OldMcDonald
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My wife and I close in a few weeks on 6 acres of land out in the country.
We've been racking our brains, trying to figure out which direction we go with it.
The first option is having a Barndominium built. That's just gonna depend on the time frame, budget, what the payment will be for the building loan, interest rate , etc......
I'm gonna call a local builder that specializes in them tomorrow and ask a bunch of questions, the process, and see if they can even work with what we want for a budget. (We're cheap as F--- and try to make sure our bills are covered by one income)
The second option is having a double wide on the property. We actually went out this weekend and looked at those. Found a couple we liked.
The third option is to have power, water, and septic dropped on the property. Have a 20x30 shop installed as well as a 16x40 awning and live in an RV
City water is run on the property side of the road. So, all they need to do is tap the line and install the meter.
Power and internet are across the street. So all we need to do his have a pole set.
Land has quite a few mature oaks, but they are spread out comfortably, so land clearing shouldn't be too big of a deal. There's quite a bit of scrub. So I'm considering renting a skid steer with cutter for a weekend and do some bush whacking. Then, take a week off and get a 10,000lb mini excavator with thumb to deal with the trees.
Sold my tractor a couple years ago so I wouldn't have to store it while renting Tractor also was developing issues and I was tired of tracking down parts for a Grey market kubota.
We get in and get settled, I'll go tractor shopping
Here's a couple of pictures. The property line has been staked on the sides. I'll have to get out there with a 300-foot tape, though, to see if the outside of both lots are what's staked. Or if it's just the upper lot.
I have a feeling it's just the upper lot that was staked since the previous owner was planning to build and started the process with septic and water permits.
Ignore my finger in the bottom left of the photo View attachment 785840View attachment 785841
If you were sensible you would have asked yourself "Why would I want to buy land?" Then you would not need to ask the world what to do with it.
It always amazes me the number of people out there who buy land without knowing what it is capable of producing. I retired from farming a couple of years ago after close to 70 years of doing it - initially on my father's smallholding., but latterly 5 farms in 4 different countries, the last being Portugal where land is close to free, but fairly well useless in many cases. People who know no better buy these places of a few acres and think they can live off what it produces. I knew some sad cases, often including children, within a few miles of me, and there must be many more.
Nobody buys a shop, accountancy business, manufacturing unit, etc. without first knowing what they are going to do with the asset. Why do people treat land differently?