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14 Pristine Acres In The Foothills-Ready For Building

04-29-11
Mike West
Mike West: Real Estate Agent in El Dorado Hills, CA
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14 TRANQUIL, FORESTED ACRES IN THE FOOTHILLS

$$195,000

4507 Arundel Road Pollock Pines, CA 95726 -

  • 14 Forested Acres
  • Tranquil setting
  • Highly Productive well
  • Power to the parcel
  • Paved Road access
  • Passed perk test
  • Refurbished logging road meanders across the parcel
  • Potential for a three-way split*
  • Many possible building sites
  • Potential to harvest timber**
  • Short five-minute drive from Highway 50
  • Only 1.5 Miles from Jenkinson Lake
  • At 3500 foot altitude--much cooler than the valley
  • Only an hour from Lake Tahoe
  • Less than an hour from Sacramento

    This secluded get-away is conveniently located only five minutes from Highway 50 and 1.5 miles from Jenkinson Lake, just south of Pollock Pines, an ideal combination of convenience and privacy. There is paved road access all the way to the parcel. Lake Tahoe is slightly over one hour away and San Francisco is just over 2.5 hours away.

    Much of the preparation is been done for a buyer planning to build their halcyon dream home. There is PG&E power to the parcel, a highly productive well in place and a perk test report available. The roughed in building pad may be used. However, a recently refurbished logging road rambles across the parcel, providing easy access to much of the property, facilitating selection of any number of building sites.

    The area consists of up-scale custom-built homes set on bucolic parcels of just over four acres. Potential exists to split this parcel into three (*buyers considering that option should consult El Dorado County for more definitive information).

    The present owner had obtained approval to harvest timber from this parcel but never exercised that option. A buyer may be able to obtain similar approval and collect the associated income (**buyers considering that option should consult the Department of Forestry for requirements

    A buyer may be able to harvest the timber, split the parcel and build on one of the divided plots. Possibilities abound!
    Buyers looking to get away from the noise, traffic, crime and heat of the city or the valley may wish to consider moving to this stunning foothill location. Become a modern day Paul Bunyan
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Let's add some value

02-28-11
Tom Arstingstall - Dry Rot, Water Damage General Contractor in Sacramento
Tom Arstingstall - Dry Rot, Water Damage General Contractor in Sacramento: Builder-Contractor in Placerville, CA
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You gotta love this kitchen if you are a general contractor or a homeowner willing to make some changes. Changes that will greatly improve the value of your home, be more efficient, and more modern and up-to-date. It would be hard to spruce up this kitchen.

Why? Because it is all old and outdated.



I'm not saying that you have to make any changes, maybe you are okay with it the way it is. But if you are a general contractor, your eyes are tearing up with joy. This baby is being demolished. A clean slate, where the owners can have whatever they wish. Counters, cabinets, appliances all must come out. Plumbing, electrical, flooring too. Let's make this kitchen sparkle!

But wont that be expensive? It will cost a lot of money, but its money that will go directly to the value of your home. Think of it as "flipping" a home but you get to live in it.

Can we do it on a budget? You can set any amount that you wish. I wouldn't go with the super-cheap idea. You would probably regret it later on. But yeah a budget makes a lot of sense. This small kitchen will at value to the home when complete. Overspending does not make sense. There is a budget range for all kitchens, stay within the range.

Know anybody with a kitchen like this?
I'd love to talk to them.
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Speechless Sunday (Almost) - Bridal Veil Falls, Lake Tahoe

01-23-11
Chris Alston (Silicon Valley, California)
Chris Alston (Silicon Valley, California): Real Estate Brokerage in Cupertino, CA
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Traveling down Highway 50, West bound, away from Lake Tahoe stops you at a majestic site, Bridal Veil Falls. When it is in winter and even better during the snow melt, it can really roar. We were passing and saw that the Bridal Veil was showing, so I had to stop on the side of the road and snap this picture...

Seeing Bridal Veil Falls in the winter...

Now if you look closely at the trees, you can see ghost images of duplicate limps. That is because the actual waterfall is over 150 feet high. So I took this picture with my iPhone, and auto stitched it together with an app from the iTunes store. I took about 12 pictures, then chose all 12 and the program matched the picture to create the awesome shot. You cannot capture the whole falls in one shot, so the program worked great! It does it in a matter of seconds, on your iPhone.

It is located on Esmeralda Creek, in Pollack Pines, in the El Dorado National Forest in El Dorado County.

Next time you are driving to Tahoe from the California side, make it a point to stop. Easy parking, and great place for pictures. parking is in a large turnout (paved) on the side of the road.

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