Planning our move to Eden Roc...Helpful advice is welcome...
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:07 am
My wife and I are planning our move to Hawaii from Oregon. We have decided that the Eden Roc Estates is the area we would like to call home. Hawaii offers a lot of the same features and amenities that we have here and living on the outskirts of town in a wooded and undeveloped area is right up our alley. Of course, everyone here at home thinks we are crazy to move to Hawaii because it is so expensive. We understand that many of the imported goods are marked up do to the fact that they are shipped in from the mainland so the information they try to deter us with is nothing we haven't already heard. See, the thing is that we are not coming to Hawaii to live a luxurious expensive lifestyle. We are simple people and enjoy the more simple things in life. What we need to survive in Hawaii is very minimal and we feel that living in Eden Roc would be a good fit for us. We are both very much into growing our own foods and we plan to build our own home on a 1 acre lot.
We still have a small road ahead of us before we get out there. First off, we are in the process of selling our house; we also have 3 dogs which we will have to start the quarantine process with 4 months prior to our arrival. Then, we have to sell off everything we own, including our vehicles. With the money from everything, our plan is to purchase a lot in Eden Roc and be able to build a modest home. We will both be looki9ng for jobs when we get out there but will have enough saved up to get us through the looking phase. Speaking of which, can anyone tell me how the job market is out there? She has been in banking for 8 years but would love to do anything in the customer service field (really whatever we could find) and I currently have a landscape maintenance business but would also be willing to work wherever I could, whatever it takes.
We are used to hearing opinions of people who oppose our choice. The thing is, we haven't heard anything that has discouraged us yet. We would truly appreciate ANY helpful advice that you could give. We have definitely been doing our homework but true advice comes from those who call it home. I don't care if you give us reasons why not to move there, we can handle it. One we have heard a lot is that the locals don't like mainlanders coming to their island. We realize that there are several types of people everywhere you go. No matter where you are you will find someone who is different from you but how you treat each other defines your status. We are not people who are coming in to change anything our start trouble with anyone and hope that the same respect would be returned. Any advice on this would also be helpful.
One other helpful area would be that we are currently looking to purchase a 1 acre lot in the Eden Roc Estates and would appreciate anyone letting us know how much they are looking to get for their lot along with info and possibly pictures. Overgrown and undeveloped is what we are looking for. Electricity would be a plus but not mandatory and as inexpensive as we could get, so if you find yourself on the high end of the market, we're looking more for the people looking to get rid of a piece. Let us know what you have though.
Thanks to anyone who took the time to read this and we truly would appreciate some insight on the topic. Thanks again and Aloha.
Chris
We still have a small road ahead of us before we get out there. First off, we are in the process of selling our house; we also have 3 dogs which we will have to start the quarantine process with 4 months prior to our arrival. Then, we have to sell off everything we own, including our vehicles. With the money from everything, our plan is to purchase a lot in Eden Roc and be able to build a modest home. We will both be looki9ng for jobs when we get out there but will have enough saved up to get us through the looking phase. Speaking of which, can anyone tell me how the job market is out there? She has been in banking for 8 years but would love to do anything in the customer service field (really whatever we could find) and I currently have a landscape maintenance business but would also be willing to work wherever I could, whatever it takes.
We are used to hearing opinions of people who oppose our choice. The thing is, we haven't heard anything that has discouraged us yet. We would truly appreciate ANY helpful advice that you could give. We have definitely been doing our homework but true advice comes from those who call it home. I don't care if you give us reasons why not to move there, we can handle it. One we have heard a lot is that the locals don't like mainlanders coming to their island. We realize that there are several types of people everywhere you go. No matter where you are you will find someone who is different from you but how you treat each other defines your status. We are not people who are coming in to change anything our start trouble with anyone and hope that the same respect would be returned. Any advice on this would also be helpful.
One other helpful area would be that we are currently looking to purchase a 1 acre lot in the Eden Roc Estates and would appreciate anyone letting us know how much they are looking to get for their lot along with info and possibly pictures. Overgrown and undeveloped is what we are looking for. Electricity would be a plus but not mandatory and as inexpensive as we could get, so if you find yourself on the high end of the market, we're looking more for the people looking to get rid of a piece. Let us know what you have though.
Thanks to anyone who took the time to read this and we truly would appreciate some insight on the topic. Thanks again and Aloha.
Chris