Looking To Buy Some Land (finally)

[Magneto]

Now that the wife and I have paid the house and mini van off we are starting to look for some land in the boonies. This would be to eventually build an off-grid retirement home on down the road. Near term possibly to put a trailer on to stay in on the weekends. I want something I can get a well drilled on, and mostly if not all wooded. Not a big amount probably no more than 3 acres. I am pretty excited to start looking (we may go on our first drive to look at some parcels this weekend).

 

[ditcherman]

Now that the wife and I have paid the house and mini van off we are starting to look for some land in the boonies. This would be to eventually build an off-grid retirement home on down the road. Near term possibly to put a trailer on to stay in on the weekends. I want something I can get a well drilled on, and mostly if not all wooded. Not a big amount probably no more than 3 acres. I am pretty excited to start looking (we may go on our first drive to look at some parcels this weekend).

The counties I’m familiar with won’t even allow trailers, even if you promise it’s only during construction of a house, and many require 5 acre minimum to build on.

Wonder how widespread through the state this is? Of course, I’m in the opposite of the boonies now, terrible ugly growth coming right at us .

Congratulations and good luck.

 

[Ingomike]

The counties I’m familiar with won’t even allow trailers, even if you promise it’s only during construction of a house, and many require 5 acre minimum to build on.

Wonder how widespread through the state this is? Of course, I’m in the opposite of the boonies now, terrible ugly growth coming right at us .

Congratulations and good luck.

And minimum road frontage requirements.

 

[Ingomike]

Now that the wife and I have paid the house and mini van off we are starting to look for some land in the boonies. This would be to eventually build an off-grid retirement home on down the road. Near term possibly to put a trailer on to stay in on the weekends. I want something I can get a well drilled on, and mostly if not all wooded. Not a big amount probably no more than 3 acres. I am pretty excited to start looking (we may go on our first drive to look at some parcels this weekend).

Might read this and see how the info goes with your plans.

How Much Land Do You Need To Feed Your Family SHTF?

This was an interesting article I came across recently and wanted to share. I talk to folks that raise a garden and they think it will sustain them in bad times. It takes way more than most of us think it does. I get a chuckle out of the naiveté exhibited saying I'm going to hunt deer and my...

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[bwframe]

What about a project like this?

I went looking for a mess...

And I found one! Boy howdy did I find a mess, but this is a jewel in the rough (again), and just needs some TLC and a lot of spit and polish. For those who read about my last fiasco bidding on property at auction (whole different thread), this situation is different. I don't close for another...

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[Leadeye]

Now that the wife and I have paid the house and mini van off we are starting to look for some land in the boonies. This would be to eventually build an off-grid retirement home on down the road. Near term possibly to put a trailer on to stay in on the weekends. I want something I can get a well drilled on, and mostly if not all wooded. Not a big amount probably no more than 3 acres. I am pretty excited to start looking (we may go on our first drive to look at some parcels this weekend).

Should be something you want not far from New Albany. Get recent plat books for the counties you are interested in, real estate agents often mislead customers about HNF access.

 

[xwing]

The counties I’m familiar with won’t even allow trailers, even if you promise it’s only during construction of a house, and many require 5 acre minimum to build on.

Wonder how widespread through the state this is? Of course, I’m in the opposite of the boonies now, terrible ugly growth coming right at us .

Varies widely. No rules at all in my county. (and it's why I'll never leave). If you pick a county with a small population, there are generally no or very few building rules.

 

[42769vette]

Varies widely. No rules at all in my county. (and it's why I'll never leave). If you pick a county with a small population, there are generally no or very few building rules.

My county population is right at 7k (atleast last I heard). You have to have 2 acres here, and a permanent structure

 

[Ingomike]

HNF access

What is this?

 

[Creedmoor]

What is this?

Hoosier National Forest

 

[Leadeye]

What is this?

When your property joins the HNF it has it's good and bad issues, but mostly good. In addition to my own ground it gives me about 3000 additional acres to walk around on. Real estate people see it as a plus and lots of land joins the HNF so it's important to know if what you are buying really does.

I've disappointed some new neighbors that I caught hunting on my ground, they were told by the real estate agent that my ground was HNF.

 

[xwing]

My county population is right at 7k (atleast last I heard). You have to have 2 acres here, and a permanent structure

Seems really restrictive! Time to get out and vote in some different county leadership!

 

[miguel]

Now that the wife and I have paid the house and mini van off we are starting to look for some land in the boonies. This would be to eventually build an off-grid retirement home on down the road. Near term possibly to put a trailer on to stay in on the weekends. I want something I can get a well drilled on, and mostly if not all wooded. Not a big amount probably no more than 3 acres. I am pretty excited to start looking (we may go on our first drive to look at some parcels this weekend).

