Virginia Adventures I
Many of you will have heard, but this will be the official record that we are planning on moving to Virginia sometime this fall. As I know details, I'll publish them here, but here's what I know so far.
Paddy, Bridget our daughter, and I are into farming, and we have 5 acres of steep clay in Oregon. We've been looking for more, flatter land in Oregon, but it's way, WAY outside our price range. Since the Oregon market is such a seller's market at the moment, we thought we could sell and get a good property elsewhere. So we started casting further afield.
We came across a property in Clarksville, VA that was in our price range, and started talking to the community. They embraced Paddy very quickly, and we made an offer on the property. However, our process was just starting, and theirs was advanced, and we missed out on that one.
After that, we took a step back, thought we'd get our ducks in a row, and try again next year sometime.
Then the sister of the owner of the property we bid on contacted Paddy, and mentioned a friend that also had a property for sale, in nearby Buffalo Junction, VA. We've been talking to those owners, and we've gotten quite a relationship going. We took a tour of the property via Facebook Messenger and some friends who were willing to run down and take a tour. It's a beautiful 54 acre farm of mostly flat land, and while it'll need some modifications to work for us, but it starts with everything we need.
The property is not on the market, and we're writing up a contract as I type this, so we're almost definitely going to do it. We still need to sell our farm in Oregon (Send folks my way!) and we need to secure financing, but it's all moving forward.
Paddy, Bridget our daughter, and I are into farming, and we have 5 acres of steep clay in Oregon. We've been looking for more, flatter land in Oregon, but it's way, WAY outside our price range. Since the Oregon market is such a seller's market at the moment, we thought we could sell and get a good property elsewhere. So we started casting further afield.
We came across a property in Clarksville, VA that was in our price range, and started talking to the community. They embraced Paddy very quickly, and we made an offer on the property. However, our process was just starting, and theirs was advanced, and we missed out on that one.
After that, we took a step back, thought we'd get our ducks in a row, and try again next year sometime.
Then the sister of the owner of the property we bid on contacted Paddy, and mentioned a friend that also had a property for sale, in nearby Buffalo Junction, VA. We've been talking to those owners, and we've gotten quite a relationship going. We took a tour of the property via Facebook Messenger and some friends who were willing to run down and take a tour. It's a beautiful 54 acre farm of mostly flat land, and while it'll need some modifications to work for us, but it starts with everything we need.
The property is not on the market, and we're writing up a contract as I type this, so we're almost definitely going to do it. We still need to sell our farm in Oregon (Send folks my way!) and we need to secure financing, but it's all moving forward.
Here are a few pictures of the place. Off we go, on another adventure.
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