We came across a listing of this house and farm land in North Carolina about a year ago.
We instantly fell in love.
It was our dream house/farm.
We had always talked about how we would like to live in the Carolinas (not that either of us had been there, but it always seemed like a nice place to live)
The house is a really cute recently remodeled 2000 sq ft 3 bedroom with 2.5 bath.
The land is 17 acres.
There are fenced pastures (for our mini cow and goats of course)
A chicken coop.
A greenhouse.
A large pond for the dogs and kids to play in.
11 acres of forest land to play in.
A creek.
A barn.
A shed with electricity and running water for Stephen to brew in.
It was perfect.
But being that we live in Hawaii we thought no more of it.
Till yesterday.
Yesterday, just for kicks, I looked it up again.
I was shocked to find it was still for sale.
And now for only $235,000!
I looked through the pictures again and fell in love again.
I sent a text message to Stephen to tell him it was still for sale and "only" 37 miles from the Army post Ft. Bragg.
He called me and that is when the craziness started.
We actually started talking about the possibility of buying the house!
That's right, buying a house that we have never seen, in a state we have never been to, near a post we may not be assigned to.
Oh the madness!
We talked on the phone 3-4 times that day talking about how we could work it.
We both got pretty excited.
I just kept saying "This is madness!"
But in the few hours this daydream went on we planned our future and it was beautiful.
We envisioned our kids playing Robin Hood in the woods, ice skating on the pond in the winter, selling homemade cheese and butter at the local farmers market, putting in built in bookcases with a sliding ladder, having a crazy amount of animals...
Then Stephen called the realtor and found out that the house is pretty much sold.
It was tragic as we watched our daydreams crumble away.
But maybe someday we will find an even better dream house/farm that wouldn't be such madness to buy.
(Here's the link if you want to see just how perfect this place is)
http://www.carolinaforestry.com/north-carolina/johnston/ww/home-and-land-for-sale-north-carolina.html
2 comments:
As I was reading your story, my heart started pounding in excitement and then.....
I am so sorry. This only means something even better will come your way.
Nancy
Just remember sweet, little farmgirl, there must be a little cottage at the back of the property for your dear old parents. I have lots of farming experience!
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