One dream that I have for cheap living for housing, find more than 3 acres with a condemned house (It saves on the expense and running electric power, & water and sewer will be there).
1. Add a cement pad with hook-ups for a travel trailer.
2. Remove old house.
3. In time, add a tiny house & garage.
@NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou
@Bix @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou a condemned house will not necessarily have power, water or sewer, especially not on 3 acres, which would likely be out of town water/sewer district.
often abandoned houses are abandoned because the well or septic failed & the owner couldn't afford to replace them
@redenigma @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou
Correct, I have seen some with a working well and they would need a new septic system.
@Bix @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou make sure you have the well tested, including bacterial & PFAS/PFOS before plunking any money down...
@redenigma @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou
Sure, all of would need to checked - but, mainly, I would be buying the land.
In our 2nd house that we own near my in-laws, we had the well and the septic system inspected before we bought it.
@Bix @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou not all land, even land that was formerly occupied, will support wells & septic systems. sellers should be able to show that these systems are possible to buyers
@Bix @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou NH just made PFAS disclosure a requirement for sellers. i may never be able to get rid of this place, as i'm fairly certain the entire aquifer is contaminated
@redenigma @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou
I have noticed that the only land that doesn't fast around my home in the Washington, DC suburbs are ones that don't support a regular septic systems. Many times, it is because they are close to streams or rivers that feed into the Potomac River.
@Bix @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou i have 62 acres, which is a developer's dream... BUT of that 62 acres, you might be able to squeeze in one more house due to the soil types, and seasonal & full time streams & ponds (and dead people, upland wetlands, etc). you need to be able to keep well & septic radius over 75' apart and they can't cross lot lines either
@redenigma @Bix @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou I had a house with a well that were separated by less than 30 feet.
@BFBucky1 @redenigma @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou
Times and rules change. Buyers would need to check their county's rules.
@Bix @redenigma @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou I did put in a septic system. Times change!
@BFBucky1 @Bix @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou yeah, that was before people understood fecal contamination of wells...
i had a friend that sold her house & moved because Free Staters bought the house next door & used her well head as their manure pile area... (yes, it was on purpose)
@redenigma @Bix @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou I lived in an Amish farming area and we had many contaminated wells. Mine always tested OK but I had a ton of filters and a UV light.
@BFBucky1 @Bix @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou my place in NY has corn/soybean fields on 2 sides, hay field in the back & an apple orchard on the remaining side. the well is a dug well with water at 8 feet. i do NOT drink the water there
@redenigma @Bix @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou Some of the farms close to where I lived were having municipal waste out on the fields. We drank the water but it was very very filtered. The drinking water went thru a UV light and 5 filters. I considered reverse osmosis.
@Bix @NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou also, make sure tiny houses are legal before you buy land. many areas have minimums on square footage for dwellings