Well, I mentioned this a couple weeks ago, but don't like to count my chickens before they hatch. So given that everything has came through and the closing is scheduled for next Thursday, I thought it was sure enough to post now.
The wife and I have been looking to buy some land for 1.5-2 years or so. She really likes where we live, and I, not so much. But even before we were married, we talked about moving closer to our parents so when we have kids, they are more likely to come see them. Plus we wanted to build a house out in the country as opposed to the little development we live in now. So we had settled on a general area between both our parents. Right now, we live an hour or more from our parents. The area we choose would put us right around 30 minutes from each. And in a county with very low taxes. And still close enough to get to two malls in less than an hour.
So we looked at a bunch of different places, and in August found an upcoming auction with 4 parcels of land totaling 245 acres. Originally we decided we wanted 10+ acres. But decided realistically we would only be able to afford 10-20. But since this land was going at an auction, we didn't know what to expect. So we started getting our ducks in a row with financing and such and waited for it to go on the block on October 2. Oh, here is the link that will probably only work for a little bit yet:
http://www.hassingercourtney.com/default.asp?Action=DOC&ID=261We were most interested in Parcel 3 which had 68 acres, a small camping trailer, two streams, some flat area perfect for a house, etc. But we thought it would go for too much and we would have to settle for 1 or 2. Well, we were successful in winning the bid on Parcel 3 for less than we had allowed ourselves!
So in the past 3 weeks, we have been working on getting the appraisal done, getting the loan approved, lawyers, etc. And everything came through now and the closing is scheduled for next Thursday. We are both really excited to start working on planning a house, where it will go, camping up there, etc. It will be at least 5 years till we can be in a position to start building, but still exciting for us none the less.
And here are a couple pictures. But they are in no way even close to showing everything. But I will get more in the coming weeks.
North Fork Tangascootac Creek - Looking North.
North Fork Tangascootac Creek - Looking South
Main Branch Tangascootac Creek - Looking West
Main Branch Tangascootac Creek - Looking East
Old Logging Road running along very southern tip of land.
Walking along Scootac Road. Group of about 15 turkeys just crossed the road. You can see the last two.
