Moving...again

Signed a contract on a nice little place near Ada, OK. 18.5 acres, 11 of it in a hay pasture out front, the remainder heavily treed with oak and other stuff in the back. About 15 mins north of Ada. Country living to be sure. Got it for what I consider to be a great price. House, 30x30 steel shop with electric (200 amp service) and concrete floor, tractor shed, chicken coop and a carport. Nice fenced yard around the house for the Corgi herd. Should close on or about the first week of Dec. Hoping everything comes together and we're living there by the first of the year.

Prolly get a few goats, some guineas and some chickens.

A neighbor cuts and bales the hay about 3 or 4 times a year. In addition to keeping the grass cut it brings in about $500 year according to the current owner. Great place in the back for a shooting range.


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Congrats! Looks like a nice place.

That looks like a really great property, BG. I hope you're happy there!

Nice find! Congrats!

VERY nice find! I'm truly envious!

Looks like a nice place.

Bummer to move again BG, but it does look pretty sweet.

Awesome, congrats! I wish my wife would agree to move to OK, that's my home state and I'd love to go back. But she's hung up on oceans and beaches, and she doesn't even swim.

Very nice! [Beer]

That’s very nice, hope everything goes well, congrats!

Nice spread! Glad you found something you like.

Moving sucks...that's for sure. But, I knew my little place here would be temporary. And this is exactly what I've been looking for since I got here.

When I moved here just about 2 years ago the problem was narrowing down a list of possible places. When we started looking at places about 2 or 3 months ago if you didn't make an offer on a place the day it went on the market you didn't get it. It's really starting to get difficult to find a place these days so we feel pretty lucky to have stumbled on this one...and even luckier they accepted our offer. The prices haven't gone up nearly as much as they have in other places (like Colorado) but they have gone up.

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Originally Posted by Bailey Guns

Signed a contract on a nice little place near Ada, OK. <snip> Should close on or about the first week of Dec. Hoping everything comes together and we're living there by the first of the year....

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Nice patch! One thing moving helps with is ... keeping the clutter factor low.

Ada is a nice area. Congrats.


The long hot/humid summer there is not my style.

Thanks for the update; hard to say no to a layout like that.

gosh, a small slice of heaven right there. Time to de clutter; or at least organize is in your future.

Pretty much did the declutter/downsizing when I moved here. Shouldn't be too bad this time. Plus, we're combining households so some of my furniture will stay with my place and I'll just include it when I sell. To be honest, I'm gonna miss this little place. It was pretty much perfect for my lifestyle...great shop, great yard for dogs, lots of storage. But I did miss having my own chunk of land.

Summers are long, but not too humid. Won't be as dry as it is here but still won't be too as bad as eastern Oklahoma or eastern Texas. It averages in the mid to upper 60% range in the summer and around 50% in the spring and fall. I like the terrain and woods down there, too.

All in all it should be pretty nice.

Just curious how much did you pay, if you dot wanna say thats cool. If the deal on my house wouldn't of fell through I would of been moving in to my new house in rapid city today.

I don't mind... And that's too bad about your Rapid City deal. That's a nice area, too, if a little cold in the winter for my taste.

Initially listed at $225K. Dropped to $216K. Dropped to $205K. We offered $200K on a "need to sell our place" contingency and sellers accepted it. It didn't get much attention until the price drop to $205K. Luckily we scheduled the first showing (of 5) on a Sat after the price drop and made an offer 3 hours later. They accepted our offer and even rejected a full-price offer from someone out-of-state.

On the other hand, we made a full-price offer on another really nice place in Sayre (same contingency) and the sellers rejected it to accept an offer $10k below ours on a conventional finance deal that would start right away.

You never know what's gonna drive someone.

Had a couple make a ridiculous low-ball offer on GF's house in TX. Of course she rejected it and buyer's rejected a reasonable counter. Had several other showings after that but being a 1 BR/1 BA it's a pretty hard sell even as nice as the property is. This past week the low-ball couple came back with an offer that was basically the same as GF's counter to them 3 weeks ago. Made a few adjustments and signed. Their issue was they didn't have the cash for a down payment and to pay closing costs so they wanted GF to pay a large portion of their closing costs. No big deal...but you're not gonna get a discount off the price and $6k for closing costs. Choose one or the other. They needed cash so they basically paid asking price in exchange for her paying some closing costs to make it work.

So, you just don't know how things are gonna play out.

Nice pad Bailey! Where is the new spot in relation to your current location?


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About 160 miles due east. Southeast of the OKC metro area a ways.

Nice. I hope it works out for ya!

Color me green!!!

Sweet spot brother.

Didn't you get yourself a tornado shelter for your existing place? Are you going to take it with you or leave it as an attraction for the buyers?

I did get a shelter but the new place has one. I may leave it or sell it separately. Not sure yet.

Congrats !!!!!

That is a smoking deal for 18 acres now a days. Congratulations hope you get settled in quickly. We would strongly consider moving to Oklahoma if it were not for tornadoes.

I like the fenced yard off the house. perfect for dogs to run rampant ;)

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That is a smoking deal for 18 acres now a days. Congratulations hope you get settled in quickly. We would strongly consider moving to Oklahoma if it were not for tornadoes.

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Aw hell, we get 'nadoes here in CO too! One can't live in fear of 'em. I lived there for my first 30 years, only saw one of 'em in person in 1966.

