Knappster's Retirement Property

[LWM]

So some of you have been following my retirement property search and final purchase on some other sites. We did close in June and know own 4.46 acres in Oregon.

We ended up buying next to a neighbor that isn't very pleasant. The day I purchased the land she met me at the fence and told me I could not drive on my own driveway, we are sure she is wrong but of course now we are in a legal battle over land issues that we had hoped to avoid. It appears that the person she purchased HER land from told her that the driveway on OUR land would not be used by the next owner (US), not sure how he thought he had the right to tell her that but now she is certain that we cannot use our own driveway so we had to hire a lawyer to tell he what's going to happen.

Lots of great photos of the land to follow.

[The_War_Wagon]

Crazy neighbor... oh boy. :mad: Does she have 47 cats to go along with her?


Be sure to have a B-I-G barbeque your first Saturday there. If she asks what you're grilling (because I'll bet she's a vegetarian), tell her, "Spotted Owl." :rolleyes:

If that doesn't make her faint dead away, offer her some - tell her, "It tastes like a cross between Bald Eagle and Condor"... ;)

[lekmedm]

Did you buy title insurance?

Have a surveyor come out and confirm the property lines.

Sent from wherever my Jeep takes me.

[07JeepXK]

Your own driveway as in the driveway that leads to your house? Is she on crack!?!?

[pjmjr508]

I had something like that when I first bought my last house, just had the Realtor take care of it under the fact that this was not disclosed when I bought the property. The Realtor used their attorneys & got it straightened out very quickly.

Let me know when you move out to OR, its not far south of me & I can show you TSF where I go wheeling in OR.

[LWM]

Be sure to have a B-I-G barbeque your first Saturday there. If she asks what you're grilling (because I'll bet she's a vegetarian), tell her, "Spotted Owl." :rolleyes:

The other neighbors play their radios REAL loud to annoy her too.


Did you buy title insurance? Have a surveyor come out and confirm the property lines.

My lawyer is filing with the title insurance this week for them to sort it out. The property lines are not in question, she just does not want me to enjoy the full use of what is mine.


Your own driveway as in the driveway that leads to your house? Is she on crack!?!?

Yes, my existing driveway on vacant land (it used to be the driveway to the house on the original 15 acre parcel, when they split the lots that house put in a new driveway down the road).


Let me know when you move out to OR, its not far south of me & I can show you TSF where I go wheeling in OR.

Sounds like a plan.

[DetroitMarauder]

Congrats Jon. Where in Oregon did you end up?

[LWM]

Congrats Jon. Where in Oregon did you end up?

4.46 Acres in Josephine County, about 4 miles NW of Grants Pass. It is about 1.5 hours to the coast :)

[DetroitMarauder]

4.46 Acres in Josephine County, about 4 miles NW of Grants Pass. It is about 1.5 hours to the coast :)

You're about an hour and a half from my in-laws. When do you plan to be moving out there?

[pjmjr508]

4.46 Acres in Josephine County, about 4 miles NW of Grants Pass. It is about 1.5 hours to the coast :)

about 7hrs south of me.

[LWM]

You're about an hour and a half from my in-laws. When do you plan to be moving out there?

I hope to build a garage with 600 sq. ft. apartment overhead in 2014, retire in 2020. I will build the actual house sometime in between those two dates.

[LWM]

about 7hrs south of me.

Never wheeled in WA, lived there for six years (Tacoma & Shoreline).

[LWM]

Here are a couple quick photos:

https://theultimatejeep.com/images/imported/2013/07/IMG_2260_zpscdc1d1b1-1.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/A49erfan/media/Retirement%20Property/IMG_2260_zpscdc1d1b1.jpg.html)

https://theultimatejeep.com/images/imported/2013/07/IMG_2186_zpsbb4c6064-1.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/A49erfan/media/Retirement%20Property/IMG_2186_zpsbb4c6064.jpg.html)

Our property is along the right side of Cedar Valley drive in this photo

https://theultimatejeep.com/images/imported/2013/07/IMG_2264_zpsf172db14-1.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/A49erfan/media/Retirement%20Property/IMG_2264_zpsf172db14.jpg.html)

https://theultimatejeep.com/images/imported/2013/07/KINDLE_CAMERA_1372751027000_zpsbfa30ccf-1.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/A49erfan/media/Retirement%20Property/KINDLE_CAMERA_1372751027000_zpsbfa30ccf.jpg.html)

[pjmjr508]

Really nice pics.

This is an Hr from me
http://washingtondnr.wordpress.com/2013/06/11/start-your-engines-for-the-long-awaited-opening-of-dnrs-orv-trails-at-reiter/#more-15536

Here is a great link for up in the PNW.
http://www.nwjeepn.com/WAtrails.htm (for WA)
http://www.nwjeepn.com/ORtrails.htm (for OR)

Plus I love to go wheeling @ TSF just b outside of Gales Creek OR.

