I'm looking to finally make the move from the big city to a more rural area. This area is about an hour away from where I work (commute is more than doable).
Anywhere from 20-35 minutes from Home Depot, hospital, Walgreens, Walmart etc.
I'm looking at some land back in the green. It's cleared farm land.
it's a few miles away from any real street, but on the bottom of the pic is a normal rural road with houses, and then off of it is a easement gravel road leading up to the area im looking at.
the black clip art is where houses presently are, and each lot on the right is about 3 acres, each roughly 160-170' wide and 700' deep backing up to the woods.
we'd build a roughly 2600sqft home, no real plans or what we would do with the land.
in the top portion of the picture where it's cut off becomes swamp area so the easement road will never lead through or more houses being built.
this is about as far out as I can go in terms of me and my spouses commute, and within the top portion of our budget.
I don't have any real home steading plans as much as I'm looking for our own space and get away from our current situation which is very close neighbors in the center of a major metropolitan area
by Helpful_Principle_49
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What do you think of this land/area/layout?
I dont like it.
That seems incredibly drastic for someone who doesn’t necessarily have homestead plans. Honestly, it’s drastic for someone who DOES have homestead plans.
There has got to be a way to get into a less dense neighborhood that is closer to work, grocery shopping, and has city/counties utilities and maintained roads…
My first question would be towards the shared access road. I would assume the existing neighbors have formed a road association for upkeep and maintenance, but you should have an understanding of that process. Also, if a major project is required on said road is there access to a staging area for equipment and materials or will the deed holder of the land the access road sits on require that projects are staged from a property that uses the road. These concerns, including plowing if this is in a snowy area, are all private concerns as the municipalities responsibility most likely end at the rural road.
things to think about –
1 – who is maintaining the easement/gravel road? Is there an HOA type in place for it? is it a legal/on file with the county easement or a word of mouth and could be revoked?
2 – where are the utilities currently? Can you tie in or do you need to run your own?
3 – back to the road – is the rural road maintained by the county? Do you live in an area with heavy snow?