One of the selling point of the home we purchased earlier this year has been it’s location at the end of a one-way street. With small kids, it’s a substantial benefit to live in a situation where there’s no ‘through traffic’, and any car coming our way is either lost or coming to see us. In either case, the white fence blocking the end of the street from the vacant lot that lies beyond it ensures that anybody approaching it does so slowly.
It’s been ideal.
The “vacant lot” I reference is a 40,000+ rectangular chunk of property, running the length of 2+ houses, from the end of our street to the parallel street to the east, where a dilapidated house, likely rejected from the filming of “Deliverance” because it was too rustic in design and construction, sits abandoned. The house is truly a shack, likely not inhabitable, and the access to it and the properly has been from the other street’s side. The lot and home have been vacant for ~4 years according to our neighbors, and we have been wondering if and when the owners of the properly would ever sell it.
We know the answer. They’re selling it now.
I discovered this last week, when I spotted a ‘For Sale” sign on the parallel street side, and the same sign on the property at the end of our street. What’s amazing is that the following day, the sign had a “Sale Pending’ added to the top of it. It’s listed for 1.5 million. The house on the property will most certainly be torn down. We can only assume that two houses will be built there, as it’s a pretty huge lot for a single home. That said, it’d be a spectacular site for an extensive ranch home with a massive front and back yard.
Time will only tell what’s to come of the property, but I expect that by next year, a new home, or two, will be there. Given that our street ‘dead ends’ into the lot, it’s pretty much a given that there’ll be one more driveway at the end of the road. Hopefully, whatever does get built will be a single story. Although anything will significantly reduce the nice view of the foothills that we have today, a two story will destroy it completely.
Ultimately, we’ll still have all the benefits of a cul-de-sac, and the mountain view from the backyard will be undisturbed. Maybe the occupants will be a nice family with young kids. And if they’re done well, the homes will likely contribute to increasing our own property values, which is always welcome in the market we’re in these days.