Are you committed to Indiana?

 

[Magneto]

Are you committed to Indiana?

My wife is open to Eastern Kentucky where I have family (Olive Hill/Elliott County area). Currently, I would like to stay local due to older family but Eastern Kentucky is not out of the question.

 

[42769vette]

Seems really restrictive! Time to get out and vote in some different county leadership!

I think the goal of some small communities is to keep them small numbers, larger tracts of land (think ag not subdivision)

The goal of elected leadership is to represent their community's wishes. Not to grow the population. My community is small, and God willing we will stay that way. I wouldn't dream of voting in different leadership that wouldn't represent the county's wishs.

 

[ditcherman]

Seems really restrictive! Time to get out and vote in some different county leadership!

You want every poor that can afford a half an acre and a pop up camper to have a spot to trash?

Not saying everyone would do that, but enough would to have a negative impact.

 

[xwing]

I wouldn't dream of voting in different leadership that wouldn't...

You want every poor that can afford a half an acre and a pop up camper to have a spot to trash?

I want less government (and preferably no government) interference in my life. I thoroughly enjoy living in a place where I can do whatever I want on my own land without government interference. There is already far too much federal and state interference, and that's bad enough. I want a county that stays out of my business... (I want a state and federal government that stays out of my business too. No luck on the federal side with the authoritarians in control right now. And only partial luck on the state side. While I am glad to have escaped the loathsome and unbearable regulations of Illinois, Indiana has plenty of room to improve as well!)

Evidently you prefer a county government with more laws and regulations, and which has more restrictions on landowners. Of course that's your right, but I always think less governmental regulation of all kind is better.

 

[42769vette]

I'm a fan of limited government interface, but No one is a fan of no government interface.

For instance, should your up stream neighbor be allowed to dump toxic waste into his creek? It is his creek after all. Of course not, because that affects you and everyone else down stream, as well as the wildlife.

Should a man be allowed to have sex with his 5 year old? It is HIS kid. Of course not.

im all for if it doesn't affect me, its none of my concern. Regulations like we are talking about are something that affects me In terms of property value, and environment.

Requiring 2 acres and a perminate structure is not asking a lot (pole barns are simple).

 

[Ingomike]

You want every poor that can afford a half an acre and a pop up camper to have a spot to trash?

Not saying everyone would do that, but enough would to have a negative impact.

I want less government (and preferably no government) interference in my life. I thoroughly enjoy living in a place where I can do whatever I want on my own land without government interference. There is already far too much federal and state interference, and that's bad enough. I want a county that stays out of my business... (I want a state and federal government that stays out of my business too. No luck on the federal side with the authoritarians in control right now. And only partial luck on the state side. While I am glad to have escaped the loathsome and unbearable regulations of Illinois, Indiana has plenty of room to improve as well!)

Evidently you prefer a county government with more laws and regulations, and which has more restrictions on landowners. Of course that's your right, but I always think less governmental regulation of all kind is better.

Ditcherman is living in reality, xwing, you are wanting utopia.

We all want less government in our lives. It is unrealistic to think there can be NO laws or regulations, people are not built that way. Reminds me of some friends that had and wanted no zoning in their township, changed their mind quickly when several scrapyards were started near them and there was nothing they could do.

Post wuwho flu the demand for rural property to get out of cities is huge, without regulations they literally would be on every half acre, a half acre in the country usually will not support a septic system or much else. That is near subdivision lot size.

 

[ditcherman]

I want less government (and preferably no government) interference in my life. I thoroughly enjoy living in a place where I can do whatever I want on my own land without government interference. There is already far too much federal and state interference, and that's bad enough. I want a county that stays out of my business... (I want a state and federal government that stays out of my business too. No luck on the federal side with the authoritarians in control right now. And only partial luck on the state side. While I am glad to have escaped the loathsome and unbearable regulations of Illinois, Indiana has plenty of room to improve as well!)

Evidently you prefer a county government with more laws and regulations, and which has more restrictions on landowners. Of course that's your right, but I always think less governmental regulation of all kind is better.

Oh I bet we’re on the same ‘less government’ team.

I have no idea what you have or where/how you live so won’t make any judgements, but if you had something remote but the land around it wasn’t yours or locked up then you might want some rules involved to help your neighbors not be able to completely depreciate what you have worked for.
Does that not seem reasonable to you?

I enjoy hearing people complain about the government and then going off on a rant about how lines on the roads are an intrusion in our lives, and don’t get me started on stop signs. They look at you funny after you make those points.
Where do you draw the line?