Well, there goes the neighborhood!

[Marty]

Last year's statistics came available.

In 2005, we had 21 homes built up here on my side of the mountain alone. I think the saying goes that if you can last up here two years then you can make it. I know a lot of people don't, and pack up and leave. They should have done more research before buying because the culture shock gets them every time. You either love it or hate it. I've had two sets of new neighbors across the road leave in two years. The new ones are real nice, so I hope they stay. People here are good and nice. The only "bad guy neighbor" we had left a while ago and went back up north.

Developers are coming out of nowhere building some amazing and very beautiful homes, and that's good for our flooring business.

All the new people are from out of state. I know when we left Florida it was already so over crowded but I didn't expect it to happen here. I've noticed quite a bit more traffic going by too because we live on the main drag up here. Funny though, they seem to think they need license tags and insurance and driver's licenses for these roads..... :lol: And what's this? I see sportscars!!!!!!!!! Holy moley what next? Move over mule teams.

I'm not sure how anyone even finds this area. We pretty much just fell into it. But it's amazing that people are flocking up here in droves. It must be the "cheap" cost of living and taxes here and availability of the land.

We are on a "corner" so-to-speak and have our own road that runs around out property:

so we don't have any troubles with people having to share our fence line, but boy they are getting close!

We aren't hardly secluded anymore at all like we were. I think we are going to be growing trees on the perimeter for a big more privacy now.

I did have to chuckle though when I met some newbies at the general store up here. They all seem to ask the same question that I did when I first moved here: "when are they going to build a safer road?" .....ain't gonna happen in this lifetime.........hehe They have much to learn.

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[JO~*]

Its happening here to.... wantta learn about bamboo with me :bgrin

 

[Kathy2m]

Marty, I had some friends move to Adamsville, from florida, one will be moving back she made it about 2 years. Kathy

 

[minisaremighty]

I can't say I'm suprised. I live in one of the top 25 fastest growing areas in the country (and we are in the top 25 for the most over inflated property values too, they went up 25% just last year, not counting the outrageous inflation the year before). There are so many other places in this country that are following suit and people are just looking to find someplace affordable. A home I sold in 2003 for $125,000 just sold for $275,000 last fall. In less than two years a 54% increase!!!!

In my research done over the last year on real estate nationwide, Tennessee and Arkansas have the most inexpensive land available overall. People have discovered that and are flocking there in droves. In far too many areas of the country, $500,000 can buy you a tiny house on a tiny crowded street where everything looks the same (whether it be a brand new home or even as old as a 1950's home).

I know what $500,000 can buy in Tennessee. Marty, you want to tell us? Most of that money would be going towards the home, not the property.

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[lyn_j]

[SIZE=14pt]Three years ago we went away for thanksgiving....when we got home there was a double wide within 25 feet of our driveway! The neighbor had sold the back part of his property to a relative and they decided that was the best place for their house. Because of that we had to move one of the fences across the back of our property because the fence line was less than 250 feet from the corner of their dwelling and we had a run in shed in that lot therefore the lot was considered animal housing and the rules here even though we are zoned agricultural AND we were here first, that no animal dwelling can be within that distance from the nearest neighbor! Not fair but we moved the fence. These are not animal friendly folks either, They are city slickers who moved to the country and didnt realize that you cant put trash bags on your deck with chicken bones in it and expect it to be still bagged the next morning. They blamed our dog at the time, who wasnt even out at night but most likely the racoon and posum got it![/SIZE]

Lyn

 

[Marty]

Hey Lyn, that's funny. Krispy likes to call those people "CITYIDIOTS" !!!

When we first came here, I was freaking out to find a monster killer pig setting up housekeeping in my yard, loose mules at the garage, horses, and buffalo running at large, and a whole lot of stuff that I know refer to as "just another day on the mountain"..........people got to loosen up!!!!!! I think it's free entertainment. You don't complain or get upset, you just jump in and say "you needahand with that?"

Ok for $500,000 in Tennessee I am sure you could build a mansion fit for a king on a lot of acres with all new furniture easily and have a dream barn and fencing and champion horses too.

For under $100,000 you can easily live comfortably on some acres in a nice home.

For under $50,000 you can still live on acres but it may imply a moblie home or a house that needs a lot of work and there are plenty of those around.

For $35,000 you can get an acre and part of a house that burned down with a great front porch still attached and a goat included.

 

[KrisP]

You know prices in some areas just AMAZE me, even more amazing it the TAXES that some pay :new_shocked: :new_shocked: We've seen prices skyrocket in our area and we know that we were extremely blessed to be able to afford our origional 48 acres with house, 4 barns and shop, we got it for less that the main barn and house should have cost (There was a motocross just over the hill, didn't bother me at all but drove the CITIOTS in the McMansions across the street nuts so they got it closed down 6 months after we bought our place

: ) Then the 98 acres of SWAMPLAND behind us went up for auction, I mean WET, it has channels and you can canoe them (it was a muskrat farm, yes REALLY!) it sold for 178,000!!!!!!!!!!!! To me that was crazy, I figure the land worth MAYBE 400 an acre!

All through this we were watching the front 36 acres, RIGHT in front of my house and pasture, the buyer had it all plotted out for 14 modular homes, he was a nice guy but that was NOT what we wanted, but nothing was happening with it, after a year I started tracking it down, found out the owner hadn't made any payments, taxes weren't paid and he'd skipped town :new_shocked: :new_shocked: I tracked him down, tracked the bank down (100 miles away) and got ahold of the land for what was owed before they went into bankruptcy :aktion033: :aktion033: :aktion033: LOL, ticked off more than a few developers with that one, they were just DROOLING to get ahold of it! It's worth about 4x what I paid for it and it ain't for sale!! :bgrin :bgrin

But even with 84 acres, house and barns our taxes are only 1/4 what my mother in law pays on a condo! GEEZ!!

