Fall Falling Leaves Moon
Another house, another surge of energy and questions. Like:
1. Does household use only for a well mean no watering of a garden?
2. How do they anchor fences in rock? Does that make building a fence much more expensive in the mountains?
3. What does 6.5 gallons per minute recovery on the well mean?
1. how do we get info about the septic system?
2. how do we get more info about the well: depth, water quality, water quantity?
Has the cedar siding on black mtn been treated with fire retardant chemicals?
Easy to sit back home and let the questions come, then 1 e-mail, then a second, then a third. I don’t want to be too cautious, but I also don’t want to buy something with flaws obvious to someone who knows the local scene. Water quality, availability and flow rate are all important in water poor Colorado. Fire is a big issue with mountain homes in Colorado’s fire red zone, a zone which happens to include all the areas we’ve investigated so far.
These questions are in addition to square footage, usability of the space, attractiveness of the house and lot, privacy, kitchen, all the ordinary factors. We can assess those using our own subjective yard sticks and make firm, confident decisions, but in matters we know less well, like water and fire, hesitancy seems prudent.
All of these questions swirl around because we have the means to make this move and the will. So they’re happy problems, or questions, but they are questions.