More Houses we've looked at (#6 & #7)

*We're looking for 10-30 acres - land or with a house. Bob wants as move-in-ready as possible, Sarah wants to do some work. And of course, a low purchase price. Bob thinks a low purchase price means he has to pay less money. Sarah think it means there will be more money in the renovation budget. Timing - we just renewed our lease til June 2016, so if we will be building a new home we need to start NOW. If we're buying an existing home and doing renovations, Sarah won't start panicking until August. Which is three months away. Pantpantpant(minipanic)!! Too close to not have a house/plan yet! ;))

HOUSE 6 - "Two Pond"
Remember the house we made an offer on but didn't get? I realized that the reason I loved the house was because of the field across the street. 100 ACRES. Much more than we need, but God's plans might say otherwise. SO I wrote a letter to the owner in St. Simon's and asked them if they'd be interested in selling it. They said no - maybe one day to a home builder (great). But they mentioned that they have a house on the other side of that field that we might be interested in (not on the market yet). 19 acres, 2000+ sf with a walkout basement, a pool and TWO PONDS. Not sure I even want one pond... but TWO? But it's off a somewhat busy country road - several pastures/rural properties on the road but this road is one of the main back roads people take to get to the high school. So it wouldn't be as private/quiet as we imagined. But maybe we could add a row of trees along the road to at least take care of one of those problems.

I started getting excited, thinking - "this house is only 3 minutes from the high school!" The owner said I could stop by and walk around it anytime (they don't live there full-time). I dropped by on a Thursday and we scheduled a tour of the inside for Monday. I only took exterior photos (and wish I had taken more, but I was going to be back, right?)

Cute windows, pretty front porch

 Crepe myrtles and oaks lining the driveway

The lower pond was closer to the house than I'd want (20-25 ft? Remember - I can't estimate distance)

 The lower pond. A pretty setting. The upper pond is where that little grassy hill is on the upper right side of the photo. That's a path across both ponds, and there was a pipe sticking out of it for water to flow into the lower pond. I considered draining the lower to make it more like a creek and to give us more side yard. Bob said I am crazy. HEY - I think in terms of possibilities! ;))

(Looking through the windows.... - I had permission!) It looked nice on the inside - a little outdated but very well maintained, so it probably wouldn't need too much work.

So the lady called back on Friday and said her husband had a doctor's appointment and she had to cancel the Monday tour. We said we'd try to reschedule another time. I called one week later and left a message. Then two weeks. Then the last message about three weeks later. Never heard back from her (and I had the correct # b/c I saved it in my phone when we talked). I really wasn't that disappointed b/c God closed the door pretty clearly on this one.

HOUSE 7 - "Peck Circle"
SOOOOOOOOOOO close to perfect. It would need updates and an addition, but 23 acres, with the BIGGEST BARNS YOU'VE EVER SEEN. Seven chicken barns. They were in terrible shape and the owner would have them removed, but I tried to convince Bob that we should keep one of them- you should have seen all the space (the roof was a little low though so not sure it could serve as my indoor sports recreation area for kids). I was asked to estimate how long it was.... I'm really bad at estimating distances past 10 feet, but comparing it to a football field (of course), I guessed 50 yards (150 feet). Bob said it was more like 200-300 feet. I want to keep one!!!!

 LOVELOVELOVE the lacy corbels and the stone front under the porch

Front yard

Front yard

Den

Kitchen

Breakfast area

Master bedroom

Master bath 1

Master bath 2

Sunroom/breezeway to garage

Back deck

Back deck

Back yard (all the pasture land is in front and on the sides... no pics of that or of the barns)

Basement (looks EXACTLY like our N.H. basement before we finished it - same color posts and everything! ;))

(old) Wood burning blower-type thing in the basement (Bob would be in heaven)

Wood chopping station in the basement, right next to the fireplace.... Bob would be in heaven, part 2, and Sarah would send him there if he ever did this inside the house

 Bob said this house was too far away. And it was. About 15-20 minutes from the schools. Siiiiiiiiiiigh. More waiting.