Jupiter Farms: Backyard chickens

Jupiter Farms means freedom...freedom from restrictive HOA covenants and the freedom to do as you please.  People move here primarily for this reason and for the large home sites.

One of the things you can do here is own backyard chickens.  With the current sustainability craze, owning chickens is quite the in thing to do.  If you own them, you will learn about their laying habits.

One of which is they lay best when the weather is great, just like it has been this weekend.  Once the really hot weather of the summer is upon us, the number of eggs laid daily will really drop off. Here's a sample of what I picked up yesterday.

Unless you have tried the real cage free eggs you haven't really tasted how good an egg can be.  And those from backyard chickens are much lower in cholesterol than those from industrial production farms and you can supplement their diet with flax to boost Omega 3 in your diet.

If Jupiter Farms sounds like the kind of place you would like to live and are thinking of moving here, let me show you the best deals and locations.  Since this is a 16 square mile area, there are plenty of things to know before you buy.  I have lived here for the last 15 years and can be reached at 561-762-4073.

Pileated woodpecker in my Jupiter Farms yard

One of the reasons people like to live in Jupiter Farms is because we have so much wildlife here. This Pileated Woodpecker was making noise in my front yard so I grabbed the camera and shot this.

 

If you are looking for a home in Jupiter Farms, use a Farms agent. I have lived here 15 years and can show you the best locations. And with sales and prices both going up, the best deals will go quickly. You can search Jupiter Farms homes for sale yourself at Coastal Florida Real Estate or for personal service call me directly at 561-762-4073.

Just Sold in Jupiter Farms

Jupiter Farms is a very large are and we always have plenty of homes on the market.  This one just sold after over 600 days on the market.

It is a 3 bedroom, 2 baths home with about 1,700 square feet of living space and no pool.

Jupiter Farms home

If you are looking at homes in Jupiter Farms, let me show you the best locations.  Unlike many agents I have lived here 12 years.  Contact me, Richard Sites, at 561-762-4073 or send me an email.

Junk mail on the Internet. Got a phone?

Several years ago when the Internet was "introduced" real estate agents began to migrate to websites to display their listings and comb the web for buyers.  In fact, there is now every conceivable opportunity to look at homes on the web, now called Web 2.0.  But here is my challenge:  Are you really any better off?

 
In the "old days" real estate listings were published in a book each week and buyers had to pour over pages for small print to find possible houses.

Then the Internet allowed us all to see things quickly and easily anytime, anywhere.  But consider what it has also brought us:  clutter!

How has email made things simpler?  Does your Inbox have too much stuff each day?  Do you spend some time every day adding people to your blocked senders list and deleting things?  Of course you do.  Email has now suffered the same fate snail mail did, that is "junk mail".  In fact your first task when going to your mailbox is to stop at your recycling and throw most of the stuff out.

How about your home phone...if you still have one?  Many people don't even answer the phone any more since it is plagued by robo-calls that are not policed by the DNC list.  They just let the phone go to the answering machine (if they still have one) and sort out what messages they want to hear at a later time.

So based on these two things, why would a buyer prowl the Internet signing up on every website only to have the results be lots of information they don't want?  All the information comes from the same MLS database.  IT IS ALL THE SAME INFORMATION.

Every website, whether it be personal, corporate, Realtor.com, Homes.com, Zillow, Trulia and on and on...are all providing the same information.  The ONLY difference is the display format and some companies are spending a fortune to try and display it attractively.  So what do I suggest?  Stop searching for houses and instead search for an agent.

A great agent has tools and software that are better than anything offered on the web.  A great agent knows the market, both geographically and financially.  A great agent knows how to communicate and I don't mean tweeting.

Now here is the really crazy idea:  If you are really serious about buying, how about calling someone?  I know this is a radical idea but you can test their effective with a simple call.  If you don't get a return call within say an hour or two, just move on to another agent.  Hey, getting an automated email response to signing on to a website telling you how important you are is not communication.

Just have a real, old-fashioned phone conversation with someone and see what you think.  Every agent would rather have a conversation with a truthful buyer than waste time chasing Internet leads around or calling them every day.  So tell the agent exactly where you stand in terms of your purchase.  Then let them send you appropriate listings.  The irony is that you may not be able to reach someone, even though everyone has a phone everywhere.  So if you can't reach them on the phone you can cull them off your list.

