When we met with a house builder we liked to get a feel for a house we liked, they mentioned a new development off Old Granbury Road south west of Cresson that they had heard about. The next day we checked out a house in Bear Creek Hills that had a lot of potential and on the way back went and investigated the Cougar Mountain subdivision. As we drove through, we saw most of the properties were already sold but a few were available through real-estate companies. The subdivision was formerly a part of the True Grit ranch and all the streets were named after characters in the movie True Grit. Since John Wayne is Davids favorite actor, it seemed serendipitous that we found several properties that we liked. We had our agent, Laurie, gather information on both areas. The property in Bear Creek Hills did not have a view, but it did have a perfect shop building, big enough to hold the Wanderer and give us plenty of room for David’s wood working. The house had solar install and a nice pool. But the house was 25 years old and was in need of $100K of renovations to the kitchen and bathrooms. We had Donny and Diane come over and tour the house to give us a second opinion. We decided to make an offer but it was well below what they were asking because of the renovations that would be required. We also picked out a property in Cougar Mountain we liked that had a wonderful view out over they Brazos Valley and made an offer on it. After some back and forth with both owners, we decided the house in Bear Creek Hills was not going to be able to come down to a price we were willing to pay. So we signed a contract to buy the lot in Cougar Mountain (Lot 80). We were able to negotiate a good price for the 2.15 acres. We had the property surveyed to make sure we knew where the lot lines were and found out the lot was further west than we thought and there was a dirt road running through the middle of it. After much angst, we were able to verify there was no easement and that it was just an old ranch road. So, we are going forth with the buy of the land this week. We will need to drill a well which should be about $20K to reach the first water layer called the Paluxy Aquifer. We have started working with Home Designs by Marcy based on a model home design of hers we saw that we really liked. We will get the house plans defined, then shop it around to several custom home builders to see what kind of price we can get.
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| Sunset from the new property |
