Well, something fell into my lap. Was sitting with my wife sipping some wine on the back of the boat, and some friends of friends that we know drove up in their dinghy and tied off. We chatted for about a half hour and then I mentioned I have too much stuff, not selling it, and have been looking for 1-2 acres to build a barn on to store it all in one place.
He says he has 1.9 acres that he's looking to sell. He says it has a 4+ car block built garage with insulated doors that he intended to full insulate. And then he says he has a stick built pole barn, sand floor, that could hold about 8 cars. And next to it a smaller barn for a wood shop. And a small house that needs alot of work. He has big plans for the place. The don't live there; they have a very nice condo on the water up river from us.
He had a heart attack, triple bypass, and artery work in his neck about 4 years ago, has slow down greatly, and wants to sell everything and move to his pace in Florida, since he hasn;t the enrgy to do what's needed.
Its on M63, a few miles north of Saint Joe and a few miles south of Hagar Beach - prime vacation rental location for a home.
So I'm thinking he's talking a couple hundred k, so I'd have to keep looking,
He says lets meet by the place Saturday.
Garage is nice. Barns are nice. Property is nice. Home is a wreck inside, but has good bones. Before his health issues, he sunk a brand new well.
Sold it to me for $60,000. Gotta gut the house to studs and rafters and start over.
He's leaving everything in the garage, and there's lots of good stuff. He owned an industrial electrician firm.
This was a couple weeks ago.
Last week went garage sales for my wife, and stumbled upon a very upscale neighborhood. Someone was selling a fairly new solid oak KraftMade kitchen stained cherry, granite countertop, and a jennair hood. $1,400 bucks for it all. 3 12foot enclosed trailer loads of cabinets. Nice score. 95 degrees out, sweating our butts off. Unloaded it all, went home, took cold showers, jumped in the red SL, and went for a ride.
Then by the Whirlpool headquarters, there was another garage sale. Guessing mostly whirlpool execs. Pull up to a fairly new prairie style home. Beautiful place, very nicely done. Even the furniture isnide followed FLW style. The guys mother died. She was going to finish the basement. Picked up about 800 wood look tiles, the long 6" wide ones ($450), 4 brand new still in packing prehung hardwood 6 panel doors ($125 each), and about 500 feet of hard wood trim and molding ($200). It was all in the basement that had 10 foot ceilings - about 14 or 15 steps and we had to carry it up the steps. The guy was nice enough to help. He was very happy we came along to buy it all.
I wanted to play the lottery that night, but finished too late to do so.
I guess I like garage sales now.
Got a guy coming out to look at pouring 6" reinforced concrete in the barns.
Another guy to take trees down too close to the buildings.
And getting a quote on an Amish built 40' x 80' x 16' walls, insulated, 14x 16 overhead insulated door, and a 12' open lean-to along one 80' wall.
I'll get a quote on a steel building too.
I have a,lot of work ahead of me, but this could turn out real nice.
