We've Done It!!!!!!!!!!!

mrs oz here (and Oz)

Well, we've finally done it. As of Friday afternoon we became the proud new owners of 17 acres in NC. While getting to that point was quite a trial, once we had signed on the dotted line it all became worth it. We couldn't wait to get out of that attorney's office and head to "our place". We could find no where to buy champagne, so we opted for the "Champagne of Beers", (Miller High Life) to toast our new venture (and adventure). It was a truly incredible feeling to realize that we finally get to start living our dream now. Many tears of joy were shed (by me anyway) and then the long list of things you want to do immediately start forming. It was hard to leave this morning and come back to SC, but now at least when we take off to NC for the weekend we have a destination instead of the seemingly endless search. We couldn't wait to get back to share the news with all of you. Thanks for listening to us through all of the "maybe this is its". Now just get ready because we'll have tons of questions on what to do next.

 

The land is rolling,sloping down to a flat area between the streams(there are two on the property and one creek on the property boundary).
It is just over 17 acres and has a long driveway leading back to the property.

It had been wooded but has been cut over(stumps are rotting so at least we won't have too much trouble with them) but there are trees along the streams and down one side of the property.

It IS in a 'subdivision' but it is of large pieces of properties and there are no real restrictions except on types of housing(no mobiles) and junkyards.

It actually has mountain views in two directions(even though we weren't looking for it)

We want to have it cleared to enable us to plant grass on most of the land. (leaving the trees along the streams and some of the larger ones in the fields)

We would like to obviously build a house and outbuildings,start an orchard and establish a garden area.

I would like to raise Longhorn cattle on a small scale(more for fun than money ) and try tofind some sort of way to make a little money on the land.

We plan to try and open a small restaurant/cafe/diner in the area to make money but really just want to start enjoying life more.

 

I don't know how to post pics-we have a few but you can't really see much.

I talked to a guy about clearing the land-we are going up this coming weekend to meet him and work out what needs to be done.

How does $50/hour sound for bush hogging?

 

Thank you all

We will be oz(and Mrs oz) in SC for a while yet.

It has been a LONNGGGGG time coming but it is finally over!!!!

Mrs oz is VERY happy not to have to be driving all over the country looking at property after property.

Wr,it is unimproved land with just a driveway to it.We have already made up a list of 'what needs to be done'.