08-04-2009, 08:23 PM
Blake, I live in HPP so of course chances are that's what
I'd recommend, and I do. You seem to be drifting away from
your HPP idea so I'd like to draw you back in.
If you look on Google Earth you'll see that most people in HPP
live either near the highway (H130) or the ocean. Your idea
of living in the middle is a good one, land will be cheaper
and it's a lot less "crowded" (HPP is by no means crowded,
as I'm sure you noticed on your last visit). But watch out
with buying a lot full of albezia trees or some other pest
that will cost a fortune to clear.
My biggest nightmare is Neighbors from Hell, so I wouldn't
live in the cheapest part of a subdivision myself. Then again
HPP seems to be the most expensive of the Puna subdivisions
so maybe there's a much lower chance of encountering them.
Also, they are all 1 acre lots in mid-HPP so you could build
in the middle.
I would keep well away from the paved roads, too much traffic.
Another thing to consider are the dead-end streets in HPP,
near the edges, they'd certainly have a lot less traffic
than even the unpaved roads.
There's recently been talk of Fannie Mae not covering or no
longer covering (ie approving mortgages) for lava zones 1 and 2
and as you no doubt know, HPP is zone 3. This could push prices
up in the long run.
I'd recommend, and I do. You seem to be drifting away from
your HPP idea so I'd like to draw you back in.
If you look on Google Earth you'll see that most people in HPP
live either near the highway (H130) or the ocean. Your idea
of living in the middle is a good one, land will be cheaper
and it's a lot less "crowded" (HPP is by no means crowded,
as I'm sure you noticed on your last visit). But watch out
with buying a lot full of albezia trees or some other pest
that will cost a fortune to clear.
My biggest nightmare is Neighbors from Hell, so I wouldn't
live in the cheapest part of a subdivision myself. Then again
HPP seems to be the most expensive of the Puna subdivisions
so maybe there's a much lower chance of encountering them.
Also, they are all 1 acre lots in mid-HPP so you could build
in the middle.
I would keep well away from the paved roads, too much traffic.
Another thing to consider are the dead-end streets in HPP,
near the edges, they'd certainly have a lot less traffic
than even the unpaved roads.
There's recently been talk of Fannie Mae not covering or no
longer covering (ie approving mortgages) for lava zones 1 and 2
and as you no doubt know, HPP is zone 3. This could push prices
up in the long run.