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A most interesting thread.
A couple of questions NMW: do you get water rights with a land purchase? If so is there any limitation on volume extracted?
 
Wiley said:
A most interesting thread.
A couple of questions NMW: do you get water rights with a land purchase? If so is there any limitation on volume extracted?
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Yes, you get water rights. A livestock well is generally permitted for 1 acre foot per year, but that is completely unmetered/unregulated.
 
We have so much room per person in Australia its not funny. Some towns will fine you if you try park anywhere except the caravan (trailer) park. Even if you are fully self contained this can apply. My club is buying/leasing its own parks (just water and dump point -no power $3 a night/person) We have a dozen or more now and we want lots more -power to the people. It's not easy to get around council laws here either. It is all about control using environment and safety as the way to enforce it.
 
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I was out that way today so I took some pics. Ranch is one section of deeded land (1 square mile/640 acres). There is a 16 section BLM lease that can go with it. It's about 15 miles on a dirt road north of HWY380, about 12 miles east of the Rio Grande. There are NO utilities anywhere close, and your phone won't work. House runs on solar and windmill. I don't know asking price, but you won't find cheaper land. I would guess $500,000 plus the house, but if you're really interested, call the number. You will have to occasionally vacate so that White Sands Missile Range can practice, and low flying fighter jets are common. This is the most New Mexico piece of land ever. If you climb the nearest tall hill, you can see for miles, and you still can't see your neighbors. You can do whatever you want out here. You'll never need a permit, you'll never see an inspector, but you'll never get a cop or a fire truck either. To me, it's heaven. If you buy it, I'll show you all the cool old silver mines and natural springs in the area.

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Define, "occasionally vacate"?!
 
eddie1261 said:
You toss $500,000 around like I have that saved in coffee cans buried in my yard.
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Haha, not me, but some people do. It's a good price...PER ACRE. You'd be surprised how easy it can be to get an FSA loan though.
 

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You also need to find an unincorporated area that will allow you to build without city utilities. They are getting harder to find. I did a lot of research about this when I was looking for a home base property for an RV and Texas or New Mexico seemed to be the front runners. Nevada as well. Arizona somewhat but not as much as the others. Check Nye County Nevada. Near Pahrump. And no tornado means no Oklahoma, Kansas or Arkansas. And western Missouri. Everywhere you go in the country has SOMETHING. Earthquakes and wildfires out west, tornado alley in the midwest, the hurricanes in the east and the southeast coast, the humidity in the North and South Carolina areas..... Every time I think about finding Utopia I realize that winters in Ohio are, on average, not that bad. We get one nasty blast of cold and snow that lasts 7-10 days and then it's back to mid 20s and tolerable amounts of snow. But for solar power, you likely want the southwest to have sunshine all year. Solar where I am, for example, would be fine from May through September, and then in October we start seeing progressively less sun, until February when we wonder if we will ever see the sun again. Until April when it stats being sunny every day. That sunlight map Svetz posted should be your guiding light. (See what I did there?)
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Did you settle on a piece of land?
 
In Michigan you cannot have any minor children in a house without utility hookups (and appliances) for electricity and heat. People have had their kids taken away in one case when they lived off grid.
 
As I recall there is a significant Amish population in several settlements in Michigan, I'm not aware they are being held to the on grid requirement.
 
Do like alot of us and just RV. Not worth buying land with zoning out of control anyway. They can literally turn on a dime and you're screwed.
 
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Ped said:
Do like alot of us and just RV. Not worth buying land with zoning out of control anyway. They can literally turn on a dime and screwed.
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Not literally, but I totally agree.
 
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Coconino County AZ. lookup the building codes. the tiny home program also. but you would have snow.
 
AZ and NM? Is there water on those properties? I have a little place in the Ozarks. Yea we get snow.. once in awhile and yes it does storm here, but I have a nice cold spring feeding water to my Cabin. In my opinion, way more important than electricity. Shelter, Water, Food and then fun with the sun.
 

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AZ and NM? Is there water on those properties? I have a little place in the Ozarks. Yea we get snow.. once in awhile and yes it does storm here, but I have a nice cold spring feeding water to my Cabin. In my opinion, way more important than electricity. Shelter, Water, Food and then fun with the sun.
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Depends on the area you are looking at and the cost to drill a well in that area. Lots of people decide to do their own rainwater harvesting and or water haul. Some of the POA's offer a shared well on the ranches... the lot I own is this way - 42 acres and I pay $160 yearly for water and road maintenance (will be moving there permanently this year I hope).

I lived in MO for 8 years and the Ozarks area was nice - but I can do without the chiggers, ticks etc -- and forget about the humidity - absolutely off the charts from June-Sept... worse than coastal NC where I live now.
 
South Carolina! LOL this is what I have been pandering myself get some land build small metal building and small living area inside.
 
monty said:
Depends on the area you are looking at and the cost to drill a well in that area. Lots of people decide to do their own rainwater harvesting and or water haul. Some of the POA's offer a shared well on the ranches... the lot I own is this way - 42 acres and I pay $160 yearly for water and road maintenance (will be moving there permanently this year I hope).

I lived in MO for 8 years and the Ozarks area was nice - but I can do without the chiggers, ticks etc -- and forget about the humidity - absolutely off the charts from June-Sept... worse than coastal NC where I live now.
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I totally understand the humidity, tick's and chiggers comment.. thank god for rynoskinz.
 
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