excellent comparison shots brettski. i like that the house will be just about smack in the middle of property let alone looking over the pond. yer driveway really disappears in the woods, must be a nice drive in.
looks like at time of pic, there is water in the pond basin (as the really light brown in deepest areas)?
hopefully you get along with that one neighbor to the north.
also, assuming north is straight up, what is the clearing on east side of property.....looks like soil is exposed there or rock outcrop?