Here’s the latest on the Coxcroft effort. The Ws are spending the next two weeks having the place evaluated, looking at the stability of the slope, septic issues, ground water. They know what they want to build and will decide if it’s worth going forward. They want the place for a larger year-round home. So that’s a make or break point. And will give us information on the general state of the place.
Also, I have someone interested in my house near Augusta, a young couple who are related to my neighbors to the south. They came by to walk the property 3 days ago. I have 5 acres in pastures around my house and an additional 42 acres of wood lot, but 40 acres doesn’t have near the value of the tiny house lots out there. Still a wood lot is respected out here. The family who owns the piece next to me are loggers, they use beautiful horses in the woods, then they take off for the summer and travel around to the fairs and compete in pulling events with them. They have been a great source of aged manure!
I had a realtor come out today to look at my house, and he will get back to me by the beginning of next week as to how much he thinks I can get for it. He said nice things about it but he didn’t understand why I was paying so much more on taxes than my neighbor, apparently having little appreciation for the woodlot.
So that’s it from my part of the woods, the snow (5”) is melting but we won’t see temps above freezing for the next 5-6 days. Every day I look at the weather, I check Oregon’s. And drool. I’m having a great time working on this adventure, though, and am looking forward to actually getting out there. I’ll let you know when there’s more to know.