Any word on the town of Maricopa?

Jason Lee Nye · #1 (**permalink**) 05-01-2003, 04:30 PM

Anyody know anybody that lives there or have been there?

How is the property and surroundings?

Me and the wife have been talking about horse property and I was just curious if anybody knows anything about the area listed above?

mikiec · #2 (**permalink**) 05-01-2003, 05:01 PM

I have not been to Maricopa in many years. There used to be a huge gathering of Nam Vets there every year.

It was a very rural place that gets very hot in the summer, much more than PHX. Lots of open spaces.....

Mike

Paul Gillespie · #3 (**permalink**) 05-01-2003, 05:08 PM

Horse property??? Finish your car first!!!!!

Jason Lee Nye · #4 (**permalink**) 05-01-2003, 05:10 PM

Since I really don't like people or crowds and my wife is not a fan of the Big City we are looking into this idea.

We are just looking into it at this point. It might not be practical for us right now, but it doesn't hurt to look.

Jason Lee Nye · #5 (**permalink**) 05-01-2003, 05:12 PM

Paul,

I am multi tasking. We have many things going on at the same time right now.

I will share when I am at liberty to say.

dwong · #6 (**permalink**) 05-01-2003, 10:05 PM

Maricopa has grown in the last year. A huge number of people are moving that way. Not many services "YET". Queen Creek may be a better bet. It's closer to the city.

Jason Lee Nye · #7 (**permalink**) 05-02-2003, 03:50 PM

So far what I have heard is they have put up 6,000 homes of the anticipated 11,000 in on development. They will be breaking ground on another development which is estimated to have 2,600 homes. They are also starting to build a Basha's and a public school will be built in about a year.

The property we are looking has a 3br, 2 bath block home with two-car garage on 3.3 acres. It has a 25"" x 45" slab of concrete as well (can you say future workshop?). Not much for landscaping no grass ect or walls and it also has a 7 X 7 " chicken coop or koop (however you spell it). If we bought that I would turn that into a shed.

From what I hear the lady is going through a divorce and has to sell it yesterday before the bank closes on it.

We will be going out there Saturday or Sunday. If we decide to buy it, we will be selling our house of course. We decided that we do not want to deal with trying to rent it and covering for 2 mortgages. I would love to keep our current property for investment purpose it being on a golf course but I would rather no risk spending Cobra money on mortgages, repairs to damages a renter does or the lag time in-between renting it. Boy do I have my priorities straight or what??? And to think I just spend about a year remodeling it????

If we do sell it, I will have to sell my pool table

And of course I would miss all my friends in the area as well 

Also no more running up to Home Depot or Checker right when I need to, at least until they build one. The way it is growing, perhaps in a couple of years.