You can put a well in but unless you filter it the water is brown and stains everything.
If you buy a home anywhere in FL do not let the realtor pick the inspector. research and pick one yourself. The builders mesmerize folks with amenities, layout but the windows doors and finishes are not real quality.
You also want to avoid stucco covered wood frame homes here. The humidity and moisture are not a good mix with stucco covered wood frame homes.
You should look for poured in place concrete construction as the best. Concrete block is good also.
May have been a long read but as a builder I research everything. My only error was buying and planning to build in PC as a friend who was on the PC planning commission told me I could do an rv garage and as he was also a builder, I thought he knew and trusted his knowledge. Clearly he was clueless, buts thats Florida folks for you

 

[Holdmybeer]

If you are going to own an rv, avoid Palm Coast at all costs. I know I owned a lot and was going to build there. The general heart of PC has no HOAs but the city itself is a huge HOA. Insane rules that are not applied unilaterally. RVs are not welcome, even class b van based cannot be seen from the street or neighbors so they must be garaged. The city loves to send out letters if you have your rv in your driveway for a week. No rv garages allowed, in fact garages are not allowed to be more then 30' deep and the roofline cannot be higher than the rest of the house. There is actually one home in all of PC with an RV garage and after that house they made a building ordinance against it.
As for traffic and overcrowding, drive through PC midday and its as bad as NYC in commercial areas.
Some of the 'hoods have no lights at the main street so either you have to go right and make a u turn somewhere or take some convoluted route to get to an intersection with a light.
As I posted before, the northeast area has higher utilities. My friend pays $240/mo for water and sewer on a 1/4 acre lot with less than 600 sf of lawn. You can put a well in but unless you filter it the water is brown and stains everything.
If you buy a home anywhere in FL do not let the realtor pick the inspector. research and pick one yourself. The builders mesmerize folks with amenities, layout but the windows doors and finishes are not real quality.
You also want to avoid stucco covered wood frame homes here. The humidity and moisture are not a good mix with stucco covered wood frame homes.
You should look for poured in place concrete construction as the best. Concrete block is good also.
May have been a long read but as a builder I research everything. My only error was buying and planning to build in PC as a friend who was on the PC planning commission told me I could do an rv garage and as he was also a builder, I thought he knew and trusted his knowledge. Clearly he was clueless, buts thats Florida folks for you

State, county and city building codes are not closely held secrets, they're publicly available. Otherwise, you're likely confusing stucco with with EIFS Dryvit. They look the same but EIFS systems were developed so anybody with a hammer, a five gallon bucket, a trowel and 2 days training could make money faux stuccoing houses. I grew up in a 75 year old two story wood frame house 100' from East St. Andrews Bay off the Gulf of Mexico in humidity that you could cut with a knife. Every house in our town was stick built, seemed to do just fine.

 

[Underboss]

State, county and city building codes are not closely held secrets, they're publicly available. Otherwise, you're likely confusing stucco with with EIFS Dryvit. They look the same but EIFS systems were developed so anybody with a hammer, a five gallon bucket, a trowel and 2 days training could make money faux stuccoing houses. I grew up in a 75 year old two story wood frame house 100' from East St. Andrews Bay off the Gulf of Mexico in humidity that you could cut with a knife. Every house in our town was stick built, seemed to do just fine.

First point
I stated that a friend on the city planning commission told me it was not an issue (my bad) as he was clueless (typical commission member) It worked out fine as I sold the property a year later at a huge profit. Hence my studying and deeply researching each area, neighborhood, and homes that I was interested in since.
Second point
Talking 3 coat standard stucco, not foam board and mesh. Yes, you are talking a 75 year old house that was most likely not a tract house built by a mass builder and at a time when men took pride in their work. I know of three wood framed stucco homes built within the last 16 years by different builders that were not wrapped properly and the recent purchasers ended up with over 100k in costs to repair. Would I trust myself to build it right, yes but we are talking Florida tract homes built by huge corporations.
To my point, as a builder, I would never buy a stick built home in Florida, never. Are they built to the same wind codes, yes. But if anyone thinks a stick built will hold up as well as a poured in place concrete home, I have a bridge for sale.