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[MossRoad]

There used to be a bigger per acre discount on large properties. Now, it seems like around me, a 50 acre property is running at least $9k/acre; and a 10 acre property might be $12/acre. Seems like 15 years ago, the % spread was bigger?

Yes, it's always been that way. Back in the late 80s we could by 1 acre lots in subdivisions for $15K, or 20 acres for $30K. (zoning prohibited anything under 20 acres with less than 600' of road frontage here).

Today, you can buy a 1 acre lot in a subdivision for $30-40K and 20 acre or larger parcels for around $8500 per acre, or $170K.

The land prices here started inflating rapidly in the early-mid 90s and has never stopped.

 

[MossRoad]

Ours is 300'... Need a big lump for that head

Ours is 60' and the water table is less than 30'. Gotta be very cognizant of ground water contamination potential. Oil changes, chemical spills, etc. could spoil your and everyone around you's wells.

 

[dodge man]

Your eating a meal there Arly, looks like home! The cost of the well scares you? What are they doing for water now? I’ve got a friend with a large camp property with a cabin and he buried a tank for water. Since he’s there part time he just hauls water on occasion and it works pretty good. That’s always an option. That would be a good first project for the JD when you buy one.

 

[ArlyA]

Guys, I'll try recall the well details the drilling guy told me. ------------------------------
Minim well depth was 40ft and most wells he does in that are are 40-50ft.

Minim distance between well and septic system is 50ft. This one is like 8!

A asked the driller about using the current system as non-potable only and he said "you can't do that" .

No sure if we could put in a potable tank or not.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

8' between septic and well???

 

[dodge man]

That keeps the well from going dry.

 

[paulsharvey]

40 ft for a potable well, wow. Don't know what the new house is, but old one was 105 ft, and still in the sand. Sure, you can hit water at 25-30 (in some areas all you need to do is kick the grass off and your at water table); but to get potable, I didn't think anything was less than 80 ft in the modern era.

 

[paulsharvey]

Wait; I'm confused; we might need to go 500ft, but then in a few posts down, most in the area are 50-60 ft? Are we missing a zero, did we add a zero, or is this specific property unique (top of a mountain), that neighbors are 50-60, but yours will need to be 500 ft; or am I miss reading everything?

 

[groundcover]

Well driller just bought a new boat !

 

[ArlyA]

Wait; I'm confused; we might need to go 500ft, but then in a few posts down, most in the area are 50-60 ft? Are we missing a zero, did we add a zero, or is this specific property unique (top of a mountain), that neighbors are 50-60, but yours will need to be 500 ft; or am I miss reading everything?

I never stated what the current well depth is and do not know it. The owner put it in, likely with a hammer knocking a sand point down. I would guess far less than 40ft. The driller did say he put in his close-by neighbors well in that was nearly 500ft deep. Plus he said there was variety of water formation depths in the area.