St. Croix Property - I Jinxed Us!
I should have never posted about finding a lot. The appraisal came back below the purchase price. I won't say "way" below, but we were already at the extreme limit of what we wanted to pay, and to have to chip in this extra amount would have been really hard on us. The ironic thing about the appraisal was that the lot we had wanted this past summer sold for a really low price (or really low for an acre of beachfront property). Once again, we were kicking ourselves for not finding a way to purchase that lot, but with a large portion of our disposable income tied up in a lakefront property with a dried-up lake, it would have been nearly impossible to buy it.
We tried everything we could think of to make this sale work - the sellers just would not budge on the price. Apparently, one member of the selling couple really didn't want to sell the lot, and he or she was happy to leave it on the market until the price was right.
Don't worry though. We have a back-up plan, but I will not jinx it this time!
posted by movingtostcroix | 6:20 PM
2 Comments:
Sorry to hear that you feel you were jinxed. In your question for an oceanside lot, have you ever lived on the ocean?
It may sound nice and wonderful, but figure on having to keep your windows closed, running the air conditioning all of the time (and electricity on St. Croix is extremely expensive), and nothing is ever going to feel dry. Better to look for a lot with a view.
I produce movedtostcroix.com and have lived here for over 3 years now.
I agree with Christina. The idea of walking out your door onto a sandy beach is certainly alluring, but a beach-front home requires considerably more maintenance.
There are many lots available on St. Croix only minutes from a beach with great views and much lower price-tags than beach-front lots.
We live on the south shore. There are some fantastic views, we get a more consistent breeze (winds come from the SE majority of the time), and there are wide-open spaces. We love it.
My wife and I are massage therapists on St. Croix with our own business, Ambrosia Body Care, specializing in out-call spa services. I also write a blog about St. Croix, Livin' on St. Croix, and was referred to your blog by Christina, I think.
If you have any questions about St. Croix, or would like to exchange blog links, don't hesitate to contact me.
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