tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13796804.post7628498740940166758..comments2023-09-06T05:58:02.522-07:00Comments on Palousitics: "Colton School, community leaders hope attracting residents with children will lead to growth"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13796804.post-67968304931714297392008-03-06T09:11:00.000-08:002008-03-06T09:11:00.000-08:00Good thing my house is on the market in Colton...T...Good thing my house is on the market in Colton...<BR/><BR/>The problem with housing in Colton is there is a distinct lack of it, and the existing houses in some cases are very old, the original structure of my house was built in the 1890's...<BR/><BR/>But what you can find is a lot of brick houses, solid construction that is worthwhile to upgrade.<BR/><BR/>Housing prices are lower, but if you see what is available and the prices Norm Mack is posting the houses at, they are not all that much different to Pullman.<BR/><BR/><BR/>One advantage to living in Colton... location!<BR/><BR/>15 to 20 minute drive to Pullman, Moscow or the LC valley..<BR/><BR/>Disadvantage, if you get a big snow storm like we did this winter, you can be snowed in for almost a week!<BR/><BR/>We bought our house there originally because our mortgage is lower than renting a house in Pullman, property taxes are also lower and the lot sizes are a bit bigger, I own a couple city lots and a sliver of another.<BR/><BR/>My city lots are 21x145, 50x145, & 50x75... Combined it is 14045... house is 1300+ sq feet and taxes are between 1200 & 1400 / year...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Now there is the "Colton Crew" as I call them, they are the people who have been there pretty much forever, and they are the ones that usually have the town meetings etcetera... they also make up most of the rules.<BR/><BR/>The town ordinances in some cases are almost like HOA agreements.. so keep that in mind.. and if you don't like shotguns, then do not move there... the range is usually busy every Sunday!Mattwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07001143908542935580noreply@blogger.com