Princeville Golf Vacation Rental

My wife (Kathy) was beginning to tire of my checking lot listings in Princeville as part of my preparation for our family vacations to our timeshare in Lihue.  But after looking at roughly 120 lots over a two and one-half year period (we would go about every 6 months) we found the lot we wanted by accident.  I had pre-screened about 20 lots during a trip the week after Christmas 2000.  There were five or six that I wanted to show her and the realtor I was working with was available in mid-afternoon.  After vetoing all the potential lots (I wasn’t overjoyed with any of them either) we were driving back to the realtor’s office when we passed a vacant lot that really caught our eye.

Not being able to afford an ocean view lot, we were looking at lots right on the golf course hoping for a nice view of the course and maybe some of the picturesque mountains.  So many of the lots were quite narrow and had the view blocked by fairway trees.  This lot was different.  It was wide enough to be able to build a single story home (what we were planning) and had an unobstructed view of the course and Namolokama Mountains that mark the beginning of the Napali coast.  I stopped the car and asked if there was a way to contact the owner of the lot and make an unsolicited offer.  What did we have to lose?

As it turned out the lot was in fact for sale, but had been listed with a broker based on the Big Island.  The lot had just fallen out of escrow and the sellers were becoming a bit anxious.  After it was all said and done, we were able to close escrow on our lot in March of 2001.  We would wait about 3 years before beginning construction.  Had to save up some money and get hooked up with the right architect and contractor.  Thankfully that architect turned out to be Mark Eyler (808) 635-6275 and the contractor was Tom Bryan (TBryanBuilder@aol.com).  We could not have hoped for more conscientious people to design and build our dream home.

Here’s a photo of the lot before we began contruction.  In my next post, I’ll share some architect’s plans for the floor plan and details of some of the features we incorporated into the house.  Until next time - Bob

Me standing on the empty lot