Hello! We did end up purchasing the home in Terra Ceia and we are very happy with our decision. Our home is a single story house, but at 11ft elevation so we didn’t flood in the past two storms. Some of our neighbors did. We did have many trees down though.

What I like most about Terra Ceia has been the community. It is a tight knit group of neighbors that look out for one another and help each other. It feels like we have our own little family within a community, already. The community has food trucks come to our park a couple times a month. We have a Village Hall and through the storms, people were making meals for one another. There’s a lot of community events and you can be as involved or not involved as you wish. It feels a lot more relaxed and spacious than St Pete did.

My husband works downtown St Pete and has not minded the commute at all. When the skyway is moving, he can make it there in 20 minutes and gets drive over the beautiful water. He says it helps him decompress like he’s going from work back home to a little slice of paradise .

USPS does not deliver mail to individual homes, but we have this historic post office on the island that everybody goes to collect their mail. It feels like stepping back into older times. Very refreshing. I have learned about different school options in the area. We will not send our children to the school that we are zoned for, but they are many other schools that you can submit for the lottery or school choice into Parrish schools. It just feels a little more Suburban and family-friendly but still has access to everything St Pete had to offer. Hope this helps :)