with no water? This picture is from the far side of the pond, looking at the back of our property. The dam would be to the left, and that is where the small amount of remaining water is. To the right is all the cattails, and where the house would be.
Latest twist - I went out to look at the lot, and found the dam had been disassembled. The 'pond' is mostly dry now. The guy we are buying from, Admar, says the county came and took it apart because someone had complained. Who complained, and about what, we don't know. Also, we don't know what the regulations are regarding this pond, as far as the county is concerned. My suspicion is that it has to be left undisturbed and unchanged. No daming, no filling in...
Do we want to pay for land that we have no control over? Do we want this lot if the 'pond' is only wet after a hurricane? We had planned on it being there, really had assumed it would be there. The house plan with its rear views is based on a view! Although, even with no water, it does still have the advantage of keeping anyone else from building there, and it just sort of looks like a meadow of cattails.
The plan of action at this point is to find someone who can tell us what the designation of this pond is and who would therefore have authority over it. Then to see what the regulations and guidelines are and if we want to buy into that. I am glad this all happened before we got further invested into it, by paying for more improvements or even the house plans. At this point, we could just buy a different wooded lot from this same guy, which would have the creek in the back. The creek is not overly scenic, and it makes the immediate area a flood zone, but it is wooded land. and less expensive...
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