Rural Colorado (Denver, Greeley: homes, schools, costs)

[iceskater]

My DH and I are thinking of building a home in Colorado. We want to build a home on a big piece of property near Denver like an hour or so away. Like 5-10 acres, what is a good affordable place that is close to the city, but not too close, and has good schools. Also a place that is crunchy wold be nice

[Katiana]

Do you mean an hour from downtown or an hour from the suburbs?

What do you mean by "crunchy"?

What do you consider affordable?

[iceskater]

Do you mean an hour from downtown or an hour from the suburbs?
an hour from downtown

What do you mean by "crunchy"?
well that was a bad choice of words, I ment liberal, not consevative christian crap I have had to put up with when I lived in the south

What do you consider affordable?
I want a place where we can buy lots of land to build that is not too expensive like in the 100,000 for a decent place

[Katiana]

I don't know land costs around here, having never bought any, but there are not a lot of homes on 5 -10 acres anywhere within an hour of downtown. Your best bet would be to come out and look around; be prepared to find something else.

[sunsprit]

Looking at the ads for acreage in this weekend's Denver paper, I'd say that your budget up to $20,000 acre is possible if you head NE of the city.

Try looking along the Hwy 85 corridor heading toward Greeley.

If you're willing to be a bit further away, you can get more land for your dollars in a larger parcel.