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Old 08-30-2011, 01:56 PM
 
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My family & I are planning to move to Idaho this next Spring. We really love the Bonners Ferry area, but worry that job opportunities may be hard to come by. With that in mind, we are looking at something like Sagle. Close to Sandpoint, but not too far from CDA either just in case my husband has to go that direction. My problem is that where we are now (in Kansas), the wind blows constantly & it can make a regular cold winter twice as harsh. I know there are area's in Idaho that have very little wind & others with lot's, so please share.
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Old 08-30-2011, 02:56 PM
 
Location: Sandpoint, ID
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It's not real windy here once you're away from the lake or river. A breeze is about it unless there's weather moving in.

Probably the windiest place in between would be Athol up on the Clagstone heights because it's higher and flatter than areas around. But again, 95% of Sagle isn't very windy, nor is most of Cocolalla, Careywood, Athol, etc. All these hills and trees really break up the wind.
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Old 08-31-2011, 08:08 AM
 
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Thanks Sage, I'll make sure to avoid Athol. Praise the Lord for tree's. That's one thing that makes me mad about all the farmers around here. They are constantly chopping down what few tree's Kansas has. I Love Tree's!!! I did look at property around Sagle, but noticed a lot of them have covenants. We'd love to have 4 or more acres, but don't particularly care for covenants. By the way, could you share with me any of the land rules for Bonner County? Like in the county we live in now, we can only have one home on our 5 acres & no mobiles.Not that we want any other home here, but it's still a rule. Do you know of any rules I should know of before buying land there?
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Old 08-31-2011, 10:35 AM
 
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memonfive,
There is a fantastic sticky thread at the top with all kinds of websites and phone numbers:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/idaho...e-numbers.html

Here's where you could start:

Bonner County Website Bonner County, Idaho Information :: http://co.bonner.id.us/ 208-265-1472, and then go to this one:

Sterling Codifiers, Inc. (look at title 11, building codes, and title 12, land use)

Some places in Bonner County have covenants, others don't. We have 5 acres without any CC&Rs.
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Old 08-31-2011, 01:37 PM
 
Location: Sandpoint, ID
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I would say the majority of acreage in Sagle does NOT have covenants. However, the majority of NEW subdivisions (5 acre parcels split from a 75-150 acre plot) do tend to have some CC&Rs. The general land use rule is one primary dwelling per 5 acres. If you want to put a "mother-in-law" house on the property, I believe the limit is 750sf (but I could be off) and it cannot have a range oven (weird rule). If you have 10 acres, you can build 2 houses of any size (but I think they must be positioned so the land COULD be divided in the future into two lots if you do that).
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Old 08-31-2011, 01:38 PM
 
Location: Sandpoint, ID
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Oh, and don't avoid Athol because of wind on Clagstone heights area. If you go east of Silverwood up into the hills there are some gorgeous properties, heavily wooded with creeks running through...
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Old 08-31-2011, 06:15 PM
 
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Thanks Clark, I will check those links out. And thank you Sage, you have been a great help. The East side of Silverwood sounds gorgeous! Since we may at one time have family living near/with we may need 10 acres. Too many up in the air decisions right now to know for sure.
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Old 08-31-2011, 06:20 PM
 
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I do know that we would like at least 4acres, with a water source within at least a few miles for my four sons & husband to enjoy some fishing, an area for gardening, a space for a shop, & possibly room for chickens. Tree's are a must with perhaps enough clearing to see the mountains. I'm not asking too much, am I?
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Old 08-31-2011, 07:44 PM
 
Location: Del Rio, TN
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I do know that we would like at least 4acres, with a water source within at least a few miles for my four sons & husband to enjoy some fishing, an area for gardening, a space for a shop, & possibly room for chickens. Tree's are a must with perhaps enough clearing to see the mountains. I'm not asking too much, am I?
If possible, look for 6 acres or more. You can get a timber (or agricultural, I believe) exemption for 5 acres or more. However, if you have a building site, it counts as one acre. Hence 6 or more total. Property taxes are significantly lower on land with such an exepmtion.

And most of N. Idaho will meet your requirements. Plenty of timbered land, and lots of waterways. Affordable...that's another story, but is all relative to what you are comparing it with.
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Old 09-01-2011, 03:53 PM
 
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Sounds good. We'll look for about 6 acres or more. So far prices haven't been too high in too many area's. Of Course I've had to dig deep to find the reasonable priced properties. My only concern is to how my husbands income may change. We don't want to get locked into something too costly if we can't afford it.
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