OK, came back, saw all the activity, so I watched the episodes and didn't delete future scheduled recordings.
Just need to reiterate how cringe worthy that pond scene was. For Cody in his underwear - absolutely! But also for how giddy he got over water in a ditch on property they own. That was just strange! Besides which, I'd say own is being generous. If you only put 10% down, and aren't even keeping up with property taxes, how much ownership do you really have?
Disclaimer: not sure how accurate the info is, but I found this about the Coyote Pass land:
"Sister Wives patriarch Kody Brown and his four wives bought approximately 12 acres of land in Flagstaff known as Coyote pass. Collectively they paid $820,000 for the land which is separated into 4 parcels, 3 approximately 2.5 acres and one approximately 5 acres.
Kody Brown paid $170,000 for two parcels, $180,000 for one parcel and $300, 000 for the large parcel. The family put 10% as a down payment. Mortgages on the four parcels run about $4,000 a month plus property taxes. Keep in mind this is for raw undeveloped land. Kody and the
Sister Wives will likely need construction loans to build on the land."
Note: according to the article the above figures came from the Coyote Pass land has appreciated considerably. If that's the case I predict they'll sell sooner rather than later instead of actually building, especially since it seems they've bought several other properties in Flagstaff.
Apparently Lizzie's Inn is doing well. According to Meri's blog, the inn was voted Best Country Inn two years running.
https://lizziesheritageinn.com/blogs/news
Although just for fun I pulled a few dates I thought would be reasonably popular travel times (not sure when high season in Parowan, UT is - LOL) and every room was still available.
I missed a lot of last season. Why did they move out of the last houses? Especially since they are just sitting empty now. I’m thinking I missed something
Nah, you didn't miss anything. They wanted to leave Vegas and felt it was a reasonably good time as far as getting kids into new schools. There was a mad rush to go during summer so kids could get settled before school started. Flagstaff seemed to be a pretty random choice actually. It definitely was if looking at it from a financial standpoint since COL there is higher than in Vegas.
Side note: we've moved a fair bit and have found moving mid year (especially if it can be timed between semesters, or quarters, or whatever the school system runs on) is often easier than being the new kid at the beginning of a school year. JMHO
i wonder if the whole idea is a pipe dream given the properties they bought. i don't know how it works where they bought but around my rural area there are strict regulations on how many bedrooms/bathrooms can be on a single 'lot'. a 'lot' can vary in acreage but just b/c someone buys adjacent lots doesn't mean they can take all the allotted bedrooms/bathrooms add them together and build one super house. we also can't build on lot lines even if you own adjacent properties-it has to be on one of the lots period, and that house has to be a single family home, not a multi family dwelling.
when he was first buying the land and made the comment that one of the costs of building would be on them to connect to the utilities where they currently ended (acres and acres away) and it 'won't cost that much' dh and i nearly died laughing. we've had neighbors pay tens of thousands to hook up a fraction of that distance.
you can pay an architect to design anything. they don't look at the zoning, the easements, the costs of construction. they just design what you ask them to do.
I just shook my head at the plans for the grand house because I couldn't figure out how it was going to work, and on so many different levels.
Even if there aren't neighborhood CC&R's, there are zoning regulations.
There was a hub-bub not far from me when the city wanted a whole neighborhood previously on septic to connect to sewer. I want to say the cost was going to be $25,000-$35,000 per parcel, and that was with minimal construction needed as some lines were already there and others just needed to be extended from the outer streets (a couple of blocks away at most).
Assuming they do actually build the monstrosity Cody is envisioning, can you imagine trying to sell that thing some day? Who is going to buy that... and in Flagstaff? Some people don't need to worry about that because they build their dream home and stay until they die. I don't know that I see that for the Brown family, and even if they do settle and stay, how do they afford it when the TLC gravy train dries up?
Ya'll have helped suck me back in.
