$150. no keys, no title, no problem.

a few more shots.....

exploring the property before purchase..........

back of the house

todd and the front porch

one of the barns, this one has sort of collapsed, sort of.......

this barn is in the best shape, it is really tall.
we are thinnking climbing wall......

our friendly neighbor dog yoda taking in the view...

welcome to south knoxville!
todd getting things started on day one!

a little bit of clearing around the house, looking forward to uncovering the
windows and letting in some light!
all of the original windows (6 over 1) are intact. 

view down the upper driveway after a little mowing

the lower driveway 

a couple of shots from the lower field

ever enjoying the new front porch! this was the first time we had opened the front door.
it had been nailed and screwed shut!

a few 'treasures' that i found in the shed....i am sure there are many more to be discovered!

The perma trailer outside

Notice the nice deck

Inside the perma-trailer

Notice the missing electrical box

The House prepurchase

The cinder block shed prepurchase

Another messy barn

I don't even know where to begin.

Free Fridge
(well, I guess someone took this the wrong way, I meant that I got a free fridge, not free to a good home. Someone removed it from us shortly after this post.)

Day 1

I couldn't sleep last night. I was like a kid knowing santa had come and left gifts under the tree. We arose this morning and headed over to the farm. After a full day, RJ and I had cleared the driveway grass and made the terrain surrounding the house walkable. We took the four inch screws out of the front door that were keeping it shut and aired the house out. The electrician showed up to discuss adding electricity to the equation. It turns out that someone stole the power meter off the house for the copper. That is probably a good thing considering the wiring is knob and tube. The house was the first one on the street with electricity and still has the original wires. If we had turned it on the whole place would have probably burned down. We also found the straight pipes from the kitchen. They dump into the side yard about 5 feet from the septic tank and 5 feet from the well. It make the water taste so good. All in all it was a fun day. I even got to go to Lowes once.

The trailer and the car.

We just bought a farm

It is not an ordinary farm with cows, chickens, and crops. Our farm is an abandoned farm with 106 acres of woods and a 100 year old house that no one has lived in for 10-15 years. It is boarded up and vandalized. The barns are falling down and full of trash. Luckily, it came with a 1981 Buick in the front yard, which goes nicely with the old 5th-wheel trailer that had obviously become the primary residency. It has a front deck and a septic tank. Now we get to ask ourselves, "what have we done". And blog about it as we find out.