Buying in Leilani Estates

[jasem]

Thanks for the input. yes i am comfortable with it being in LZ1. I like it's location and the area seems well established with some nice homes.
My wife and I both love the weather there. We prefer hot and rainy over temperate and rainy. Maybe I'm naive but I'm not worried about the Lava. Life is full of things to worry about, I'm not going to concern myself with acts of nature.
I think it will be a good place to raise my two small children.

[1voyager1]

As far as M'lady and I are concerned, L.E. may be in LZ1, but it is a much better place to live than most of the other Puna options.
Before the ranters get started, that is personal opinion and applies to us and like minded people only.
If you disagree, we're glad you chose another area to live in.

We spent our second 2 week vacation here on BI driving and looking at the Puna area with the idea of living here in mind.
We drove all the roads in HPP, LE, OL, HB, NE, HA and maybe some other areas that don't come to mind right now, nothing further out than HA though.

Our opinion was that HA and OL were too much like being out on an old Alaskan mining road for everyday travel to and from home.
HB and NE were too much like living in town with their postage stamp sized lots.
You could live right in Hilo without the commute for the same results.
HPP was too much like like living in a SoCal suburb what with the way the people and traffic are.

LE was just right with its nicely paved well kept roads, home mail delivery, and lush vegetation, but mostly from the laid back rural community feeling given off by the setting and the people in the area.
Plus, after living here awhile we see that there is no constant bickering and fighting with and about the community association like in the other areas.

LZ1 is a designation placed by geologists that seems to indicate where the lava flows are most likely to begin, not where the lava goes.
Looking at maps of the recent flows, more lava is deposited on LZ2 and LZ3 than on LZ1.
No matter where you live on a volcano, sooner or later you'll have to deal with a flow.
We were willing to gamble that we'll not have to deal with it in our lifetime.
After that, who cares?
If we're wrong, we'll deal with it when it happens.
The only promise made to you when you were born is that you will die, eventually.

[ericlp]

Build a tiny home on wheels! Then no problem when the lava comes!

I thought the same way (about lava), It's probably ok if you don't have to drive into hilo every day, but when 130 was going to get dumped on ... reality sets in quick. The thought of driving on railroad along with 100's of others was depressing.

Tho, with a house on wheels that would solve that. I had a few friends that lived there, they since have moved. Like others if lava isn't a big deal or the drive to hilo go for it!