10-01-2008, 10:04 AM
I so agree with Hotzcatz.
Especially now when if you buy something and it's wrong for you you will lose money making a change.
Even after living on the island for some time, I found it not so easy to evaluate the various Puna subdivisions and how I would feel living in the places I looked at. Perhaps I found it a challenge because I had already learned how much important stuff about a location is not obvious from a first or second look.
There is a ton to learn about any place on the island. We did buy immediately, and a year later we were selling. My husband had lived here before, but still ...
and the microclimates are different all over and change throughout the year, and they change from day to day.
ed to add that 1000 foot elevation is nice to me. Sea level is too hot, and 2500 feet is too cold, but again it depends on the area of the island more than the elevation.
Especially now when if you buy something and it's wrong for you you will lose money making a change.
Even after living on the island for some time, I found it not so easy to evaluate the various Puna subdivisions and how I would feel living in the places I looked at. Perhaps I found it a challenge because I had already learned how much important stuff about a location is not obvious from a first or second look.
There is a ton to learn about any place on the island. We did buy immediately, and a year later we were selling. My husband had lived here before, but still ...
and the microclimates are different all over and change throughout the year, and they change from day to day.
ed to add that 1000 foot elevation is nice to me. Sea level is too hot, and 2500 feet is too cold, but again it depends on the area of the island more than the elevation.