Well and septic are optional for me, but yeah they matter for resale.
On 1/3/2021 8:25 AM, David Coudron wrote:
If you think you will be going off grid or something similar it might
not matter. However, it still might make sense that you can get a
well and private septic on the property some day. It is hard to
invest much in a cabin without those options available. Not every
property qualifies for both of those due to regulations/zoning etc.
Also, building a nice place that none of the family will visit because
it doesn’t have running water or septic might not be what you want (or
it might 😊).
Even with off grid, you can get wells and septic and have a pretty
comfortable place. We have built 3 different hunting cabins on
properties in North Dakota and Minnesota. Access to potable water
and septic are the biggest challenges it seems like. Building the
structure and making it inhabitable is the easy part. Hauling water
is fine, but you can’t really leave it at the cabin for weeks at a
time without a good storage system and you need to treat it. If you
are planning to use the place for any amount of time, hauling water
gets pretty old.
Hit me off list if you want some ideas on lower cost options for well
and septic, we ended up doing a variety of things at the three
different shacks, some worked better than others.
Also, for inexpensive structures, have talked with some folks that
have had luck with shipping containers for the cabin. Can do some
pretty fancy stuff with them. We looked at that, but didn’t end up
going that route as one property had an old quanset we converted and
we had access to a lot of lumber at the others.
Regards,
David Coudron**
*From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of * Adam Moffett
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*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Buying land
Thankfully, I love bullets.
On 1/3/2021 4:48 AM, Steve Jones wrote:
If you can tolerate all 4 seasons in a day and an occasional bird
size mosquito Arkansas is the place to go. Just make sure to not
buy anything next to me if you dont like bullets
On Sun, Jan 3, 2021, 12:21 AM Cassidy B. Larson <c...@infowest.com
<mailto:c...@infowest.com>> wrote:
Sources of water or water rights for the property. Here they
don’t let you build a cabin without it.
Taxes. Not sure about your state, but here “greenbelt” (grazed
on/agricultural) land gets substantially lower tax rates. Make
friends with a live stock owner near your property to have
them graze yours so you don’t pay more than you should. Here
it’s a minimum of 5 acres to qualify.
Do you need to fence the property? Costs to maintain?
Easements/access agreements. Who bares the cost to maintain
the roads?
Good luck!
> On Jan 2, 2021, at 22:29, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com
<mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I'm poking around Zillow for a piece of cheap land.
>
> Basically looking for some place to play around in the
woods, with the possibility of building an off-grid camp/cabin
in the future.
>
> The pitfalls I'm aware of are wetlands and places with no
access. What else should I watch out for?'
>
>
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