Kilauea is venting: My postage-stamp sized piece of Hawaii
Dec 2014: University of Hawaii Forestry Professor JB Friday helps me nip an invasive albezia tree in the bud UPDATE June 2023: my Hawaii lot is for sale for a mele (song). Read a quick bio of the Big Island . Contact Lisa Roach of Savio Realty, lisar@savio.com, Cell 808-494-8575, Office (808) 965-9500 Here's the listing . This is a very decent buildable lot on the big Island of Hawaii - a mile and a half from the cute and cool hippie town of Pahoa and 20 miles up a highway to Hilo. After years at the sub-$3-4k mark, prices have gone up very slightly, but still incredibly cheap for a piece of land IN HAWAII. We are talking under $10K for most lots in subdivisions with roads, electricity and yes, some with town water and even a community center. At 8429 sqft, my lot - a pizza-slice shaped near-corner lot, is slightly bigger than the average 8040 sqft rectangular rowhousy-sized lot. No brittle albezia trees to clear either. Taxes on my lot are $200/pa and HOA fe