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Critique this house 11 acres
drobs
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Year built 2005
11 acres
2300 sqft
"Year round" creek in back, down hill corner, of property.
No garage but small unattached workshop building.
Price 116k
House is down hill from road not visible from road. To get to the house you have to take 2 gravel roads. Nearest neighbor is 2 city blocks away on other side of road not visible from house.
has:
Well
Septic
Furnace
Water heater
Electric
Central Air
Needs:
Stove
Dishwasher
washer
dryer
gravel driveway
Would like to add:
garage or barn
Wood Burning stove
Road
Front of house faces back of property
Back of house faces road.
Unattached shop building.
Inside shop buiding
Kitchen, dinning room, formal living room, 1 bath and master bedroom, are upstairs. 2 bedrooms and 1 bath are downstairs.
kitchen
Dining room
master bedroom
Down stairs
"Swiming pool"
I don't like the raised deck and find the upstairs kitchen kind of strange. I wish it had more land. I do like it was built in 2005 is big, new, private, and really afordable.
What say you?
11 acres
2300 sqft
"Year round" creek in back, down hill corner, of property.
No garage but small unattached workshop building.
Price 116k
House is down hill from road not visible from road. To get to the house you have to take 2 gravel roads. Nearest neighbor is 2 city blocks away on other side of road not visible from house.
has:
Well
Septic
Furnace
Water heater
Electric
Central Air
Needs:
Stove
Dishwasher
washer
dryer
gravel driveway
Would like to add:
garage or barn
Wood Burning stove
Road
Front of house faces back of property
Back of house faces road.
Unattached shop building.
Inside shop buiding
Kitchen, dinning room, formal living room, 1 bath and master bedroom, are upstairs. 2 bedrooms and 1 bath are downstairs.
kitchen
Dining room
master bedroom
Down stairs
"Swiming pool"
I don't like the raised deck and find the upstairs kitchen kind of strange. I wish it had more land. I do like it was built in 2005 is big, new, private, and really afordable.
What say you?
Comments
All I can say is get a bumb waiter. Humping up munchables to upstairs kitchen will suck. The cool part is you can keep a deep freeze on the bottom floor or move the kitchen down eventually. I recon the up stairs kitchen can be converted to a second master or a shared bath two rooms.
Most of your needs can be had later that is if you don't already have them. Wood burning stove would be on the "Need List" before dishwasher.
Say the "upper deck" is that attatched to the kitchen if so BBQing would be great.
Around these parts, land is running $3k to $4.5k/acre plus ~$35/foot for out buildings and $2.5k for well/septic. Homes are running $85+/foot...
If it were here, you would see a price tag of about... $245k-$270k
I'd say, depending on where it's at, you've got the making of good deal...
Do some hoemwork and see what homes within a couple of miles or less have sold for in the last 6-9 months.
If it's within the same range... Good deal if not... negotiate...
I kind a like it. The back of the house is screaming add ons. It's also flat so that's nice.
All I can say is get a bumb waiter. Humping up munchables to upstairs kitchen will suck. The cool part is you can keep a deep freeze on the bottom floor or move the kitchen down eventually. I recon the up stairs kitchen can be converted to a second master or a shared bath two rooms.
Most of your needs can be had later that is if you don't already have them. Wood burning stove would be on the "Need List" before dishwasher.
Say the "upper deck" is that attatched to the kitchen if so BBQing would be great.
Upper deck is off the kitchen. Area around the house is flat but the house is down hill from the road and the back yard slopes further down.
House is 1/2 way into the property and isn't visible from the road.
So you think you'll try living off the grid? I mean I see a gas tank so a couple of solar panel will get you done.
Definitely has potential....
heat is gas or electric?
A NG whole house generator 8-10KW would be on my priority list- about $5000
Where on the 11 acre lot is the house located? middle, front back?
