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Old 09-07-2010, 06:22 PM
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I am home and have access to my budget. This is an estimate of a non resident. I estimated on the high side.

Builder My Estimate
Est Annual Monthly
Insurance House auto cart 1,200 1,800 150
Bond DDA 2,000 167
CDD assessment 100-300/m 2,040 2,200 183
Realestate 3-4.5m (8MNJ) 2,880 3,500 292
Utilities -
Trash 216 216 18
Elect 1,008 1,500 125
Telephone 480 1,270 106
Ammenity fee 1,620 1,800 150
Sewer 252 300 25
Water( 3 tier rates) 456 525 67
Cable / Internet 636 1,300 108
gas (or add to elect) 1,008 1,200 75
Total 11,796 17,611 1,468

The first column is the builders estimate so you can see where I increased my estimate. I think there is general agreement, when posters commented on costs, that the builders estimates are reasonable. Real Estate tax assumes you are a full time resident and get the homestead credit.

Sorry the format looked great until I posted. The builders total was 11,796 and my total 17,611 for the year. The first col. is builder, second is my annual and 3rd is my monthly estimate.

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