Let's face it, given a chance everyone pushes the "0" button to speak with a Customer Service Representative so do the same when looking for a home.

OK, give me a test.  Looking for a home in this area?  Call me, Richard Sites, at 561-762-4073, and see how I do.  I have lived in Jupiter for 22 years, I know the area and I know how to answer my phone.  And as the commercials say, "No salesman will call".

Jupiter Farms $ 70,000 reduction

Now here's a great deal!

This Jupiter Farms home features 2,349 feet of living space with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths and a pool.  It is the highly desirable CBS construction and like all homes for sale in Jupiter Farms the lot is 1.25 acres.

Jupiter Farms is a large area of semi-rural homes located about 10 minutes west of the Town of Jupiter.  But, and this is a big but, you are still only about 15 minutes from the ocean.   This home is perfect for family living.

Maybe this is not the right Farms home for you.  Well, we have 148 homes on the market in our western communities ranging to near $ 10,000,000. Contact me, Richard Sites 561-762-4073 or by email, and we can find you the perfect spot.  Unlike many agents I have lived in the Farms for 12 years and can show you the best locations.

Jupiter Farms homes, a recent sale

Jupiter Farms is a dedicated equestrian area on the western side of the Town of Jupiter.  Here homes sit on 1.25 acres so residents have room for horses or just some space between them and the neighbors.

This 4 bedroom, 3 bath house with nearly 2,300 square feet just sold on Sandy Run, one of the prettiest streets in the Farms.  It was listed at $ 289,000 and sold for $ 250,000.  It was built by Jim Monde, one of the early builders of homes here in the Farms.

This house also had a 2 stall barn in the back, a screened pool and Hickory floors and cabinets.  However, it was a short sale.

If Jupiter Farms seems like the kind of place you might like to live, contact me Richard Sites at 561-762-4073 to see the best locations and some great opportunities.  Unlike most agents, I have lived in Jupiter Farms for 12 years.  If you prefer you can email me at Coastal Florida Real Estate.

NETA Trail Event, June 2012

Life is good in Jupiter Farms!  Take a look.

Sonoma Isles: Jupiter Farms gets new DiVosta homes

Jupiter Farms, a semi-rural area west of the Town of Jupiter, is slated to get around 300 new DiVosta homes soon.  Just west of the Florida Turnpike is a parcel of land where cows once grazed. WCI, a builder casualty of the boom gone bust period here, owned the land and sold it to Toll Brothers and the Jupiter Country Club was built.  Except that there wasn't quite enough room on the south side of Indiantown Road for everything they wanted or needed to build so they bought a key hole shaped parcel on the north side to build the clubhouse and three golf holes.  The surrounding land remained fallow.  Enter DiVosta.

Several decades ago Buzz DiVosta started his company, Berg and DiVosta and began building condos using a repetitive formula.   This area is peppered with DiVosta condos.  Then they began building houses using a similar formula.  No variations were allowed to the floor plan, only the upgrades.  You couldn't even change colors on the exterior.  If you wanted your house yellow, you had to buy the one they offered in yellow since no changes were allowed.

A couple of years back, Pulte homes paid a reported $140 million for DiVosta.  They are currently building Windsor Park in Abacoa, Jupiter.  And now the company plans to build around the parcel Toll Brothers owns.  It is called Sonoma Isles.

Jupiter Farms residents have long protected their idyllic lifestyle on large home sites and the threat of more building is always met with an uneasy feeling.  While it is true that Riverbend Park provides a buffer for the Farms from too much development, the Farms residents can always feel the pressure of developers breathing down their necks.

Heck, you move to the Farms to get away from people...like they did in the TV show "Green Acres".

Homes in Jupiter Farms are built on 1.25 acres or more where you can ride horses or have a big garden.  You can see all Jupiter Farms homes for sale at Coastal Florida Real Estate or if you need some guidance, I have lived here for 25 years and can show you the best locations.  You can contact me at 561-762-4073.

Jersey Giants coming to the neighborhood

Sustainability is a big thing these days.  People are growing more food in their gardens and everybody is interested in backyard chickens.  I have kept chickens for 6 years since I sold a house here in Jupiter Farms and found a place for their play set, rabbit, pool and some other things, but could not find a home for their chickens.

So, I took them.

6 years and 19 birds later I am still at it.  And I'm always meeting people who want to get some birds and need advice on the care and feeding thereof.  My girls produce about a dozen eggs a day.