And AIN'T no way I'm selling any of it to a Citiot, lol, the ones across the street are fun enough, but they know to leave the "crazy lady" alone or she'll put in a chicken, pig or veal barn and the winds would be JUST RIGHT

When I'm old and gray this place IS my retirement

So let the property values RISE!

krisp

 

[Barbie]

Marty-

I can't believe the growth here in Parrish - right behind us there is a subdivision in the works that will have 850 homes, condos, townhouses, etc. They predict that by 2010 the road that goes in front of our house will need to be 6 lanes wide - it's now 2. Dave and I are ready to get out of here. The subdivision behind us is just the tip of the iceberg - there are thousands of homes planned within 4-5 miles of us. Thank God we have already found our little piece of Tennessee paradise in Cleveland. I can't wait. Hope to have our house on the market by the end of February and move up there in May or June (if we're lucky). We'll be building a house and barn so the fun is just beginning. Thank God Tam is right up the road in Sweetwater as her beautiful farm is liable to be home to our horses in the short term. I may be a native Floridian but I'm looking forward to saying I live in Tennessee.

Barbie

 

[Russ]

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[Just Us N Texas]

A couple of posts reminded me of when a few years ago,(in Ky.) an established hog farm was forced to close down operations because some developer opened up a subdivison near his farm. After a few months of the wind blowing the right way, the citidiots, got a petition against him, and the courts decided with them. Still angers me to this day. Surely they knew what a hog farm was when they bought and built in his area! How can the gov. decide against a person who had been there years and years, and make him shut down? Same thing happened on the other side of town, with a sheep farm. Now here in Texas, I don't think that problem will arise for a hundred years or so. We are so out in the boonies, that our neighbors are about 1 mile away from us. I too asked the stupid question about the road, but my question was when are they ever going to pave the county roads? Anyway, no one could complain if you had pigs, because they run wild here, and no one would complain about the sheep or cattle, as everyone in this area either has them or horses, or in a lot of instances, all of them! Bowie county is 1,000 square miles with a population of more livestock than people, and is billed as such!

 

[Shari]

Those are the same City people that want food but run out all the honest Farming folk.

One of these days they are going to have problems with getting food. They want food but don't want farm....gee that makes sense.

Though the move from the old farm to here was hard. We were getting squeezed out with the shear number of City people moving to the country. They move to the country bringing their nasty ways and wanting to change everything.

Think there should be a college course required before any City person moves to the country.

Teach them,, that animals do have a smell, No the Farmer doesn't have to get rid of them just because you don't like the smell of the country, no you can't let the dogs run loose, no one want to listen to what you call music.....etc..etc...

Give me country life any day and the sweet smell of animals. Personally I think the City stinks!

Just hope it doesn't happen here during my life time. Oregon has been pretty good about keeping Farm land Farm land. Would like to be able to retire here and when it is time, pass it on to our son.

 

[justaboutgeese]

After listening to the horror stories I guess there is somthing to be said for the land use policies in this area of Canada. Its of course zoned as agriculture and the government is geared and set up to keep it that way. You would not be allowed to put any dwelling within 600 feet of a barn. Minimum lot size in this township is 51 acres just so you can`t buy a hundred acre farm (most farms started at 100 acres) and divide it. It has drawbacks but for the most part what are farms will remain farms for many years to come. Citiots as they have been referred to have no right to complain about smells and noise. because of the way the bylaws are written the farmer is immune from harrassment .

 

[KrisP]

As for the citiots closing things down, they DID succeed in closing the Moto cross due to it being a "nuisance"

: Heck is was good CLEAN organized family fun that was scheduled Weds evenings, Sat and Sun, but they whined about the noise and dust, it was over a hill and isolated, it wasn't hurting them!

BUT, they can't stop me from doing ANYTHING Ag related, I'm zoned full AG and am a FARM! They tried to stop one guy from putting in a chicken barn, they ran to the same lawyer they'd used before, nope no go, couldn't stop him, BUT they could buy him out, lolololol, he got SO MUCH money for that tract of land that he paid off the rest of his farm!

Hmmm, another reason to threaten a chicken barn, lol, for the big bucks!

And I've also gone round and round and round with mortgage brokers, do you have ANY idea how hard it is to get a mortgage for a lot over 5 acres in Ohio? We'd go round and round, I'd tell them "bet you can't", they'd say "oh bet we can" then come back with their tails between their legs "sorry, we don't mortgage farms. My parting shot would always be "I know it's not your fault, the higher ups make the decisions, but when there's no food on your table DON'T blame me, I WANT to farm!!

Krisp

 

[Shari]

I just don't understand the Banks sometimes. We had a hard time getting a loan for this place. We were qualified,, but then they started having fits because it was too much land and they will not do Farm loans.

We had to get a normal loan, after we kept telling them we are not going to Farm, just want a big buffer.

Wanting the Big Buffer part is very true.

However,, we are going to Farm, but just enough to feed our family. It will be a few years before the Fruit trees produce and I can get a kitchen Garden going. Once we get set up I am going to run 2 to 3 steers on the place to feed the family.

Sorry to hear Ohio has the same problems. Really Sad, that the Banks don't want people to have Farms or Hobby Farms for that matter. So what is wrong with them loaning money to people that are qualified,, that want to have a garden, orchard, maybe some chickens and a cow?

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