Where would you go for you little slice of real estate heaven?

Can I please just have this little slice of real estate heaven?

Am not asking for much...it's just a tiny place.

It's near where I grew up in the summers of my life.

I miss the lakes still...

http://www.realtor.com/search/listingdetail.aspx?ctid=25171&ml=3&typ=1&ofbm=100&sid=70a75bdc5ca64fe19ba99280fe5ba7ec&lid=1097836055&lsn=8&srcnt=217#Detail




WHERE WOULD YOU GO FOR YOUR LITTLE SLICE OF HEAVEN?

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Post a pic of your heaven, too! ;)

Not right on the beach, up in the hills a little bit. Now THAT'S heaven!

Of course, I'd also accept a house in the foothills here in Colorado... That's just a different kind of heaven.

Would love to see your vision :hi:

But for right now, they only exist in a photo album. I'll upload them some day, and when I go back to Hawaii next time, I'll be sure to take LOTS of pictures with my digital camera! :hi:

Have been going there off and on for well over 30 years.

It's absolutely beautiful!

Have a pic from somewhere online of what piece you would like to own? ;)

While I don;t like the tourist facter , I really like the Hugh Comstock homes in Carmel.

Like these!

no fantastic by me.

per square foot.

That's why I can only drive by slowly and ***sigh***

But i like where I am.

If I had a choice it would be the Big Island of Hawaii up on a hill with an ocean view.

Monterey is one of our favorite places to go. A days drive from here but so beautiful.

Love,love,love France.

If all goes well financially, I'll be on my way with friends in 2010 for a month in Tours, staying with friend's family (acerage in said family for over 300 years) and living it up with the locals!
Have always wanted to go to France
(13 years of French lessons should not be wasted! ;) )

Where is that????

Who designs/builds these homes?

Where is that one located?

That one is a beauty! :hi:

http://www.bombayharbor.com/products/499/Apartment_Villas.html

It's in Thailand

A view from his property:

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_qJs9GvOHIjE/Rv1M70Z1ZgI/AAAAAAAAAnA/A3Sn7VhLA4o/Hawaii+457.JPG

That's where I'd like my immediate neighbors to be.

W-A-Y the hell at the bottom of a hill, miles away. A private road to my place. And no shaved-head, Oakland Raiders-and-fake-ass-bling wearing shitty goatee "gangsta" assholes living with their parents blasting rap "music" on earth-shaker car stereos as they fly up and down my street.

I can dig it!

Images R giving me grief!

Words are worth a thousand pictures ;)

L.A.
Lower Alabama.

For some the grass is always greenest just where they are :hi:

all in the pines of Northern CA, great rivers, liberal politics.....

Lived in Carson City and Reno for 20 years. Did a lot of camping, exploring and just peaceful refuge in the mountains there (NV City and Gold Country!), have spent many happy hours in the Humboldt region, as well as the Plumas National Forest.

All gorgeous! :hi:

But the owners, at the last negotiating session, told me they had never taken a vacation in the years they owned it. Thay even leaving it one day, the employees would steal them blind. Deal breaker.

Never have been there, but have driven by it (Route 32, I think...)

Right when the road gets narrow on 32 is the cutoff. Once I was there on a Friday night, some guy comes in and goes "shit, twenty two minutes". I asked im what he was talking about he told me he was trying for the record time (19 minutes!) from the Hiway 32/99 junction to Butte Meadows/Bambi Inn.

That is about 40 miles with a long uphill climb then a twisting winding road, even moreso when you take the cutoff. HOLY SHIT!

and I loved it.

In Berkeley, California. A mere half mil for 1000 square feet. This is actually pretty close to where I grew up. My parents retired to the country - a mistake I'll never make. That's fine while one's relatively hale, but when one starts slowing down, having the closest supermarket 10 miles away, and the closest hospital 25 miles is a huge pain.

So many cool old houses in the Berkeley area and around!

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Went to the realtor site and had a "look" inside.

c. 1926, Just preceding true Art Deco period architecture, and the interior definitely is Craftsman style

http://www.realtor.com/search/listingdetail.aspx?ctid=5408&ml=3&mnp=30&mxp=31&typ=1&pfbm=40&sid=1d669831279d444d8b5c41f80488b47c&lid=1100333422&lsn=4&srcnt=20#Detail

Thanks for sharing that awesome home! :hi:

When I went to college there one of my boyfriends lived in a fabulous Spanish style house in the Berkeley Hills with some other students. Views -- to die for. Not far from the Berkeley Rose Garden. Pure heaven. :loveya:

Damn! I love the way you dream big!

Necker is currently owned by Richard Branson (Virgin brand, etc).

This would be such an amazing Summer Home property...

