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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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audrey
cheyenne
wy
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 Posted - Aug 28 2010 : 2:02:50 PM
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DH and I have been looking at land the last couple of weeks. We've gone round and round, do we buy and build, do we buy already built? Found out we'd need minimum of 20% down to build our own and don't have quite that much. But only need 5% for already built but those are more expensive. Do we want 10 acres or 80? So many questions...
Finally found the ideal place 39 acres but only one close neighbor, down side was it was on a state highway but when we looked at it we could hardly hear the traffic so we decided to make an offer. While DH was driving to the RE agents he called and said the listing RE agent just accepted another offer.
So frustrating to be this close, yet so far. Figure you all would understand!
Audrey
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4811 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Aug 28 2010 : 5:59:19 PM
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I'm sorry you lost out on the 39 acres Audrey. I'm sure the right one will come along. You'll know it's the right thing when it all comes together! Hang in there and be patient. Best of luck to finding the right place for your family.
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laurentany
True Blue Farmgirl
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Laurie
Patchogue
NY
USA
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Posted - Aug 28 2010 : 6:15:45 PM
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Remember everything happens for a reason- so there must be some reason why that particular piece of land didnt work out for you. I know what you mean about it being frustrating, but in due time you will find the perfect place for yourselves, and you will just know it!
Best of luck- try and enjoy the process!
Smiles,
Laurie
Farmgirl Sister#1403
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.. |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2970 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Aug 28 2010 : 6:44:45 PM
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Building your own is so very expensive. Hubby & I inherited 62 gorgeous acres in Indiana. FREE!! But by the time we get electric to the homesite(up a very STEEP hill about 1/2 mile), estimate $30,000 to connect to the grid, $20,000 for septic, about $10,000 to widen rough drive, $10,000 to dig well, and $20,000 to build a decent barn to house our critters.... We are up to $100,000 before we even start the house. & we got the land for FREE!!! Very frustrating. I know that costs can be much lower depedning on the accessibility of utilities, but my advice (for what it is worth).....if you can find a distressed or foreclosed property that already has utilities on site, GO FOR IT! I do real estate appraisals, & have seen properties with a house or doublewide on them, plus a garage, plus utilites on 5- 10 acres go for less than $20,000. You could live in the existing house while you build.
Good luck!!
I just look at our gorgeous land & think...HOW can we move here & not go completely broke??? |
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jill skane
True Blue Farmgirl
853 Posts
jill lillian
stacyville
maine
USA
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Posted - Aug 28 2010 : 7:05:07 PM
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We looked for 4 years before we found the right farm, we had to have a barn, and acreage, my husband is capable of fixing up, but my problem is he is a perfectionist and how long would it take. We finely found a farm 5 hours ride from our home in ma. I only wanted 3 hour ride! It was perfect 13 acres a new barn had been built to stable 4 horses and a tack room. An Amish couple with 5 children had purchased it 6 months before we bought it and decided they could not make it in Maine and put it up for sale,to go back down to Tenn. So I figure it was ment to be ours. Something is out there for you and will come along.
Jill Lillian
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Aug 28 2010 : 7:53:47 PM
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I think I'll know the right place when we finally find it. Our last house was the same, I walked into it the first time rounded one corner off the entry and said this is it! I guess I'm just impatient, want it now, LOL! Don't think I want to wait 4 years!
Lisa, we've been warned by a lot of people about the unexpected expenses in building our own just as you listed. They all say the same, buy something already built and live in it for awhile then tear it down and build the dream house (or I guess it would be build the dream house while you still live in the hovel). It's still an option I suppose. There's a property we're thinking of that would fit that scenario. Should be able to get into it cheap so it's high up on the possibles list.
Thanks for all the support.
Audrey
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