NOT rural living ...

[MMM]

$.99 /sf provided they buy all 30a. It just wouldn't do to have neighbors. Not even at the back corner. I could find something else for $1,293,732 .

 

[Boondox]

Jeez, and here I am all disgusted by the fact that a fire hydrant has been plumbed and installed half a mile down the road! More than all the scattered new homes downhill, that hydrant bothers me! What's the world coming to?

Oh well, at least I can walk my goldens down the road and see if they have the instinctive reaction to the newcomer! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Pete

 

[ByronBob]

Sounds like something new for them to tinkle on. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

What I've noticed most about the development around my place is everyone wants the little 5 acre farmette style houses as they're being built all over. It gobbles up land faster than putting 5 homes on 1 acre each.

Land is a hot commodity all of a sudden

 

[EastTexFrank]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue"> Land is a hot commodity all of a sudden </font> )</font>

Especially if you're within commuting distance of larger metro areas. I live about 100 miles east of Dallas and it amazes me how much building is going on in the area. A lot of the older people are getting out by selling the farm to developers who build a house on 5-15 acre lots. Come to think of it, I'm in that category. But it's not just the upper end of the maket that is booming. I have a friend who is a builder and he specializes in smaller, 1600 sf, 3 bedroom units on approximately 1 acre lots and he can't build them fast enough. Most of the buyers are people who are moving in but don't work in the area. I think people just want to get out of big cities, get more bang for their buck and provide a better quality of life for their families and they are willing to endure a 2 hour commute in either direction to do it. When you get right down to it, it sounds like a lot of us TBNers.

 

[sneaky_pete]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I think people just want to get out of big cities, get more bang for their buck and provide a better quality of life for their families and they are willing to endure a 2 hour commute in either direction to do it. When you get right down to it, it sounds like a lot of us TBNers.)</font>

Without a doubt. I'm 30 miles from Fort Worth, and commute there for work at present (40-45 minutes) although I'm trying to get back on my own and a home office or at least a nearer town office. My biggest worry is that too many other people will figure out how great it is out here and move this way. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif At least our dead-end street is zoned for minimum 5-acre lots, so my immediate neighborhood can't get any more crowded than it is, but the access road traffic could get worse I suppose.

 

[Tx_Firefighter]

I guess me and Sneaky Pete must be neighbors.

 

[sneaky_pete]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I guess me and Sneaky Pete must be neighbors. )</font>

Could be - I'm in between Weatherford, Springtown, and Azle, about a mile north of Veal Station Road. Howdy neighbor and welcome to TBN.

 

[Tx_Firefighter]

My in-laws own 46 acres on 1886.

I own a house in Weatherford and a house and 5 acres in Poolville.