Got to love developments in rural areas

[Oaktree]

You've probably not read the deeds to your properties closely enough... Usually there will be a page attached that says, "exceptions".

Nope. Nothing of the sort. The closest thing is that I have deeded access to my well, which is on someone else's property (that land once went with this house, but not during my lifetime).

As Jstpssng noted, this type of restriction (ie water, mineral, etc.) rights tends to be more of a "western" thing. Many deeds, especially in rural areas trace back to the 1700s.

 

[Dftodd]

I'd be bored out of my skull. One of the nice things about living in the sticks is that there's always something to do. Not much of one for "city" activities.

Of course it helps that good health runs on both sides of the family, my 94 year old mother is still living in the house I grew up in. I might think otherwise if either my wife or I had health issues. The thought of living in suburbia or the city is not appealing in the least.

Well, I guess I'm not so bored that I'd really want to have to maintain a really long driveway.

While I can be a bit of a hermit, I'm not anti-social, have no interest in avoiding people. Just like a little "elbow room".

I was pushing mowing my ditch on both sides which was around 365'. Then started doing the elderly neighbors ditch which was another 365'.

After we put our house on the market, he found someone to mow the ditch for $25

I told him that I wished he had found that person sooner. I would have told the dude to text me the day before he was coming out and his cash would have been under the door mat waiting for him

That bloody ditch was no joke.

We've adjusted well. Wife and I have been finding and doing activities we normally didn't get a chance to do. Like going to the lake and renting kayak's to putter around on.

Taking the pooch over to the walking trail for a hike.

And wrangling the 15 month old grandson. Who absolutely loves taking our shepherd for walks. I'm gonna have to watch him when he gets a little bigger. As it is, if I get up and start putting on my shoes, he heads straight for the leash.

He gets a little bigger, he'll have the leash on her and out the door before I get my shoes on. Darn shepherd already has been teaching him. If he's getting into mischief, the shepherd is right there next to him instigating

 

[Jstpssng]

If he's getting into mischief, the shepherd is right there next to him instigating

Every dog deserves a good kid!

 

[DrRod]

Yep -- a conservationist is someone who built his cabin last year.

 

[aczlan]

It's also something you are more apt to see in younger vs colonial states.

No, it's just in the "Colonial states" you're more likely to see deed restrictions in the form of an easement for access or restrictions on development going forward versus somebody selling oil, mineral or water rights separately from their land.

Aaron Z

 

[Sigarms]

We took a drive into Winston from another road where we hit that same road in the article I posted. Couple of miles down the road (generally when I come home that way, I hang a left and don't keep going straight to where we drove by yesterday), large new development, perhaps 25 larger 3 story homes all about 20 yards from each other (wood fences between all the homes where the back yards faced the road with each yard having a trampoline and grill). Wife commented how the houses looked nice, but they all had the same color of vinyl siding and all the cluster of houses had the same color.

Coming back, we could see where some newer developments were being laid with a sign in the field.

Wife commented that although she wants to severely downsize our home in the future, overall, where we live isn't to bad if we ever get hit with the zombie apocalypse LOL

She did mention however for the first time that perhaps selling our larger home with 8 acres (or more) but subdivide and keep 20 acres for us to perhaps build (or just plain keep) may be an option.

God only knows when the best time will to build a home in the future. Hopefully by that time, pricing will have come down.

 

[Jstpssng]

You're in a better position than some. If material prices stay up, that will also enhance the retail value of your existing home.

 

[Sigarms]

You're in a better position than some. If material prices stay up, that will also enhance the retail value of your existing home.

Close to 17 years ago when we took out two loans, one for the house with 8 acres and the other for the additional 30 acres (which the owner gave us the option to buy within a year if we sold our current home, yes carrying two mortgages at the time of this house purchase), I can assure you I didn't think I was in a better position LOL.

That said, just paid the additional land off completely just the other month and now only have the house with 8 acres.

Actually probably about 7-8 years into the land loan, we started second guessing why did we buy all the land when we don't really farm it? (at the end of the day, we just didn't want people building anything in our backyard).

Everybody told me they don't make land anymore, and although 3.3k per acre seemed kind of high to me at the time we bought it, I'm grateful I listened to all those people back then.

 

[tradosaurus]

We took a drive into Winston from another road where we hit that same road in the article I posted. Couple of miles down the road (generally when I come home that way, I hang a left and don't keep going straight to where we drove by yesterday), large new development, perhaps 25 larger 3 story homes all about 20 yards from each other (wood fences between all the homes where the back yards faced the road with each yard having a trampoline and grill). Wife commented how the houses looked nice, but they all had the same color of vinyl siding and all the cluster of houses had the same color.

Coming back, we could see where some newer developments were being laid with a sign in the field.

Wife commented that although she wants to severely downsize our home in the future, overall, where we live isn't to bad if we ever get hit with the zombie apocalypse LOL

She did mention however for the first time that perhaps selling our larger home with 8 acres (or more) but subdivide and keep 20 acres for us to perhaps build (or just plain keep) may be an option.

God only knows when the best time will to build a home in the future. Hopefully by that time, pricing will have come down.

What size is your house now?

My wife knows that the house we have now is the house we will die in.

 

[Sigarms]

What size is your house now?

My wife knows that the house we have now is the house we will die in.

3 story, 3,500 sq feet.

My dad lives in the furnished basement. The rest of us sleep on the 3rd floor.

My wife is so done with a 3 story house and my wife is 150% positive we will sell it in due time