Bradland

After a month of looking for property in the Sacramento area I began to think I couldn't afford what I want; acreage with privacy, and close to the city. In the city, in the bad neighborhoods, a quarter acre lot is still 25,000 dollars, and prices go up from there. Acreage outside the city can be 50,000+ an acre. 

Property I can afford is too far away; in the mountains with no power, bad roads, etc. Always a drawback. Elbow room is not a cheap commodity in the city. I want three flat acres of farmland within twenty five miles of the state capital, with power, on a paved road, with water... and no neighbors. I don't want a ranchette in a neighborhood of ranchettes. I want to be the only house within miles. I want a view. I want water. I want cattle. I want privacy and to be able to see the stars... I want a small, inexpensive parcel among big ranches just outside the city.

I found one. Cheap- only fifteen thousand dollars an acre. Flat. On the water (almost). With power, no neighbors, cattle, a paved road, less than twenty five miles from the city limits. The parcel is also bordered on two sides by the Sacramento Valley Conservacy, 

a tree hugging organization dedicated to equestrian trails and mountainbiking. Their property is locked up in a 99 year trust. Elbow room until next century. And the tree huggers won't bother me, there isn't a tree on my property! Yet.

One acre is bottom land, separated from Laguna creek by about 100 hundred yards of flood plain where you would never be able to build, but excellent farmland. The other two are up on the bluff where flooding shouldn't be a problem. Ione rd.( pronounced I OWN) at Laguna creek. Ione rd. at Laguna Creek. I do. Sloughhouse, Ca 95683 It's Sacramento county, 6/10ths of a mile from the Amador county line, so SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utility District) will string a power line for FREE. I think good wine country, huh? I'm sending pictures to save a thousand words. The next adventure... It's on.