11-25-2013, 03:02 AM
Im originally from Kaneohe, and now live in Hawaiian Acres. Im on Rd 2 between C-B (a dead end rd)... My place was $50K 6 yrs ago and it came with an offgrid solar powered new cabin w/loft on 3 lush raw acres. My land is 150' X 871' but feels much larger, its like living in your own park 
the front is cleared and planted out w/fruit/ornamentals where the cabin is, then 1/3 way back in a low slot I have a cool creek that cuts across the property that only flows 10-15 times a year (a beautiful plus even though the prop was prob cheaper because of this so called 'flaw') then the middle is tall Ohia jungle (some nearing 75'-100' tall) and then in back 1/2 I have about 1/3 miles of trails cut with many native endemic plants planted throughout the fern covered lava cracks and tubes.
as far as the 77 miles of raw roads in HA (7 are somewhat paved), I agree the worst ones are in the middle areas of HA (ie 4,5,6 C-D-E. but worst case is you have for buy new shocks/wheel based stuff every few years on your truck, .... or if you want you can buy on paved city like roads (with speeders/traffic) and pay many thousands more if not double the $$ overall just so you drive all smooth for 5 minutes a day
lol.... my raw cinder road is perfect, you can only drive 5 MPH max, and anyone who drives to the end lives there as its a dead end and we all look out for ea other (so no homeless/crime probs on my rd. lol).... takes about 10 minutes to get to a store (JHara or 7-11), 25-30 minutes to get to mid Hilo or the best National Park in the country.... and my neighbour coffee farmer just won best coffee in state
all for same $$ as a average new SUV
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
the front is cleared and planted out w/fruit/ornamentals where the cabin is, then 1/3 way back in a low slot I have a cool creek that cuts across the property that only flows 10-15 times a year (a beautiful plus even though the prop was prob cheaper because of this so called 'flaw') then the middle is tall Ohia jungle (some nearing 75'-100' tall) and then in back 1/2 I have about 1/3 miles of trails cut with many native endemic plants planted throughout the fern covered lava cracks and tubes.as far as the 77 miles of raw roads in HA (7 are somewhat paved), I agree the worst ones are in the middle areas of HA (ie 4,5,6 C-D-E. but worst case is you have for buy new shocks/wheel based stuff every few years on your truck, .... or if you want you can buy on paved city like roads (with speeders/traffic) and pay many thousands more if not double the $$ overall just so you drive all smooth for 5 minutes a day
lol.... my raw cinder road is perfect, you can only drive 5 MPH max, and anyone who drives to the end lives there as its a dead end and we all look out for ea other (so no homeless/crime probs on my rd. lol).... takes about 10 minutes to get to a store (JHara or 7-11), 25-30 minutes to get to mid Hilo or the best National Park in the country.... and my neighbour coffee farmer just won best coffee in state all for same $$ as a average new SUV
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha