To add onto this, we have the same type of heating system up north as we do in TV, both houses being all electric. In a word, electricity is cheap in TV. I can't wait to only be paying those bills, especially after this winter. :sigh: It's the heating bills in very cold weather that kill you with heat pump systems, the air conditioning is quite efficient.

Hmmm, my sister & brother-in-law (he is 100% disabled Vietnam Vet) just moved down here from NJ last month and he seems to be not going to have to pay RE tax after his visit to the tax office. If he was misinformed he'll be quite unhappy.

While bills of 84.33 a month on average for an occupied home are possible, I would budget for more. I rent my place on occasion and I have an energy monitor. I am an energy geek. I can assure you that the same home, equipped the same way can use +/- 40% depending who is operating the thermostat..

It is pretty easy to spend 200/month in August.

We have a standard designer house and our taxes last year were about 1% of the value of our house.

Was that true for the rest of you?

Little over a thousand a year has been pretty consistent for us year round since 2014 in our current home. Not a energy geek or have special monitoring system. We have a humidistat. We have never had a summer bill at $200. In any of our three homes. Just stating a fact of the exact amount we pay for a year of electricity. I use quick books so it's very easy to look at any bill since we bought in 2010

As I said, it's possible just unlikely that most people can obtain this. Just look at the facts. SECO charges .1107 per KWH for the first thousand. Less any fuel savings. This can be per .018 per KWH for an effective rate of .0927 on a good month which is quite cheap. So this means on average you are consuming 900 KWH per month.

Now if you are energy aware your always on load is 100 to 150 watts and your fridge is 110 to 125 watts. So you are down 120+ KWH before you heat the water or heat/cool the home. All this said you can have bills this low but for the poster who asked the question, s/he should plan more if they want flexibility in the budget for energy.

I am retired I no longer get paid to over think non life threatening issues. OP asked for costs not formulated guesses. My post was exact cost paid to seco. Since we have multiple homes here, pay the bills for them, kind of have a handle on what it cost to run them, since 2010. While each person keeps their home at a certain temp, sometimes open windows, and have multiple electronics, it would be hard to say other than it does cost us less to run our designer, than the cottage or PV. I find our generation spends less time sitting in a house, and instead has a active lifestyle here. As I stated the cost to run homes here is far less than for our up north homes.

I am not guessing I know precisely what it costs and how different appliances and decisions impact costs. Because of this I refer any requests for energy costs to the villages estimates, that is 148.00.

The poster is looking for a home at a lower price point because of this It is best to refer to cost which they can probably beat and not a cost they will find hard to obtain.

Now if you have a second home and spend time up there (summers), then the 1K annual cost is on the mark. Posting such a low number without disclosing summers away does no one any good.

The OP clearly asked for the cost of taxes not how much does it cost to live here all up all in.

Sorry I did not mention all of our homes are lived in TV full time, PV with standard ceiling, and cottage with vaulted ceiling runs about the same, both vinyl sided. Designer is stucco and the oldest built. Up north home not that it matters is lived in 10 months out of the year. So there is your disclosure. I would never intentionally post incorrect information as you have quoted. I am often pm about exact cost on different models and gladly give them so a person can have an idea of what TV can offer. So my reputation is still in tack, answered honestly and with numbers in hand, since 2010. Well it time to step away from this site for awhile, too much drama trying to help.

After $50000 homestead, 1% of your assessed home value. $300,000 = $3,000 taxes per year plus the bond + interest if you don’t pay it out.

If you do your homework you will find a place to suit your needs in TV. The essence of the place is the list of activities and the people who are with you. If you are looking to be active this is the place for you - make it work.

I bought a home, cash, as is, furnished, 2 bedroom 2 bath, year round Florida Room, 2 car garage, and small screened in front porch near Spanish Springs for $175000. $1100/ year taxes. Keep looking. July 2017.

We pay $3,691 for a designer home built in '16. Don't forget there is usually a bond associated with a home. Our bond is an additional $2,500 a year.

I have a house we bought for a little more than your quoted range. In Sumter County, all taxes, the maintenance fee and misc items that are billed with taxes (paid in 2017) came to around $1950 for the year. We have the Homestead Exemption but not your additional veteran's deduction on the assessment. Our house is over 20 years old so the bond has long been paid. Lake County has no bond, even on the new homes, which are not cheap. They are listed at over $200,000 (because we did look). There are some nice, smaller homes in the Del Mar area (Lake County) that may be less expensive. It's been 2 years since I've kept up-to-date on listing prices. Except for new houses off of Rt 42 in Marion County, most houses north of Rt 466 are old enough to have the bonds paid off, or close to it. Yearly bond amount, if still in force, would be "around" $150 a year, possibly less for a house in that price range. We pay less than we did in PA and PA wasn't as high in taxes as NY or NJ. I can't say for other states. Good luck! I hope you find something you like.