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We just returned from an 8-day trip to snowy Northwest Arkansas. We stayed with my sister, Meg. Our main reason for going was to look at land to buy. We bought a 3.2 acre investment property (an estate lot) that is unimproved. We then looked at several properties with houses. We intend to move there in the fall of 2012, and land prices are currently depressed there as they are in most areas. So we felt it was the right time to buy. After much deliberation, we chose the property pictured below.
It is on a county road which is about a mile and a half from Hwy 62, halfway between Farmington and Prairie Grove, AR.
This is the front entrance. The porch is small, but I love the etched glass door! (disregard the dates printed on the photos~~)
These two buildings are included. The one on the left is a large "shop" building, insulated and heated by a wood stove. You could easily get two large tractors in there. The other is a small building that is made of 12" reinforced concrete. I call it the block house. It will serve as our storm shelter as well as a wintering area for my hubby's bulbs, root vegetables, etc.
There is a wood-burning fireplace insert in the living room. Most of the walls are paneled with good quality paneling. The house was built in 1998 and is handicapped accessible.
This area is at the opposite end of the living room from the fireplace.
A trip around the small kitchen-- back corner near the sliding patio doors. The house is currently occupied by the sellers, so the stuff is all theirs.
Above is the back window over the sink, the appliance garage is a nice feature.
Above is the window overlooking the driveway and shop building.
The corner next to the gas stove.
The stove and refrigerator wall on the right as you enter the kitchen.
The laundry and half bath. There are two other full baths, and three bedrooms.
The view of the back of the property from the driveway. The 2.2 acre lot extends past the fence to a line paralleling it at the end of the perpendicular piece of fencing. All the trees on the left are on our property.
Hubby inspecting the covered patio.
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Now that we are back the real work begins. Packing up 30 years worth of stuff would be too much, so we will spend the next two years purging and sorting. Trying to keep everyday life going while doing it will be the tricky part.
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