impulse buy

Today we made a very big and somewhat impulsive purchase. We bought .5 acres of rural property in the Oregon coast range. When I say it was impulsive, I'm not being 100% candid. The truth is, M is always scouring the web looking for screaming real estate deals. The trouble is, usually the best deals are in La Pine or Goldendale or somewhere we aren't all that interested in going. But this little parcel is located a mere 1/2 hour from Cannon Beach -one of the loveliest beaches in all or Oregon. It is only minutes from Highway 26, yet far enough away that hardly a sound can be heard except the crackle of branches underfoot and the birds of the forest. There is a large, private cleared area surrounded by birch trees that seems perfect for camping in the immediate, a building site someday down the road. And with a price-tag just north of $10K, it seemed like a no brainer. So, we jumped on it.

Clearly, we have to do our due diligence before closing in 30 days. We need to verify that there is indeed water at the property as the current owner claims (we didn't see any signs of it...). We also plan to check to make sure we can legally build on the land. We can't afford to do anything major right away, but it is important to us that we have that option.

But if everything goes through as planned, we will soon be the proud owners of our very own campground! We are already surfing cottage plans and dreaming of someday. It is nice to finally have a land deal that is untethered to the whims of others, a place where we can realize some of our fantasies without the fear that someone else is going to fuck it all up.

Strangely, however, in our excitement we failed to take a single photograph of the property - -and I take pictures of practically everything! All I have are the photos the seller's agent posted on RMLS. So, have a gander -it is nothing special, but it's (almost) ours!