Article XML http://www.yourloghomeshow.com/modules/article/view.article.php/9/c8 2010-07-29T20:42:37-00:00 http://www.yourloghomeshow.com/modules/article/ http://www.yourloghomeshow.com/modules/article/images/logo.png text/html 2006-11-14T01:51:44-00:00 http://www.yourloghomeshow.com/modules/article/ ChrisD http://www.yourloghomeshow.com/modules/article/view.article.php/9/c8 Category: Land<br />Subtitle: Dream land for a dream log home!<br />Keywords: LandHO<br />Summary: Everyone needs a place to put their dream home... here's a bit about our land search and discovery!Finding undeveloped land where we wanted was a 9-month process for us. We made a list of everything we wanted. Best to be SPECIFIC!! For us, it was:<br /><ul><br /> <li>trees </li><br /> <li>dead-end road </li><br /> <li>few neighbors </li><br /> <li>city water </li><br /> <li>reasonable driving distance to highway (to get to city/work) </li><br /> <li>north of city </li><br /> <li>county with at least SOME building code restrictions (didn't want someone to build a county dump next door!) </li><br /> <li>highway/road noise minimal or not heard </li><br /></ul><br /><br />We did indeed find much of what we wanted. Ended up on well water, but found out that the wells on surrounding property were producing good, clean (relatively sulfer-free) water. <br /><br />Ultimately, we did find land through a Realtor who gave us a list based on our criteria. We did everything from watching the newspaper to driving around and knocking on doors if we saw something interesting. Never hurts to ask; plus, you can see how friendly your neighbors might be. ;) Perhaps that only works out here in the friendly midwest.<br />