Camp property search

JJT · Monday at 10:18 AM

Looks good to me. Is it time to make an offer?

ArlyA · Monday at 10:26 AM

JJT said:
Looks good to me. Is it time to make an offer?

The cabin with family present has a terrible 1 mile drive in.

jjeff · Monday at 10:28 AM

First pic was very weathered uncovered osb sheeting I assume that's a tear down? Second was painted t 111 so lots of maintenance in the future problaby. Adventure looked pretty fun though.

ArlyA · Monday at 10:38 AM

gsganzer said:
I didn't read back through this whole thread, but what's your purpose for the camp? Just a getaway, hunting/fishing, eventual retirement, future build site?

We don't hunt/fish but are looking to get a place out of town and have enough land we can build and maintain trails on.. My spouse needs to work a few more years so we need a place close enough to commute or keep our current place. Most camp are too rustic to live year around on but we might have to go that route due to cost.

ArlyA · Tuesday at 9:57 AM

jjeff said:
First pic was very weathered uncovered osb sheeting I assume that's a tear down? Second was painted t 111 so lots of maintenance in the future problaby. Adventure looked pretty fun though.

It is in poor shape, inside looks reasonable so we're not sure its salvageable. They priced the property high and we'd guess had no offer's in a year..

gsganzer · Tuesday at 12:00 PM

ArlyA said:
It is in poor shape, inside looks reasonable so we're not sure its salvageable. They priced the property high and we'd guess had no offer's in a year..

I thought the OSB looked like it was too far gone to throw some siding over it. It also looked like the floor, from the underneath picture, was also OSB.

gsganzer · Tuesday at 12:14 PM

It's nerve wracking, listing property. We have two properties to sell, to bridge the gap for the new place we're buying. Both properties are about 3.25 acres and back up to one another. The back property is a beautiful lot with pine trees and well kept homes on all sides. The other lot has our home, detached in-law apartment with attached horse stalls/shed roof. Unfortunately, I have a neighbor on one side of me who's place is a wreck. It's a shame, because it has a decent home, 60 x 80 covered horse riding arena and barn/stalls and a nice insulated shop. But he's in his mid-40's, doesn't work and apparently doesn't do yard work either. I'm not sure why he (his parents) even bought the place actually. The saplings against the foundation have all grown up and you can barely see into the house. Aside from the mowed lawn, the rest of the place is all grown up with saplings growing up and rubbing the nice metal on every structure.

I'm trying to muster up the conversation to see if I can help him clean up the view from my place, before I list it for sale.

ArlyA · Tuesday at 12:21 PM

Most of the camps we've looked at, are garbage ridden and no weeds cut all summer, or for years. Most people are elderly and just tell the realtor "as is".. This one was one might be the most tidy we've seen. We are not sure why they kept it so clean, they used a atv to get in and out.

Were as this one we'd need to hire a boom truck to pick the garbage and three mobile homes and campers out. They have a nice gravel road in. (not seen in this pic)

gsganzer · Tuesday at 2:06 PM

I'm so busy right now that I can't keep up, so I might have posted this already. We just signed a contract on a 114 acre place and expect to close in October. I'll post a dedicated thread with details when we finally close. It's been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us, with the sellers being our best friends. What's cool, is we're all looking out for each other and doing everything we can to make the transfer go as stress free as possible. I don't know how I got this lucky.

I look forward to sharing the details and photo's of the place, when we finally close and get moved in.