2.4 is no more
The 2.4 acre parcels are ruled out, it seems. The architects said there are alternatives to “convential” septic, but weren’t sure what the county would approve, how much it would cost, or what contractors around here might know more.
Then Jeff got the previous potential buyer’s contact info from the neighbor (who is also a real estate agent). He confirmed that neither lot would perk despite a full day’s digging efforts, and that he had engineers out who said the workaround would cost $30k to put in and would require $500-1000 of maintenance a year. He says it’s destined to be parkland.
He also said the asking price was $30k lower than what we were quoted. Apparently the owners are hoping to find somebody who doesn’t know to put in a “must perk” contingency in their offer to buy…
Jeff went back out to the 12 acre site again this morning, since we weren’t quite sure where the lines were Sunday but had a better idea after looking at the GIS Sunday night. Basically it would be a couple of acres of building area up on the hill, plus all this flat flood plain.
The hill area is really not so bad, especially if you stand so that you are not looking at the gray houses. But what would we do with the flood plain? Planting your own forest sounds like fun, but since we’d only be able to afford 8″ tall trees, it would take a while to show any results. Like 40 years.
Also, with 20 or 30 of the gray houses in line of sight, I’m sure we’d be hearing lawn mowers, weed eaters, and leaf blowers (not that there are any trees to speak of over there, but the lawn mowers will throw grass onto the driveways) all weekend and most evenings.