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fitz
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Hello everyone. I'm back. After 6 weeks of fixing my old house, and jumping in the car 3 hours after escrow closed, and 7 weeks of driving around Oregon, I'm finally able to get on a computer and log on. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW!!!!! What a learning experience.
Oregon, at least the western half is beautiful(thats all we looked at). Lots of different areas, weather, and environments. But I have finally bought a home. After making offers on 11 situations, and every one of them falling through for one reason or other, we finally were able to get financing on one in Coos Bay.
Hey Knightfly, Scio is a neat little town. Tried to buy 2 houses in Jefferson, side by side, right on the river next to the train bridge. But the owner was a flake and wasted a bunch of our time and money, so we gave up. Almost bought a big Masons hall in some little town between Beaverton and Astoria, but it was WAAAAAAY too remote.
But once we went through the whole hiway 5 corridor, we decided to go over to Coos Bay and look. Well, its pretty depressed over there, but we don't care. Most of our income is derived elsewhere. And the weather, well. You have to like the rain. In our case, we do. The day I left Sacramento, it was 105 degrees. I've been in Coos Bay for a month, and every day has been a beautifull 71 degrees. I drove back to Sacramento yesterday to gather a load of tools to prepare the new place for winter. It was 106 and today is 108 degrees, so I can't wait to get out of this hellhole. Traffic, dust, and, oh yes. Theives. Got a bill from my attorney today. They should be declared open season targets.
Well, the property in Coos is TOOOOO cool. Drive straight up a hill into the driveway, and look out on 50 miles of Oregon mountains, even though the house is 1/4 mile off of hiway 101. And the house is HUGE. Got a shop too. And of course. the studio. Its a seperate building, or should I say roof on poles. Ha! I get to enclose a building anyway I want. NO NEIGHBORS on three sides and only one 75 feet below and on the other side of the house. YEA!!! But there is one small problem. Who ever built the pole barn didn't brace the poles. The roof is trussed 2x4 with an extention on one end. I have to structurally brace it next week temporarily with cross braced cables and turnbuckles or something, cause its starting to lean. One big wind load, and its collapse city. Its 24 x 42 and eventually will be bigger. Hopefully by next year. That is if I don't kill my self doing it. Ha!
So much for the update. I leave monday to go back, and hook up my computer and tools etc. I'm on my sister in laws computer in Sac at the moment.
Talk to you all soon, and Knightfly, I'll be in touch. I need a lot of input, and hopefully you all can enlighten me with some other options on this. I'll post some pics as soon as I can, to show you what I'm up against(a lot!!). But it'll definitely be interesting. Till then.
Cheers
fitz
Oregon, at least the western half is beautiful(thats all we looked at). Lots of different areas, weather, and environments. But I have finally bought a home. After making offers on 11 situations, and every one of them falling through for one reason or other, we finally were able to get financing on one in Coos Bay.
Hey Knightfly, Scio is a neat little town. Tried to buy 2 houses in Jefferson, side by side, right on the river next to the train bridge. But the owner was a flake and wasted a bunch of our time and money, so we gave up. Almost bought a big Masons hall in some little town between Beaverton and Astoria, but it was WAAAAAAY too remote.
But once we went through the whole hiway 5 corridor, we decided to go over to Coos Bay and look. Well, its pretty depressed over there, but we don't care. Most of our income is derived elsewhere. And the weather, well. You have to like the rain. In our case, we do. The day I left Sacramento, it was 105 degrees. I've been in Coos Bay for a month, and every day has been a beautifull 71 degrees. I drove back to Sacramento yesterday to gather a load of tools to prepare the new place for winter. It was 106 and today is 108 degrees, so I can't wait to get out of this hellhole. Traffic, dust, and, oh yes. Theives. Got a bill from my attorney today. They should be declared open season targets.
Well, the property in Coos is TOOOOO cool. Drive straight up a hill into the driveway, and look out on 50 miles of Oregon mountains, even though the house is 1/4 mile off of hiway 101. And the house is HUGE. Got a shop too. And of course. the studio. Its a seperate building, or should I say roof on poles. Ha! I get to enclose a building anyway I want. NO NEIGHBORS on three sides and only one 75 feet below and on the other side of the house. YEA!!! But there is one small problem. Who ever built the pole barn didn't brace the poles. The roof is trussed 2x4 with an extention on one end. I have to structurally brace it next week temporarily with cross braced cables and turnbuckles or something, cause its starting to lean. One big wind load, and its collapse city. Its 24 x 42 and eventually will be bigger. Hopefully by next year. That is if I don't kill my self doing it. Ha!
So much for the update. I leave monday to go back, and hook up my computer and tools etc. I'm on my sister in laws computer in Sac at the moment.
Talk to you all soon, and Knightfly, I'll be in touch. I need a lot of input, and hopefully you all can enlighten me with some other options on this. I'll post some pics as soon as I can, to show you what I'm up against(a lot!!). But it'll definitely be interesting. Till then.
Cheers
fitz