Chickens can be fascinating friends.  They are very social and curious and will hang around you every time you are in the yard if you will let them.

About a year ago, my new neighbors moved in with 2 horses, 2 miniature donkeys and a couple of chickens.  Well, they did not have the sturdiest of cages and the local predators soon gave them a personal invitation for dinner.  So they are replenishing the flock... with Jersey Giants.

Jersey Giants were originally bred to replace turkeys.  In fact, the roosters can get to 17 pounds.  They are docile and friendly by nature and good layers and breeders.  You see, in the world of chickens, each breed is known by these characteristics.  Just like any other animals be they horses, dogs or humans.

However, roosters do crow.  Loudly.  And at all hours if they feel like it.

So for the next few months while the chicks are growing all is quiet.  Roosters can't crow until they are mature.  Then they have to "find" their cock-a-doodle-do by practicing.

So I guess we are in for some crowing.  But if they breed, and the roosters always do their part it's the hens that don't sit the eggs (called broody) maybe there will be some extra birds that can cross the fence and come live over here. 

If living in Jupiter Farms sounds like fun...it is!  You can see all Jupiter Farms homes for sale at my website Coastal Florida Real Estate where all homes and pictures are there in real time.  Or for personal, Farms resident service, you can call me at 561-762-4073 or coastalflrealestate@gmail.com.  Or head over to my You Tube channel where there are over 150 videos on the Jupiter lifestyle.

Jupiter Farms, Landowners Family Day 2012

Jupiter Farms provides a great quality of life.  There is plenty of room to own and ride a horse, a community park, wildlife and song birds everywhere and something in short supply these days, peace and quiet.

People move to homes in Jupiter Farms to escape the zero lot line communities built during the real estate boom here in the early 2000's.  Here in Jupiter Farms we like to say hi to our neighbors, but from a distance not by bumping into them in the driveway.

Each year the water control district hosts a Landowners Family Day where there is music, bar-b-que, a petting zoo and more.  Take a look at the fun we had this year.




If you are considering moving here, you can see all Jupiter Farms homes for sale by visiting me at Coastal Florida Real Estate.  Here, every home and every picture is provided in real time.  No other site has any more or more current data, its all here.  If you need a little guidance, I have lived in the Farms 12 years!

Jupiter Farms Landowners Family Day this Saturday

Jupiter Farms is a great place to live. I've been here 12 years and raised by boys here, along with miscellaneous animals. If you don't like looking out your window and seeing an neighbor right there, Jupiter Farms real estate might be the place for you. Yesterday, as I pulled up in my driveway I looked out the window and saw a small rabbit. If you like to be surprised by wildlife in your yard or out your window, Jupiter Farms real estate might be for you. Every day I see horses either walking down the street or along the easement behind my house. If you like horses, Jupiter Farms real estate might be right for you. Jupiter Farms has a special rural, community charm that is lacking in our zero lot line communities.

Out here we like our neighbors, but we like them at a distance. We like to be able to call down the street to them, not say "Excuse me" when you bump into them in the driveway. And part of the charm here is the annual Landowners Family Day hosted by the water control district. This year's event will take place on Saturday from 11:30 to 2:30 right here in the Farms across from the old Burt Reynolds ranch on Jupiter Farms road. If you would like to see what the event looks and sounds like, here is the video I made last year.
 

If you are looking at Jupiter Farms homes for sale you can see them all at Coastal Florida Real Estate. If you want to see the best locations, contact me at coastalflrealestate@gmail.com.

Time to trim the trees

Jupiter Farms is a great place to live!  We have no restrictive HOA rules, plenty of room to ride and quarter horses or backyard chickens (try that in Abacoa!), plenty of wildlife and lots of trees.  Although the hurricanes of 2004, Frances and Jean, took down hundreds if not thousands of trees, we still have plenty and since the power wires on not buried out here, the trees have to be trimmed periodically.

So one of the largest companies that handles clearing for utility lines has been working in the Farms.  Today, I watched from my home office as they trimmed the pines that line the front of my house.

Jupiter Farms tree trimming

This crew was very efficient and stopped, did their work and were gone in probably under 30 minutes.  I watched in amazement as the trimmer maneuvered his bucket between the power lines to get to my trees.

Richard Sites

If you are looking for a home here in the Farms, I have lived here 12 years and can show you the best locations and some great values.  You can reach me at 561-762-4073 or if you prefer email use coastalflrealestate@gmail.com.  If you would like to search yourself, the fastest MLS search available can be found at Coastal Florida Real Estate.

