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Post by ottawagardener on Mar 26, 2010 13:25:59 GMT -5
Most of you probably know that I'm farm hunting this year and boy have I seen my share of acreages... not so many farms, lots of land though. There is only one contender at the moment which is on a western slope with slighlty acidic (I think, haven't done a pH test) soil. I've seen swamps, poison ivy pits (did have a nice hen house), acres of rock outcrop (they didn't mention that when they said it was mostly cleared  , and deeep ravines. This week includes one forest, and a couple bonafide farms. I'm excited! |
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Post by canadamike on Mar 26, 2010 14:30:24 GMT -5
You are losing me, and I taught I was part of the deal and helping  |
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Post by baby daddy on Mar 26, 2010 16:54:45 GMT -5
Ottawa,
Hope you find what you are looking for, sounds like you have been adding up the mileage with all the prospects. We just purchased an additiional 5 acres that boarders our property.
Just out of curiosity what will farm land go for in your area of Canada. Here in our area it can go anywhere from 3,000.00 to 10,000.00 per acre. We were in the middle area at 6,000.00 . Also curious about your tax system there, on 9 acres of farm ground we paid $12.54 last year. Now that we have built a house on it our taxes will be $2,950.00 .
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Post by atash on Mar 26, 2010 17:06:43 GMT -5
Wishing you great success in your search. I'm looking for farmland too.
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Post by steveont on Mar 26, 2010 20:35:52 GMT -5
wheres abouts ya looking ?? finding the city awfuly restricting these days! can't see myself heading across the ottawa and while i like renfrew...................! maybe a nice island with palm trees!! (can't see that one either! sigh!!!)
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Post by ottawagardener on Mar 27, 2010 11:47:27 GMT -5
Sounds nice Steve.
Michel, I certainly hope you are helping me but I don't want to waste your time looking at acres of rock do I? I just want you see the good properties. We are still looking at that log cabin one but I"m waiting until the weather is a bit warmer for another look. Besides, it's still too expensive.
I'm not sure how much land goes per acre around here. We're buying a farm+house so it seems to vary a lot, even the land varies a lot. Right now to get around 10-50 acres with a house, it's anywhere from 200,000 (something's wrong!) to 400,000 dollars, or more.
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Post by plantsnobin on Mar 27, 2010 13:35:39 GMT -5
Are you dead-set on being a Candian? ;D We could find you a heck of a little place around here for $200,000. I went to a clients house yesterday, they had a log cabin in the woods kind of thing going on. Made me really, really, really want to find our little place in the country. It's going to be a log cabin for me, or nothing. Good luck in your search, I know it can be tough to find that perfect spot.
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Post by mjc on Mar 27, 2010 15:14:12 GMT -5
Heck, $200,000 can get some really good places here in WV...with free gas, well water and more than 40 acres...and a livable house.
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Post by ottawagardener on Mar 27, 2010 15:18:54 GMT -5
Yeah, for some reason, the area around here is not cheap. :/
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Post by jonnyyuma on Mar 27, 2010 15:56:53 GMT -5
I am jealous. Land around here is $10,000/acre for marginal ground. The good ground isn't for sale. Good luck with your search.
Jonny
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Post by mnjrutherford on Mar 27, 2010 16:50:23 GMT -5
Really Mike? That's interesting. We've been on the look out for something as well. We've focused more on western NC and Tennessee, but mainly because we don't know that much about other states.
Can you recommend a couple of good websites that would give me an idea of what's available in your state and what it would look like? We are looking for a lot more than 40 acres.
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Post by Penny on Mar 27, 2010 16:51:19 GMT -5
Yeah, for some reason, the area around here is not cheap. :/ Holy cow Telsing.....dont come farm shopping in my neck of the woods ........here farms start at around 400 thousand and can hit the 2 million dollar mark  , for just a standard farm........but then again, we are on the Niagara Escarpment and on Georgian Bay, so its a huge tourist area, all year round. There is a "farm" about 15 minutes down the road from me, with 1550 acres, a HUGE(and i mean HUGE,78acre) pond, and 6 workers house(2000sq feet each), a working cattle farm plus the main house(6000sq feet), for a cool 16.5 million, it was at 26 million, but they`ve had to drop it |
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Post by ottawagardener on Mar 27, 2010 16:59:34 GMT -5
Hey Penny, that could be the new Homegrown Goodness town. We could all move there and farm 'trout' and so on. If everyone just put in a few (million) dollars...
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Post by Penny on Mar 27, 2010 17:02:41 GMT -5
I would LOVE to buy it, its really a gorgeous property, but sadly, i`m a few dollars short!!
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Post by rockguy on Mar 27, 2010 17:42:16 GMT -5
I'm in! uh...ya think they'll take a post-dated check? I COULD win the lottery some day....
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, and deeep ravines. 
