Ranch 70 Leaves the Building - SOLD

Another week, another house sale. Bringing these projects to conclusion with surgical precision isn't easy, and we've spent a lot of time getting a program done that is both efficient, and effective. Considering we nearly always go into so random piece of woods and build a home, the challenges are endless, variable, and unpredictable. The project in Olivebridge - that 9 home project 2.5 years in the making - has no cell service, and to get it, means traveling at least 5 miles. Now that some of the homes are connected to the street and the internet, we've been able to wi-fi call, but that's still a bit of a logistical juggle. But challenge that come, is only a barnstorming brainstorm idea away.

Ranch 70 is the right home for the right property. The Owners spent part of the build climbing Mount Everest or something similarly challenging, and then used the rest of their time to design and collaborate on a lot of good looking fun choices in the home, from appliances, to paints, to wall coverings kitchens and tile. Not to mention lighting and plumbing.

I'm more or less an expert with pairing the right homes with the right land at this point, and more than that, I'm skilled at making sure the house is put on the right spot on the land. Hard to fake. Get it wrong and you get stuck with a spec house till you lower the price far past the pain point of losing money. And losing money after spending a year on a project is enough of a spanking to keep you from trying again.

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This home is on just under 5 acres, on Lot 9, of a 9 lot subdivision just down for Tetta General Store which was recently passed down from grandparents to Primo, the grandson, who did amazing things reinventing the general store into something modern and fun.

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Doing one of my favorite things today and that's taking a new survey with some landmarks such as stone walls, large oaks, paths that the surveyor marks on the plans, daydreaming and strategizing about driveways, elevations, houses, neighbors, internet, and property lines.

Problem with small business, or any business, is it's always a rubiks cube of problems to solve, and issues to confront, and conversations to be had, and ... lessons to be learned. Has anyone learned more lessons than me on a daily basis for 25 years? Probably not. Lessons about what to pursue, and what to let be. Lessons about when to engage and when to retreat. Lessons about who to trust and who to verify. Lessons about how to lose gracefully and how to win and 'let them up easy', as A. Lincoln instructed his military staff when dealing with the rebels.

My dog Lulu would never forgive me if I did these woods explorations without her, so though she's unaware of the excitement in her near future, soon she will be rewarded for being such a good dog with an hour or two in the woods.