Didn't know what else to name this thread.
Since my dads mental health has failed and we had to put him in a home things are not looking good. Eventully my mom is going to lose their house. So I've started a house search.
Mom's health isn't good either.
First I must say that I'm a Desert rat. Have lived on dirt roads all my life, delt with septic tanks, wells, snakes, rode dirt bikes etc.
GF and I found a cute little house thats in my price range. It is a little farther out in the desert than I am currantly....But thats why I have a Jeep and not a Civic.
GF really likes the place and so do I. Great views, no noisey neighbors etc.
But while looking at the place an older couple that live on the next lot over came over to see who we were.
They gave us both the feeling that they don't want us to buy the place.
They told us stories about rattlesnakes living under the house, weird neighbors, even a story about a neighbor that was "attacked" by a bunch of Rattlers and died, etc.
Now I'm not a city slicker. I know that snakes don't attack in bunches like in the movies.
First I don't think they would be out walking in the desert with shorts and sneakers then standing on the porch talking to us while letting their poodles run around if there were so many Rattlesnakes around.
From what they told me the house we are looking at is the only place in the area on a well. Everybody else buys water or hauls it home.
Looking at the well.........The pipe that would feed the house is cut and the wires are pulled out of the conduit. The ground around the well was wet.
I "think" people in the area are using the well to get water for free. Would be easy to plug a generator onto the wires and clamp a hose onto the cut pipe to fill a water tank on a trailer then driving back home.
And if the house sells they will have to go back to hauling water or paying to have it delivered.
Another story is that theres no Propane delivery out there.......But every house has a Propane tank. Hmmmmmmm
Since my dads mental health has failed and we had to put him in a home things are not looking good. Eventully my mom is going to lose their house. So I've started a house search.
Mom's health isn't good either.
First I must say that I'm a Desert rat. Have lived on dirt roads all my life, delt with septic tanks, wells, snakes, rode dirt bikes etc.
GF and I found a cute little house thats in my price range. It is a little farther out in the desert than I am currantly....But thats why I have a Jeep and not a Civic.
GF really likes the place and so do I. Great views, no noisey neighbors etc.
But while looking at the place an older couple that live on the next lot over came over to see who we were.
They gave us both the feeling that they don't want us to buy the place.
They told us stories about rattlesnakes living under the house, weird neighbors, even a story about a neighbor that was "attacked" by a bunch of Rattlers and died, etc.
Now I'm not a city slicker. I know that snakes don't attack in bunches like in the movies.
First I don't think they would be out walking in the desert with shorts and sneakers then standing on the porch talking to us while letting their poodles run around if there were so many Rattlesnakes around.
From what they told me the house we are looking at is the only place in the area on a well. Everybody else buys water or hauls it home.
Looking at the well.........The pipe that would feed the house is cut and the wires are pulled out of the conduit. The ground around the well was wet.
I "think" people in the area are using the well to get water for free. Would be easy to plug a generator onto the wires and clamp a hose onto the cut pipe to fill a water tank on a trailer then driving back home.
And if the house sells they will have to go back to hauling water or paying to have it delivered.
Another story is that theres no Propane delivery out there.......But every house has a Propane tank. Hmmmmmmm
