Do you have an amazing view - can I see?

[ExFlyBoy5]

Southern view from the deck. We can see a long way (12+ miles), but there isn't much in the way of scenery. What can I say, it's Texas.

I know it's been a cooler than normal summer down there...but wow...snow?

 

[Janet H]

2 things I recall about Sequim: Joe Rantz of Olympics and "Boys in the Boat" fame was from there and supposedly there exists a non-rainy microclimate there?

Someone can confirm or deny that last point.

Confirmed-ish.
Rainy is relative
The Olympic peninsula is RAINY with some areas getting more than 100 inches per year. Sequim is less rainy - about 16 inches per year and almost all of it in the winter in the form of drizzle. Each mile you travel west from Sequim has an additional inch of rain each year. Summers are magical.

http://www.olympicrainshadow.com/images/satellite.jpg

 

[Montecfo]

JanetH, thank you so much for that. 16 inches seems pretty un-rainy. Intriguing how relatively little rain the nearby areas get, particularly Victoria.

 

[Ian S]

Latest view from my window - fearless deer eating weeping cherry tree about 2 feet from house

Our deer seem to have bought into that whole laid back retirement frame of mind!

 

[Scuba]

Love the wildlife photos!

 

[grasshopper]

The monsoon gods have been very, very good to us. This is the first time in a week that the sun shined on these hills in New Mexico.

Looking east from the homestead.

 

[neihn]

Home

We are in SW Washington. It is not a best view compare to many of yours. But we love it.

 

[GreenEggs]

Great views are always in demand.

 

[Koolau]

Great views are always in demand.

The so-called "million dollar view" is real. We had some (rich) friends who pointed out the house across the street from them. It looked fine to me. Friend mentioned that the house had just been sold for $1.3 million - and the buyer was preparing to tear it down to build a better house. Their plan was to take better advantage of the stunning view. YMMV

 

[Montecfo]

in the burbs...

... no expansive view but we have good tree cover which provides shelter for some interesting visitors in all seasons.

The raccoon seems to return each summer...she is there now.

 

[Scuba]

... no expansive view but we have good tree cover which provides shelter for some interesting visitors in all seasons.

The raccoon seems to return each summer...she is there now.

Cute raccoon! Nature is nice to see whether an expansive view or close-up view of critters.

 

[skyking1]

Heading out this morning to look at view property. Happy Dance!

 

[Montecfo]

Heading out this morning to look at view property. Happy Dance!

Hope you will report back!

 

[Alan]

Folks here have some fantastic views, I’ve enjoyed browsing them this drizzly morning.

View from our driveway just now. Not spectacular but the cliffs are the start of the North Yorkshire National Park and are just a 45 minute walk from the house up through the woods. Also attached is view from the cliffs looking back onto the town.

 

[jeffmete]

St. Joe Michigan

Us too!

 

[jeffmete]

And from our place in Florida.

 

[sterlingmossy]

Tetons

Dreaming of a retirement property with a great view. Do you have an amazing view from your home? Care to share an image and provide general location?

Idaho

 

[Koolau]

Stunning!

 

[meridiver]

We bought this property right before COVID hit. Hoping to build a house one of these days….

 

[theboogers]

Carefree AZ

View in back.

 

[meleana]

We don’t have views from our house but as soon as we step off our road.

 

[GaryInCO]

Love the spectacular mountain views! I live in northern Colorado but the mountains aren't visible from my house -- I have to take my kayak out on the lake (or take a short walk) to see 'em.

I've been living here since my ex and I built the place in 1990. I live on the outskirts of town but I get deer, foxes, and more rarely wild turkey, bobcats, and coyote. Geese, ducks, pelicans, herons on the lake. Even used to get mountain lions in my back yard but haven't heard any of those for many years, and I'm fine with that!

Views from my back yard, deck, & kayak:

 

[EdL3]

Awesome views

 

[gooddog]

From our west coast house, on Pebble Beach, CA -



During the day:

Night time from the guest house deck:

 

[Camas Lilly]

Timely thread..we close this week on our retirement home with 250+ ft of frontage on a small, no-motor lake with amazing views from inside and outside the house. It's bigger than we wanted, needs to be updated (was built late 90s) and is a heck of a lot more expensive than I ever in my wildest dreams would have planned on spending..but the views are amazing and we're even adjacent to a nature preserve on one side..so, only one neighbor who's reasonably far away.

Moving from a sub with 450+ houses, one of which is about 25' from my property line. We LOVE our current house so it's tough to leave the house itself..but not so tough to leave the property where we're on top of other people, some of who are nice..and others who are not as nice.

Gonna be a big change..property of the new house is amazing but still pretty darn stressful! Especially as we'll be going backwards in terms of house functionality and upgrades and will be spending a big bucket of $$ (above and beyond what we'll net on this house after commissions, etc) to do so..but as I tell the wife..we're "buying dirt", and THAT, you can't change - unlike the house itself.

What's even more crazy is that we haven't even listed our current house yet as it's not ready. Yikes. Best case, it goes on the market 9/1. So I'll be carrying two houses for a while. With no W-2 paychecks, that's CRAZY stressful and I'm wondering what in God's name I was ever thinking..

LOL, it is comforting to hear someone else is doing the same thing as us. We are moving quite a ways away, into a higher cost of housing area, actually quite a bit higher because everyone else is moving there too. Moving to where my Dad was born and raised and I have been visiting yearly my whole life, so it wasn't a difficult decision. We love our house and the 4 acres of property is very "pretty", but there is no outdoor life here, so we're packing it up. Been shopping for a year to have a house built, basement, loans, etc. it is like being at the circus with playing the game shooting the moving ducks. As soon as you get one thing nailed down, something else changes. Anyone priced concrete lately?? Ha!

What were we thinking? We just have to jump in with both feet and order the house next month. House will take 12-15 months for completion. Hoping we come out the other end still sane and in one piece.