Buying Mountain Property in WNC (Asheville, Huntersville: renters, HOA, attorney)
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Hey everyone - I've done a quick search and hadn't seen a post similar to this yet, but looking for advice and opinions on buying acreage in WNC mountains. I'm posting here as we live in Huntersville and want to get the perspective of folks from this area.
I've rented a few places in past and have been around Asheville, Blowing Rock, Ferguson, etc. We're looking for 10+ acres within an hour or two from Huntersville. We want to buy land now to use for a quick day trips or overnight camping, atv's, hiking, shooting and so on. In 5-10 years we would look to build a cabin for our use and as a rental.
My initial research has led me to areas like Morganton, Lenoir, Old Fort, Marion and Black Mountain. Seems we would be better off being fairly close (15-20 min) to a town for convenience now (grocery, medical, restaurants) and possibly more attractive to renters down the line (restaurants, tourist destinations).
Curious if anyone has any advice on areas to focus on...or stay away from? Also been debating whether or not to look in a community with light HOA restrictions or property outside an HOA with no restrictions. If you look outside with no restrictions, is the property less valuable potentially to bad neighbors or someone selling land off in the future?
I’ve only researched online so far...seems like a nice place overall with property values and proximity to Asheville. Also seems to stretch pretty far to the south to where some properties can be 30 min outside of the main part of town.
I don't think you're going to find 10+ acres inside a a subdivision with an HOA. Almost all tracts that size will be "freestanding" land.
If you care about having a place thats cooler than Huntersville in the summer then you have to get to at least 3,000 feet above sea level. The big issues are obvious, like suitability for septic, well depth required, cost and ease of road access, etc.
I don't think you're going to find 10+ acres inside a a subdivision with an HOA. Almost all tracts that size will be "freestanding" land.
If you care about having a place thats cooler than Huntersville in the summer then you have to get to at least 3,000 feet above sea level. The big issues are obvious, like suitability for septic, well depth required, cost and ease of road access, etc.
You're statement is completely wrong , you will find lots of 10+ acres lots in subdivisions with HOA's - I know this because I'm looking in the area as well and I've found many . Not sure who was the genius that came up with the idea of doing that , I've wasted my time twice already .
Hey everyone - I've done a quick search and hadn't seen a post similar to this yet, but looking for advice and opinions on buying acreage in WNC mountains. I'm posting here as we live in Huntersville and want to get the perspective of folks from this area.
I've rented a few places in past and have been around Asheville, Blowing Rock, Ferguson, etc. We're looking for 10+ acres within an hour or two from Huntersville. We want to buy land now to use for a quick day trips or overnight camping, atv's, hiking, shooting and so on. In 5-10 years we would look to build a cabin for our use and as a rental.
My initial research has led me to areas like Morganton, Lenoir, Old Fort, Marion and Black Mountain. Seems we would be better off being fairly close (15-20 min) to a town for convenience now (grocery, medical, restaurants) and possibly more attractive to renters down the line (restaurants, tourist destinations).
Curious if anyone has any advice on areas to focus on...or stay away from? Also been debating whether or not to look in a community with light HOA restrictions or property outside an HOA with no restrictions. If you look outside with no restrictions, is the property less valuable potentially to bad neighbors or someone selling land off in the future?
We have been looking to move around Asheville for the last 3 years more or less for the same reasons . Communities with restrictions in that area can be huge future problems , you will have to carefully read their covenants or have an attorney do it for you ( lots of reason which are too complicated to explain right now over the internet ) I've had bad luck dealing with local agents , you must be extremely careful . Again , you may have lots of issues which may not be evident until a few years down the line and the agent will not give a single crap about it ( they know the area and know whats about to happen of not happen ) . Example . We found a great piece of land, imminently I called to set-up and appointment . Everything went great UNTIL I decided to talk to my new potential neighbors and discovered some problems with some new land use coding which was coming soon . More or less just about any areas outside of Asheville will work for your needs as you posted , you just have to be extra careful and talk to your future neighbors . We take long 3-4 day weekends frequently so we can go look for property and talk to the locals , locals which most like you'll never find on here . Best of luck to you
You're statement is completely wrong , you will find lots of 10+ acres lots in subdivisions with HOA's -
I didn't make a "statement"...I said I didn't THINK the OP would find that. So thats good news for him. Why don't you be helpful and provide the names of some of the developments you have found that meet his requirements.
I didn't make a "statement"...I said I didn't THINK the OP would find that. So thats good news for him. Why don't you be helpful and provide the names of some of the developments you have found that meet his requirements.
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