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| KatTylee |
Posted - Sep 20 2012 : 1:40:34 PM
We've done it! We found 10 acres with a 3 bedroom house, barns, loafing sheds, chicken coops, and water rights. We've got our contract signed but now we have to go through all the rest of the hoops of well and septic inspections, house inspection, and property appraisal. The appraisal will be the worst because of the loan type. It isn't a big loan but the conventional guys sure don't like to loan on a rural property that has the possibility of making an income. Sounds dumb to me but that's the type of red tape and hoops we get to jump through these days. Buying our first house wasn't nearly this bad but that was four plus years ago, right before the housing crash.
If anyone has any good ideas for names I'd appreciate it. I'd like to work Abner into it. Although that isn't our name it is the name of the family that built it and it sits at the end of Abner Street. We don't have any critters other than our aging border collie right now but we'd like to eventually. Now that we're getting some space chickens and maybe goats or sheep are probably in our future.
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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| EllaRow |
Posted - Jul 29 2013 : 3:07:00 PM
Wow sounds like your heading in the right direction. Good luck on your adventures!
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| KatTylee |
Posted - Jul 23 2013 : 10:18:44 AM
Been awhile since I've been on here. The name Two Bit Acres seems to have stuck for now. The garden has gone nuts and we are starting to stock our place with critters. We have another dog, two cats, and three chicks that have all been added to the mix this last month. :) I've started a hand spun yarn business and to put it simply, we are in love with our new spot.
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Apr 16 2013 : 8:25:40 PM
Congratulations on the farm. Keep us posted.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| TexasJo |
Posted - Apr 16 2013 : 2:46:14 PM
Love it! Makes me laugh. I'm glad you found a place to settle and make it home.
Enjoy!!
Jody
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| KatTylee |
Posted - Apr 16 2013 : 2:22:23 PM
Hi Jody,
We haven't officially named it yet although I keep leaning toward Two Bit Acres since it is 25 acres. :) We'll see what kind of operation we get going before it officially gets named. It is a beautiful place. A bit snowy and windy today though.
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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| TexasJo |
Posted - Apr 16 2013 : 2:03:19 PM
Hi Katrina, I'm new to MJF and just read through your challenge to get your Farm. I'm so glad it worked out in the end. Just wondering, do you have a name for it yet? :) It looks like a beautiful place with those amazing hills behind it. They look like backgrounds they use in movies.
Jody
Farmgirl Sister #5000
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| Betty J. |
Posted - Apr 07 2013 : 08:54:58 AM
Katrina, I am so happy for you to have finally gotten a place to call your own. Now the work starts! You will turn the farm into one that you will be proud of.
Betty in Pasco
Always a Nebraska Native |
| KatTylee |
Posted - Apr 07 2013 : 08:21:12 AM
Good luck. I know that feeling of just waiting for the appraisal. Ugh. The stomach knots that gives a person. It will be nice to hear you got yours too. My fingers are crossed for you.
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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| cj6 |
Posted - Apr 06 2013 : 11:28:45 PM
Katrina,I am so happy for you!
I completely understand what you have gone through as we have walked a similar path the past few years. Made offers four times and had them fall through due to either the seller or the listing agent. Now we are doing nothing more than waiting for the appraisal and as long as it is good we will close very soon. I am antsy and hopeful and praying that we too will soon have a farm of our own. |
| KatTylee |
Posted - Apr 05 2013 : 12:31:01 PM
Thank you all for the support. We have been super busy trying to move in and get settled. About 2 weeks after we closed we started to get company. This weekend will be our first weekend in a month that we haven't had company for the weekend. While I love visiting with family it will be very nice to actually get something done around here. Well, maybe because since we don't have company we figured we'd better have our friends from town out for dinner so tomorrow afternoon/evening I'm hosting dinner for 6 adults and 6 kids (all under the age of 5). It is a little daunting but I have fun with it too. I'm excited to show off the garden that is pretty well mapped out and started. I have four more beds to till but of course my little tiller finally decided to give up on me. I gotta get parts if I can find them and get it repaired. I need to get my greens planted this weekend and I got some sage and lemon thyme to put in as well. We have lots of tumbleweed that need burned and grass to get started but we are taking it little by little. Garden is in progress and the clothes line is up. Now it is the little repairs like a faucet here and a light fixture there. Toward the end of summer our big project will be putting a wood stove in. We are all electric here and I really don't like the idea of not having any heat, coffee, or food if the power goes out. We have lots of little/big projects planned. So much fun getting started on them. The best of all is that it is appearing that our utilities will be quite a bit lower than they were in town. Yippee! I'll leave you with a couple of photos. The house one is a bit fuzzy since my cell phone doesn't like taking long distance photos. The second is my daughter and old border collie enjoying a walk in the pasture. They are the best of friends. :)
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Mar 01 2013 : 07:29:25 AM
Yeah! Congratulations!
