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| That was my original thinking - less work. It’s a lot of work on the small acreage to try to keep grass in good shape!! I’d much prefer 24/7 turnout. But not if it means 8 hours of work per week! |
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Location: Kansas | Sometimes those pastures need mowing too. We have 25 acres and have to mow it all, not as much as the grass around the house and barn but still......
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| i alway felt the key was do a little everyday maintaince we my son and i maintened 70a ran a full time busines 10 horses and a covered arena. we put up high tensile o love. we also bout a jd tractor 55hp with a 1-' hydraulat mower kill the fence line did i mention we had 72 a of pecan trees yep nd they shed
it was not kentucky farm looking but was alway neat my son had 8a inn ohio shees now that work but they have a different type of set up
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| Well, it was not what we expected. Because it’s bordered by the river on both sides, there is a buffer that we can’t build anything on - not even fence - that eats up about 20 of the acres (they showed us on the play).
Also because of the river, most of it is a flood plane. They built up where the house was built to have it 4’ above water level.
The amount of land we could actually use as pasture and to build is probably around 30 acres.
Unfortunately the sellers are asking top dollar for 60 acres in this area. So - it’s not for us!
Around here, I think I can probably find 15-ish acres that would work for us. It’s just going to take some time.
Thank you everybody for your input! It gave me a lot to consider!! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | dRowe - 2018-06-17 8:07 AM Well, it was not what we expected. Because it’s bordered by the river on both sides, there is a buffer that we can’t build anything on - not even fence - that eats up about 20 of the acres (they showed us on the play). Also because of the river, most of it is a flood plane. They built up where the house was built to have it 4’ above water level. The amount of land we could actually use as pasture and to build is probably around 30 acres. Unfortunately the sellers are asking top dollar for 60 acres in this area. So - it’s not for us! Around here, I think I can probably find 15-ish acres that would work for us. It’s just going to take some time. Thank you everybody for your input! It gave me a lot to consider!! I'll pass too, to buy 60 acres and cant fence in part of it being flood plane and with the house having to be built up and being that close to the river I would be worry when the river does come up, I have seen it alot here with people living on the river, its beautiful but not worth the risk when you have horses and risk to lose everything to a flood. It happens more offten then some think..Befor we bought this place we passed on a few because of flooding and I really liked this one place even had money down on it and when the house was inspected mold was found from having water in it a creek ran threw the property, so passed on it and a couple of years ago we had alot of rain and now that house dont stand anymore and fences gone, think goodness we went with our gut on that place. Alot of water gos threw there and that creek is like a river when we get rain for a few days that is heavy..
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Location: Kansas | dRowe - 2018-06-17 8:07 AM Well, it was not what we expected. Because it’s bordered by the river on both sides, there is a buffer that we can’t build anything on - not even fence - that eats up about 20 of the acres (they showed us on the play). Also because of the river, most of it is a flood plane. They built up where the house was built to have it 4’ above water level. The amount of land we could actually use as pasture and to build is probably around 30 acres. Unfortunately the sellers are asking top dollar for 60 acres in this area. So - it’s not for us! Around here, I think I can probably find 15-ish acres that would work for us. It’s just going to take some time. Thank you everybody for your input! It gave me a lot to consider!!
In a flood plain you have to pay top dollar in home insurance. I know, they put our whole area in a flood plain last year for no good reason except that it makes insurers very rich.
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| This guy built the land up that the house sits on, and has a letter from FEMA and something else to where he doesn’t have to keep flood insurance on he house.
However, the pastures are all still in the flood plane and I would die if I walked out after a rain and my horses were ankle deep in water with nowhere to go (but in the house!! Lol). |
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Location: The Lone Star State | If you can get it do it! They are not making anymore land..
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Location: Slipping down the slope of old age. Boo hoo. | I would not buy in the flood plain. Years back our son bought land in north Arkansas along a small river -- he built a great home way high on the cliff so the home was safe -- but his shop and pasture were in the lower areas.... and, of course, they had a 100-year flood -- totally flooded his shop and horses had to be moved. What a mess. It floods often -- not as bad, but it's still a problem. He sold the place and moved. |
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