Blog Posts for Mayport Naval Station in Moving Tips

Live at the beach while stationed at NAS Mayport, Florida! #1 Naval Station Mayport Base Housing The first thing I would suggest to anyone PCSing to Naval Station Mayport is to check out the new base housing ! It is amazing ! I am 100% serious when I say that Mayport's base housing starts right on the Atlantic Ocean . Now of course only a select few Admirals, Captains, and job specific houses are located ocean front but the rest of the on base housing is all within walking distance to the Atlantic Ocean. Lovely! #2 Schools for Naval Station Mayport Base Housing If you have school aged childre... read more

House hunting in East Arlington Neighborhoods Have you received orders to Naval Station Mayport, Florida ? We did, twice. We lived in Jacksonville, Florida for 7 years total over 2 different tours. I graduated from college in Jacksonville, worked part time at a Hallmark store, taught first grade for 2 years, and then spent 3 years as a stay at home mom there. I experienced a lot around the area of NS Mayport. I truly did love being stationed there. In my blog titled "Where to Live if You Are Stationed at Naval Station Mayport, Florida" I talk about the basic boundaries to follow when you are ... read more

Moving to a new duty station can be daunting. Who am I kidding, it IS daunting! Leaving a duty station and needing to sell your home is also a daunting task. A True Military Friendly Realtor in Jacksonville This scenario is exactly how I met Dana Merrill . We had built our house in 2005 when the market was on fire. 3 years later it was now 2008 and the housing market had tanked. It was awful. Dana was our realtor during this time. We luckily fell into the group of people that the HAP (Housing Assistance Program) had been expanded to help. Selling a house with HAP was new to us and to Dana. ... read more

Have you just received orders and are now faced with the "big" question of "Where do we live?" If you are headed to Naval Station Mayport, Florida and house hunting, here are some great bits of information for you. We have done two tours at NS Mayport with the helicopter community there and also detached on three different ships out of Mayport. We lived there for a total of seven years and owned two houses. I finished my last two years of college at The University of North Florida and I taught first grade in Duval County Public Schools. I have a lot of experience living in the Jacksonville/Ma... read more