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Time to start the next chapter…Update 9/25. Under Contract!!!

mhinchliffe said:
Congrats to you guys! Dump runs are such sweet sorrow.........
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Isn’t that the truth! I’ve got to get on the ball and see what I can sell that’s worth $$ too. No reason to throw away cash…
 
I'll tell you I took a fence down on the back of the property and put it out front by the road and a nice fellow stopped by, asked permission to load it and took it all! One man's junk.........

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Saw a movie filmed in N Carolina yesterday. Beautiful country. Hope you find a beautiful place with room for your cars and her horses. I don't envy the act of moving shop, cars, and everything else across country.
 
I find it very cathartic to make trips to the dump and I need to do it, a lot.
 
Well, a quick trip to southern Oregon and we found a place to land. I know I had said we wanted to move to the East Coast- the cost and logistics of a cross country move were more than we wanted to deal with, and our kids decided to stay in Central Oregon so we kept it close.

We found a gorgeous home on 5 acres with a barn and a pool and got it for a fair price. The “shop” is a standard size 2 car garage, so basically a work bay. I’ll store my parts and my Jeepster in the barn, and at some point add on another garage area. It’s in Rogue River, that’s between Medford and Grants Pass. Here’s a few pics. I have until 11/04 to sit on pins and needles as both homes close concurrently.

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Gotta add a pic of us celebrating at the winery down the road from the new place-

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You found a beautiful spot with all the firewood you'll ever need. No hurricane coast for you. One of my daughters is in FL and is thinking about coming back to the Medford area that she moved from. This will be a much easier move. Congrats.
 
Kim Dawson said:
You found a beautiful spot with all the firewood you'll ever need. No hurricane coast for you. One of my daughters is in FL and is thinking about coming back to the Medford area that she moved from. This will be a much easier move. Congrats.
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Thank you!
 
As much as I like south-east for ease of living, the (mostly) level- headed people and low taxes; I would still rather be out west for the climate, terrain and recreation.

Politics aside, the West is the best.
 
Congrats on finding a really nice place Randy! You are closer to me now. :)

You probably haven't secured it at this point but I'm hearing stories that getting homeowners insurance is tough or significantly more expense due to all of the fires.

When my Scrambler is done, I will definitely be exploring Oregon a lot. I am a week or two away from re-registering it and doing some easy shakedown trips. I need to post some updates on my build page soon.
 
I certainly don't want to put a damper on the new place but insurance is something not to assume will be easy, depending on where you are. We have 6 acres and our last best quote on homeowners insurance was $11,000 per year. Again, this is the socialist republic of Kalifornia but still is something to consider if you're in a high fire region.
 
Bugman said:
I certainly don't want to put a damper on the new place but insurance is something not to assume will be easy, depending on where you are. We have 6 acres and our last best quote on homeowners insurance was $11,000 per year. Again, this is the socialist republic of Kalifornia but still is something to consider if you're in a high fire region.
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Wait until you have to look for flood insurance where you average 60 inches of rain a year but 80 or 90 inches isn’t unheard of and 6 to 10 inches can easily happen in just a couple few hours. Probably most of the people in Florida that got flooded won’t get much of a payout from home owners insurance because their house was destroyed by flooding and not the 150 mph winds the insurance companies will say.
 
Belizeit said:
Wait until you have to look for flood insurance where you average 60 inches of rain a year but 80 or 90 inches isn’t unheard of and 6 to 10 inches can easily happen in just a couple few hours. Probably most of the people in Florida that got flooded won’t get much of a payout from home owners insurance because their house was destroyed by flooding and not the 150 mph winds the insurance companies will say.
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Only silver lining to flood insurance is IF you made it through a major flood event (Harvey) without flooding, it is really reasonably priced. We were surrounded by flooded houses during Harvey, 1” away from water coming in the house. Our flood insurance is reasonably priced. Knock Wood!
 
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