Please help, Looking for info about Glenwood

[survivaljoe]

Aloha,

I have been looking at some 1/4 acre lots off of Lehuanani street in the Glenwood area and I need some first hand information. I have searched the internet but have come up empty handed.

what type of soil is in the area? or do I need a jack hammer to plant a papaya tree?

Will solar panels be of any use?

Any lava tubes, cracks, caves, or other cool features?

How deep is the water table? Is a well practical?

What types of homes are others building in this area?

I've been lurking around this forum for a few months now, so I'm hoping some of the folks that live around this area can help me out.

Thank You in advance!

[DanielP]

Wet,cool,ferns, mostly 4-600 year old lava flow with 4-6" pig mud below the Hwy11, ohia forest, catchment water. cost dictates housing style mostly simple. Plenty to choose from. RENT FIRST!

[bluesboy]

i live about one mile from there. we have deep soil, a few feet deep. in fact this area is one of the oldest lave flows on mauna loa, about 10,000 years old (see hawaii geologic map).

i think soil (as most all soil here) is from volcanic ash. you might need a jack hammer to get through the roots of existing vegetation.

solar panels will be of some use. it's relatively rainy around here. it also depends on your sky view, which along the highway there is not very much - not sure about your lot

probably not so many lava tubes - as the flows are so old and buried. were not really on any faulting zone either. coolest features would probably be watersheds, which are significant due to the age of the area. (although not very significant compared to waipio valley or kauai)

not sure about the water table. rainwater catchment is very practical.

most homes are modest affairs, due to the small lot sizes.

[lquade]

been in the area for over 35 years... catchment water is what you want. cheapest, easiest to accomplish. lots of dirt.... good old dirt. i have over 15 feet deep of it. most things grow, but probaby not papaya. too high elevation. but... you lucky guy can get stone fruits.. and of course citrus. we love the area because it is cool at night, plenty of water and no tsunami! check out your neighbors really well to see if that is gonna work for you. there was a guy who raised hell on the first street off the belt, but luckily he went to prison.

[Seeb]

Let your significant other see the neighborhood before you buy.
Looked up there but my wife said " no ____ way "

[survivaljoe]

Thanks guys for the quick responses. I hope some others will chime in as well.

The reason I'm interested in this area is because my family owns to separate lots, one on road 2 and the other on road 11. I figured I may as well do some thing with them because Oahu is too dang crowded! I'm just looking to build a small 2 bedroom home, nothing fancy.

lquade, you mentioned you lived in the area, where about? Not trying to be nosey, just wondering what I might expect for those two lots.

Thanks

[Peter Epperson]

There is a reason why many refer to Glenwood as Gloomwood.

[kalakoa]

I've heard "Glenwet"... and I've thought "can't be wetter than Mountain View", but it is.

[lquade]

hey survivaljoe. have two side by sides on one road, and the old plantation house on the belt. were off oshiro road for years and years, just moved to the acres. pam lamont is right on glenwood road her 30 acres meets ours and backs up to that subdivision. just check out your neighbors if you arent going to live there full time. i always recommend a night drive by. alot of people dont appreciate the dirt up there but for planting, it grows everything and doesnt have arsenic like some of the other places north of mt. view.

[kani-lehua]

We still have a home in FF (S. Glenwood). I REALLY miss the quietness and the star-lit skies up there.

"a great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."

w. james