Rancho Subsim (for reals)

Onkel Neal · 10-08-13, 02:40 PM

Well, I've been thinking about it for some time, now I'm actually looking: for land to build my retirement home.

I'm not retiring, yet, but I am ready to buy some land and start working on a small cottage. Here are my goals and requirements:

Land
Needs to be a least 3 acres, up to 20.
Must be out in the country, west of Eagle Lake, east of SA, north of Edna and south of Waco. My favorite areas are LaGrange, Lockhart, Gonzales, and Halletsville.

Cottage
Still in the design stage but it will be a small two-story, cement slab, dutch gambrel style roof.

Like that, except with large garage doors on the bottom floor.

Bottom floor will be my garage and motorcycle workshop. Top floor will have my studio apartment, small kitchen, closets and bunk bed. It will be maximized for space conservation, like a yacht or a submarine.

Yesterday I scoped out some property near Sublime, Texas that looked pretty good. I used my cell phone in my shirt pocket, it worked ok until the end, then it fell out

GoldenRivet · 10-08-13, 02:44 PM

If you open up anything in Lagrange - let me know

Betonov · 10-08-13, 02:47 PM

Don't forget guest rooms for tired travelers form Europe

Sailor Steve · 10-08-13, 02:47 PM

Wow, that's pretty cool, Neal.

It's good to have a plan.

AVGWarhawk · 10-08-13, 03:48 PM

Plan your work and work your plan.

I will always be in the country. Somewhere in the Appalachian mountain area when I retire.

Good luck!

GoldenRivet · 10-08-13, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Appalachian mountain area

Damn good people

spent many summers there as a kid putting pennies on train tracks, hiking through the mountains playin war, catchin "craw dads" out of the creeks... one of Earth's great places.

TarJak · 10-08-13, 04:19 PM

Neal,

I suggest you also get some steps installed so you don't need a ladder to get to the front door.

Jimbuna · 10-08-13, 03:50 PM

Looks a bit like Amityville

try to ensure the hot tub has a drinking bar attached for when I next visit

Wolferz · 10-08-13, 04:08 PM

I take it this nixes the plan to move to Austria or will you be building your summer home there?

nikimcbee · 10-08-13, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

If you open up anything in Lagrange - let me know

Subsim cult compound? Waco has been taken.

mookiemookie · 10-09-13, 05:19 AM

Why build above ground? Get a bunker.

Herr-Berbunch · 10-09-13, 07:06 AM

All sounds good, the garage obviously needs to fit a limo, and you need some doors that people can see.

And you don't need a guest room, but some kind of dorm-block for the meet.

Onkel Neal · 10-09-13, 08:31 AM

No, there won't be room in this abode for dorms, but I can provide camp ground

Oberon · 10-09-13, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

the garage obviously needs to fit a limo,

For when Jim comes over.

Mr Quatro · 10-09-13, 12:30 PM

Don't forget to make sure you have the right to pass over other people's property to get to your own. I forget the legal term for it, but around here it has to be renewed every five years.

I bought a piece of property off the grid about 1 and 1/3 acre and lived on it for three or four months, but when winter came I decided to move into town.

While I was living in town someone came along and bought both pieces of property on either side of me and then tried to buy mine from me so he could have a super nice parcel of land to build his cabin on. When I would not sell he informed me that I could no longer use the two roads that travelled through his property to get to mine. I then asked if I could park at the bottom and walk up and he said, "No".

The walk up to mine was to steep to drive or walk so to make a long story short I sold him my parcel, it's now worth three times more than it was seven years ago.

Make sure you have the right of way and mineral rights too and don't think a survey is too expensive an item to include.

Hope I can save you some grief ...

10-08-13, 02:40 PM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Rancho Subsim (for reals) Well, I've been thinking about it for some time, now I'm actually looking: for land to build my retirement home. I'm not retiring, yet, but I am ready to buy some land and start working on a small cottage. Here are my goals and requirements: Land Needs to be a least 3 acres, up to 20. Must be out in the country, west of Eagle Lake, east of SA, north of Edna and south of Waco. My favorite areas are LaGrange, Lockhart, Gonzales, and Halletsville. Cottage Still in the design stage but it will be a small two-story, cement slab, dutch gambrel style roof. Like that, except with large garage doors on the bottom floor. Bottom floor will be my garage and motorcycle workshop. Top floor will have my studio apartment, small kitchen, closets and bunk bed. It will be maximized for space conservation, like a yacht or a submarine. Yesterday I scoped out some property near Sublime, Texas that looked pretty good. I used my cell phone in my shirt pocket, it worked ok until the end, then it fell out __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-08-13, 02:44 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	If you open up anything in Lagrange - let me know __________________

10-08-13, 02:47 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Wow, that's pretty cool, Neal. It's good to have a plan. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-08-13, 03:48 PM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Plan your work and work your plan. I will always be in the country. Somewhere in the Appalachian mountain area when I retire. Good luck! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

10-08-13, 03:50 PM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Looks a bit like Amityville try to ensure the hot tub has a drinking bar attached for when I next visit __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-08-13, 02:47 PM	#3
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Don't forget guest rooms for tired travelers form Europe

10-08-13, 04:19 PM	#7
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Neal, I suggest you also get some steps installed so you don't need a ladder to get to the front door.

10-08-13, 04:08 PM	#9
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	I take it this nixes the plan to move to Austria or will you be building your summer home there? __________________ Tomorrow never comes

10-09-13, 05:19 AM	#11
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Why build above ground? Get a bunker. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

10-09-13, 07:06 AM	#12
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	All sounds good, the garage obviously needs to fit a limo, and you need some doors that people can see. And you don't need a guest room, but some kind of dorm-block for the meet. __________________

10-09-13, 08:31 AM	#13
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	No, there won't be room in this abode for dorms, but I can provide camp ground __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-09-13, 12:30 PM	#15
Mr Quatro Navy Seal Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,772 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Don't forget to make sure you have the right to pass over other people's property to get to your own. I forget the legal term for it, but around here it has to be renewed every five years. I bought a piece of property off the grid about 1 and 1/3 acre and lived on it for three or four months, but when winter came I decided to move into town. While I was living in town someone came along and bought both pieces of property on either side of me and then tried to buy mine from me so he could have a super nice parcel of land to build his cabin on. When I would not sell he informed me that I could no longer use the two roads that travelled through his property to get to mine. I then asked if I could park at the bottom and walk up and he said, "No". The walk up to mine was to steep to drive or walk so to make a long story short I sold him my parcel, it's now worth three times more than it was seven years ago. Make sure you have the right of way and mineral rights too and don't think a survey is too expensive an item to include. Hope I can save you some grief ...

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