Where exactly is this? On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 7:54 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> As predicted dad and I have at least made an agreement to buy the farm > next to ours. I'll make a graphic at some point but basically imagine it as > a U where our existing land sits in the middle of the U shape. Its really > weird how they broke it up all of which happened probably in the 1890s or > early 1900s. > The new land is about 72 acres, smaller than our existing farm but by > removing a couple of existing fence rows we should be able to make a couple > of the small fields easier to farm and thus easier to rent. > There is also a house and barn, the barn is, I'm guessing, 30x60 or there > about. Its beautiful, they built it over about a 10 year period starting > maybe 15 years ago. Post and beam it'll last 100 years with minimal > maintenance.The house is a whole different story, it was built probably in > the 1880s and is laid out poorly. Two of the upstairs bedrooms share a > stairwell but imagine you come out your door to a stairwell that stops > perpendicularly in front of you, it doesn't open into the two rooms, just > stops at a wall. If you were facing north you'd have a step level with your > right foot but have to step down two steps with your left. You'd want to be > awfully careful going to the bathroom in the night. ;) > The plan is to portion off the house and barn with about 3 acres, > currently we're thinking to ask $25k. If you tore the house down and put a > new one on the lot you could have a really nice place on a big lot near the > river for $125,000. Stupid thoughts keep running through my head... > -Curt > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
