wvpolekat
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Tomorrow we have a meeting with a gentleman selling a house and property near my wife's family.
Right now we live in "town", by that I mean ~8-10,000 people.
Where this is located is WAY, WAY back in the country. 2-3 miles down an unpaved road.
We won't have all the details until tomorrow, but it is a house on ~80 acres that he tried to sell a couple years ago without much luck. At that time he was asking around $150k. Seeing as how the housing market hasn't improved, I can't imagine it will be more than that at this point.
Vast majority of the land is forest. An area around the house (about the size of 2 football fields) has been cleared, about 1/3 of which is "yard", the remainder of which is grass but not pasture. Too many hills to be used for much of anything.
The house is "unique", it is a quansit hut. Which doesn't really bother me, but will take some getting used to. It also poses some financing challenges. But, I think they can be overcome.
This will be a MAJOR lifestyle change for us. No more 5 min trips to the store. But, the up side is that the boys will have all the room they want to play (and so will dad).
I am going to have to replace the current turf tires on my 2N with R1s. Too many hills to have to worry about traction. Already have a rear finish mower, blade, pond scoop, landscape rake. Just need a brush hog to round things out. But, that's small potatoes.
Here is a shot from google maps (edited to not reveal location) http://www.siliconjunkie.net/tbn/house.jpg
The only other big catch is if decent Internet is available, since I work from home and that is a requirement. Other folks on the hill tell us that DSL is available, so we will see. That could be a deal breaker.
No real plans for the land beyond mowing and hunting.
Right now we live in "town", by that I mean ~8-10,000 people.
Where this is located is WAY, WAY back in the country. 2-3 miles down an unpaved road.
We won't have all the details until tomorrow, but it is a house on ~80 acres that he tried to sell a couple years ago without much luck. At that time he was asking around $150k. Seeing as how the housing market hasn't improved, I can't imagine it will be more than that at this point.
Vast majority of the land is forest. An area around the house (about the size of 2 football fields) has been cleared, about 1/3 of which is "yard", the remainder of which is grass but not pasture. Too many hills to be used for much of anything.
The house is "unique", it is a quansit hut. Which doesn't really bother me, but will take some getting used to. It also poses some financing challenges. But, I think they can be overcome.
This will be a MAJOR lifestyle change for us. No more 5 min trips to the store. But, the up side is that the boys will have all the room they want to play (and so will dad).
I am going to have to replace the current turf tires on my 2N with R1s. Too many hills to have to worry about traction. Already have a rear finish mower, blade, pond scoop, landscape rake. Just need a brush hog to round things out. But, that's small potatoes.
Here is a shot from google maps (edited to not reveal location) http://www.siliconjunkie.net/tbn/house.jpg
The only other big catch is if decent Internet is available, since I work from home and that is a requirement. Other folks on the hill tell us that DSL is available, so we will see. That could be a deal breaker.
No real plans for the land beyond mowing and hunting.
