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Originally posted by Sharpie@Sep 12 2003, 07:37 PM
I made an offer on a house in Cape Coral on the water today - this is a big investment and one of my concerns is that the neighborhood doesn't get run down looking. It is not in an association, so I could be at the mercy of the guy next door or accross the street who desides to paint his house shartrose or let weeds grow up around the house.
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Some areas of the Cape are still worth investing in, some aren't.
I hope your investing in the SW area ?
One upside is the city has ordinances set to help avoid neighborhoods
from looking like shit.
good example: no commercial vehicles are allowed to be parked overnight
in residential neighborhoods.
bad example: (though not fully enforced) you are not allowed to leave
your garage door fully open for more than 1 hour.
The biggest downside to the Cape is the push for low income housing.
(no need to go into what that brings to a city)
BTW does the house have city sewer and water already ?
If not your looking at an additional 16-18k when it comes to your neighborhood.
Lived there 12yrs .... glad I got out when I did, seen alot of changes in
the Cape ..... and not all for the best.