We could invite our NorthWest family up..they are all in
Spokane now...and this isn't too far.


4 bedrooms...over 2 acres...
Only a dream now...


Tikki

Is that on one of the islands?

...about 3 hour NE of Spokane...so not on the Coast
but not in Eastern BC either.


Tikki

I spent several months living in this little cabin. No electricity. No running water. A handfull of nice neighbors nearby. Saloon and general store within walking distance. Pristine river to swim in. And the mountains in the background are part of Glacier National Park.

For the time being, I'll have to settle for a $30.00 park pass. :)

I lived in one of these summer of '85 in Alaska on the Nenana River 3 miles south of Denali National Park gateway.



It was heaven!

I spent a couple months in Alaska the summer before moving to Montana. I visited Denali but didn't get to spend much time in the area. Mostly I camped out in the Kenai and took the ferry to Dutch Harbor.

Were you working up there or just goofing off?

Worked for Denali River Raft and Cabins..was a glorified head housekeeper :rofl:

Bought a car while up there and spent days off exploring as far north as Circle, and as far south as Portage (took the train to Portage...)
At end of summer, took two weeks driving back to NV, camping all the way through Alaska, Yukon Territory, British Columbia, taking the Al-Can Hwy, as well as the Stewart-Cassiar for a good portion.

memorable time!

I drove both ways. Cassiar on the way up, Al-Can on the way back. On the way up I took a side trip up the Dempster Hwy to Inuvik. 3 flat tires, it's a wonder that I made it out alive. :rofl:

Or in your car, or knock out a headlight, or.....
Had wire guards over headlights. Good thing those semis kick up a lot of dust and make a loud rumble...just enough warning to get off the road to a "safe" spot!
They really haul ass through there!

I'm a cozy lakeside cottage in the Bavarian mountains type guy too.

:woohoo: :bounce: :party: :bounce: :woohoo:

It would take a literal army of people to maintain that place. You'd be bumping into strangers on your way to the bathroom.

;)

I know I would certainly try.

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But the Christmas bonuses should would be a big deal! :yoiks:

Your little slice of heaven looks wonderful, sweetie!

I'm planning to live out my life right here: The home my husband and I built 6 years ago...We call it our "Forever House."

And so close to all the beaches and photo ops you take advantage of :hi: :loveya:

Will have to see it one day1

Meanwhile, Son, DIL and kids are in Ventura today at Magic Mountain. Weather says its a nice 78 degrees. Am sure they are having a grand time. :D

I'd love to have you visit!

We're about half a mile from the beach...

And I know all the good parking places!

:loveya:

Beautiful! :hi:

There's just something about Greek girls... :D

:D

never been there, but ZOMG!



Or hell maybe Cuba :shrug:

Maybe you can start saving now, and take you and your son there for a visit when he's older! :bounce:

She's a good friend of my brother's, and he's gone to visit her a few times. He really loves it there, but on his last trip he had to go home early because he got sick, and he thought he would do better to have US doctors taking care of him, besides the added comfort of wanting to be home when you're sick.

I think his friend has maybe now sold her place. I know that she bought two plots of land and built a bungalow on one of them. She sold the empty plot a few years ago for some huge profit and lived off of it for awhile. Supposedly they both think the new place to go is Nicaragua, since it's basically the same climate and scenery-wise, but isn't a tourist destination yet.

http://www2.co.black-hawk.ia.us/website/bhmap/bhParImages.asp?apn=901428101001&arg=photo

12 acres - above a wetland wildlife preserve - surrounded by trees. (this photo is older and obviously taken in the fall - oh, and the tornado took my garage so it's not there anymore x()

posting before it hit, and then pics after! :hug:

Lucky you to live where you love it! :hi:

we lost our entire windbreak (which means a cold winter ahead), trees from our back yard were 'topped' and thrown onto our roof and into our front yard and two trees in our front yard were up-rooted. It gobbled up our trees but left our home standing. Thank you trees!

As soon as we get things resolved w/the insurance co. we'll be replanting (the estimator from our nursery came out and gave us an estimate of $8,000 in damage/replacement costs for our trees - all were 20-35 years old - we're lucky, we live next door to one of their tree farms, so it won't take much to haul the trees to our property and replant - hopefully we can get some 5-10 year-old trees so the regrowth period won't be as long). Almost a month later and we still have timber all over our yard, it will be a while (and somewhat up to mother nature) before it's all gone.

...as would Greece, or the Turkish Riviera. Maybe Morocco, or the Balearic Islands. Sigh...

I don't want to swim in the lake -- just look at it so I don't mind that the water will be cold. :)

You visit me summers, and I'll visit you in the fall!

:hi:

Really.

