Real estate General topic

[ultrarunner]

Can I say I maintain my service drop to the outbuilding and remove trees as I deem without a city permit, public hearings, and neighborhood placarding like I had to do for a Walnut Tree in the yard?

 

[kenmbz]

Can I say I maintain my service drop to the outbuilding and remove trees as I deem without a city permit, public hearings, and neighborhood placarding like I had to do for a Walnut Tree in the yard?

Just make sure your neighbors don't see that :-(

 

[plowhog]

Can I say I maintain my service drop to the outbuilding and remove trees as I deem without a city permit, public hearings, and neighborhood placarding like I had to do for a Walnut Tree in the yard?

Cannot answer without more information.

How much $$ did you contribute to the local Board of Supervisor candidates in the last election?

 

[paulsharvey]

I would be curious what yalls system is when looking at raw land, heavily wooded. It seems anytime you tour something, you leave and then think of 15 things you should have looked at/asked/checked.

I normally look on Basemap, Property Appraiser, ect to get an idea of what I'm looking at; then do a drive by to check the 'flavor' of the neighborhood, check the access (roads to the property more than on property), check wetland maps, before touring; but always end up missing a lot, and wishing I had checked this or that.

Edit; also school zoning matters to us, but may not to others; not in the matter if good vs bad schools; but a matter of keeping the kids in the same bad schools they are already in

Re-edit: by bad school, I mean poorly rated, not violent or something like that

 

[paulsharvey]

Just walked a 12.5 acre piece of vacant woods. Called the property owner and asked permission. It did have a unrecorded aerial power-line (single phase distribution, easement crossing it; so that is a mixed bag, easier/cheaper power, but the easement. Found what appears to be an old concrete parking pad, and signs there had been a mobile home and septic tank there that split the property line in the distant past (septic mound appears to be on a non-included adjacent parcel). Didn't see it, but im sure there is remains of a well in that area. Scouted out the two shown wetland areas to see what they really where; one appears to be a minor seasonal creek, other appears to be a small boggy area on opposite corner; one in NE corner other in SE corner; about 5 acres of marketable pines; not planted, natural. The front, back and sides are fenced; But it appears that it was a 20 acre rectangle, and the front half of that square was split into 4-2.5 acres pieces; and it's the 20 acre rectangle that's fenced as one piece. So, that would need some side fencing. Definitely needs some clearing, some forestry mulching, ect; and will have to discuss with wife. Also need to look into the restrictions on building a pond. Mechanically it would be simple to place a pond at the SE corner, just have to read up on legalities of that in an existing wetland (or maybe it's just flood zone).

 

[paulsharvey]

Didn't start recording track at the beginning, and still did 0.99 miles over 41 minutes, in some thick palmetto, briars, ect. Did hop a fence at one point along that southern border to avoid some very heavy growth.

 

[paulsharvey]

Curious what people on here are paying for well/septic/power hook up/clearing/driveway connections. I'm currently budgeting apporx $15k for well, $25k for septic, and $10k for power. I know what driveway, pipe, ect cost; and would have no intention of hiring that out. I do 100% know septic is very dependent on raised field vs gravity; well is pretty dependent on depth; but things are pretty consistently 95-120 lf deep around here for drinking water (irrigation, some placed can get by at 25-40 ft around here, but not drinking water). Locally, the power co-op, only allows buried from pole to service unless you get an exemption form the board; but it's not that hard to place 4" PVC at 30" deep.

Locally, a 18" CMP, 32-40 total length, 2 poured mitered end sections, and a 5 ft concrete apron connection to a paved road, is typically $7k-9k. Yes, it's $1800 in pipe, $200 in a truck load of fill; and $720 for a 6 yards of concrete; but the vast majority of that is labor/equipment/profit. 18" HDPE or PE pipe isn't really much cheaper, and you can't pour a MES on it (per DOT standards).

Edit: When I say budgetting; what I mean is place holder numbers, when figuring cost to build/have manufactured set up. We are still looking at like 3 possibilities; land and site built; land and existing home; land and manufactured; and also the possibility (wife not so much of a fan of this one) land and major rehab of an existing.

 

[paulsharvey]

Did run across an odd ad; 6 acres. in the right area, she'd, pole barn, and existing 2012 manufactured, for Cheap; like getting close to cleared, accessible, land price. Catch; Existing mobile home is deemed unlivable due to contamination... Wonder; Meth lab, or old folks died and they didn't find the bodies for weeks?

 

[ericm979]

The well we had drilled in Oregon recently cost about $18k. It was to 500'. The cost is highly dependent on the depth. The pump and pipe to the surface was about $8k. A good part of that depends on depth too. Still need to run the pipe to the house site and run wiring to the pump. Then there's water treatment. You won't know the requirements until the testing.

Your lender may require a well that delivers a certain gpm and of course produces water that does not contain bad stuff that can't be removed.

The requirements often also apply to existing wells, but you can get the well flow and chemistry tested as part of the buying process before closing. If the lender won't approve you can back out. If you buy a property without a well and the well you drill does not come out good, you may be stuck with a property that you can't build on and is now worth less than you paid for it.

When I looked into it last year it cost about $8-10k to remove a mobile home in Oregon. If it's contaminated in a way that needs special handling (i.e. meth, lead or asbestos) that cost will go up pretty fast.

 

[WinterDeere]

The cost is highly dependent on the depth.

Also on pounder versus driller. Worth a few minutes of research, if you don't know the difference. Around here, pounders are preferred, but take many times longer than drillers, at our typical depths.