08-04-2012, 09:18 AM
Well, we did it very differently...
Moved to Maui in 2001, had a house built in what turned out to be a gated community outside of Haiku. When we needed more land for the nursery expansion, we were priced out of the market. Also, even though it was an Ag. subdivision, neighbors didn't like the idea that we were actually going to do Ag! Spent a year under contract for 9 acres in Hana, which we fell in love with. After that fell through, we came over here for an exploring weekend, found our place, and made an offer the same day. We did do a lot of walking and checking the land out that day. Got it, and moved over October of 2004. We landed in just the right spot, and are not thinking of going at all. Great neighborhood ohana adds to it. What we didn't like about Maui (other than Hana) was that it was so touristy and commercial, though we'd been tourists several times. We didn't worry about the volcano, having been next to Mt. St. Helens when it went off.
Lesson learned from all this is for people too figure out who they are and what they want... all else falls out from there. We've close friends here who are moving back, but for health reasons. I can readily understand that.
Jane
White Cloud Nursery
Moved to Maui in 2001, had a house built in what turned out to be a gated community outside of Haiku. When we needed more land for the nursery expansion, we were priced out of the market. Also, even though it was an Ag. subdivision, neighbors didn't like the idea that we were actually going to do Ag! Spent a year under contract for 9 acres in Hana, which we fell in love with. After that fell through, we came over here for an exploring weekend, found our place, and made an offer the same day. We did do a lot of walking and checking the land out that day. Got it, and moved over October of 2004. We landed in just the right spot, and are not thinking of going at all. Great neighborhood ohana adds to it. What we didn't like about Maui (other than Hana) was that it was so touristy and commercial, though we'd been tourists several times. We didn't worry about the volcano, having been next to Mt. St. Helens when it went off.
Lesson learned from all this is for people too figure out who they are and what they want... all else falls out from there. We've close friends here who are moving back, but for health reasons. I can readily understand that.
Jane
White Cloud Nursery