Jupiter Farms morning

Jupiter Farms is a dedicated equestrian area of about 16 square miles just west of the Town of Jupiter.  Homes for sale in Jupiter Farms are on sites of 1.25 acres or more.  In fact, in our neighboring community homes for sale in Ranch Colony sit on up to 20 acres.

Morning is beautiful here in the country.  During an early morning walk you will hear the air filled with songbirds and since backyard chickens are gaining popularity you can hear roosters near and far.  And since there are no restrictive homeowners association covenants here so once in awhile you can hear a donkey braying.

Here's what dawn looked like this AM.

If you are looking for a home in Jupiter Farms, there are plenty on the market and they start near $ 100,000 in price.  I have lived here 22 years and can show you the best values and locations.  You can contact me at 561-762-4073 or coastalflrealestate@gmail.com.  Or if you want to search the MLS yourself, you can find the fastest MLS search results at Coastal Florida Real Estate.

Cold front pushing thru the Farms now

Here in Jupiter Farms we live in Big Sky country.  So when foul weather approaches we can see it coming from a distance.

Jupiter Farms cold front approaching

This winter we have had exceptionally warm temperatures.  In fact, the high today was predicted to be 81.  But that was before this cold front came through.  When we get a cold front the states to our north sometimes get tornadoes.  

Last winter we had exceptionally cold weather and we saw a lot of cold damage to our tropical vegetation.  Still, cold for us is not cold by northern standards.  So if the temperature drops into the 50's or 60's it's really OK and usually returns to the 70's by day three.

Jupiter Farms



Then it is back to the golf courses and beaches...which is exactly why we live here.  I have lived in Jupiter and enjoyed the beaches for 22 years.  Jupiter Farms is the hidden jewel in Palm Beach County and yet only 15 minutes from the ocean.

If you are looking at homes for sale in Jupiter Farms, you can use the fastest MLS search available by visiting Coastal Florida Real Estate or for personal service call me at 561-762-4073.  If you prefer email you can reach me at coastalflrealestate@gmail.com.

Jupiter Farms parade, craft sale and Christmas tree sale

I have lived in Jupiter Farms for 11 years.  Although I was raised in South Florida, the "cracker" and "conch" lifestyles I grew up with have given way to suburbia.  Many of us relocated from Miami to get away from the sprawl.

When I moved to Jupiter 21 years ago, it was still a very small town in more ways than one.  But slowly the secret got out and people moved into the newly built homes in the country clubs.  Right down the street from where I live, grazing cattle were replaced by the Jupiter County Club, a Toll Brothers community.  We used to have citrus trees in nearly every backyard, but the State cut 66,000 of them down. But Jupiter Farms is the undiscovered jewel left in the northern Palm Beach area.  Even though I live on the western side of the Farms, I am only 15 minutes from our fabulous beaches.

One of the big attractions to life in the Farms is the fact that there is a strong community spirit fostered by the Jupiter Farms Residents association.  This group is dedicated to preserving the great lifestyle we enjoy out here.

Each holiday season, they host a craft sale, Christmas tree sale and Farms parade. This year the fun begins Sunday Dec. 4 at 9:30 at our new community center.  The Christmas tree sale is going on Saturday and Sunday and all proceeds go to the JFR Scholarship fund.  The craft sale is Sunday AM and the parade begins at 1:30 and travels along Sandy Run Road, one of our major paved roads.

In the parade, you will see many Farms theme floats made locally in folks back yards.  And there is plenty of hay, horses and wagons and the like.  For your chance to get a feel of what the Jupiter Farms lifestyle is all about, be sure to come out on Sunday.

If this looks like a great place to live, I can show you all Jupiter Farms homes for sale listed by all brokers.  Contact me at 561-762-4073 or rsites@bellsouth.net.

Richard Sites, Realtor

Jupiter Farms, it's time for bonfires!!

Few things make it seem more like fall than the smell of burning leaves.  Here in Jupiter Farms, where we don't have any choking HOA restrictions we can enjoy a great fire in the backyard.  And there's nothing like a big bonfire on a cool, fall night.

Homes in Jupiter Farms sit on lots of 1.25 acres and more so there are no neighbors to complain about your fire.  In fact, my neighbor to the east builds much bigger fires on cold nights than I do.  My neighbor on the west likes to burn leaves so you can often smell his fires during the afternoon.

