I've never heard of a well costing that much. Must be a California thing. Last one we had drilled cost about $6000, though it as not as deep as the one we have now.
The neighbor has had some kids at her cabin for days now. The screaming (and crying when they fight) is making me nervous. I don't like human sounds anymore, especially bratty kids. They were playing on the other neighbor's 400 ft driveway which runs near my property line down the hill so they were making noise on two sides of me. I guess I don't trust preteen or teen kids running amok in the country. They've already cleaned the blackberries off my fence on one side. Thankfully, those are the sour ones, LOL. Yeah, I'm mean now. I don't want neighbors. I wouldn't buy a property with a shared ANYTHING, driveway, well, whatever.