dmccarty
Super Star Member
I don't like that long narrow lot.
We looked at a couple of lots that were long and narrow and did not consider them at all. One we did consider, had river frontage and the neighboring land was already developed, but the others we just did not even visit. The parcels we saw that were narrow were all carved out of larger parcels many decades ago. It was certainly easy to divide up the land the way they did, and I am sure it was done as part of an estate, but it limited their ability to sell the land. It is odd to say that 400 feet is not that wide but it is not. It is a huge distance in the city since you would likely have 4-6 house built on that width, but in the country, that is really close.
Our house is on a narrow 300ish feet wide lot. We own all of the land around us but that 300 feet is narrow. If we had to sell off the land we would have to do some creative landscaping or wall building to maintain privacy.
Zoning can change, so take that into consideration.
Another thing to consider is how easy would it be for YOU to subdivide the lot if you needed too? 25 acres is a lot of land and you could carve off a five acres parcels to sell if needed. The problem would accessing those parcels with a 400 foot width. I would not consider an easement in such a situation but deeding off access. But 400 feet does not give you much room to deed/sell for access.
Later,
Dan
We looked at a couple of lots that were long and narrow and did not consider them at all. One we did consider, had river frontage and the neighboring land was already developed, but the others we just did not even visit. The parcels we saw that were narrow were all carved out of larger parcels many decades ago. It was certainly easy to divide up the land the way they did, and I am sure it was done as part of an estate, but it limited their ability to sell the land. It is odd to say that 400 feet is not that wide but it is not. It is a huge distance in the city since you would likely have 4-6 house built on that width, but in the country, that is really close.
Our house is on a narrow 300ish feet wide lot. We own all of the land around us but that 300 feet is narrow. If we had to sell off the land we would have to do some creative landscaping or wall building to maintain privacy.
Zoning can change, so take that into consideration.
Another thing to consider is how easy would it be for YOU to subdivide the lot if you needed too? 25 acres is a lot of land and you could carve off a five acres parcels to sell if needed. The problem would accessing those parcels with a 400 foot width. I would not consider an easement in such a situation but deeding off access. But 400 feet does not give you much room to deed/sell for access.
Later,
Dan
I suppose some of you do or are retired? I could look for a new job in a new location but that comes with its own challenges. Hard to leave my current position its really stable and the hours and pay are hard to pass up.
