Escape From the Prison Planet

[DRIVEN]

Met with the excavation guy on Tuesday. He may be able to start around Oct. 1st. The cool thing about having him do this job is that he's the fire cheif and also knows just about everyone in the valley.
This morning the fire marshal came out and signed the forms that approve the driveway before the county will issue building permits. Then we went up to the top of the hill and pounded stakes to place the house. This hill is a lot steeper from the top than it looks from below. There's gonna be a whole lotta dirt to move.




Turns out, most of the garage will actually be above the existing fence. I'll probably begin the new fence next week.
While I was up there I hiked to the top of the hill to see what it looks like on the other side. If anyone ever decides to go through the trouble and expense to build up there, they're going to have a million dollar view.


Hard to really appreciate it with all the smoke. You can just barely make out the Owyhees in the distance. On a clear spring day that would be green fields all the way to the foot of the mountains.

 

[TURNA]

All those years in school and for what?!?!?!

I knew the earth was flat !!!

 

[DRIVEN]

And you'll be glad to know these little A-holes are still around.

 

[TURNA]

Box them up I'll take them!

 

[pontiacgp]

where is the still?.....

 

[Ribbedroof]

Those contingency deals are always tough, on both sides. When we bought the place we're at now, it took 2 tries and 3 months to make it happen because another buyer got an offer in a few minutes before ours. 90 days later, they couldn't get their place sold, and it was back on the market.

Our lender wanted us to list our existing home while we were shopping, and I told them no way, we can swing both payments if we have to, and I've seen up close somebody that listed their house and sold it on the 3rd day. This was while their new home's slab was being poured....needless to say made life a lot more difficult for them. They survived the ordeal, but learned a valuable lesson. They had figured it would take 4 weeks or so, this was while the market was very soft.

Anyway, our seller was very receptive to our offer since it was a no contingency deal, it was his father's place, and he was ready to finish settling the estate.

Sorry about the hijack.....still love the pics and updates.

 

[DRIVEN]

Not a hijack at all. In fact a good segue. We actually lost our contingent deal (buyer 1) because we accepted an offer on a 2nd buyer. The concept of a "bumpable" buyer is new to me but apparently its a thing. Anyway, buyer 2 is all preapproved and it could be an easy deal. Here's the catch -- they're from California and haven't seen it in person yet. So, buyer 1 is out. Buyer 2 is technically a maybe. Fingers crossed.
Selling a house sucks.

where is the still?.....

Buddy, Jerod and I have discussed it at length. It's a distinct possibility.

 

[DRIVEN]

Well, we bumped buyer 1 for buyer 2. All was well until the husband decided he didn't like the view from the front window. ****ing Californians.
We scrambled and got buyer 1 back on the hook. Now they're making a bunch of improvement demands. ****ing Oregonians.
It's still in negotiations at this point.

Back here in paradise, I haven't done a whole lot. Mostly just waiting on everyone else. With any luck my building permits will all be approved by close of business today.
My dad and I relocated the upper fence over the course of a couple days. Really wasn't too tough but I sure got tired of walking up and down that rocky hill.


Did gain quite a bit of ground though. This gives a pretty good idea of just how steep it gets at the top of the slope.

I also did stone pillars at the corners just because I've always thought they were cool. Plus...free rocks.


This morning I finally located the irrigation line that comes across the top from the neighbor's place. I'll be capping it off because it runs right through where my basement will be.

 

[TURNA]

Don't let either one of there lib asses in your state they will ruin it like they did Colorado!!!!!!

 

[DRIVEN]

Copy that, Ghostrider. That's why I left. I'm telling everyone Idaho is full. Boise is already turning.