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Old 02-16-2017, 02:06 PM
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Moving to Nevada

After a lifetime in No Cal (and 26 years in the same house) we are relocating to Nevada. Lower prop taxes, car reg, insurance, no smog checks, no state income tax, lower everything. Little town of Genoa with less than 1000. It's a historical town so the county will not allow it to be built up. Our lot was originally sold 20 years ago and never built on. I fell in love with it 30 years ago. 22mi to Lake Tahoe, 10 mi to Wal Mart, Costco, Home Depot, Trader Joes but away from everything. Great mountain views. Everyone I know at work is moving to Nevada when they retire. Hoping to start building later this year. I am contracting it myself if anyone want's to know how that goes.

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Old 02-16-2017, 08:49 PM
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Howdy Tony H,
Glad you could escape!
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Old 02-23-2017, 01:19 AM
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I'm in Carson City. PM when you get here. Maybe we can get a hold of Charlie in G'ville and do a mini-meet/brunch somewhere.
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Old 02-23-2017, 06:19 AM
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Sounds nice! Pics would be great.
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Old 02-23-2017, 06:44 AM
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I have a friend on Facebook who moved from NY to NV. He keeps saying it is the single best decision he ever made.
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Old 02-23-2017, 10:06 PM
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Yea when I say Nevada everyone thinks I am moving to Reno. This place could not be more different. We are not there yet-out present house has a death grip on us. We built it thinking we would never move.
My favorite part is I am building a shop/garage separate from the main garage just for me
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Old 05-26-2017, 11:01 PM
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Took a trip a few weeks ago to move my 3.5 coupe to a storage unit and stopped by the property to check a few things out. Grabbed a few pics
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Old 05-27-2017, 05:56 AM
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That looks a lot like my Cousin's place in Montana. Lovely views of the mountains. Looks like a great move!
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Old 06-23-2017, 07:07 PM
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Got our house on the market today. An hour later our realtor called and said we had to leave ASAP someone was bringing over a buyer. I won't enjoy living like this for long. On the bright side we are moving into a rental 1/2 mi from where we are building.
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Old 06-24-2017, 12:26 PM
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A Question or two. Does the town supply water? Or do you drill. If you drill how deep do you probably go? Do you drill the well before building in that area of north America?


The occasional posters comments about California do not seem all too positive. My father spent 10 years there starting in the later 1920s. He told me he enjoyed it. I imagine the place just changed over the years since then.
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Old 06-24-2017, 09:47 PM
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We are out of town so we are on a well in our present house. It is 135' deep and 14GPM but varies widely in the area. Our neighbor had 2 dry wells. Where we are moving in NV there is city water. Wells are very common here. Our small town has become very crowded and busy in the 27 years we have been here-time to go. Most of the buyers are coming from the Bay Area. We have a party coming to look tomorrow but they gave us much more notice.
PS typically one cannot get a building permit until one has a well or paid to connect to a municipal water system. The fees to connect to water/sewer are more than $10k but that's a lot less than a well/septic system costs.
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Old 06-24-2017, 11:25 PM
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What are the taxes like? General idea is fine, it's not meant to be a nosy question.
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Old 06-25-2017, 10:01 AM
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How severe are the winters?
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Old 06-25-2017, 10:54 AM
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I'm guessing from the snow on the mountains (picture was from late April) and the native vegetation (conifers), it gets pretty darn cold and windy.

Of course, that is from a Tucson perspective.
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Old 06-25-2017, 02:26 PM
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Drove many times through Northern Nevada coming back from the Bonneville Salt Flats, some of the most beautiful landscapes I've seen. Spent the night once in Genoa, beautiful town, wouldn't mind getting old there. Nasty speed traps on the route tho, for some towns it's the main source of income...

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