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Old 11-23-2015, 11:56 AM
 
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Why do you say you have an 18 acre island, and then give a price for the island "and 10 acres". Can you explain?
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Old 11-23-2015, 12:10 PM
 
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I'll offer $789. If interested PM me.
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Old 11-23-2015, 12:47 PM
 
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What can you do with this island- can you build a home on it ? Is there a way to support well & septic ? What's the elevation of this island --will it stay above water in a storm ?
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Old 11-23-2015, 02:08 PM
 
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Thanks or the responses - well most of them anyway LOL

1. The island is 18 acres but also included are 10 acres across the channel. To be technical 15 island acres are deeded and about 3 acres are "spoil" from dredging the intracoastal.

2. Its salt water and the island has no fresh water of its own. It might have to be run under the intracoastal which would be 150 yards or so.

3. Septic would be ok and solar energy might work well - that island is pretty sunny.

4 The island definitely has wet spots but also elevation up to 12 ft

I hope this answers the questions.
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Old 11-23-2015, 03:12 PM
 
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Is it at least relatively cool due to the bay breezes?

I like Texas and Texans, their (mostly) low taxes, and how people are free to just live there lives down there, but I don't think I could get past the heat or the humidity in the eastern portion.
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Old 11-23-2015, 03:50 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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What a lovely problem to have.

Seriously though, take some good pictures, throw in online as many places as you can, find a high end real estate person, and just wait.
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Old 11-23-2015, 04:20 PM
 
Location: OH>IL>CO>CT
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Have you tried eBay ?

island in Land Real Estate | eBay
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Old 11-23-2015, 04:49 PM
 
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Will the US Corps of Engineers allow you to build on the island (or install a water pip across the Intracostal channel? I know we have a lot os 'input from the CoE anytime we have building near a stream or in 'wetlands' so I'm sure there will be permitting issues on a coastal island.
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Old 11-23-2015, 05:18 PM
 
Location: Denver
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Any chance you could cut a runway into it?
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Old 11-23-2015, 05:34 PM
 
Location: P.C.F
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Not knowing how Texas works I will say your questions are good ones.. allow me to ask too? Wont adding septic be a killer and especially in the middle of public waters, just because you own it may not mean you can build anything anyway you want on it . Septic ? I doubt it.. but maybe Texas and Texans are more concerned with "do as you want" than they are with e.coli in public waters. well until some kid or kids die from it anyway.. Fresh water just add a pipe under a public water way .. adding a navigational hazard into a public water-way ( potable water pipe) for personal use ..why would anyone think that would fly? So you have a Holding tank for waste ( which will have to be pumped out regularly) and a cistern ( catch basin ) for potable which is either trucked and barged in , or its captured rain water.. You will have to pay cash to build the house because Hurricane Flood and Storm damage Insurance is going to be huge.. Solar cost could easily run $25,000 for a modest system.. BUT if your a MULTI-Millionaire who really wants to own a home in Texas, maybe its all doable? So having only a little knowledge of the general area. Isnt your island in a mud flats area?
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Will the US Corps of Engineers allow you to build on the island (or install a water pip across the Intracostal channel? I know we have a lot os 'input from the CoE anytime we have building near a stream or in 'wetlands' so I'm sure there will be permitting issues on a coastal island.
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