Washington County, Florida · near Chipley · APN 08-0509-0017: Go Solar on High, Dry Ground Near Chipley

The Lot Where You Answer to the Sun, Not the Power Company

Most listings would apologize for a lot with no power run to the road. I'm not going to, because for the right builder that missing power line is the whole appeal. This is a quarter acre in Sunny Hills sitting high and dry at 272 feet, and it's cut out for the person who's tired of writing a check to the power company every single month (the sun, at least, works for free).

Picture a cabin here with panels on the roof pulling in Florida sun, a place you run yourself with nothing humming on a meter. An off-grid cabin builder, a fellow who's done paying a utility bill, a solar tinkerer who likes a weekend project, or the guy who'd just as soon answer to the sunrise as a power company: this lot doesn't much care which one you are.

You're a few minutes from Chipley, and about a half hour west sits Morrison Springs, a cold, clear spring that runs cool the year round and pulls swimmers and scuba divers in from across the Panhandle. It's the kind of water you can wade into on the hottest day in August and still catch your breath.

Here's the trade, and it's the point rather than the catch. Power isn't at the road, so you go solar, wind, or generator in a state that never runs short on sun, and the neighborhood runs on a community water system instead of a private well, which means no meter to read and no bill in the mailbox.

There's a quiet kind of freedom in standing on ground that's yours and knowing the lights come on because you made it happen, not because somebody mailed you an invoice for it.