| Author |
A Farm of My Own:  St. Maries Idaho  |
|
|
mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
 Posted - May 19 2007 : 5:52:28 PM
|
| Do any of you live near St. Marie's Idaho? My son and his wife just drove over there today to make an offer on a piece of property and I was just wondering if any of you live in the area and if you like it. Sounds perfect for them - they have three horses and some hunting dogs. Guess they will live in the single wide thats there while they build a house and shop. (Or a shop and then a house if I know my son!) |
|
|
mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - May 20 2007 : 12:56:35 PM
|
| NOBODY lives near here? Wow! I thought someone would be in that area. It must be more remote than I thought! I just heard from my DIL - they are offering on 20 of the 30 acres and would really like us to offer on the other 10. Now I'm really curious about that area! |
 |
|
|
Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - May 20 2007 : 2:37:06 PM
|
It is a beautiful area between Cour D Alene and Moscow. It is a little off the beaten track, but I would buy land up there in a heartbeat. Small community, beautiful location. Close to the Cour D Alene lake, and mountains. You would be close to shoping (45 min drive) but far enought to be away from the worst crime. The landscape is very green and lush.
Alee |
|
|
|
YiberryYadeeKarin
True Blue Farmgirl
343 Posts
Karin
Spokane Valley
WA
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - May 20 2007 : 5:53:12 PM
|
I've been to St. Maries many times in my life, the last time being a couple of months ago. As Alee says, it's a small town off the beaten path, yet not too far from bigger places (1-1/2 hours away approx.) like Spokane and Coeur d'Alene. The area is beautiful! A couple of our bookmobile routes take us north of St. Maries, to Kootenai Schools which is north of there (on the way to Harrison) and past the Chain of Lakes, near Rose Lake and Medimont. There are lakes and the St. Joe River, mountains, forests, a great state park (Heyburn)... Gorgeous area! I'm envious!
Karin |
|
|
|
Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
1607 Posts |
Posted - May 20 2007 : 7:39:05 PM
|
Oooh, St. Maries! Lucky couple! It is lovely. I don't live there, but we love to boat near there and hike in the mountains. They have a nice farmers market I've been too...very friendly. Sorry I'm not more helpful.
We make a difference. |
|
|
|
blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2007 : 1:41:17 PM
|
I live up in Rathdrum but have been through St. Maries a few times and it seems much more like the kind of small town that would be really great to live in. Sorry....
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
|
|
|
mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2007 : 5:57:06 PM
|
| Thanks everyone for your input on st, Maries = it really sounds like a nice place. My son and his wife want to offer on 3 parcels and there is a "squatter" on one of them, not paying rent, that the owner has to get rid of before my son will offer. Hopefully that won't take too long! |
|
|
|
Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
|
|
Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2007 : 2:33:18 PM
|
Hi Sherri!
Any news on the St. Maries move?
Alee |
|
|
|
mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2007 : 4:29:08 PM
|
| My son and his wife are still buying it, but it's a messy deal. The owners of the property lived in Florida, and the husband died a few years ago. The wife didn't know much about her husband's affairs and there were renters living on a couple of 5 acre tracts. Well, when the husband died, the renters stopped paying rent and have lived there all this time rent-free because the lady didn't know about them. They consider themselves squatters and are not going to leave voluntarily. They really trashed the property too - my son calls those 2 tracts Dumpster 1 and Dumpster 2. Well, the wife finally got with the program and hired a local real estate to sell them and they are having to evict the two freeloaders (father and son). Soooo my son doesn't want to put any serious cash on it until he sees those guys moving out. As it is, they may just move out and leave their nasty single wides and all their trash there. If that's the case, their offer will be substantially less. In the end, he still wants 20 acres of it. I wish they'd hurry up so I can go visit them over there!! |
|
|
|
Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2007 : 6:16:07 PM
|
Hi Sherri-
That is disappointing about the squatters. I hope they move along soon! 20 acres of land up there should be really pretty though!
Alee |
|
|
|
Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - Jun 10 2007 : 08:37:02 AM
|
I love St. Maries. It is a fairly short drive from Spokane. I camp near there with my family on what is actually the back side of the Coeur d'Alene, but I think is called Chacolet (spelling it wrong I am sure!) There are a couple good antique stores in St. Maries. It is a sweet little town that has some well kept places, but also seems to have a lot of the "squatter" type people you mentioned. I think due to closures of lumber mills, there is a fairly high rate of unemployment which explains this. Seems like a nice quiet place though and is a very serene setting. Best of luck to your son and daughter-in-law.
Brenda
Brenda
Past Blessings . . . Celebrating Life as it used to be . . . when people loved God, loved their families and loved their country. |
|
|
|
mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2007 : 5:17:28 PM
|
| Things are getting a bit closer for them to move over there. I guess they have completed step two of a three step eviction process. I really can't wait for them to move over there so I can go visit, although I will really miss them. It will be much closer to our home in Montana though. |
|
|
|
Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2007 : 8:35:08 PM
|
Sherri-
When they do move, you will have to let us know when you visit! St. Maries is a really beautiful drive from Moscow and I would love to meet up with you if you are in the neighborhood!
Alee |
|
|
|
mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2007 : 9:47:47 PM
|
| I absolutely will! I'd love to meet some of you in person - you already feel like friends. |
|
|
|
mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Jun 12 2007 : 10:45:14 PM
|
| Well, the guy buying their house came over tonight to finalize the deal, so they will be moving in the next couple of months - squatters or not. I talked to him tonight (my son, not the squatter!) and he said they will be going over there every weekend when it's finalized to build a shop to live in while they build a house. So, I may be over there sooner than I thought! |
|
|
|
Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jun 13 2007 : 08:31:39 AM
|
That sounds great Sherri! It will be fun to get together!
Alee |
|
|
| |
A Farm of My Own: St. Maries Idaho |
|
St. Maries Idaho
