Retirement Property

[TEWKS]

I'm still a few years out with work and having a little one at home (school) but man, I found this place in NC that really excited me. So much so that I called and talked with the sales agent. Yeah, it had an offer on it.

To be totally truthful, I don't know if I could ever dig up roots here, for some silly reason they are firmly attached to high taxes and cold winters.   

 

It seemed perfect!  94 Never Mountain Rd.

[RandyShields]

Tewks, Taylorsville is a lovely rural area in NC about 80 mi. northwest of Charlotte.  It is at the foothills of the Blue Ridge, which has some of the most beautiful riding in the country.  Close-by towns are Hickory, Morganton, Lenoir and Blowing Rock.  You would be able to explore more roads that you would have time.  But, if you are more comfortable in a more urban environment, you might find it a bit isolated.  Temps year round are good, but there is some snow in the winter, although nothing like what you are used to in MA.  Let me know if you need a place to stay if you want to come and explore.

[TEWKS]

Sounds great Randy, thank you!  Isolation, great roads, wooded riding possibles, good temps, what's not to love!  Suppose I should break free for a few this summer and cruise the area for starters.

[Whip]

Head west young man

[TEWKS]

I've had this quote stuck in my head since I was a kid. Maybe you're right! 

 

Them mountains is for Indians and wild men." "Mother Gue", I says "the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world," and by God, I was right. 

 

[mileypop]

What a great place, for that kind of money over here on our little island a 3 bed detached with a postage stamp garden. That amount of land you're looking at over a million £!!

[szurszewski]

Yeah - if you go far enough west to get here, you can buy a tiny house an hour south of Seattle (30 miles, so an hour if traffic is "good"....) in what, when I was growing up, was a strongly held gang neighborhood. It's a little less rough now, but the house next door to one I looked at least week (same list price as the link) still had a couple of abandoned cars in the "driveway" (some would call it a front yard), and half the storefronts down the block are shuttered. Prices are actually coming down around here now - finally - but I wonder if they'll get all the way down to reality before they start back up. 

 

That place in NC looks great, and the area is fantastic (as mentioned above). 

 

 

[Danny caddyshack Noonan]

2 hours ago, TEWKS said:

Them mountains is for Indians and wild men." "Mother Gue", I says "the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world," and by God, I was right.

 

+1

Well, at least a view of the Bitterroots for me.  Probably an argument for a difference without a distinction.

[Rougarou]

The difference in a yankee and a damn yankee,.....the damn yankee moves here and stays,....the yankee just visits and doesn't contaminate the area but for you,......we can make an exception!!!

 

Anyway, Uncle Sam dropped me here in central NC so we decided to stay, albeit move to an itty bitty town with a wee bit of property.  We're good with that and know that we can be in "city life" in about 30 minutes.

 

NC is a good place to live, although about 20 years ago, we bought land in east TN thinking that would be our spot,.....still have the land but no intention of building on it,.....which gives me an idea,....."Hey Pat,....wanna buy 15 +/- acres and build to your liking?????"

[TEWKS]

32 minutes ago, Living the Dream said:

The difference in a yankee and a damn yankee,.....the damn yankee moves here and stays,....the yankee just visits and doesn't contaminate the area but for you,......we can make an exception!!!

 

Hey Pat,....wanna buy 15 +/- acres and build to your liking?????"

 

Thanks Richard, appreciate the exception.  Promise, I'll try not to mess up your state too bad if it ever happens.  A lot of research over the next few years, 15 + huh...

[Rougarou]

7 minutes ago, TEWKS said:

 15 + huh...

 

Yep, the 8.01 is the parcel number

[Indy Dave]

Pat, doesn't this scream inviting AND retirement?

 

Yup! INDIANA is where it's at!

 

[TEWKS]

3 hours ago, Living the Dream said:

 

 

 

Smiles eveytime you ride home! 

[TEWKS]

2 hours ago, Indy Dave said:

Pat, doesn't this scream inviting AND retirement?

 

Yup! INDIANA is where it's at!

 

Looks like a great place to stretch out your eyeballs!   You may have just missed this one being pumped into the back of the old station wagon back in the 70s! 

 

[Bill_Walker]

One caution: lots of folks have a dream of retiring somewhere in the middle of nowhere, but there's on problem that often arises: medical care.  Most of us are old when we retire, and old people generally need more, and more skilled, medical care.  You don't want to be 100 miles or more from a decent hospital or specialist doctors when you're retired, IMHO.

[wbw6cos]

9 minutes ago, Bill_Walker said:

One caution: lots of folks have a dream of retiring somewhere in the middle of nowhere, but there's on problem that often arises: medical care.  Most of us are old when we retire, and old people generally need more, and more skilled, medical care.  You don't want to be 100 miles or more from a decent hospital or specialist doctors when you're retired, IMHO.

 

.....or a younger family member to count on for certain medical appointments.   Just sayin'

[Bill_Walker]

2 minutes ago, wbw6cos said:

 

.....or a younger family member to count on for certain medical appointments.   Just sayin'

 

That might not help when you have a heart attack or stroke and that hospital is still 100+ miles away.

[TEWKS]

Good points, not fun ones but something to think about.

[Twisties]

Also consider that having all necessary functions on one floor is a plus as you age. 

[TEWKS]

48 minutes ago, Twisties said:

Also consider that having all necessary functions on one floor is a plus as you age. 

 

Sounds like maybe I should consider some depend under garments when I'm out cutting the back 40. Them John Deere tractors aren't known for top speed. 

 

I get your point, Jan. I didn't give it much thought because my wishful thinking, we're all gonna live forever. No, don't work like that? 

