This one is for the weekend painter, the photographer, the person whose phone is full of sunset pictures nobody asked to see.
Five acres on Orient Road near Blanca, Colorado, where the light does something different every hour. Morning turns the Sangre de Cristos pink. Afternoon storms stack up over the peaks and mostly stay there. At night there is no glow on the horizon at all, just stars. Artists have been coming to this valley for generations for exactly this reason.
It is harsh country, and we will not pretend otherwise. Dry, wide open, windy. But the landscape is the whole point. You do not fight it here. You set up an easel, or a camp chair, and you look at it.
The details: 5 acres, Lot 20 Orient Rd, Costilla County, Colorado. APN 70379930. Property taxes run about $113.40 a year. This is an off-grid area, so plan on solar and your own water solution, and call Costilla County Planning & Zoning about camping, RV and building rules before you make plans.
Price is $10,000. Owner financing at 0% interest: $500 down and $217.36/month for 48 months. That payment already includes property taxes and a $10 note fee. Paying cash? We’ll discount it to $6,900. One-time non-refundable doc fee. No credit check, no SSN, no bank.
GPS: 37.367293, -105.674851. Go walk it, then call or text us at 804-653-5351.
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