Like we had mentioned in our first post; it took us more than 3 years to find the land we liked. Needless to say, our requirements, budget and geographic area of search kept changing over that time period. The county offices have been surprisingly helpful and upfront with providing any information that we asked for.

Our experiences have covered the gamut – from  watching solar installers waiting for permits in the county offices, to losing a land to another buyer just the day we put in our offer, to walking around for miles looking for markings for land boundaries, to measuring radiation on a land located next to a power line and  even looking into US-DoT seized real property auctions.  The search involved multiple calls/visits to excavating companies, driveway installers, land surveyors, power/septic/well companies, department of taxation, planning and zoning offices, county health departments, county permit departments and even knocking on doors of people living adjacent to the land listed for sale.

We tried to be as flexible as possible with our requirements. However, a few things were absolute musts – distance from our primary residence, safety. accessibility during winter storms and adequate cell phone coverage.  We also wanted land with ‘character’ – a flat piece of open land was definitely out of the question. If it didn’t sing to us; it wasn’t worth pursuing.

We have talked about our experience with land hunting in the following videos. Hope you find it interesting…………..