[Aquatique]

Please tell me about specific neighborhoods with underground power lines, even if it's just a small section of a community like the Oakland Hills pie slice of Rotonda West. Thank you!

[Aquatique]

One I'm aware of that I think is a nice little neighborhood is Rivers Edge in Melbourne Beach.

In another thread it was mentioned that Haile Plantation in Gainesville and Abacoa in Jupiter have underground lines.

[Sunshine Rules]

What parts of FL are you looking at? Charlotte county?

Lots of communities north of there, located within the Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota, Bradenton & Venice area have underground utilities, especially those built within the last 20 years.

[Aquatique]

Originally Posted by Sunshine Rules

What parts of FL are you looking at? Charlotte county?

Any part of FL.

[Scottamemnon]

I mean, just about every new development in the Jacksonville area have underground utilities. I am sure the same can be said all over the state... anything that is less than 10 years old should have it.

[Aquatique]

We'd love to find a community with underground lines plus mature trees or at least not totally barren looking. We prefer an established feel without a lot of construction going on around us.

[912904]

Originally Posted by Aquatique

We'd love to find a community with underground lines plus mature trees or at least not totally barren looking. We prefer an established feel without a lot of construction going on around us.

That may be hard. Underground lines and mature trees (with large root balls) don't really mix. But also, you have to be more specific, down to a city level. Your question is way too vague.

[Aquatique]

Originally Posted by 912904

That may be hard. Underground lines and mature trees (with large root balls) don't really mix. But also, you have to be more specific, down to a city level. Your question is way too vague.

Yes, I do think it will be hard to find what we're looking for. So far Haile Plantation / Haile Village in southwest Gainesville seems like a possible good fit. We really are open to different parts of the state - if a FL community matches our criteria, we want to know about it regardless of whether it's inland, gulf side, Atlantic side, north, central, etc. I will start another thread with a more detailed explanation of what we're looking for.

[FL_Expert]

Any community built in the past 50yrs or so will have buried utilities.

Just check out Lakewood Ranch and Westchase as I mentioned previously, I think both are a great fit.

[Aquatique]

Originally Posted by FL_Expert

Any community built in the past 50yrs or so will have buried utilities.

Just check out Lakewood Ranch and Westchase as I mentioned previously, I think both are a great fit.

I looked at MLS listings, street views, and youtube videos of Lakewood Ranch and Westchase. They both look cool and I get why people choose these communities. We'd prefer a neighborhood that has more of a hidden / under the radar quality. I had made another thread recently (asking about locations that are a little bit upscale, a little bit urban, and safe / low crime) and I got some great recommendations, even tried securing a rental but I suspect it was already taken, I didn't get a response from the listing agent. I realized that almost all of the suggested locations in that thread are just too trendy and popular for us. There were some other roadblocks that applied to the individual areas and so we were kind of back to square one. So I started thinking about New Urbanism communities that could provide a somewhat similar atmosphere as what we initially had in mind, and made a thread about that topic. Underground power lines came up in that thread, and since I'm not 100% set on a master planned mixed use community I wanted to make yet another thread to ask about this topic, since underground lines are a strong preference for me. Now I'm thinking I may give it one last try and lay it all out in a fresh thread, explaining more in depth what we are really looking for. I usually prefer to just ask broad questions and gather as much input as possible and then sort through it myself, but maybe it's better if I get as specific as possible with my inquiry.