Just bought 6 acre of land. Now what???

[jaxs]

In my experience mobile homes,prefab and double wides have poorest return on investment of the options you named. My son and granddaughter both just moved into their Barndominiums after living in efficiency shops while building. Granddaughter and her husband wanted guest quarters which made the shop a good investment. Son and his wife will have an entertainment area and pool so their efficiency will serve them well.
Talk to your insurace agent about savings of metal roof and siding.
I have some friends that have lived in a rv for over 10 years and are well satisfied. They built a shop with a finished room and full bath and overhang to park rv under. Rv sits about 5 feet from shop wall and connected by a room with doors on all 4 walls. There's a 12" break between room and rv with flexiable material fill which allows movement. Step to rv were replaced with carpeted stairs. Living room furniture was removed and residential dining set put in its place. The rv serves for bedroom,bath (another bath in shop) kitchen and dining. Room in shop serves as den/family room and full bath.

 

[jjeff]

Maybe in your area. If the deed is unrestricted here, you can live in whatever you feel like for how ever long you want.

I believe even if it's a unrestricted deed you still have to follow county and township ordinances. Fortunately for you it sounds like your getting a contractor who should know all local ordinances and handle all permits and coordinate with subs. One of the most gratifying things I've done involving construction was revitalize, develop, for personal use an abondoned 3acre parcell in the UP.
Good luck.

 

[Dftodd]

When I built my cabin in the UP needed a temp permit to reside in a 20' trailer while building also you may have minimum building size to have in order to live in your new home. I'm sure you'd be upset if you were building and a stop work order was stuck on your window.

The only time building size comes into play here is if you purchase property with deed restrictions. And it's required that the purchaser be notified up front. Then they can dictate minimum square footage, building materials, finishes, floor plan etc....

My last property was restricted, but the only restriction was no mobile homes. But I purchased a house, so the restriction wasn't really applicable except for me being notified of the fact during disclosure.

I specifically was looking for and purchased property that had no restrictions, so I can do whatever I felt like with it.

 

[Yander]

How about a large (300sf) Tiny home? I would do that if I had no kids at home but a little hard with kids. But probably not any harder than an RV. The tiny home if built on a trailer could be sold later too.

I've proposed that idea to one of my sons. I would absolutely live in one.

 

[jjeff]

The only time building size comes into play here is if you purchase property with deed restrictions. And it's required that the purchaser be notified up front. Then they can dictate minimum square footage, building materials, finishes, floor plan etc....

My last property was restricted, but the only restriction was no mobile homes. But I purchased a house, so the restriction wasn't really applicable except for me being notified of the fact during disclosure.

I specifically was looking for and purchased property that had no restrictions, so I can do whatever I felt like with it.

Interesting, when I built my place, I was unaware of minimum size requirements by the township/county until I applied for my building permit and reviewed township regulations. 600 sq ft minimum for a mobile home or traditionally built to get a building and eventually occupancy permit specifically. And my place is pretty far in the stix.

 

[ovrszd]

My wife and I have been together 20yrs. She's a "city" girl. Never lived anywhere that didn't have restrictions or codes. I was living on 20 acres with house and shop when we got together. We lived there 15 years. Then we built our house and shop here on our farm. She was very concerned about meeting codes, restrictions, and pleasing inspectors. It took a couple weeks before I convinced her there were none. The final point was made when I took her to the Courthouse and into the Assessor's office. "Lila, tell Terry what we need for permits, etc., to build our house". Lila said nothing, do whatever you want. Terry was speechless. I love where I live. Especially when people talk about living rural but then dealing with all sorts of limitations.

 

[Eagle1]

My wife and I have been together 20yrs. She's a "city" girl. Never lived anywhere that didn't have restrictions or codes. I was living on 20 acres with house and shop when we got together. We lived there 15 years. Then we built our house and shop here on our farm. She was very concerned about meeting codes, restrictions, and pleasing inspectors. It took a couple weeks before I convinced her there were none. The final point was made when I took her to the Courthouse and into the Assessor's office. "Lila, tell Terry what we need for permits, etc., to build our house". Lila said nothing, do whatever you want. Terry was speechless. I love where I live. Especially when people talk about living rural but then dealing with all sorts of limitations.

Sounds like our county. No permits, inspections or codes unless you need septic and have less than 5 acres then you have to pay for a permit.
Also need some paperwork to bury someone on your property if you want to be legal, not needed for livestock or other animals.

 

[jjeff]

My wife and I have been together 20yrs. She's a "city" girl. Never lived anywhere that didn't have restrictions or codes. I was living on 20 acres with house and shop when we got together. We lived there 15 years. Then we built our house and shop here on our farm. She was very concerned about meeting codes, restrictions, and pleasing inspectors. It took a couple weeks before I convinced her there were none. The final point was made when I took her to the Courthouse and into the Assessor's office. "Lila, tell Terry what we need for permits, etc., to build our house". Lila said nothing, do whatever you want. Terry was speechless. I love where I live. Especially when people talk about living rural but then dealing with all sorts of limitations.

For me anyway there was no way I was going to put that much time and money into something and not have it legitimate. Permits help hold diy folks and a few cobbler contractors to some standards imo.

 

[ovrszd]

Sounds like our county. No permits, inspections or codes unless you need septic and have less than 5 acres then you have to pay for a permit.
Also need some paperwork to bury someone on your property if you want to be legal, not needed for livestock or other animals.

We have a lot of old abandoned hand dug wells.

 

[Eagle1]

For me anyway there was no way I was going to put that much time and money into something and not have it legitimate. Permits help hold diy folks and a few cobbler contractors to some standards imo.

Permit also only enrich the government nothing to do with standards.