Yeah, I hear the tornado thing a lot. Things happen everywhere. Wildfires, earthquakes, drought, hurricanes, floods... It's always something.

We thought it was a great deal for 18.5 acres with a house and a nice shop and other outbuildings. There are plenty out there that are even less expensive though the property may not be as nice.

Oklahoma isn't even in the Top 10 for tornadoes. OK averages 62 per year. Colorado averages 55 per year.

What you do get are very conservative people. Even in the big metro areas. Not a single country voted for Biden in OK. Great gun laws and EVERYONE owns guns. VERY low cost of living and housing costs. Fuel costs were very low until Biden fucked everything up. Very low property taxes...I pay less than $100 a year on my place. The place we're buying is about $600 per year. Fantastic benefits for disabled vets in OK. You also won't get a nanny state that mandates you get shots if you don't want them.

On the downside... Very little public land. That sucks if you like to go out and shoot or hunt or do all sorts of outside activity. I was able to become friends with a local farmer and he lets me shoot anything I want pretty much any time I want on his land. I dropped by with 500 rounds of 5.56 ammo one day as a thanks for him letting me shoot...you wouldn't believe how much good will that bought. And that wasn't even why I did it. His son gave him a new AR and he couldn't find ammo...I had plenty and wanted him to enjoy his new gun. It's not hard to make friends here. There are lots of state parks, though, and they're very under-utilized so rarely crowded. Car insurance is high here, too. Not as high as Colorado but it's expensive. OK ranks right in the middle of the 50 states for cost. Coming here from ID, where it's at the top of the cheapest states for car insurance, that was a shock.

It's hot and dry in SW Oklahoma in the summer. But summers are pretty hot and dry in a lot of places. Believe it or not, where I lived in northern ID it was just as hot, and even drier, than it is here. Just didn't last as long. Winters are very mild...I'll gladly trade that for hot/dry summers any time.

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I like the fenced yard off the house. perfect for dogs to run rampant ;)

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I have Corgis...they've never even considered they were dogs. Not sure why they think that. [Coffee]

The county that encounters the most tornados of any in the U.S. is Weld


Hell, Adams is #3

Congrats- the Eastern part of the state is God's Country. I work in OK every other week and I'm in OKC right now. That whole area you are in, all the way down down towards Durant, is nice country.

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The county that encounters the most tornados of any in the U.S. is Weld


Hell, Adams is #3

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Now, that is a total surprise to me, but NOAA confirms it.
I participated in the National Hail Research Experiment, NHRE, in the 70's as a weather researcher for NOAA.
I saw one set of clouds drop 5 funnel clouds that didn't touch down, but it sure impressed me.
The location was North Eastern Colorado and we were centered in Grover and New Raymer - chased hail storms all summer.

Good luck! Looks great. Post photos of the pistols berms when you finish them :)

We've been moved in and working non-stop on the new place for a little over 2 months. Absolutely love it here. It's quiet and peaceful and we are thrilled with the property. Just about ready to start a little hobby farm with some goats, chickens, guineas and contemplating a cow or two. I'm just not sure I could eat my own cow...it would be like eating my dog. I know I'd get attached to them.

Here's the before and after of the kitchen/dining room remodel. Almost finished...just waiting for the moulding board (on order) to finish above the cabinets and we're trying to decide what type of light fixture we want above the island. We did everything ourselves except for the countertop install.

ETA: Also need to run a gas line so I can get rid of that damn electric range.


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I built this little wall to make a bit of a divide between the kitchen and living room without entirely closing off the space. Need the gas line for the fireplace, too.


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We've been moved in and working non-stop on the new place for a little over 2 months. Absolutely love it here. It's quiet and peaceful and we are thrilled with the property. Just about ready to start a little hobby farm with some goats, chickens, guineas and contemplating a cow or two. I'm just not sure I could eat my own cow...it would be like eating my dog. I know I'd get attached to them.

Here's the before and after of the kitchen/dining room remodel. Almost finished...just waiting for the moulding board (on order) to finish above the cabinets and we're trying to decide what type of light fixture we want above the island. We did everything ourselves except for the countertop install.

ETA: Also need to run a gas line so I can get rid of that damn electric range.

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Blanco silgranit sink? We love ours.

Tip: Rub some mineral oil on it and buff with a microfiber if it gets spotty. Makes it look brand new again.

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Blanco silgranit sink? We love ours.

Tip: Rub some mineral oil on it and buff with a microfiber if it gets spotty. Makes it look brand new again.

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To be honest, I don't know the brand of the sink...but that looks just like it. We've only had it for a week. And we've only had water hooked up to it since last night. Everything we needed parts wise finally came in. So far, though, it's fantastic and looks great. Thanks for the tip. Our water seems to spot pretty badly so that'll come in handy.

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Originally Posted by HBARleatherneck

Dont worry cow tastes almost as good as dog.

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Don't get me wrong...I love how cows taste and I don't have a problem eatin' 'em. I just don't think I could eat my own...

My neighbor has about 10 or 12 head with a couple of calves and they graze in a pasture that adjoins mine. The Corgis love to go into his pasture and try to herd them. The cows pretty much ignore them. They'll come up to me for a scratch on the snout if I go stand by the fence for a while.

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I built this little wall to make a bit of a divide between the kitchen and living room without entirely closing off the space. Need the gas line for the fireplace, too.


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Nice!!!