My wife and I bought a home in Alpharetta, GA in 1993. About 20 years ago we looked further up in GA for a piece of land. Everything we looked at had either a major downside or an element of deception. We liked one property for example and I did some research. The land was enclosed or circled by property owned by one family. We got a phone number and called a family member. She told my wife the property we were interested in was stolen from them by a bank and they would make any buyer's life a living hell. Another 5-acre property had a gravel driveway leading up a steep incline to a building site in a beautiful area. This was the lot we settled on but someone else beat us to it. During that time we got to know one of the neighbors. He told us later that the buyer of this property was stopped cold by the "Mountain Protection Act". They were unable to build up on the rise and there was not any other suitable place on the property to build because of a septic issue. I have several other similar stories and we just gave up. Hopefully you have better success than our agent had.
I live on 3.75 acres of prime land in the Trackrock area of Union County, Ga. Primarily due to the price being driven by Floridians, this place has more than doubled in value in the last 6 years. A former alpaca farm, this land is fenced and cross fenced with barn and small 1,000 + sf house. Paid 165 K and now valued at 362,900.
My wife and I bought a home in Alpharetta, GA in 1993. About 20 years ago we looked further up in GA for a piece of land. Everything we looked at had either a major downside or an element of deception. We liked one property for example and I did some research. The land was enclosed or circled by property owned by one family. We got a phone number and called a family member. She told my wife the property we were interested in was stolen from them by a bank and they would make any buyer's life a living hell. Another 5-acre property had a gravel driveway leading up a steep incline to a building site in a beautiful area. This was the lot we settled on but someone else beat us to it. During that time we got to know one of the neighbors. He told us later that the buyer of this property was stopped cold by the "Mountain Protection Act". They were unable to build up on the rise and there was not any other suitable place on the property to build because of a septic issue. I have several other similar stories and we just gave up. Hopefully you have better success than our agent had.
Crazy stories! I’m not familiar with the Mountain Protection Act. I’ll have to read up on it
Thx Tim
Thanks for watching!
I live on 3.75 acres of prime land in the Trackrock area of Union County, Ga. Primarily due to the price being driven by Floridians, this place has more than doubled in value in the last 6 years. A former alpaca farm, this land is fenced and cross fenced with barn and small 1,000 + sf house. Paid 165 K and now valued at 362,900.
Land prices have gone crazy all over North GA in the past few years