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Post by dorightranch on Mar 11, 2006 14:18:25 GMT -5
Hello to all:
I am new to this Forum. I "met" Jenny several weeks ago and joined then. We have 40 acres on the Kenai Peninsula with two cabins and some ramshackle outbuildings. We are off grid and haul our water from our creek. We bought the property, sight unseen, on the Internet. We moved up north in the fall of 2004. We found out we had been misled by the real estate agent (in fact lied to...). As a result of the agent's lies and half-truths we encountered some difficulties we weren't prepared for. But we persevered. We had to wait until the ground froze enough to drive a 4 wheeler over. That happened a month after our arrival in Alaska. We survived our first winter. And learned a LOT. It's a beautiful piece of property--breathtaking for sure. The cabin is a monster of 3400 sq. feet. The real estate agent also neglected to tell us that the second cabin had been turned into a barn with hay loft full of hay. ;D We are 2 miles from the road over the wetlands. We are back in Arizona right now for work reasons. We need money to do all the repairs to the cabin and get some of the things we need for a successful life in Alaska. We are planning to go back to our Alaska homestead in a year.
I look forward to getting to know you all here!
Sharon
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Post by Washkeeton on Mar 11, 2006 22:08:07 GMT -5
tell me something if you would is this the flat 40 acres that had 2 large log cabins. One had been turned into a barn and the other had a "new roof " ? Curious. also is there a small creek through the middle of the property and the corner you come in is a swamp? Lol if so I actually was looking at this property to buy at one time. Just curious, Thanks, Washkeeton If it is the same piece I was looking at You did get a dream piece even if it doesnt seem that way. very nice and great area. Edited to add welcome to the forum. lol
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Post by Jenny on Mar 12, 2006 3:27:32 GMT -5
Hi Sharon,
Welcome to the forum. Glad you posted. Sounds like you have a beautiful place on the Kenai. Sure will be nice for you and your family to get settled, won't it?
Take care,
Jenny
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Post by dorightranch on Mar 12, 2006 15:45:26 GMT -5
Hi Washkeeton:
That certainly describes our property. The big cabin does have a new roof. Close to Anchor Point? It's got to be the same place! When did you look at it? I would be interested in hearing all about it. How did you hear about it to begin with? What condition was it in when you looked? Why didn't you buy it then? How interesting! Where did you end up settling?
Sharon
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Post by dorightranch on Mar 12, 2006 15:52:24 GMT -5
Thanks Jenny for the welcome. It is a beautiful property. It's truly a paradise. I do love it there but I'm also really feeling the pull to Arizona. It's because of my daughter and my 4 Arizona grandchildren. It's so hard to be away from them! I keep hoping and praying my daughter will decide to move to Alaska too. She is worried about the long dark of the winter. I keep praying for answers for her! She needs to visit us in the winter as well as the summer. Life would be perfect if I had both of my children and all 8 of my grandkids there! Now that would truly be paradise for me.
Sharon
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Post by Washkeeton on Mar 12, 2006 17:32:54 GMT -5
I was looking at it a couple of yrs back. Yes it is by anchor point. Was listed on the net. I called the realitor on it. I never went to see it. That is the only piece of property that I have actually called on. I had just started remodeling the place I am in so I can sell out and move out with my now 6 yr old son. I didnt have the finances for that place at the time or I would have jumped on it. I would still have access to Homer to work if needed (which would have been ) and still be able to be in the woods away from folks. He told me there may still be a wood stove inside the big cabin plus there was a new roof put on it. I looked at the pictures and told my daughter the first thing I would do is demolition. Tear down the big cabin and rebuild it to a nice livable and functional cabin and live in the "barn". Just understand by AK standards your realitor may not have Lied to you. Going by AZ standards you walked into a large mess. The standards for bush property and livability is very different from what you would find in Arizona. Been in both places and actually love Ak more. Lived in a bush cabin "with running water" out of fairbanks my first yr up here. We had a barrel that collected rain water in the summer and in the winter we had to run to the fox spring for our water to pour into a 33 gal trash can in the closet that was pumped to the kitchen faucet. mind you there was no drains on the kitchen sink it ran into a 5 gal bucket that you hand carried when full to the toilet that was pored in and that ran into a hole until the pipe froze at 70 below where then it started running human waste out under the house off to the side of the house. Gross. That was our modern bathroom set up. By ak standards in the bush that was great plumbing but so is an outhouse. It is what you get use to. If it is the same property then you have a heck of a lot of work ahead of you to make the place even livable. Dont expect city living out there. You will be very disappointed. Expect to live like the pioneers did a hundred yrs ago. Oh and here you have a lot of support that will help and guide you along the way. That is what we all are here for. Welcome to the ak bush. (when you get back up here that is.)
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