We're buying a little land in Colorado
It's under three weeks till we plan to leave Colorado and go back to living in Mexico. Along with all the pre-departure things to do, we've been looking at our real estate options around Crestone, since after nine years here we really don't want to give up being part of this community, part time as it will be.
Since it's so delicious to be completely debt-free and with a nest egg, we've been looking at lower priced possibilities that would leave enough of our savings intact that we can do something in Mexico too if we wish and still have savings beyond that! There's a part of the Baca Grande development called Casita Park, which is mostly if not entirely populated by people in mobile homes/ modulars/ manufactured houses... I don't have the distinctions between these things clear in my mind. We looked at a few of these dwellings that were for sale, and as we have several friends who live in Casita Park, we've been inside several others. Often people add on large rooms. Some of them are very nice indeed.
We also learned how people are bringing in these movable homes, buying quite nice used ones for very good prices. And it looks like that is what we will do, sometime in the future. Unless we come up with some other plan!
For now we are buying a couple of small lots on the northeast edge of Casita Park. We just found out last night that our offer was accepted. I'm looking forward to living with this view:
Some friends here who know Kelly's work in sustainable architecture have been surprised that we would consider a mobile home type of thing. We often buy clothing and furniture at thrift stores, several of our dogs have been rescues... buying a used manufactured home fits our lifestyle. It's another form of recycling. We would add a passive solar greenhouse on the south, extra insulation of some sort on the north side, and other sustainability features. And in fact, we're not going to decide any of this now. We might also build something ourselves.
So soon we'll be off to Mexico. And it's a very good feeling to be maintaining a foothold in a community where we love so many people!
Since it's so delicious to be completely debt-free and with a nest egg, we've been looking at lower priced possibilities that would leave enough of our savings intact that we can do something in Mexico too if we wish and still have savings beyond that! There's a part of the Baca Grande development called Casita Park, which is mostly if not entirely populated by people in mobile homes/ modulars/ manufactured houses... I don't have the distinctions between these things clear in my mind. We looked at a few of these dwellings that were for sale, and as we have several friends who live in Casita Park, we've been inside several others. Often people add on large rooms. Some of them are very nice indeed.
We also learned how people are bringing in these movable homes, buying quite nice used ones for very good prices. And it looks like that is what we will do, sometime in the future. Unless we come up with some other plan!
For now we are buying a couple of small lots on the northeast edge of Casita Park. We just found out last night that our offer was accepted. I'm looking forward to living with this view:
Some friends here who know Kelly's work in sustainable architecture have been surprised that we would consider a mobile home type of thing. We often buy clothing and furniture at thrift stores, several of our dogs have been rescues... buying a used manufactured home fits our lifestyle. It's another form of recycling. We would add a passive solar greenhouse on the south, extra insulation of some sort on the north side, and other sustainability features. And in fact, we're not going to decide any of this now. We might also build something ourselves.
So soon we'll be off to Mexico. And it's a very good feeling to be maintaining a foothold in a community where we love so many people!
posted by Rosana Hart @ Friday, November 11, 2005
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