Another Land Buying Question

April 04, 2017, 09:00 AM

Elk Hunter

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Originally posted by florida boy:
Don't forget about septic system costs and maintenance. If your property is wet you may need a expensive system with regular maintenance.

And how about domestic water supply?

Drilling wells is expensive!!!!!!!

Elk

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April 04, 2017, 09:04 AM

SBrooks

If the golf course is providing the drainage, when they switch to subdivision, the amount of water will increase and it could be a substantial increase.

then there's the risk of neighbors selling to a developer. A 5 or 10 acre lot can be turned into a subdivision as easily as a golf course can...

April 04, 2017, 01:40 PM

Icabod

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Would be less of an issue if there were not shown on the fish and wildlife wetlands mapper.

Sadly, once wetlands appear it's almost impossible to change it. We have a case where decades ago an owner built a drain. Sometime later it showed up as a stream. Nobody can say how this was done. Another case concerned a wetland. An old timer snorted "It wasn't until the drainpipe got blocked." Sure enough, there was a pipe but it stayed a wetland.

April 04, 2017, 05:32 PM

joel9507

I wouldn't get aflutter about anything in the raw land department that wasn't dead solid perfect. There is always another parcel.

You can't fix land by repainting and putting up new drapes.

April 04, 2017, 05:41 PM

HayesGreener

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Originally posted by smlsig:
quote:
Originally posted by ugeesta:
The other land I'm looking at is 20 acres that is about 15 minutes from us. Mostly old field in the boonies but it would require pulling environmental permits to get across the low quality wetlands along the frontage road. Would be less of an issue if there were not shown on the fish and wildlife wetlands mapper.
ullery

As a builder / developer I agree that 5 acres isn't much given what you want to do. The neighbors could be a royal PITA and could make your desire for a little country a nightmare.
I would get the larger parcel mentioned above after finding out about the environmental issues and gaining access.
In the long run you'll probably be much happier.
Keep in mind that suburbia is constantly moving out as you already alluded to and in 5 years you might not be as far out as you originally thought.

I agree that you would be getting a lot of hassle for 5 acres especially with bad neighbors and a subdivision encroachment. Also seems tricky managing storm water on your property. We can't very well follow Daniel Boones advice to move when you can see the smoke from your neighbor's cabin but space is good