Thread: Thinking of moving to Marshall county

We bought a place at Marvel Estates. We knew about the Asian Carp before we decided to buy and took the chance, hopefully something will happen. We will move and live there full time in about a year and a half. Beautiful lake it would be a shame to just let it go. You have to realize if your lake doesn't have the problem, your just 1 emptied minnow bucket away from it.

Killum, I think the area is great with very good people. Now, the situation there with lake lot ownership is now is like living in a gated community with a golf course at your back yard that has closed. The lake will soon be useless for fishing and recreational use due to the carp taking over the majority of species in the lake and jumping everywhere as you go out on the lake to ski, tubing, etc. At least you will still have a view of the lake, whether you use it or not. The golf course shutdown destroys this for the only thing, 'the view', there were trees growing in my view of the fairway. When the golf course shut down at Player's course in SC, the property values eventually dropped 40%(it looked like terrible after 3 years of no maintenance). I'm worried this will happen to all the good folks at KY/Barkley. I don't think the 'view' of the lake will justify the price for homes there without the lake being stable with a 'normal' fish population. If I was an owner now at the lakes, I would get a re-assessment of my property value and get a reduction in my property tax. If it hurts them on revenue, then they may do something to help.
Now, the good story about the golf course is that the property owners bought the course, and is now perfect and homes are selling above normal value.
Hope this makes sense to all.

There are several places for sale close to the lake. Depends on your price range.