A
little background that started our journey ...
We have been living in our current
house for about 7 years and have really enjoyed our neighborhood/location. However,
over the past two years the Home Owners Association (HOA) have become more
difficult to deal with and they are causing many issues within the
neighborhood. From the day we moved in, we have parked our RV on our property
behind a fence and was given approval from the HOA at that point in time. Fast forward two years and the new HOA board decided
that the definition of screening of recreational vehicles now means completely hidden
within an enclosed structure. Some
members on the board actually told me that their goal was to rid the
neighborhood of all boats, trailers, RVs, etc.
I spent $1000 on Leyland Cypress trees that provided excellent screening
and you could just barely see small sections of the RV through the branches …
not good enough for them. If I didn’t
move the RV then they were going to put a lien on the house so it is currently
parked at a friends house. A couple other things happened and with many of our neighbors moving, we (I) started looking at property around our area to build a house ... I grew up on a couple hundred acres so have always wanted some amount of land.
After searching for hours and hours, I mapped out about 10 possibilities and we drove around one weekend to check things out. Every single one had some kind of issue (i.e. severe slops, neighboring properties, price, etc) but we stumbled upon a gated community that had 5 acre parcels. First thought was I don't want a neighborhood again but checked it out anyway. Wow.
Only about 50 sites, paved roads, wells already dug/tested, power/phone available, heavily treed lots and awesome views. Talked to the listing agent and found out the owners allow 60 days to do all checks on whatever you want before signing papers. During the 80 days (some back and forth that made it take longer), we got agreement on RV parking, costs, building requirements, etc. We signed end of December and will start building May/June timeframe.
Some of our friends are also buying a lot and will back up against ours so there will be 10 acres between us and an easement on our left so no one can build there either.
After searching for hours and hours, I mapped out about 10 possibilities and we drove around one weekend to check things out. Every single one had some kind of issue (i.e. severe slops, neighboring properties, price, etc) but we stumbled upon a gated community that had 5 acre parcels. First thought was I don't want a neighborhood again but checked it out anyway. Wow.
Only about 50 sites, paved roads, wells already dug/tested, power/phone available, heavily treed lots and awesome views. Talked to the listing agent and found out the owners allow 60 days to do all checks on whatever you want before signing papers. During the 80 days (some back and forth that made it take longer), we got agreement on RV parking, costs, building requirements, etc. We signed end of December and will start building May/June timeframe.
Some of our friends are also buying a lot and will back up against ours so there will be 10 acres between us and an easement on our left so no one can build there either.
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| Looking toward the property from the driveway entrance |
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| Original cleared are for house but this will now become yard |
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