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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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Tony H W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe Manual transmission Past cars: Porsche 914 2.0 '64 Jaguar XKE Roadster '57 Oval Window VW '71 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck-Dad bought new '73 Toyota Celica GT |
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Howdy Tony H,
Glad you could escape!
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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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Sounds nice! Pics would be great.
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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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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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Tony H W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe Manual transmission Past cars: Porsche 914 2.0 '64 Jaguar XKE Roadster '57 Oval Window VW '71 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck-Dad bought new '73 Toyota Celica GT |
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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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Tony H W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe Manual transmission Past cars: Porsche 914 2.0 '64 Jaguar XKE Roadster '57 Oval Window VW '71 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck-Dad bought new '73 Toyota Celica GT |
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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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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC] ..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis. |
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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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Tony H W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe Manual transmission Past cars: Porsche 914 2.0 '64 Jaguar XKE Roadster '57 Oval Window VW '71 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck-Dad bought new '73 Toyota Celica GT |
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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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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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Tony H W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe Manual transmission Past cars: Porsche 914 2.0 '64 Jaguar XKE Roadster '57 Oval Window VW '71 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck-Dad bought new '73 Toyota Celica GT Last edited by Tony H; 06-24-2017 at 10:38 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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How severe are the winters?
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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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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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