The admiral and I went for a drive up near Knoxville to have a closer look at a bit of land. So this is it ... 39.6 acres. part has been logged 10 years ago and then nothing else was done to it. It has a spring on the property and electricity is there as well.
I wonder how long the paperworks takes . But we got our own bit of dirt by the look of it.

Congrats to yourself, and happy crew .

To me, fresh water spring and power there nails it.

Everything else can be installed as time and money permits .

As long as you are happy with it , views, trees, lay of the land.

Move in your workshop on wheels, in that trailer you customized so well, and get cracking on a living space .

The less time and materials you need to invest in, the faster you will live in happiness and LIFE.

I am happy for you both.

Pete and friends can visit with plenty of recreational room

couldn't have said it any better than Sharon!

Congratulations!!

Landlubber

big congrats

Congrats on the new found place.

That's a nice area with mtns to the southeast and Norris Lake just to the north. Should be boat work available there.

i'm just about done reworking my family farm into a heckuva place and my playground.and i work cheap.

Which side of Knoxville are you on ? As far as the paper work ,we just bought a new place and my guy told me he could close in 30 days but some places are 45 days.

Thank you for the well wishes friends.
I got back at 02:30 after having left here at 06:00 and was pretty pooped from the drive up walking as much of the property before it got to dark then drive back. Well worth it though. I'll dig a shallow well at the spring and pump the water up to above where the house will be and level a spot for the houseboat. The boat has internal tanks that I can use for starters till I have that sorted out. There are enough flat spots I can use to park my stuff and build a pole barn " workshop " There are a couple of roads cut into the property I have to fix a little but they are there. I can borrow a backhoe from a friend for as long as I need it. He said he does not care if I keep it there for a year as long as I weld him a thumb assembly onto the arm of it. The electricity line runs 100 feet from where I'll park the houseboat and its 300 feet to where I'll build the house. Once I have the pictures out of the truck onto the computer I'll stick a couple on here. I am looking forward to being a land lubber.

Watch closely for "Gov-Reg's". Flood plain - Area Plan - Codes. Just my 2 cents worth

dang,i was gonna tell ya bout my fancy skid steer but you shot that down.

spring pond for the animals??

Too bad pet pelicans are illegal there!

The property is unrestricted and goes from about 10 feet above river level to 200 feet above. Rules are pretty none existent in that area ... a building permit is 200 buck and annual tax for the place is 93 bucks as it is in the green belt. I looked over the rules and regulations of the areas we chose and made them my first criteria before even looking at property. Its of no use to buy a bit of dirt and then not be able to do anything with it because of red tape.

I will probably make a little pond at the spring. If your skid steer has a brush hog on it, you can come out and play lol

Dang, I was gonna say Landscape, dig a Big Deep pond....to call your Marina!

You can make it work!

sounds like a great place

when we bought ours, from first offer to closing was 28 days - it can be done pretty quick. just make sure you get them what they ask for when they ask for it

Awesome! Wish you the best.

Congratulations

Trying to think of something witty to say about your sea leg, all I got is hope your leg dont get termites.

Ive pumped water up hill (only about 50ft rise) for 1/4 mile for over 50 yrs and sometimes it can be aggravating but doable and Ive been waterless alot less than those on the public works.

If it yellow save it for the next fellow , if its brown flush it down!

Just because your close to your goal never quit dreaming.