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We could start the Rogue Valley Forum Commune!
Check out the Nunan estate...I think the price is actually cheap!
http://medford.craigslist.org/reb/3534663955.html
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I've never gotten inside. That place is so well redone. But two million is a lot of irrigated pasture. And, I just found out that I fit best inan RV.
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I've been in the Carriage House, the owners at one time ran a (year-round, if you can believe it) Christmas store there. The Nunan house was originally ordered out of the Sears Roebuck catalog and was assembled from a kit. I'd hate to be the one maintaining all that gaudy exterior.
I'm sure you can find a better link on this house, but here's one version: "...The Nunan House, again, the name of the family that originally had it built in the 19th century, is "the most famous house in Jacksonville." One reason could be its looks. But another one is that there is a lore about this house. Some old, some more recent, both quite interesting.
Story goes that the house was originally built from a Sears catalogue. No kidding! Sears apparently used to be in the do-it-yourself home building business. So when Mr. & Mrs. Nunan saw the house they liked in the Sears catalogue, they ordered it. And Sears shipped "the kit" to them in Jacksonville lock, stock and barrel (meaning all the components arrived in large crates). All Mr. Noonan had to do was assemble them. That's how "easy" home building once was.
More recently, story goes that a young couple were driving by the Nunan house. "Oh, darling, one day, I'd like to buy this house," the woman said. So her husband swung the car around the corner to a nearby Rays' market and bought a lottery ticket. Within days, they were millionaires. The ticket was worth over $7 million. They netted $3.4 million after taxes, of which they used $2.2 million to buy that house.
As a matter of fact, while I was taking the picture, the lady of the house was outside, watering some of her flowers (the woman in red to the left of the house).
The story gives a whole new meaning to the old saw, "from your mouth to God's ears," doesn't it? Bet the original Mr. Nunan would be surprised how many more zeros it takes these days to fill his Sears catalogue order..." (written in 2007 apparently) http://www.yinyangbob.com/Photos/Oregon5_07/Day_4.html
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Here's a kit home made right here in Oregon.
http://www.domes.com/
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(01-26-2013, 07:34 PM)Valuesize Wrote: Here's a kit home made right here in Oregon.
http://www.domes.com/
They're said to be difficult to get and keep waterproof. That, and the most expensive part of a house is the roof, and these are all roof. Plus, you don't end up with flat walls to push a couch up to or hang pictures from, just as a couple of drawbacks, and it's not easy to hang cabinets to or put windows in either. Plus they have poor resale value. Other than those things I think dome homes are great though.
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And what a lovely spot they've got it sitting, too.
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I ws thinking of starting with a 53 foot van.That seemed spacious then. Now, it seems immense. You can just call a trucker to put it where you want. No engine to maintain. No insurance. Just follow along in the Corolla. But, where can you park it? It'd be hard to even have properly registered.
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That's not really true. Commercial trailers (rated for anything over 8,000# loaded) require permanent commercial plates. For those, you only pay your fee one time, they give you your plate, and it's good forever. (The only thing is, they expect you to pull it with a truck with commercial plates too, and they really charge you for that part if you don't get someone else to pull it for you.)
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(01-27-2013, 08:15 PM)PonderThis Wrote: That's not really true. Commercial trailers (rated for anything over 8,000# loaded) require permanent commercial plates. For those, you only pay your fee one time, they give you your plate, and it's good forever. (The only thing is, they expect you to pull it with a truck with commercial plates too, and they really charge you for that part if you don't get someone else to pull it for you.)
I've seen creative property owners who use the sides of a trailer for commercial signage. Hey! No billboards allowed? Park a trailer on your pasture not far from the highway. So what if it just happens to have a message?
It's American ingenuity, right?
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When we were looking to move to Ashland in 2006, our realtor took us to Nunan Village over in J-ville. That neighborhood was very cute. We didn't want to live in J-ville as it turned out but enjoyed looking at houses in there. We met another person who was shown homes there and she said it reminded her of Disneyland. Ouch!
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My new digs are not much more spacious, than my old ones. It's thirteen paces to the laundry (With nice Speed Queen machines). Another ten to a cold john with a nice hot shower. The cold john will get better, over the coming months. And, the walk is best, when it's not raining. Or, snowing. My storage is a couple of miles away. My mail box is at the post office. I may be baking in a propane barbecue, on dry days. But, right outside the door. I may stick a fifty amp panel in this beater, so I can put a jacuzzi under my awning. It wouldn't cost much. Then I could put in a big electric water heater. And, nap nestled in a warm PEX nest. I should burn some incense. Recreational living, is getting to be, just that. I don't think I'd trade this for The Nunan Place. But, I'd love to look.
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