With bonfire season upon us, we now start watching for people cutting down dead trees and moving them to the street for pickup.  We mostly see pine trees at the street but they burn very quickly.  If I stumble upon an oak tree cut up and at the street I almost always bring this wood home.  It burn slowly so the fire doesn't need as much tending.

And since there are HOA rules, you can have any wildlife here you might like such as chickens, ducks, geese, horses or goats...and we have them in Jupiter Farms.

Looking at homes for sale in Jupiter Farms?  Unlike many Realtors, I have lived in the Farms for 11 years and can show you the best values and locations and homes listed for sale by all brokers.  Contact me, Richard Sites, at rsites@bellsouth.net or on Skype at rsites or 561-762-4073.

Richard Sites, Realtor

Jupiter Farms homes for sale from the mid-$ 100's

Jupiter Farms homes for sale offer residents peace and quiet while still only about 15 minutes from our famous beaches.  Home sites here are 1.25 acres or more and home prices start in the mid-$100's and go to several million. 

Bunny in the grass in Jupiter Farms



People live here to enjoy the freedom of having no restrictive HOA rules to deal with.  And this is a dedicated equestrian area which means automobiles must give way and respect horses.  You can keep your horse at your house or use a stable like the Lady Jean Ranch.

To see all homes for sale in Jupiter Farms call me at 561-762-4073.  Or email me or on Skype at rsites. I have lived in Jupiter for 20 years and 10 of those in Jupiter Farms.  I can show you the best home values and the choicest locations.


Richard Sites

Jupiter Farms homes for sale,

Jupiter Farms is a dedicated equestrian area west of the Town of Jupiter.  Homes for sale in Jupiter Farms sit on sites of 1.25 acres of more up to 20 acres.  People live in Jupiter Farms because they like to own and ride horses, because they like peace and privacy, or simply to enjoy a little bit of the Florida lifestyle that is quickly disappearing.

Heading west from Jupiter on Indiantown Road, you will first pass the Toll Brothers community of Jupiter Country Club.  In typical Toll Brothers fashion, the Jupiter Country Club has an expansive and dramatic entrance made of stone with fountains, seasonal color beds and stately Medjool Date Palms.  Inside you will find Mediterranean inspired estate homes wrapped around a Greg Norman Signature Golf Course.



Continuing west, you will pass Riverbend Park, a Palm Beach County Park of nearly 1,000 acres where the Loxahatchee River gets its start as it winds through massive cypress trees, through Jonathan Dickinson State Park before entering the Jupiter Inlet and flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.

Past Riverbend Park you arrive in Jupiter Farms.  Make a left on Jupiter Farms Road and you will find Trader Horn's nursery and green market, some local restaurants and the Jupiter Farms Community Park.  Burt Reynolds is Jupiter's most famous son and his old movie studio is here along with Town and Country Feed.



Homes for sale in Jupiter Farms were built over several decades so there are many sizes and styles offered.  You might like to live here if you like wildlife, want to be free of restrictive HOA Associations, like to own and quarter horses and yet still be just 20 minutes from the fabulous Jupiter Beaches.



If Jupiter Farms sounds like it might be right for you and your family, send me a short email with your questions and I will answer that for you.  Or contact me at 561-762-4073.

Frost in the Farms, day two

Here in Jupiter Farms it gets really cold.  I mean really cold for coastal Florida, not Buffalo.

We have had frost the past two days and may get it again tonight.  This was shot on my car today.

Two good things though.  One, it will be getting warmer again this afternoon with a low only in the 40's tonight.  And, this really cold weather makes the backyard citrus sweet.  So we can eat our oranges, grapefruit and tangerines earlier this year.  Last year, it didn't get really cold until January when it wiped out my garden.



Orange juice is just around the corner.  If you would like to live in Jupiter Farms, there are plenty of houses to choose from.  To see all houses for sale in Jupiter Farms, just click HERE.



Jupiter Farms and the Loxahatchee River

Its hard to believe that living in Palm Beach County we could still have such a wild & scenic river available to us, but the Loxahatchee River is right in our back yard. Jupiter Farms is right around the corner.

I shot this video while bicycling with my son. You don't need a canoe to explore the River, although it helps.





You can see all homes for sale in Jupiter at www.coastalfloridarealestate.net/jupiterfarms.
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