We are an outdoor loving couple and have driven the back roads of the Missouri countryside for many years. We always seem to come back to Arcadia Valley and when we were looking for recreational property we searched North, West and South of St. Louis, starting at about a half hour of travel time to an hour and a half travel time from the city of St. Louis.
We basically started with a radius around the city that came to about a 30 minute drive, acreage in that area was expensive, way out of my price range and continually escalating. So we pushed the radius out further and further out until the limits were at an hour and a half and used the old Post Dispatch Web search for acreage. This became a weekly event, printing out properties, getting into the truck and visiting the properties on the weekends.
We lucked out finding the acreage in Arcadia Valley, the property was being sold privately, there were several people out looking at the land but the owner, for what ever reason felt more comfortable dealing with me than the others looking at the land. Several life changing events happened between the time we decided to buy the property and when we actually put money down and pen to paper to make the deal official that would have kept us from buying the land but there was something that kept putting the land within our grasp, one being a major job change. The land deal must have been meant to be because within a month I had new better paying job and we bought the land.
We have thoroughly enjoyed the land, the towns and the people within Arcadia Valley. Come back to the Web Site occasionally and follow our progress as we improve the farm, schedule workshops and build our home. If you are interested in the landscaping rocks and want to see first hand what is available drop us a line to schedule a vist.
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