I might be moving to Orlando soon for my job. I will be looking for a 3 bed 2 bath house to rent or maybe buy. Whats a good area to live in there and how are the property taxes and overall cost of living? How is the f-body scene also? Any other info you guys can give me would be nice too. Thanks.

 

I would recommend more remote places such as Oviedo. You definitely get a lot of value for the dollar and the housing is very nice.

The F-body scene is booming, but beware the R I C E. As you tend to get closer to downtown Orlando, the amount of imports increases exponentially. There are a lot of car meets to go to around here, all on different days of the week. Furthermore, Orlando is home to the Orlando Speed World Dragway, a 1/4 mile facility. The OSW complex also houses a dirt bike track and a circle track (all 3 are separate entities though).

 

are you going to be working in orlando..or a town around o-town?

 

Winter spraaaaaaaangs! =) I u sed to live there...its nice.

Actually...anything with Park...or Springs in the name and you're good. hehe

 

My company is in orlando.

 

come to lake mary

 

Enjoy the traffic!

Seriously, I was maybe 10-15 miles if that from OSW one day, it took me about a hour to get there.

 

Well im used to traffic, savannahs pretty bad during the afternoon.

 

Yes it is. My parents and brother live in Bluffton, SC, and we go all the time.

Orlando is large. You going to be working east or west side? Makes a big difference. I live in Deltona, and when we moved here we both worked downtown Orlando. Drive was ok, but cost of houses was way better here.

 

Whats your budget for housing? Plenty of foreclosures so you should find some good deals. Any idea where your office will be? Orlando is pretty spread out, so when you say Orlando, that pretty much encompasses all the surrounding areas, not just the city. If you like downtown, they have some sweet condos for around $200k, brand new. Theres alot to choose from right now, renting can be really cheap too. Homeowners are looking to get anything for rent so they don't have to foreclose. Do you have the address for the office?

 

man I lived in Orlando for 2 years was enough for me place has become a **** hole even places like metro west and the outer edges of windermere are going to hell the east side isnt to bad and the race trac is right there on the east side also. I live in daytona now maybe we will meet up sometime

 

I mapped it and its out on the east side. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&view...nG=Search+Maps

 

That's right next to UCF. It's a geat place to live, as the beach is only 30 minutes away, along with the drag strip less than ten minutes away. There's tons of car activity and three gas stations that sell race fuel from the pump within a few miles of each other.The East-West expressway is very accessable also which is about a 15 minute drive into downtown Orlando if you're into nightlife. Look into Oviedo, Winter Springs, Chuluota (sp) all nice suburbs on the East side.

 

Having a drag strip 10 minutes away is gonna make me broke because Ill be tempted to do more modding.

 

I turned down a job in "Orlando" due to traffic and overall location of the job. It was near 528 & I4, but I would rather live on the east side as whistler suggests. All the highways are toll roads, which you need to factor into the equation. Orlando is ~ an hour away if I wanted to go out there, so no big deal.

 

Paramoore is the place to be

 

Anyone know anyone thats looking to rent out a place out on the east side?

 

welcome if u move here

 

The rentals tend to get grapped up quick due to UCF, but they're out there. Are you by yourself?

 

Yeah ill be by myself.