09-07-2006, 05:33 AM
Hi!
My name's Susan and my husband's is Phil. My parents bought a house in HPP back in the 80's, living there for a good 20 years. My uncle and his family were there since the 60's and he just recently returned here to Oregon. Anyway, lots of memories from over there, and now having sold the house, I have kept an inherited acre in HPP, and am starting to look around at the best options for moving over there. I just found this site last week, and am overwhelmed by the amount of information! I came looking only for advice on getting my doggie over there safely
Anyway, mostly, we are not of the same type of income bracket as my parents were, so like many of you are looking to see if we can pull it off. Been all over the board, it was heartening to hear Emily's story & pics of the container home (while they are building) and are trying to decide if we can get away with that in HPP. There is no definate yes or no from anyone, which though not unexpected, is also a bit worrisome in that do you invest a bunch of $ purchading &shipping the thing over there, only to find you have a neighbor who objects...also, we have a travel trailer, and have received mixed message on this option also! But, we will keep researching, and hopefully come to some conclusion on how to go about this. This board has been wonderful, and as I have visited many, this is the least "snarky" community I have ever seen...amazing really, everyone is just so helpful, and good sense of humor abounds. I knew it was possible! So, maybe now we have learned some, we will be able to ask some questions that haven't already been covered over and over (eh, probably not, but you never know) Mainly now just trying to make up lists of prices for the various options, because it can sure be suprising how "hidden", or just "I was unaware of that" costs can add up for each option. The realtor we used for the house, of course suggests selling the land and just buying a pre-existing home. I think he assumes we have a bit of $$ And, with the way things are going, I'm not too sure that is wise either, not to mention the sentimental value of it being land that my Dad had picked out, I'd really like to build there instead, but, eh, we are still at the very flexible point on weighing things out. So, short story long, that's who we are and why we are here. Nice to meet you all, and thanks so much already for the wealth of information!
My name's Susan and my husband's is Phil. My parents bought a house in HPP back in the 80's, living there for a good 20 years. My uncle and his family were there since the 60's and he just recently returned here to Oregon. Anyway, lots of memories from over there, and now having sold the house, I have kept an inherited acre in HPP, and am starting to look around at the best options for moving over there. I just found this site last week, and am overwhelmed by the amount of information! I came looking only for advice on getting my doggie over there safely
Anyway, mostly, we are not of the same type of income bracket as my parents were, so like many of you are looking to see if we can pull it off. Been all over the board, it was heartening to hear Emily's story & pics of the container home (while they are building) and are trying to decide if we can get away with that in HPP. There is no definate yes or no from anyone, which though not unexpected, is also a bit worrisome in that do you invest a bunch of $ purchading &shipping the thing over there, only to find you have a neighbor who objects...also, we have a travel trailer, and have received mixed message on this option also! But, we will keep researching, and hopefully come to some conclusion on how to go about this. This board has been wonderful, and as I have visited many, this is the least "snarky" community I have ever seen...amazing really, everyone is just so helpful, and good sense of humor abounds. I knew it was possible! So, maybe now we have learned some, we will be able to ask some questions that haven't already been covered over and over (eh, probably not, but you never know) Mainly now just trying to make up lists of prices for the various options, because it can sure be suprising how "hidden", or just "I was unaware of that" costs can add up for each option. The realtor we used for the house, of course suggests selling the land and just buying a pre-existing home. I think he assumes we have a bit of $$ And, with the way things are going, I'm not too sure that is wise either, not to mention the sentimental value of it being land that my Dad had picked out, I'd really like to build there instead, but, eh, we are still at the very flexible point on weighing things out. So, short story long, that's who we are and why we are here. Nice to meet you all, and thanks so much already for the wealth of information!