Property Search

Julie and I have been searching for some land to build a home on for a little while now. We had narrowed it down to a couple of parcels.

One is off of HWY 225 about 6 miles south of I-65, between the HWY and the Tensaw River. It is over 12 acres in a subdivision. The subdivision actually is a single road that dead-ends at the river. The end of the road has a neighborhood park with river access and dock. This property is about 18 miles from the lodge Julie manages, so it would be a much easier commute for her when she needs to go to the lodge.

The second parcel is 11 acres in Stapleton, AL. One drawback to it is that it is not in an actual development, so some of the property around it could be developed in the future into who knows what. One advantage to this property though is that if you go through the construction entrance (the back gate) to Steelwood Country Club, it is only 2.5 miles to the lodge Julie manages.

In the first paragraph, you may remember that I stated that "we had narrowed it down to a couple of parcels." "Had" because since then, Julie learned through one of her clients of a community being developed near Bay Binette, AL. Dauerwalden is a Conservation Community.

We visited for a tour last weekend and will be visiting again this weekend. The tough thing for Julie and me is that each parcel looks great and has unique features. There is a 24 acre plot that would be one of the most secluded choices. Then there is a beautiful 5 acre plot that has no other connected property, it is totally surrounded by community common property, some of which has already been turned into a conservation easement that can never be developed. Because of the wide variety of the available plots, we will be taking an architect out with us in the next week of so to get his professional guidance on potential parcel choice. It is a pretty interesting concept. So far, I rank this new development at the top of the list.

Today we went to GreenCoast 2008, a Green Expo at the Mobile Convention Center. The expo highlighted sustainable products and services for the green build market. We saw plenty of interesting building concepts that we hope to implement into the home we build.