[The Fabricator]

Wow! Beautiful!  What a lot of work!  60 minutes to town and back.  Medical care?  Here in California, trees =fire.  What is insurance cost like.  Can't even GET insurance for a place like that here.  Mega space.  You and spouse retire?  Lots to maintain.  Plenty of space for a live in caregiver.  How do you heat a place with vault ceilings?  Fire wood heats you 2 times.  Cutting it and burning it. Messy and dirty and sooty.  Must be have a large retirement income.  Buy lots of rat traps and deer repellent.  You will always be busy.  The constant physical activity will be good for your [failing] health.  Count on selling 10 years after retirement to take the load off in your 70's so you can enjoy yourself

[Sonor]

Tewks - NC is quickly being coming over populated.  I moved to NC 35 years ago and look forward to retiring elsewhere due to the amount of people moving in and changing the place. (that's a rant for another day)  But staying on topic, you might want to look at South Carolina or Tennessee as their taxes are much better towards the retired than NC.

[Rougarou]

You know, I look around my little area and I don't see young people living here, I see gray and blue haired people living here (net a new person the other day that picked up a nice spread and is recently retired from the Post Office).  Many have acreage (some hundreds) to deal with and bigger houses, some have horses, cows, goats and massive gardens (not farmers), some just grow their fields for the hay to feed their livestock.  The house we bought was "supposed" to be a downsize but we actually went up 1000sqft, mainly for the location and price was good.  For the sedentary, yep, it's a failing health world, for the active, I'd rather throw a hip or back doing the things that make me happy than live in a condo and call someone to fix the simple things (my retired father in law, in his 80s is super active and still fixes all his home problems and refuses to downsize, even climbs on the roofs of various properties).  My commute to work is 50+/- miles depending on the route I take, I'm 40ish minutes from a major trauma center and ten minutes from a local hospital with a dog in the ER (yes, dog).  The Walmart we now frequent 25 minutes away is actually enjoyable to visit as the lines are minimal to non-existent and I'm not bumping into people in the aisles (we had "sworn off" walmart until we visited this one).  Insurance in NC, cheap, some of the cheapest in the nation.    Amazon is your friend if you're in no hurry to get an item.

 

I really don't consider my 3000sqft house and nearly six acres as work so much as an enjoyable past time that the wife and I like dealing with.  During our home inspection, roof and flooring were trussed, yea, no load bearing walls, meaning we could gut the house and do what we want and basically did and are still doing.   My major project want is to tile the downstairs garage and build a driveway to the road (that will be the bike garage), but this is lower on the priority scale.

 

The turkey and deer that come across the property are non-issues and actually enjoyable to watch (food plot 100m from the house).  Rat traps, don't need no rat traps, we got black snakes in the basement (one for sure, judging by the skin, fivish feet)

 

 

 

 

[Rougarou]

14 minutes ago, Sonor said:

Tewks - NC is quickly being coming over populated.  I moved to NC 35 years ago and look forward to retiring elsewhere due to the amount of people moving in and changing the place. (that's a rant for another day)  But staying on topic, you might want to look at South Carolina or Tennessee as their taxes are much better towards the retired than NC.

 

You live in Orange County, if I remember correctly, so thats an easy commute for the research triangle, duh, of course your area is getting populated.  My county only has 45k people, my town, 1200-1400, nearest city is Winston-Salem and I believe more people are moving to Forsyth and Davidson counties than are to Stokes.

[TEWKS]

  "Rat traps, don't need no rat traps, we got black snakes in the basement (one for sure, judging by the skin, fivish feet) "

Oh, I might take the rats (hopefully mice) over snakes. I'm not a fearful person but snakes, yeah, I'm scrambling!

 

Appreciate all the feedback from everybody! 

[RandyShields]

Come to START in April in Sparta NC and ride the Appalachians.  Taylorsville is only 55 miles south.  Currently over 40 of your closest friends signed up!

[Rougarou]

17 minutes ago, TEWKS said:

  "Rat traps, don't need no rat traps, we got black snakes in the basement (one for sure, judging by the skin, fivish feet) "

Oh, I might take the rats (hopefully mice) over snakes. I'm not a fearful person but snakes, yeah, I'm scrambling!

 

Appreciate all the feedback from everybody! 

 

 

Dude, I don't dig on the snakes either, mice are cute furry little things, but snakes,....."shiver". 

 

One time, I was in the head, doing number one, looking out the window on the backyard.  My utility trailer was out there and to the left, a long fat stick (maybe from the oak tree I thought).  Son-in-law was in the yard, but on the right side of the trailer.  So's I'm looking at this stick cause it's unusual, then it happened, the damn thing moved toward the house.  It had to be six feet and a fatty.  Anyway, shake the dew off the lily and head outside, met the wife on the way and inform her of a snake, so, her being an original country girl and knowing my disdain for the creatures, heads out first, she's on point.  See the S-i-L and ask if he saw it, "nope", so upon closer inspection, yep, had to be 6+ feet, anyway, it was headed toward the house so we relocated it to the barn, 'bout 75m from the house. 

 

The black snakes, I'm getting accustomed to as I know they aren't dangerous to me, it's the ones I don't recognize/can't identify that will send me running in the opposite direction. 

 

My fear is my lack of ability to identify and while rare in our area, hear a Timber Rattlesnake.  Oh, know this, moving out to the country, I did my research and found that in my area, only two possible poisonous snakes are here, the Timber (Canebrake) Rattlesnake and the Copperhead, and while looking at happy snaps may give an idea of what they look like, I'm generally not in the area of a non-recognized black or green snake long enough to positively identify it, or, I'll just reach for the holster and take a shot or 16.