My mother came to town late last week and Jan and I took her to Walla Walla to do some wine touring and look at some property. If you live in Washington and you have not been to Walla Wall yet, get out there as soon as you can because it’s moving up-scale in price pretty quickly. I think we’ll all look back at this phase of development as a pretty special time out there.
While out there, we discovered a different piece of property that recently entered the market as a foreclosure and before I knew it I was making an offer. This is a picture from the uppermost corner of the property. As you head down the property (walking straight from where this picture was taken) the views of the valley open up a bit more. Yesterday, my offer was signed by the selling party. At this point, it’s all just financially contingent on whether or not I get the loan product I’m trying to get.
Eventually we hope to build an energy neutral “green” vacation home (something similar to some of the Michelle Kaufmann pre-fab designs like the Glidehouse or Lotus) out at this location and rent it to adventurous wine tour folks who want to go home and drink their wines and cook some dinner with big views and some peace and quiet. For me, I think it’ll be a nice place to escape from the greyness of Seattle and kick up the feet to do some reading.
You can see my other photos of the property on flickr in my photoset.
