Everyone cross your fingers for me and Mrs ML

[Monsterlover]

After a long time of looking at houses and not finding anything we like in the locations we need we have decided to build.

We have found a 36 acre chunk in the area we want that we like a lot. It has an old farm house, barn and silo on it. Our intentions are to build elsewhere on the property.

I had a meeting with the bank on Tuesday and it went really well   I have in my hand a nice preapproval letter and am free to try and buy the land.

My dad is my realtor and we wrote up an offer yesterday. I am having him present the offer to the seller in person today at 11 am.

I'm sure they'll counter, but I really want this to work out. I basically have a self imposed window of $10k. If we can't make it work we're walking away.

So everyone cross your fingers, do a dance, begin a voodoo ritual or whatever is customary where you are to wish someone good luck.

[Ddan]

you're the deal king, what could go wrong?   

[ungeheuer]

Hope it works out   (I take the view that if its to be then so will it be).  36 acres is a nice lil' chunk of countryside, assuming things go your way what do you intend to do with the land?

[Monsterlover]

Besides build on it?

Look at it

[ungeheuer]

Look at it is good  

Although in my experience when you have a little land "looking at it" is best done from an air conditioned tractor....  

[Oldfisti]

Farmhouse gonna be a rental after you guys get the new house built?

[Monsterlover]

No.

A) We don't want close neighbors.

B) it would take a lot of cash to bring that house up to snuff. We'll use what we can out of it. The rest will either be dismantled by someone that does that sort of thing or I call the FD and they can train in it and burn it down.

[Oldfisti]

No.

A) We don't want close neighbors.

B) it would take a lot of cash to bring that house up to snuff. We'll use what we can out of it. The rest will either be dismantled by someone that does that sort of thing or I call the FD and they can train in it and burn it down.

If it's old enough to be post and beam the wood is worth some money - especially if it dates back to the colonial era.  It would be worth dismantling if this is the case.


If it's stick construction from the late 1800's on then call the DMF.  We'll have a DIMBY there and we'll burn it!   

[Duck-Stew]

Good luck!!!

[Pip]

If it's stick construction from the late 1800's on then call the DMF.  We'll have a DIMBY there and we'll burn it!   

THIS!!

[KnightofNi]

good luck ML.

so does thsi mean you'll be getting dirtbikes too?  [moto]

[Monsterlover]

If it's old enough to be post and beam the wood is worth some money - especially if it dates back to the colonial era.  It would be worth dismantling if this is the case.


If it's stick construction from the late 1800's on then call the DMF.  We'll have a DIMBY there and we'll burn it!   

I don't know when post and beam started, but the house was built in 1876.

It's come to my attention that the wood beams in the barn may be worth some coin.

[Monsterlover]

good luck ML.

so does thsi mean you'll be getting dirtbikes too?  [moto]

potentially

Ive been riding the KTM dirtbike style lately and I dig it.

Ive been thinking a dirt bike might be fun.

If this goes through though, the first thing I'm going to have to get is a tractor.

After that, all bets are off

[KnightofNi]

potentially

Ive been riding the KTM dirtbike style lately and I dig it.

Ive been thinking a dirt bike might be fun.

If this goes through though, the first thing I'm going to have to get is a tractor.

After that, all bets are off

all you really need is a saw and a machete to cut trail 
of course if you ride a bigger bike you will need to cut a bigger trail...

[cokey]

No one saidit... turn the dammn thing into your garage..    what state are you in again?   36 is pretty big..  I would love soe thing like that..