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Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 4th 2015, 12:51 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,182
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Know anything about pools?

Actually when we bought the house the bank had had a huge wooden and plastic 'grid' put over the pool. It had obviously been built in situ and had to be sawn off. It wasn't a deck though
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 3rd 2015, 11:52 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,182
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Know anything about pools?

Thanks. Florida has introduced laws for new pools, which require the actual pool to be fenced in from the house itself, but apparently the yard fencing we have is deemed to be adequate for an...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 3rd 2015, 2:56 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,182
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Know anything about pools?

Yes I'm aware of the phenomenon of pool popping, though it's rare and can also happen with a filled pool. Ours has been drained for several months and hasn't moved - so far.
It may be an English...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 2nd 2015, 10:49 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,182
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Know anything about pools?

Hi,
thanks for the replies. My immediate concern is safety if the pool is full of water. I know what the regs are if we decide to bulldoze it and fill it in. We have to follow a procedure (drill...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 2nd 2015, 1:53 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,182
Posted By Dixie101

Know anything about pools?

Hi,
We bought a foreclosure in Florida a while back. We were unable to get insurance until it had been out of foreclosure for a year. ( Don't ask me why, no one could explain!) Anyway, we have been...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 2nd 2015, 1:18 pm
Replies: 66
Views: 5,783
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Buying a forclosure house

I'm fascinated about making offers of a few hundred dollars! I bought a foreclosure, as a holiday home, in Florida at the end of last year. It was advertised for $40000 and was bank owned. I got it...
Forum: USA
May 19th 2015, 7:51 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 11,153
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Holiday home in Florida, Help please!!

Thought we were talking investment, not holidays? As with any investment, you research, assess the risk, undertake due diligence and decide whether the returns outweigh the risk. For me the...
Forum: USA
May 4th 2015, 1:41 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 11,153
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Holiday home in Florida, Help please!!

Hi. I completed on a house in Florida last December. I had thought about it for years but only got round to it in my 60s! I didn't want the Disney circus so I have bought in a small town on the...
Forum: USA
Oct 20th 2014, 3:16 pm
Replies: 48
Views: 4,454
Posted By Dixie101

Re: semi move to US

Wow amie, that must have been scary. Glad you're okay now x
Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 20th 2014, 2:57 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 7,590
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Having a wobble

Well said!
Forum: USA
Oct 20th 2014, 2:54 pm
Replies: 64
Views: 4,044
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Costing of moving 3 cats from London to Florida

The OP isn't obsessive, just a caring person. Many of us have close bonds with our animals. The only reason I have waited until now (in my 60s) to buy a place in Florida and spend a few months here...
Forum: USA
Oct 20th 2014, 2:46 pm
Replies: 48
Views: 4,454
Posted By Dixie101

Re: semi move to US

My premium with Staysure, which is a major player in the pre-existing medical conditions market, is £250 annually and covers me virtually anywhere in the world. I have all the usual baggage, flight...
Forum: USA
Oct 20th 2014, 2:36 am
Replies: 48
Views: 4,454
Posted By Dixie101

Re: semi move to US

Surely cover of $200000 wouldn't pay for much medical treatment in the US? My medical cover on my annual worldwide insurance is several million pounds and the cost of travel insurance rises...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 20th 2014, 2:29 am
Replies: 215
Views: 11,070
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Fish!

What bubblechog said:) I would be a millionaire if I had a pound (or even a dollar) for every time someone has said "but vegetarians do eat fish" Oh no they don't!! And also "well can't you just take...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 19th 2014, 9:36 pm
Replies: 215
Views: 11,070
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Fish!

Been vegetarian for over 30years:)
Forum: USA
Oct 19th 2014, 9:31 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,108
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Home insurance in Florida

Ok, I will contact Tower Hill insurance too. Thanks. The cost of grass cutting seems to have stimulated some debate! I have checked with our friend and he says $60 PM is about standard around here.
Forum: USA
Oct 19th 2014, 7:47 am
Replies: 48
Views: 4,454
Posted By Dixie101

Re: semi move to US

I guess my own plans could also be called a 'semi move' to the US so this is an interesting thread. Travel/medical insurance for longer than 31 days is possible but of course comes at a price. My...
Forum: USA
Oct 19th 2014, 1:57 am
Replies: 19
Views: 2,108
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Home insurance in Florida

Thanks. I have emailed Security First. We have a termite report-house is clear but termite activity in the little shed at the end of the garden, so that is being demolished. Do you have to burn the...
Forum: USA
Oct 19th 2014, 1:49 am
Replies: 19
Views: 2,108
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Home insurance in Florida

Thanks again. Really appreciate all the help. I've emailed a couple of independent insurance brokers and will be seeing Wells Fargo on Monday about a bank account. That's the nearest bank so thought...
Forum: USA
Oct 18th 2014, 1:52 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,108
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Home insurance in Florida

Thanks for the heads up re Regions Bank!
Forum: USA
Oct 18th 2014, 1:51 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,108
Posted By Dixie101

Re: Home insurance in Florida

Hi and thanks for the replies! US bank account will be sorted, but you have to have a US address, which we won't have until the sale completes . It is anticipated the home will be occupied for...
Forum: USA
Oct 17th 2014, 10:28 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,108
Posted By Dixie101

Home insurance in Florida

Hi All,
first post from a newbie. I've had an offer accepted on a house in Titusville, Florida and it looks as though everything is going through. It will be a holiday home for the family (while we...
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