So, this is the first picture we took of what we thought, then, was the Kowpound. We were super scared and nervous. We had gone to scout it out. Hubs had a cool program for his phone that put those lines and stuff on there. But we were upset because THERE’S A CONTAINER ON THE PROPERTY!! That is not our container…..
We were getting ready to start doing the things! How could this happen? Did someone already squat on our land?!
It doesn’t really get more rural or barren than that. I mean, for reals….we had to get to the bottom of this!
Turns out, this sale had gone through a place called “Government Land Sales”, which sells off previously federally owned land. When I had first communicated about taking over the contract on what was my son’s property then, we had email exchanges between a guy who works at this place. He had sent us an internet link we had saved, and it went to this plot of land. On further investigation and after I’d sent the panicked email, the guy emails back and apologizes. I guess they recycle the links based on which pieces of land are still available. He actually had a few, so he had said which he thought was the best, and since this had all come up, they’d be willing to give us any of those available, for just like a hundred dollar transfer fee, or whatever.
Now, for folks who are saying “Wow, that’s great, but I’m sure that’s not affordable for me.” Government Land Sales, people. It is rural. There are no improved roads. Everything is dirty. BUT. buying ten acres of land out here was less than the cost of a car. It was literally about $10k. 10 acres. We aren’t sure yet, even still, if we will have water or how we will solve the water issue. It’s near a military installation, but as I’ve already said, it’s beautiful and we’ve fallen in love with it….
We are going to try to make it work….the story continues moving forward, but trying to get in the habit of writing again. Here’s another sunset, from the early days…
Peace….
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