Looking about information for living in SW Ohio

Groesbeck Hurricane · 05-21-2007, 03:42 PM

Looks a bit like my Wife will be working in SW Ohio next month no matter what else happens. We are starting to look around for a place to call our own for several years. What we really need: 15 plus acres for the horses already fenced, barn (could put in our own). We can go through the build a home route but this is not necessary. We really desire 30 acres so we can raise hay and fruiting trees. We are also looking at putting in a riding arena at some point...

My question is:

What county (Clermont, Warren, Butler, Hamilton, Northern tip of Brown "might" work) will give us the better tax advantages. Towns to stay away from for income taxing purposes. Areas with, uhm, "frisky" officers patrolling. I need to be able to go back to Northern KY and the position Rebecca is looking at pre-cludes us living in NKY due to driving distances.

Oh, what areas seem to still have land available. I really don't want to live in a subdivision and I'd prefer not having the trash live next door. Yep, choosy beggar...

strupgolf · 05-21-2007, 06:34 PM

I sometimes see land available in SE Indiana for horses and such. Its close to Cinn. and Ky. and Indy. Many people live here because the commute is short?, taxes are lower, and fewer people around.

Joeaksa · 05-21-2007, 06:47 PM

Get ahold of Tim Hancock. He lives in Ohio and can lend a hand on this.

Tim Hancock · 05-22-2007, 04:41 AM

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Originally posted by Joeaksa
Get ahold of Tim Hancock. He lives in Ohio and can lend a hand on this.

Sorry, I am not familiar with the Cincinnati area. I am in NW Ohio about 30 miles or so SW of Toledo in a rural/farmland area where we can still do what we want on our property without any whining city folk for neighbors to complain about dirtbike, airplane, snowmobile or shooting noise.

My advice would be to find the most rural area possible and hope that it stays that way while you live there.

GDSOB · GDSOB's Garage

I have a real estate brokerage in the north suburbs. The area betwen Cincinnati & Dayton is a model for urban sprawl- it will be one metroplex within the next five years, so stay away from the I-75 corridor.

Warren county is the fastest growing county in the state. Avoid most of it, although you might find some peace in the northeast corner of the county.

Western Butler county is still pretty rural, Ross, Okeana. Nice rolling hills. I'd look here first. Not a bad commute downtown either.

Eastern Clermont county is mostly undeveloped, but has a more appalachian flavor... and a lot of meth labs.

Southeastern Indiana has lots of space, and IN is generally a little more progressive than OH. The new Honda plant is causing property values to rise along the I-74 corridor.

72doug2,2S · 72doug2,2S's Garage

No offense to the OH people, but here in Indiana they make Ohio jokes. I'm new and and don't get it. It's probably due to town names like Hicksville. Very nice little town just unfortunate name.

I know the roads are better in OH and there's no shortage of flat mildly uninteresting land.

You can still smoke in Indiana, and I have yet to meet one Indian, strange isn't it?

72doug2,2S · 72doug2,2S's Garage

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Originally posted by Tim Hancock
Sorry, I am not familiar with the Cincinnati area. I am in NW Ohio about 30 miles or so SW of Toledo in a rural/farmland area where we can still do what we want on our property without any whining city folk for neighbors to complain about dirtbike, airplane, snowmobile or shooting noise.

My advice would be to find the most rural area possible and hope that it stays that way while you live there.

Hey Tim is this rural enough?

Icemaster · Icemaster's Garage

David,

PM me you're email again or drop me a line at the address I sent you before - if you've still got it. I went to find yours a couple weeks ago and my email retention limits must have decided you weren't important enough to keep. I hate Notes.

Anyway,

Nothing rural in Hamilton, only moderately suburban waiting to become sprawl. Warren & Butler are the fastest growing, so you're SOL there unless you like bland over priced McMansions with no lot competing with WalMart and hellish traffic. No room for you. Parts of Clermont are nice, but you are getting kinda hickish.

Honestly, if you can't stay in No. Ky, you're probably best lookign either in eastern IN or extreme western Hamilton Cty. If you want, I can hook you up with a couple extremely good agents that I've worked with.

Better still, we can take a driving tour and check out the areas in person. Gee, lookie there, an excuse for a drive in the red car.

Tim Hancock · 05-22-2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally posted by 72doug2,2S
Hey Tim is this rural enough?

Yep, looks nice. I could NEVER move back to suburbia or an urban area....I guess everyone has different ideas of what living in paradise means. I liked living in the city when I was in college.... close to fast food and nightlife. Now I enjoy working in my shop and playing outdoors.

Groesbeck Hurricane · 05-22-2007, 08:37 PM

Doug,

You are getting ALMOST rural enough!!!

All,

Thanks! Hope Rebecca gets an offer in the next week, we are on pins and needles!! In the mean time, she is enjoying the dickens out of driving the 993! I mean, she is even considering giving up, gasp, her pickup!!!! ;-)

Tim Hancock · 05-23-2007, 05:15 AM

An early spring '07 pic of my rural NW Ohio "paradise".

Pic of a friend/customer's plane a few miles east over nice flat farm ground (lot's of safe places to land in an emergency for us airplane types)

Friend's place