Ortimber
Platinum Member
I grew up on a 180 acre ranch, and knew from an early age that I wanted the same lifestyle as an adult. Like most places, property really started getting expensive in the early 90's and when I got married and had kids, the thought of owning my own place (other than a house in town) seemed pretty far fetched. After a few years of living in town, I felt like a square peg in a round hole. I talked to my parents and we all agreed that raising my kids in the country was a good idea. So we put a double wide on my parents place and spent 16 years in that little house. As mom and dad have gotten older, the estate planning became a sore subject as I have two siblings that want nothing to do with the place, but they are entitled to their share. I started getting the idea that maybe we should move off and get our own place. We started looking for the right property and never found anything that we really liked. Fortunately, as luck would have it, a neighboring piece of land went up for sale. We immediately got in touch with a real estate agent, and long story short we bought the property the same week. My wife loved the house, I loved the shop and the property, and while we spent more than we were really wanting to, it's been a wonderful adventure so far.
Fast forward to today.. My son graduated from college and came back to our area. Grandma and Grandpa just happened to have a vacant house on their land (our old place) and he now rents that from them. We are all close and really I can't imagine things working out any better. Life is good.
Fast forward to today.. My son graduated from college and came back to our area. Grandma and Grandpa just happened to have a vacant house on their land (our old place) and he now rents that from them. We are all close and really I can't imagine things working out any better. Life is good.