I like it!! Wife and I just bought a place on 6 acres on the side of a mountain, its great living out in the country, as soon as tax refund season gets here I'll be getting that whole house generator
quote:Originally posted by select-fire
to each their own, I don't like the elevation ( slope ) of the home. You will learn to hate it also. Been there and done that. You will need a tractor to keep your drive graded. Add for a garage.
That's my issue with it too. Mowing that lawn is going to be a pain. Keeping gravel on the driveway is going to be a pain. Going up that hill in the winter is going to be a pain. Raised deck will need to be replaced at some point.
But I keep coming back to new-affordable-big house aspect.
Drop ceiling????
Jump on it if you are okay with the location. Personally, we prefer a house in a neighborhood.
Take a good close look at the drywall, especially in corners. I can see obvious seams in the drywall on those pics. Drywall finish is a good indicator of how well the rest of the house is built. When someone half * finishs the drywall it's a good clue they did everything that is hidden the same way or worse.
EDIT:
Also keep in mind if it's a foreclosure the house will be sold as is, no coming back on them even if the house literally falls down on itself the day after you buy it.
If you are going to live in a rural area, why would you want to not be able to enjoy the view? I wouldn't want to see nothing but the road and the driveway if I can look out over a valley and mother nature's bounty.
Also, how much driveway do you need to add/fix? Gravel can add up pretty quick if much is needed.
i have no idea what the country is like where it is, but if it`s snow country you might have trouble getting in and out in winter.
SUV with all wheel drive will get you through just about anything central MO can throw at you. Your Nissan Altima is not the vehicle to own when living in that house. Ground clearance and all wheel drive will make lfe much easier out there.
I don't believe it's a mobile home. I was wrong on the square footage. It's 2320 not 2300. The drop ceiling in the basement is strange to me too. Seems like it should have a dry walled ceiling.
Foundation around the basement - lower level goes about 3 feet high.
Thinking this would be an upgrade from that double wide mobil home I was looking at but the double wide was a better deal.
My daughter and her husband have a house very similar to that one. It sits on the side of a hill, and is full of stairs. I don't like it myself, but they have adapted to that style. I'm too old and my knees are too bad to take much of that climbing.
The price sounds good, but like some others have said, driveway maintenance and mowing are going to become a headache. Look for deposits of gravel in spots and you will see where the problems are with the driveway. A heavy rain will cause the gravel to flow along with the water causing washouts and ruts.
Also a 4WD tractor like a Kubota, Kioti, John Deere, etc. is going to be mandatory to keep the grounds mowed and the driveway maintained. Then if you spend that kind of money on a tractor, you are going to want to get it under some kind of permanent secure structure ASAP.
Good Luck.
(what would Rawles say about it?)
It sounds like a great value, for the prices I know where I live.
Carrying groceries upstairs is not as big of a challenge as it sounds that getting gravity-flow water into Kit and M bath would be.
Those are some expensive windows.
If you have not already, I would recommend that you read these profiles.
http://www.survivalblog.com/profiles.html
I printed all 76 pages, hole-punched, and added to my .000 (Patriots) binder.
Looks like a dense cover around the perimeter.
Can't get over that ugly looking raised deck. Sloped land and drop ceiling. Roof line looks like a trailer.
Passing on this one too. Thanks for all the comments.
Can't get over that ugly looking raised deck. Sloped land and drop ceiling. Roof line looks like a trailer.
drobs, be very careful on foreclosure property!! I speak from experience, we are trying to close on a HUD owned property and it has been nothing less than a nightmare. Don't think for a minute that HUD is trying to get good people into good homes- they are a typical freaking gov't agency. DO NOT trust a HUD inspection, pay a couple of hundred to get your own done, BEFORE you put earnest money down or be prepared for a surprise or 2. And the most important thing is to get a Realtor AND Lendor who have dealt and really understand how foreclosures work. There are many programs (FHA 203K and Fannie Mae homerenovation loans) that my original realtor and lendor didn't have a clue/ didn't want to mess with, that could really help you. Good luck to you and happy hunting! Brian