*PICS* update: WOOHOO! They accepted our offer! Finally getting our farm

[zzGypsy]

and I'm so excited!

it's beautiful, it's in the middle of nowhere on a gravel road, you can't see the neighbors in any direction, and you can't hear traffic anywhere.

83 acres, exterior fenced for cows, about 25 acres in pasture 35 in mature woods, and the rest was pasture 4 years ago and could be pretty easily returned to pasture. and a pond. and access to a natural spring from the neighbor's property.

and a berm house, dug into the side of a hill.

the chicken house is structurally sound, but needs a lot of work.

has a natural location for a shooting range

did I mention this?

finally, I can breathe.

good thing the hubby trusts me, he's in CA and hasn't seen it yet...

 

[BigSkyChickens]

Wow, a woodlot and everything! Congrats and thanks for sharing. You're keeping the dream alive for the rest of us farm-dreamers.

 

[zzGypsy]

Oh my gosh, that is soooo cool! So much room for horses, cows, goats, chickens, buffalos, camels, polar bears, kangaroos, yehaaawww

clearly you've seen through my carefully hidden plans...

 

[zzGypsy]

ok, here are some photos...
the view from in front of the house up the drive towards the street


the pasture


the pond


a bit of the house (remember, it's burried in the hill)


the chicken house (needs some work!) the smoke stack there is my chimney, and the grass in the foreground? that's my roof!


this is the only neighbor you can see from anywhere near the house - it's an old abandoned cheese factory and it's across the road from us (yep, the road's gravel. yay!)


this is the view from my roof over the front of the house - that area in the foreground is the roof of a covered porch


and I didn't get any photos of the back wooded area yet...

can y'all see why I'm doing this?

best quote of the whole transaction... the seller's daughter in law who's a city girl: "I've been there... can you explain why you'd want to live there?"
guess it's a country thing

 

[sfw2]

That's great! Congratulations!

 

[Mahonri]

HOW WONDERFUL!!!

I am so happy for you.

You'll have to post some pics, because us urbanites have to live vicariously through you.

And yeah, you do have a VERY trusting hubby, and that's a good thing!

 

[urban escapee]

Gratz so happy for you

 

[202roosterlane]

Congrats!!!

 

[zzGypsy]

thank you!

pictures coming soon...

 

[jpsbcfc]

lucky you, that sounds amazing.

i would love to do something like that one day