04-15-2024, 10:35 PM
"Some of the land lots that were purchased for construction were sight unseen. I've seen a few that were built right next to rooster farms. "
Fall of 2022 one of these developer homes sold next door to us in HPP, at the height of the crazy prices. I believe they paid $650k. Nice enough cookie cutter home built towards the front, zero landscaping as most of them. A younger (mid-30s or so) local family from Oahu bought it, cashed out on their simple home over there for over $900k. Adorable, sweet, well mannered children. He fenced the acre.
One day soon after we heard a rooster over there. We asked him about it, and told him how loud and bothersome it was. (Our home is built deep back on our lot, so next to his back yard.) He told us he was going to be "raising chickens". (I learned since that the farmers say this, not "raising roosters".) Never did we imagine a rooster farmer would be buying that house next door for $650k.
Long story, it's been a year and a half and indeed we have a f*!#** rooster farm next door. We've talked to him a couple of times, to try to get them moved further away from our house (like outside our bedroom window), as he has a whole acre. But, nothing. Our back deck was our outdoor living area. We haven't used it but a couple of times in a year and a half. We will never again watch the sunrise, listening to the songbirds greet the day. Quality of life so hugely altered.
But hey, we know, you take that risk anywhere in Ag Zoning, and hey, roosters and cock fighting are a local thing part of the local history blah, blah, etc.
Long story ending.... watch out for the Oahu residents also coming to cheaper Puna. Hope this never happens to any of you dear Punawebbers. If you have an empty lot next door, buy it. :-)
Fall of 2022 one of these developer homes sold next door to us in HPP, at the height of the crazy prices. I believe they paid $650k. Nice enough cookie cutter home built towards the front, zero landscaping as most of them. A younger (mid-30s or so) local family from Oahu bought it, cashed out on their simple home over there for over $900k. Adorable, sweet, well mannered children. He fenced the acre.
One day soon after we heard a rooster over there. We asked him about it, and told him how loud and bothersome it was. (Our home is built deep back on our lot, so next to his back yard.) He told us he was going to be "raising chickens". (I learned since that the farmers say this, not "raising roosters".) Never did we imagine a rooster farmer would be buying that house next door for $650k.
Long story, it's been a year and a half and indeed we have a f*!#** rooster farm next door. We've talked to him a couple of times, to try to get them moved further away from our house (like outside our bedroom window), as he has a whole acre. But, nothing. Our back deck was our outdoor living area. We haven't used it but a couple of times in a year and a half. We will never again watch the sunrise, listening to the songbirds greet the day. Quality of life so hugely altered.
But hey, we know, you take that risk anywhere in Ag Zoning, and hey, roosters and cock fighting are a local thing part of the local history blah, blah, etc.
Long story ending.... watch out for the Oahu residents also coming to cheaper Puna. Hope this never happens to any of you dear Punawebbers. If you have an empty lot next door, buy it. :-)