[LWM]

Nice ravine running through the back with a seasonal creek:

https://theultimatejeep.com/images/imported/2013/07/DSCI0148_zps9d4d06ce-1.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/A49erfan/media/Retirement%20Property/DSCI0148_zps9d4d06ce.jpg.html)

https://theultimatejeep.com/images/imported/2013/07/KINDLE_CAMERA_1372751799000_zps4198c597-1.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/A49erfan/media/Retirement%20Property/KINDLE_CAMERA_1372751799000_zps4198c597.jpg.html)

https://theultimatejeep.com/images/imported/2013/07/KINDLE_CAMERA_1372751595000_zps9d56bac1-1.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/A49erfan/media/Retirement%20Property/KINDLE_CAMERA_1372751595000_zps9d56bac1.jpg.html)

We did put our well in already, pumps 12 gallons per minute and the report indicates it would be more with a bigger pump.

https://theultimatejeep.com/images/imported/2013/07/IMG_2252_zpsf2393f26-1.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/A49erfan/media/Retirement%20Property/IMG_2252_zpsf2393f26.jpg.html)

Janet had to cut down a tree...

https://theultimatejeep.com/images/imported/2013/07/IMG_2218_zps7e07bfed-1.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/A49erfan/media/Retirement%20Property/IMG_2218_zps7e07bfed.jpg.html)

[redrockv8]

Nice chainsaw!

[The_War_Wagon]

Saayyyyy... isn't that the driveway you "can't" drive on? :rolleyes:


https://theultimatejeep.com/images/imported/2013/07/IMG_2264_zpsf172db14-1.jpg :p

[LWM]

Saayyyyy... isn't that the driveway you "can't" drive on? :rolleyes:

No, that is the new road along my east property line. This is the driveway (it runs along the north property line):

https://theultimatejeep.com/images/imported/2013/08/KINDLE_CAMERA_1372750930000_zps5d4b08a9-1.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/A49erfan/media/Retirement%20Property/KINDLE_CAMERA_1372750930000_zps5d4b08a9.jpg.html)

https://theultimatejeep.com/images/imported/2013/08/IMG_2184_zps4b7874ef-1.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/A49erfan/media/Retirement%20Property/IMG_2184_zps4b7874ef.jpg.html)

As you can see it is a perfect driveway, I can think of no reason not to use it!

[Matt]

And I can think of a really good reason to use it as often as possible!

[The_War_Wagon]

No, that is the new road along my east property line. This is the driveway (it runs along the north property line):

https://theultimatejeep.com/images/imported/2013/08/IMG_2184_zps4b7874ef-1.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/A49erfan/media/Retirement%20Property/IMG_2184_zps4b7874ef.jpg.html)

As you can see it is a perfect driveway, I can think of no reason not to use it!


I'd have to win the lottery to afford the trip, but a part of me wants - really badly - to come out and visit you in my RC; drop it down in low, and let the Magnaflow glasspacks ROAR up and down the driveway, as we go out to take in the sights, eat, wheel, etc., ... for a whole week! :cool:

[LWM]

Now your talking!

[DetroitMarauder]

That would be awesome. First weekend you're there and having a couple dozen XKs up in that driveway.

[pjmjr508]

I'm down. It's only a 5 to 6 hr drive for me.

[brendon]

Nice!

My parents had the same issue with a neighbor when they built their current house. 8 years later the lady is a good friend of my mom and they use the previously disputed path to visit.

[LWM]

Nice!

My parents had the same issue with a neighbor when they built their current house. 8 years later the lady is a good friend of my mom and they use the previously disputed path to visit.

I do hope we end up with similar results, it is much better to get along with your neighbors.

[ScorpionCrawler]

Congratulations Jon!!
Property looks great.
Hope the problem gets worked out quickly and painlessly.

[LWM]

Congratulations Jon!!
Property looks great.
Hope the problem gets worked out quickly and painlessly.

Thanks, I will post some more photos after we go back in late September.

[ped4599]

looks like that is going to be a nice place! I am guessing there are plenty of jeep trails around there too! Maybe even a jeep summit right in your back yard a few years down the road....????:confused:;)

[LWM]

looks like that is going to be a nice place! I am guessing there are plenty of jeep trails around there too! Maybe even a jeep summit right in your back yard a few years down the road....????:confused:;)

Lots of good trails.

[pjmjr508]

I like the idea of Summit there or in the local area as well.

[valpacer]

Congrats Jon! That is an Awesome part of Oregon, toured through there in 92 when i was at UofO, i'm a little bit Jealous!

Enjoy

Dave

[LWM]

Congrats Jon! That is an Awesome part of Oregon, toured through there in 92 when i was at UofO, i'm a little bit Jealous!

Enjoy

Dave

Thanks!