UPDATE: On Friday I took a vacation day from work and my wife and I went to Cleveland GA. to meet with our realtor . We had six homes and two building lots to look at . Five of the six homes were crapple , the sixth was very nice but smaller than we want . We then went to look at the two building lots.
The first lot was a winner ! We fell in love with it instantly . It is 2.6 acres very nearly flat with majestic massive oak trees and magnolias on the property . Two of the oak trees must be 100 years old they are huge and appear to be healthy. Driveway already cut in literally just dig the basement, pour the floor/walls and start framing . There is a bored well already on site and county water available right in front of the property.
Went and looked at the second lot but it was nose bleed steep great for raising mountain goats
.
So back to the first land lot we went, once there the realtor and I walked almost every inch of it and finally found the surveyor pins . I will say the lot is overpriced against the " average " price around here but there are many things about this lot that will save money, like minimal to zero lot clearing and the cost of tapping into count water vs. digging a well . Also the property already has a fence around it which saves quite a bit of money .
My wife and I decided to make an offer so our realtor got on the phone with the listing realtor. Our offer was rejected ( basically a low ball offer ) but the selling realtor came back with a counter offer that was only 2k more than we offered !
So for now we have a " verbal " agreement to purchase the land for the counter offer price. Nothing official so it could be sold tomorrow to someone else if they have the money . My wife and I have to make sure we can build a home within our budget before pulling the trigger . Sent a home plan that we found on the net to our realtor he has " builder buddies " so we are going to get some pricing . We are just looking for a " close " baseline price , we know there are MANY variables and we can save money by doing some things ourselves . Exciting times for us at the moment !
