Last night when I was walking home from the station, I passed a car in the neighborhood that was pulled over, emergency lights flashing, and no driver or passenger inside. It was a little odd – our neighborhood is pretty hard to find. As I unlocked the house and started to go inside, a guy came out of the darkness and introduced himself. I was ready to blow him off, because he had “sales” written all over him, but he instead explained that his company had bought the field behind our house.
Oh no! We always figured that sooner or later somebody would buy up the farmland, but finally it happened.
The company is building a two-story retirement home there, and he gave me the plans to the place, as well as information about construction and contact info. He tried to give me a gift, but I said no thanks, and went inside to check out the plans. The place will be built starting next year, and should be finished around June 2012. The good news is that it is kind of an assisted-living place, so it should be pretty quiet over there. Unfortunately the parking lot will be right below our backyard. According to the plan they’ll be planting some trees, though, so with the right blend of trees the building shouldn’t be too visible. Unfortunately for our other neighbors, they’ll be right up against the retirement home. I guess we are lucky in that respect.
We knew it would happen sooner or later, so I guess it isn’t a big surprise. Still, it could be a lot worse!
