STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – — On their vacant plot of land that hugs Emerald Mountain, Samantha Rabesa and her husband, Eric, want to someday build their “forever” home.
“We love its location to downtown and the small-town feel of the neighborhood,” Samantha Rabesa said Monday about the half-acre parcel they own in the Fairview Addition west of Bud Werner Memorial Library.
But the couple must overcome a few legal hurdles and weather the objections of several neighbors before they can build the home the way they want to.
The Rabesas have lived in Fairview for six years and rent out property they own off Manitou Avenue. The vacant lot they want to build on is currently a “back lot” behind their rental home.
The deed to the property will allow the couple to build a home on the land, but a separate restriction prevents them from selling the rental home separately from the back lot.
Steamboat Springs City Council members will weigh in on the issue tonight when they vote whether to allow the Rabesas to alter their deed and sell the lots separately.
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