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| sonshine4u |
Posted - Mar 01 2013 : 05:46:08 AM
Very exciting! Congratulations!
~Hugs,
April :)
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| laurentany |
Posted - Feb 28 2013 : 6:21:24 PM
Congratulations! How. Exciting for you! Would love to see pictures when you get settled in.
Hugs,
~Laurie
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| Cindy Lou |
Posted - Feb 28 2013 : 08:19:23 AM
Katrina,
I hear time and time again of people being disappointed on losing a chance at a place they like, only to find the true place of their dreams soon after. Best wishes!
Susan
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Mary Oliver |
| jan49829 |
Posted - Feb 28 2013 : 06:10:33 AM
So happy for you and your family!!!! I know how anxious you are to get your gardens going again. Hope all works out smoothly for you.
Janet
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| rphelps4 |
Posted - Feb 27 2013 : 9:54:22 PM
Woo hoo I am so happy for you and your family, good luck in your new adventure!! Roxanna |
| HodgeLodge |
Posted - Feb 27 2013 : 3:43:23 PM
Congrats on getting the farm. Please let us know how it goes. It will be interesting.
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| KatTylee |
Posted - Feb 27 2013 : 1:34:50 PM
We closed today! Finally got our chunk of property. 25 acres up on the side of the valley. Whew! It seemed to take forever and we had 3 other places fall apart at the 11th hour on us but we've got it. Now we get to move in and get ready for spring. :)
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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| dreaminfarmgirl |
Posted - Jan 22 2013 : 6:52:04 PM
I'm so sorry. I completely understand your frustration. I will keep you and your family in our prayers.
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| KatTylee |
Posted - Jan 06 2013 : 12:09:14 PM
Dang! We are still in search of our farm/acreage. We thought we had another deal. And then that fell through too. The place was listed as a double lot, we offered on a double lot, we had a verbal buy/sell accepted for a double lot, and when push came to shove for the paperwork she came back with a single lot. Surprised even her listing agent. Deal killed. :( Ah well. Let's hope 2013 is better for house hunting.
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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| CluckingLaura |
Posted - Dec 05 2012 : 08:51:28 AM
I hope that the new year brings the perfect home (and farm) for you.
Laura
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| KatTylee |
Posted - Dec 05 2012 : 06:16:16 AM
And that one fell through... Even our realtor is wondering what is going on with the sellers and wondering why we are getting the difficult sellers. Oh well. There has to be a reason. At least that's what I keep telling myself. I'm very tired of the housing roller coaster. I want my own home again. Right now we'll focus on the holidays and then we'll see what happens with the market.
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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| AliciaNak |
Posted - Nov 16 2012 : 09:19:55 AM
Negotiating is at least a step in the right direction! Fingers crossed that you will agree upon terms soon!
Alicia
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.~Ralph Waldo Emmerson
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| KatTylee |
Posted - Nov 16 2012 : 09:11:22 AM
Well, they replied and we are negotiating. Hope it gets agreed upon soon cuz if it goes through today we'll have 2 weeks to get packed up and move. Uf-da! I'm okay with being that crazy busy if it means we get our chunk of land. Fingers are still crossed since papers aren't signed yet.
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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| KatTylee |
Posted - Nov 14 2012 : 06:36:50 AM
Hey Alicia,
Well, we've kinda gone back and forth about this realtor/property manager. I really dislike her but my husband is not quite so against her. The main thing she has going right now is that she has put us in contact with the people who have the house we want. It isn't officially for sale right now. Nothing against realtors specifically but I never do seem to get along with most of them. I think I am too much my father's daughter. I figure if you are going to make that much money from me then you should do things exactly the way I want them done. Even if it doesn't make sense to anyone else. Like I say, I get myself into a mess sometimes because of it. I know it drives my husband crazy. :) Sometimes it just works better for us to have him deal with this stuff. He's more level headed and less impulsive. We need that right now.
I so hope this goes through. I wish they would reply to our offer. I know they have to be back in town by tomorrow for a beef growers meeting so I hope we'll hear today or tomorrow. Gotta love small towns. I know they will be back because of the local news on the radio.
Have my fingers crossed and my breath held...
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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