Hi Everyone, I'm new to this site but also very excited to be here. Having a log cabin out in the woods has been a long dream for me. My question is that to have a log cabin you must have the Land to put it on! I'm now living in south Fla. and really wanting to move sometime in the future. Does anyone know of any Cheap land for sale, Under 2K a acre or a goverment program to help with the purchase. I'm willing to look into the south eastern part of the country but will also consider anywhere. You also can get ahold of me at Hightide2004@yahoo.com Thanks for any info you can pass along.. Thxs.. Jay
LAND To Purchase???
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03/14/2008 - 03:17
For the Southeast, I say
For the Southeast, I say hands down, your best bet is Tennessee. Georgia is ridiculous in price, and the Carolinas aren't much better. A bit further from your requirements, would be Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, and West Virginia as good prospects for affordable land. Virginia also has some good prices in the Western part of the state.
03/15/2008 - 17:19
Georgia does have some areas
Georgia does have some areas still around 2-3k per acre, but not anywhere close to Atlanta. If things were a little different for me, and I wanted to stay in the south, I'd look closer at Alabama- from what I understand their building restrictions are easier to work with. The entire state of GA has adopted the latest code(IRC 2006) and though it is no problem to get a B&P log home to exceed code, there are more bureaucratic hoops to jump through(which means more time and money).
It is true that land has been 'skyrocketing' in GA lately. I know the area where I grew up was 3k/acre ten years ago, and now is running around 20k+ per acre. That is semi-rural land nearly an hour from Atlanta.
03/16/2008 - 11:00
Bigger is cheaper...?
Being from Canada, I'm curious? Is rural land generally cheaper in larger sections than smaller like it is up here? I know costs do vary a lot (location location location), but where I am, big acreage, generally goes for $500-$1500 per acre for plots over 50 acres, right up to 10k+ for smaller 1-10 acre lots. Only because the smaller ones are more popular for house builders, and the cost of serverencs and surveys to make smaller lots drives the cost waaay up. As an example, I paid a little over $1000/acre for our place but less than 2 km away, there are 3.3 acres lots selling for $33000.
03/17/2008 - 03:08
Washington
I'll be buying in North East Washington. I've got my eye on 30 acres with a year round stream, lots of trees and county frontage road, 4 miles from Lake Rosevelt for $60,000. On the other side of the lake and about 20 miles south there's 80 acres for $40,000. That land is Indian land and as I understand it you are under tribal rule for hunting regulations, but you do own the land, it is not a 99 year lease like other Indian land. Try Realtor.com and do a land search in any state. For Washington try washington.acreage.com
09/19/2008 - 12:11
After building a house where
After building a house where I live I think it is one of the cheapest places you could build and actually want to live when you got done. Not only is land reasonable...but it is often cheap close to a town. Also, almost all of materials and labor are cheaper too. Also, no building code or anything. I live about 5 miles from a town called Hartselle, AL. There is alot of land that is really rocky and wooded around me. Often it can be had for a song. It isn't very good for farming or grass, but it makes a great house-site because you can build off bedrock! I'm sure there are lots of places like my town due to the influx of americans into the city. If you just want a couple of acres, forget the magazines and advertised programs and pick the town you want to live in and go ask everyone who has land that you can buy. Around me, everyone has land that thier grandfather left them and they aren't doing anything with....they just need the proper persuasion to sell!
09/20/2008 - 16:17
deals in NE washington
can be had. I got turned on to this area from Rick Buchanan. I got 20 acres, a well, decent access, trees, a view, southern exposure for less than 40k. The well is what did it for me. if you were willing to truck in your water and didn't need trees, there were awesome views available up there for under 1k/acre. you could likely talk them down to 750 per.
In short, NE washington is beautiful, remote and cheap. The log home builder's dream. Thanks rick!
-Peter
(close on land middle of october!)
Joined: 2008-03-13