Designed by “the little woman” and I, and the place we raised three children and planted lots of seeds, the old homestead is now offered for sale. Features I love:
- oak flooring,
- Tyndalstone front,
- beautiful trees,
- wood and electric baseboard heating, and
- a double attached garage and a workshop.
It’s huge. Too large for just the two of us now but it would be ideal for a large family or a home business or a residential care facility.
Beautiful Treed Property in Safe Stony Mountain, Manitoba
see http://www.winnipegrealestatenews.com/Property/?ML_Number=1218726
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Hardly “ideal for a large family” unless half of the family is incarcerated in which case the prison is just down the street.
schmodme wrote, ” the prison is just down the street”.
Hey! When I lived there 3 of my nearest neighbours were police. Talk about a safe neighbourhood. Any escapees head out of town ASAP… You can also tell time by the prison bells and there’s the reassuring sound of the guards taking target practice. Miss those… Everyone knows everyone else and looks out for them. It’s a healthy community with a strong local industry. The prison has been there since 1885 and isn’t going away any time soon.
Any escapees head out of town ASAP… You can also tell time by the prison bells and there’s the reassuring sound of the guards taking target practice.
Probably don’t put that in the description if you’re intent on selling the place.
schmodme wrote, “Probably don’t put that in the description if you’re intent on selling the place.”
The prison is the most prominent feature of the community. It is at the top of the hill and can be seen easily from 10 miles away. It has had zero effect on property values. We have had enquiries by people roaming the town looking for property.
Location is the first data potential buyers are likely to consider and the location is very desirable because it is just a short distance to the big city for shopping, school, work, medical care, and it is half an hour closer to the great outdoors. It has few of the problems of a home in the city and most of the advantages of a home in the country. Did I mention it has two productive apple trees? Those are worth a lot to people who like wholesome food. I would much prefer to live there than where I do if the house were smaller.
The house is about half a mile from the high-security section and it is hidden by mature trees and residential property, not really a site-influence. see Google Maps
schmodme wrote, “”there’s the reassuring sound of the guards taking target practice.
Probably don’t put that in the description if you’re intent on selling the place.
The cool thing about that is the inmates can hear it too and there are guard towers at the corners. I cannot remember an escape from the maximum security part. There have been many from the minimum security wing but they rarely get far or amount to anything. The one thing an escapee knows is to get out of that town ASAP and avoid humans, because they often have firearms, it being a rural municipality. Guards and police populate the town, too. Great neighbours, if you don’t choose to protect yourself. Turnover of property is at a very low rate so demand exceeds supply. A new sub-division was built last year and it sold out promptly.