Showing posts with label 1688 rideau ferry rd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1688 rideau ferry rd. Show all posts

Tuesday, 8 October 2024

Property for sale!

🎯 Gun range & wetland news <= the full story

The community fought against rezoning, and were successful. No gun range. I've heard he is planning to appeal to the Ontario Supreme Court, but he hasn't got a hope. 


Another story
The dude that bought the former OPP gun range land for $606,000 then divided up his 120 acres into 4 properties. 

The 3 new properties were labeled #1688-1, 1688-2, and 1688-3. The original property, #1688, now consists of a road going back into the wetland and surrounding the 3 properties. The wetland is where the OPP gun range used to be.

 This is #1688-1, which sold in May 2024 for $121,000, and now houses a trailer. You can see it is very close to the big house on the middle section. Too close for my taste, especially with heaven knows who hunting out back on the wetland. (We can hear them from here. 😣)




Property #1680 (formerly known as #1688-3) is for sale. Again. It sold (in Dec. 2023) for 
$135,000 – after being listed for $165,000, lowered to $140,000. It is now listed for $159,900. 

 




The shed on the right is part of the property for sale. There is an outhouse, as well! The building on the left (see below) belongs to the main house, the top floor apartment is being rented. It is huge and has been renovated. It was in a sorry state.


The house is an interesting property in the middle of the three. It is up for rent in November or December. 


The realtor's website said the property owner is selling #1680 due to health reasons. That is a shame. 
Aug. 17, 1680 sold for $99,999 $87,000, taxes $1200/year, 124 days on the market.



Wednesday, 23 August 2023

We went for a drive!

My twisted ankle is better, so is my stubbed toe. I am back to working out. That is a relief. 

We bought a new TV, since the old one died. They said it wasn't worth repairing. Televisions are really light, compared to the old days. I put the old TV into the new TV box, preparing to take it to the recycling depot. I hit my big toe with the box. I bent back the toe nail and there was blood. <sigh> 

Off we went into town to donate the old TV at the recycle place in Perth. It was quite the excitement, on a Sunday morning. I warned JB that there was a lot of traffic.

The first motorcycle driver was funny. OK, maybe funny-peculiar not funny-haha. We caught up to him at the light. Apparently, you know the impatience of some youth, the red car in front didn't go fast enough through the yellow light. The car stopped at the light and the motorcycle driver gave an angry wave.


Motorcycle #1 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

There were a lot of people out enjoying the summer's day.

I successfully placed the old, broken TV it in the bin. No more injuries.


I don't know what this shrub is, but it sure is pretty. I spotted quite a few around. iPhotos decided it was a rose bush, which it is not. 


Just for a drive, we headed to the river. This was flooded one cold spring, during a swift thaw. A young lady drove the bed to quickly and ended up in the river. Off-duty firefighter rescued her. Then they put sturdy fencing in.
There were lots of people enjoying the river, kayaking and fishing off the docks.


This is Last Duel Park across the way.


We headed to Riverside Dr, I wanted to look at the river. When it was flooded, they opened up this temporary road between Canal Rd. and Evans Rd., in order to allow the four homeowners to get home. They closed it, as residents didn't want the traffic on the road when the gym was open. It's not a gym anymore.


A dead end, we turned around and headed to Port Elmsley. This is an entertaining yard.



Driving peacefully along, we heard a siren, and saw lights flashing behind us. Instead of pulling over, the truck passed us, until he realized what was going on, or thought he'd be caught. Could go either way. Selfish person, as the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) could be on their way to help a loved one of theirs.


Another motorcycle dude passing us. They must be so satisfied passing a couple of old farts!

Motorcycle #2 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.


Again, we caught up to him. 


Smiths Falls has a diverse community, and a whole range of old family homes turned into apartments. They will be really glad that while the Tweed medical marijuana plant was sold, it was sold back to the original builders, Hershey.





 
Here is one of the lots for sale, 1688 Rideau Ferry Rd. (Gun Range Update: Buyer Beware) Enjoy the 'peace and quiet of the Drummond/North Elmsley countryside,' with heavy traffic and a landowner who want to put in a gun range. Why tell the truth? What could go wrong? Mind you, no one told us about the gun range. I nearly reported the original realtor until I found out it was the Ontario Police shooting there.

Tuesday, 8 August 2023

Gun range update: Buyers Beware!

The landowner appealed the denial of rezoning to permit a public gun range. We now have a case number on the OLT website. 

In the meantime, pending severance in September, lots #1 and #3 are for sale. Dunno about the house and land on Lot #2, perhaps they are still renovating the house. It was in pretty bad shape.

The provincially significant wetland ('retained wetlands') is being kept by the landowner, as he runs an outfitting business. He's still hoping for a gun range. 

Here are the two listings, which total about $350,000. He paid $606,000 for the entire parcel. The middle property is still being renovated.

Lot #1 – 1688 Rideau Ferry Rd. Unit #1 $184,900. The listing states: "Drummond-North Elmsley is especially quiet overall, as there tend to be low levels of noise from traffic." I beg to differ: listen to the Motorcycles.

There is no mention of a hunting property and former gun range adjacent. When we bought, no one told us about the noise. This is unethical. This property has lots of noise and traffic, just listen to the noise from Rideau Ferry Rd. The noise is constant. 

Lot #3 – 1688 Rideau Ferry Rd. Unit #3, $164,900. The land isn't legally severed yet. Not until October. It claims is is a quiet area. What a crock!





Sept. 30th – The larger piece of vacant land was $185,000 is now $144,000. The other lot has gone from $165,000 lowered to $140,000. They have been on the market for 46 days. 


This is what the highway is like, cars passing day and night.

passing from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.