Just purchased 1.1 acres of land need help on house orientation layout
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Comments (5)Another option, which depends heavily on available cutomers, is you-pick, either berries, fruit, flowers or veggies. BUT, you have to have a customer base within an hour, half an hour is better, and you have to be willing to be there to supervise, whenever you are open, as the honor system may not work too well. You also have to plant, maintain and generally take care of your berries, etc., as well as provide some sort of shelter and security for your cash box for you or whoever is overseeing. Equipment, if only mowers, and buckets (at cost) for the spur-of-the-moment picker who doesn't bring their own, will also be needed, and either a bathroom or porta-potty, esp. if you want to attract families with children. I have heard that providing picnic tables is NOT a good idea - between the mess and kids running around getting into things, it's a lot more trouble than it's worth. You might be better, esp. if there is a slaughter house nearby, to grow grass-fed beef, pork or chickens, letting the customer handle the butchering. If you do it, you will need a lot more equipment and certification, which can add up to big bucks. Don't try for certified organic, at least in the beginning - it takes 5 years of not using any chemicals/antibiotics etc. to get certification, anyway. If you can combine raising hens for eggs and birds for slaughter, free-range eggs could also be a possibility. Milking goats and possibly processing that for cheese, etc. is another possibility, but which also needs careful attention to detail, cleanliness and possibly certification/inspection. As well, where are you going to get your animals - will you be raising your own, will you be buying them in, etc., etc.? Raising young stock to be able to pasture them, if not letting mamas raise them, breeding, and the vet bills that can go with it, over-wintering, haying, storage, shelter, etc., etc., all need to be thought out and planned for. I'm not saying you can't make a living on the land, just that you need to think things through very carefully before and while you are doing it. Read some of Joel Salatin's books, as well as anything else you can find on grass-grazing. If you are going to do it right with cattle, you should fence off areas and move the cattle every few days, so they are always on fresh grass, and the grazed areas can recover and grow up again. Access to water, etc., needs to be carefully planned as well....See Morecheapest land per acre in the U.S.A.
Comments (107)It really depends on where you want to buy the land. There are cheaper land parcels in New York and Arkansas. I've researched several sites and this one happens to be the best: More cheap land can be found at http://www.CheapLands.com More information about Cheap Lands: Cheap Lands, Inc. specializes in various types of land properties comprised of residential and commercial land. The land is primarily undeveloped, which often allows the buyer to make use of the land for a multitude of reasons. Buyers looking for land lots at affordable prices may find that it suits their needs. When it comes to finding the cheapest land in the the USA, a leading place to search for land for sale in America can be found at the link above. Some potential land uses for different parcels we offer may include some of the possible uses depending on the property: residential land, development land, hunting land, land to fish on, land that can be used for farms (farmland), vacant land, raw land, recreational land, undeveloped land, agricultural land, industrial land, mixed-use land, waterfront land, waterview land, land with membership benefits (like golfing) and other possibilities. Many users may want to use the land for a variety of reasons including off-the-grid purposes as well as land to build a house, build a cabin, bring a trailer, bring a recreational vehicle (RV), build a manufactured home / mobile home / prefabricated (prefab) home, mud home, homes that use solar power/energy for off-the-grid living purposes, land for camping, outdoor use, timber use, etc. The real estate may be located in multiple regions near mountains, lakes, streams, rivers, oceans, creeks, etc. In regards to location, the land may be located in the city, country, unincorporated areas, the desert, planned communities, and other highly desired areas all across the country, which can be domestically found in the United States. Many low down money options are available including seller / owner financing with easy terms and 0% interest...See MoreStill waiting for land title after 1 1/2 years
Comments (16)NoTitle Insurance mentioned? Sorry I cannot be of any help but this is a good lesson for anyone considering a land/property purchase. Even after due diligence, don't agree to purchase property or land without adequate title insurance. One needs to cover one's investment; it's true title insurance costs money but money worth spent especially when spending a significant amount on the purchase. A copy of a title insurance is almost as important as the land deed. For my coast to coast land purchase last year, I paid a couple of thousand for title insurance; it ensured a risk free transaction and covers me for a host of other unforeseen issues way into the future till I own the land. Zero lawyers were involved in the deal though it is advisable to engage a land attorney if one is not confident about understanding the fine print of any document....See MoreHelp with home orientation + layout suggestions
Comments (43)@Columbus Custom Design Thank you for the feedback! You do raise a couple of important points. First, sorry for the resolution of the pictures. I tried a different PDF to JPG converter and I can read them fine. But when I upload to Houzz their compression is making it undreadable :( I will figure out a way to get better pictures in the thread but will look up your profile and e-mail as well. I agree the great room is a bit small. It's actually only 18 by 18. We modeled the size based on the room that we have right now, but it is not a main traffic area, like this one would be. We are definitely thinking about increasing it to 20x20. Perhaps also getting rid of the bottom walkway. Red-faced to admit it, but we never host dinner parties and the like, so dining area is used once in every 6 blue moons :/ We do however, for some reason (cough wife), have nice dining room furniture, so that's the reason for the dining room. With two kids, I agree that the mud room/drop area could be bigger. Right now the built ins have space for 3 slots. This home will be in the south, so thankfully coats are less of an issue and could perhaps be stored in the closet by the master. I did have that debate about merging the powder room and guest bathroom with my wife last night. Her point was "how soon till either of our parents come live with us?" In that sense I can see using the guest bedroom as an in-law suite would mean the powder room needs to remain. For the kitchen, the designer mentioned maybe shrinking the size of the hood, and getting another set of cabinets in. We are also debating the following: great room is vaulted, breakfast nook is vaulted, and kitchen follows the great room vault. This is creating some weird ceiling lines (maybe it's just the 3d software being used at the moment). We are thinking about maybe keeping the vault in the great room and breakfast nook, but doing the kitchen regular ceiling height (10 feet). This might give us a more intimate kitchen with the varied heights? As a bonus, it would allow us to make the 2nd floor BR4 a bit bigger too. The breakfast area, for us, is the actual gathering area. We have a large granite table (seats 8) that is our meal, homework, crafts, talking, etc table. Currently our morning room is 12 x 15.5 so this is a little smaller but I think still works. I agree, the sitting area in the master gives the house a lot of visual appeal from the outside. It would also have terrific views as it will be surrounded by nearly 120 degrees of lake view. For the foyer, we are thinking about dressing it up with wainscot on the wall that will carry on into the dining room area. It will just be a 10 foot ceiling. Maybe a coffered ceiling as well. I believe both the walls of the stairway up are load bearing, so I'm unsure if any 2 story features are possible. Thanks again for all the feedback!...See MorePatricia Colwell Consulting
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