Florida · Flagler County · Bunnell
Selling a house in the Bunnell area
Bunnell is the county seat, and ZIP 32110 reaches a very long way past it. A house on a city street and a house on forty acres are both “Bunnell” to the post office, and they are not the same sale.
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The area
The city, the ZIP, and how far it reaches.
We cover 32110. It is the largest ZIP in our Florida coverage by a wide margin — a little under 300 square miles of land — and it includes the City of Bunnell together with a great deal of surrounding Flagler County. More of its ground lies outside the city limits than inside them.
That is not a technicality. ZIP 32110 includes Bunnell-area and surrounding Flagler County properties, and whether a particular one is inside the city decides who issues its permits and who handles a code case. The city runs its own building department; everything outside goes to the county. If you are not certain which you are, that is the first thing worth settling, and it is quick to settle.
The housing runs from ordinary city streets to genuinely rural property, and the two have little in common beyond the postcode. City lots, larger parcels, working land, houses that have been in one family for generations, and newer building on the county’s edges are all inside the same ZIP. We are not going to characterise the area as one thing.
Rural questions apply where the property is rural. A private well, a septic system, an access easement, a barn or workshop that may never have been permitted, or land with an agricultural classification — any of those can be part of a sale here, and none of them is a given. Tell us which apply to yours and they become part of the conversation rather than a surprise later.
What comes up here
The situations that come up.
- A house held in the family a long timeLong tenure often comes with paperwork that was never fully tidied — an old mortgage never satisfied, an estate that was never fully administered, a name on the deed that has changed. Ordinary, and workable. See the probate guide.
- An inherited property with heirs elsewhereSeveral heirs, in several states, is a normal starting point. What can be signed depends on the estate’s position, and the out-of-state guide covers the distance part.
- A house standing emptyEmpty property in this climate deteriorates faster than owners expect, and insurance is the part that catches people out. The vacant property guide sets out what to do first.
- Repairs that were put offRoof, air conditioning, wiring, plumbing, or a list nobody got to. You are not expected to fix any of it — selling as-is is exactly that.
- Land alongside the houseWhere there is acreage, that changes what is involved — boundaries, access, what is included in the sale, and whether any outbuilding was permitted. Worth raising at the start.
- Water supply and waste, where they are privateA well and a septic system are ordinary in parts of this county and absent in others. If yours are private rather than connected, say so; it is a question about your property rather than about the area.
- Access to the propertyA private drive, a shared easement, or an unpaved approach can each matter to a sale. It is property-specific, and it is answerable.
- An open permit or a code caseWork done without a permit is common enough to be unremarkable and is a records question. The code, liens and permits guide explains which office holds what.
- Storm or water damageDocumented or not, repaired or not, claim open or closed. See the storm and water guide.
Official resources
Where to check things yourself.
Flagler County’s offices handle records, probate and unincorporated property, which is the larger part of this ZIP by ground.
- What is recorded against the propertyThe Clerk & Comptroller’s official records — deeds, mortgages, judgments, liens and satisfactions. If something is not recorded there, it is not attached to title.
- Notification when something is recordedThe Clerk offers free recording activity notifications. Worth setting up for a property nobody visits.
- Estates and probateThe probate division, where a property came through an estate.
- Foreclosure salesThe Clerk publishes foreclosure sales information.
- Ownership, value and building characteristicsThe Property Appraiser records year built, structure details and sale history, and handles exemptions.
- Permits and permit historyCounty Central Permitting for unincorporated property. Palm Coast and Bunnell run their own building departments for property inside their limits.
- Code casesCounty Code Enforcement, again for unincorporated property.
- Flood zonesCounty Flood Zone Information, with the FEMA Flood Map Service Center for the official maps.
- Storm preparation and evacuationCounty Emergency Management.
Links to public offices for your own use. Bayfront is not affiliated with any of them, and nothing here is legal or tax advice.
Questions we actually get
Questions from this area
My address says Bunnell. Am I in the city?
Quite possibly not. ZIP 32110 covers the city together with a large area of unincorporated Flagler County, and rather more of its ground is outside the city than inside it. Whether yours is inside decides who handles permits and code for it — the county or the city can confirm it for an address.
The property has a well and septic. Is that a problem?
No. It is ordinary for property outside a serviced area, and it is one of the things worth mentioning at the start so it is factored in rather than discovered. What condition they are in is a question about your property, and it does not need answering before a first conversation.
There is a barn that was never permitted.
Common, and a building-department records question rather than a moral one. It does not have to be resolved before a conversation, and the code and permits guide explains where the record lives.
There is land with the house. Does that change things?
It changes what has to be established — boundaries, access, what is included, and any classification on the land. It does not make a sale harder in principle, and it is better raised at the start than at closing.
Nobody has been to the house in years.
That is a normal starting point. The useful first step is finding out its current state. Nobody is going to judge the condition, and it does not need tidying before you call.
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