• Bungalow with a garden walk in Fullerwood Park, St. Augustine, FL

    Saying Goodbye to the Northern Home: The Emotional Side of Selling and Moving to Florida

    How Do You Leave the House You Raised Your Family In? You stand in the empty kitchen with a roll of packing tape in your hand. The pencil marks on the doorframe, the ones that show how tall the kids were each birthday, are still there. You run a finger over them. The house is quiet in a way it has n

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  • Empty pier at golden hour in Jacksonville Beach, FL

    Moving Near Your Kids and Grandkids in Northeast Florida: How to Choose a Home That Keeps the Family Close

    Is the Real Reason You Are Moving to Florida Waiting at the Airport? The text comes in at lunch: a photo of your granddaughter in a too-big soccer jersey, missing a front tooth, beaming. Below it, your daughter writes, we wish you were closer. You put the phone down and stare at the window. You have

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  • Home with double porches in the Abbott Tract, St. Augustine, FL

    Leaving Your Florida Home for Weeks at a Time: A Practical Guide for Part-Time and Traveling Residents

    What Happens to Your House When You Go Back North for the Summer? The car is packed, the cooler is full, and you are standing in the garage doing a last lap of the house. Thermostat set. Water off at the main. Fridge nearly empty. Patio chairs stacked. You have done this a few times, and you still g

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