Offer In - Fingers Crossed

And the roller-coaster ride continues...



Looking out at the distant hills

Farther from home than we wanted (about an hour and a half), covered with cedars and very little else, rocky soil - but the views! Oh, the views! The pictures don't really do them justice, but with some clearing to open them up it would be like the top of the world. Over 21 acres, off a paved county road, and in a beautiful, historic area (near the LBJ Ranch), and with a wonderful rural feel, this land won us over.

Only half of it is listed for sale - 10.59 acres for $111,195 ($10,500/acre), and that lot is very long and narrow, unacceptably so. Even though we know it is priced for the views, there are many negatives - the lack of (real) trees, rocky soil, lower part is in a flood plain, only half is fenced, no well, no access from road (this land doesn't front the road and a fairly long private road is going to have to be built to access it), one side borders a bed & breakfast business...so we took a big gamble and made a "low-ball" offer for this tract and the adjoining 10.59 acre tract, for $157,000 total, WITH the stipulation that the seller put in a well and complete the fencing! I'm pretty sure they're going to laugh us right out of the county!



From the bottom looking up the hill

More distant hills



A few of the very-few oaks




Looking across the road