need home for under 20,000 (Beckley, Martinsburg: rentals, credit, construction loan)

[David Kennedy]

Certainly not statewide, but a lot of towns have ordinances that prohibit them altogether...at a funeral yesterday, a friend was telling me about a house in Mannington on a corner lot for $6,000...an estate settlement and the family was wanting to sell it in a hurry...those cheap houses are out there to find...the lot would be worth more than 6 k...

[snowshoemtnman]

Most restrictions that I have seen regarding the acreage has been related to the amount of land needed to put in the septic system. I believe you have to have enough land for the number of bedrooms in the unit, plus at least 10,000 square feet for a back up septic field in the event of a failure.

[David Kennedy]

Septic requirements vary county by county according to soil conditions...

[Threerun]

And it very well may be a 5 acre minimum for lots in Jefferson County that have septic due to the karst limestone topogrophy.

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by snowshoemtnman

Most restrictions that I have seen regarding the acreage has been related to the amount of land needed to put in the septic system. I believe you have to have enough land for the number of bedrooms in the unit, plus at least 10,000 square feet for a back up septic field in the event of a failure.

Weird:

I almost bought a parcel of land here in Arizona in 2004; it was about 60' x 150', backed out of the deal due to it not being able to pass a septic 'perc test'

However; I still could have had septic had I been willing to have a $12K special system installed.

Considering that I was looking at under $7K for the lot--------I passed.

[Threerun]

-tis true, our last house was on shale ground and we would've been forced to go LPP on the septic, but the public sewer was slated to come by within 12 months. so we bought the land and had a 500gallon holding tank pumped for a few months..

A $45 monthly sewer bill was a darned sight better than 12g's anyday...

[Katie1]

This has been in effect in Berkeley Co for 15-20 yrs.

[Threerun]

Restrictive Conditions (broken link)

"Approved Individual on-lot water supply & approved indivdual on-lot sewage disposal system"

Single family residence- 125 foot minimum lot width, 60,000 sq. ft minimum lot size (1.3774 acres)

Mobile Home permit-
http://www.berkeleycountycomm.org/en...le%20Home).doc

Limit is one mobile per parcel. A mobile is a single family residence (as I understand it) so if it's your own ground, improved with well and septic, it would have to meet the minimum size standard set forth above.

I've not done a whole lot of mobile home financing personally, but my old bank did a few, especially in Back Creek Valley, and we never heard of that 5ac restriction in Berkeley. That was as recent as 2005-2006.

[Katie1]

A friends dad died leaving the kids land to devide equal. That ment each got under 5 acres. they all wanted to put moblie homes on the land. Berkely co said NO! So for the others to do what they want 2 kids gave up their share! Was it fair no..was it the law YES!

All I am saying is Before you buy check things out cause if you want to up grade later you might get stuck!

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by Katie1

A friends dad died leaving the kids land to devide equal. That ment each got under 5 acres. they all wanted to put moblie homes on the land. Berkely co said NO! So for the others to do what they want 2 kids gave up their share! Was it fair no..was it the law YES!

All I am saying is Before you buy check things out cause if you want to up grade later you might get stuck!

Are site built homes also illegal on below 5 acre parcels in Beckley County as well?