:shrug:

Have been through St. Cloud, MN many times.

I do love Minnesota in the summertime!

I lived to the left of Grand View Resort near the bluff (Dutchman's Bluff) on Gull Lake.

BTW, my aunt and uncle live on Gull Lake.

We always drove through there on the way to Gull.

What part of Gull are your aunt and uncle on?
Can we go visit them? :D

:hi:

I wouldn't need much house but I'd need big windows, and some goats and some chickens. I'm hoping, someday..

Would love to sit on your porch for a couple or so summer evenings ;)

we'll light a mosquito candle & listen to tunes & look at the mountains :headbang: & listen to the chickens hehe

Love it up there! :hi:

the best park in the world and most beautiful place in the world. Or, somewhere near Point Lobos State Reserve, the greatest meeting of land and sea on Earth.

And you picked two very beautiful areas! :hi:

have my 5.5 acres here and love it.

view off my front porch

;sigh:

Wind in the trees, critters showing up for your amusement... :hi:

where the locals are friendly, the beer cheap, the food caught that morning, the media non-existent (save for a bi-monthly newsletter), and the weather perfect. There'd be no government, and everyone would be living in a truly Atlas-Shrugged-esque eutopian society.


Sigh, I guess a guy can wish...

and the best of no stress! :hi:

I love the riot of fall color there! :hi:

I only go up my creek in colder months. It's lovely here, but very buggy.

If only...

For you! :hi:

thanks!

if I had $2 million or so....

Now....
When will you be hosting the DU Lounge party??? :hi: :party:

Wow, that is one heck of a beach house! I could see us hanging out on that wrap-around porch enjoying the sun, sand and surf!

Oooooh.... I want that one! I wonder if it is for sale? :party:

Here's our country place, purchased 2 years ago.

We just finished the extension.



Here's the location:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Foymount,+Ontario&ie=UTF8&ll=45.813486,-77.310791&spn=3.430558,6.767578&t=h&z=7&iwloc=addr

My wife and I agree on this: we are very fortunate people!

- B

You are indeed very fortunate! :hi:

Needless to say, we love the place.

(Sidebar comment: I see you have a Joni Mitchell pic in your sig file. I bought Joni's new album "Shine" about a week ago and it simply knocked me out. She is as fine a composer and lyricist as ever.)

- B

California as kind of a charm in the hopes of getting a job here so I can stay near my son, DIL and sweet grandkids....and it Worked!
Am stayin here in CA, accepted a teaching position offer just today, and won't have to move to Las Vegas or Tucson just to keep working! :woohoo:

Plus, the permanancy offers me a way to keep saving for that little slice of heaven I would love to have in MN. :hi:

You must be on cloud nine today. All the best to you and your family in CA.

- B

Traverse City is Hubby's fave, but I'm really partial to Pentwater.

I love the pines, the waterways, and especially the summers!

Hope your dream comes true! :hug:

We were forced by job loss to sell our Bay Area house, and found a place here. Now that hubby has died, I have no desire to move again (nor could I afford it). But I love my house- a 1300 sq. ft manufactured (double wide) and 1/4 acre with my garden, fruit trees and rose bush collection. It is not too hot in the summer, and low enough not to get much snow. The whole area is absolutely gorgeous in the spring when all the wildflowers bloom.

on ed: not going to post photo...not going outside due to smoke from lightning-caused fires (hey, there are down sides to anywhere in CA)

That is soooo pretty up there in the northern CA woods! Have seen some earthquake activity in last month up there...hope all is good!


Maybe we can do a DU meetup sometime. I love traveling CA, especially all the north area....'course, once it's all clear and no fire again.
Hope you are doing okay with all that smoke :hug:

I live within walking distance of the lake, and all my basic needs (small grocery and the post office). No earthquakes near here, they mostly occur at The Geysers, the geothermal plant over the hills to the south.

I decided since I didn't have to go anywhere today, I would stay inside... better than having asthma problems from the smoke.

It's an impossible dream, but a dream no less.

Imagine having something like this in my backyard:

Maybe your dream will come true someday! :hi:

We retired last year and I think we are living in our piece of heaven right now (11.5 acres too).

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Isn't near Warren? Years ago the first love of my life was from Warren...he still lives there.
He's the one who saved me from drowning in a river here in CA in '73, and then later on, after he returned home to Warren to live, saved a woman from the Allegheny River. He received a Carnegie hero award for it.
http://www.carnegiehero.org/search.php

Glad you are in your little slice of heaven! :hi:

It's beautiful up there - on the Allegheny......we're about one mile from the Clarion River and Cook Forest State Park (if you know the area). :hi:

Wow your former boyfriend is a special person :-).