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<\/a>Morning fire<\/p><\/div>\n
And here is my cup of tea:<\/p>\n
<\/a>Morning tea<\/p><\/div>\n
After lunch it was time for a shower while Pam drew up a shopping list, them off to the grocery store (64 mile round trip) to get our stuff.<\/p>\n
The evening was a bit quieter; Pam made tacos for dinner then it was time to watch a bit of TV and keep an eye on\u00a0the sunset.<\/p>\n
Not quite a typical day but not that far off, either. I\u00a0always\u00a0have some projects or work to do around the place that keep me\u00a0busy pretty much every weekend.<\/p>\n
House Hunt:<\/p>\n
Last week we drove by a few properties in the Delta\/Austin area. Our realtor had sent us a few listings and Pam found others on-line. Having not been in this area before we were curious as to what we would find. To our surprise, the area offers more than we had thought it would, including some views of the West Elk Mountains and the San Juan Mountains plus\u00a0some trees and irrigation water.<\/p>\n
While we eliminated many\u00a0of the drive-by properties, one has “potential.”\u00a0Since it is on Marshall’s Road, we have taken to calling it the Marshall’s property.<\/p>\n
The big draws at Marshall’s are the trees (a variety, some very old) and larger yard (about 3.2 acres) this property features. There are outbuildings that would work for garage(s) and storage, as well as limited views\u00a0of the West Elk range. Drawback, from what we can see in the realtor photos, is a very small and somewhat cramped galley walk-through kitchen. However, a bedroom+\u00a0bathroom\u00a0+laundry appear to be on the main floor. We would like to tour the\u00a0inside and will contact\u00a0our realtor to see what can be arranged. (The realtor is on vacation so the visit won’t\u00a0happen for a couple weeks.)<\/p>\n
Here are some\u00a0photos I\u00a0took at Marshall’s:<\/p>\n
<\/a>Marshall’s property front yard<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Closer view of the house<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>House from road<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Storage structures behind house<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>West Elk view from end of driveway<\/p><\/div>\n
The Zillow real estate listing for this house is\u00a08903 Marshall’s Road<\/a>\u00a0Austin CO<\/p>\n Nearer to our target price range, Marshall’s\u00a0also has irrigation water and fenced in areas where\u00a0the dogs could\u00a0run. There appear to be enough living spaces on the main level that steps would not be an issue (most of the bedrooms and one bathroom are upstairs, however). While yard maintenance would be high\u00a0-at least for the first year or two\u00a0–\u00a0the number, ages, and varieties of trees already on the lot is a real draw for us and would outweigh the labor that cleaning up and managing the lot would require.<\/p>\n We continue to drive by other properties and another possibility is a ranch style home on Coogans Bluff Road. This property has a unique entrance\u2026you drive through a\u00a0line of\u00a0orchard trees to get to the house! \u00a0The orchard could be a problem\u2026Pam was allergic to bee stings in her youth \u00a0and she\u00a0still\u00a0has an Epi-pen available\u00a0in case she is\u00a0stung. Living with dozens of fruit trees around may not be a good idea, but the ranch house\u00a0is on a large lot with a garage. Listing is\u00a09467 Coogans Bluff Road<\/a>\u00a0Austin CO<\/p>\n More to come as we continue our house hunt and get ready for spring.<\/p>\n That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!<\/p>\n Pam’s Two Cents Worth:<\/p>\n So I contacted my credit union in Boulder (been a continuous member since the 1980s) to find out about mortgages. \u00a0Closing fees\/insurance\/pro-rated taxes for a home purchase have gone up from our\u00a0previous high of $2,000 (closing on Sanderling, so land only) and are now in the $3,000-$4,000 range. Paying these exorbitant fees always makes my blood boil. \u00a0Of course, it means we must save an additional $4,000 on top of the down payment. \u00a0Ugh.<\/p>\n And, the Universe laughs. The actual remnant of the old town of Austin, CO (which we drove through today) is, if anything, more junky and run-down than De Beque (already a very low bar). \u00a0Which is why a\u00a0purchase in town is o-u-t; only properties in the rural area will be considered.<\/p>\n Happy Trails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even though it’s not high spring yet, weekends are getting busier with the improving weather. Yesterday (Saturday)\u00a0I\u00a0did a number of routine taks, including: Digging out dandelions Changed oil and filter in the RAV4 Washed the RAV4 Changed oil and filter in the Honda Moved the RV from the neighbor’s yard to ours Mowed a bit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4106"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4124,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106\/revisions\/4124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}