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Thank you all for the responses, all of them very helpful. We're planning on visiting towards the end of May once school lets out and spend a few days exploring. Our goal is to visit as many counties and their cities as possible surrounding Meck to get a better idea of current development and commute times.
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Thank you all for the responses, all of them very helpful. We're planning on visiting towards the end of May once school lets out and spend a few days exploring. Our goal is to visit as many counties and their cities as possible surrounding Meck to get a better idea of current development and commute times.
That's a good idea. If you have the time in the morning, I'd suggest streaming the morning news on WSOC. I prefer their traffic reports.
Your wife's situation makes it a bit difficult to advise you. Usually available acreage is further out than I think you want to be. You're most likely to find it near Kings Mountain, unless money is no object, but I think it's further out than you want to be.
unless money is no object, but I think it's further out than you want to be.
Speaking of...
What's your budget OP?
There are actually more 2+ acre lots in Huntersville/Cornelius/Davidson than I thought, but they're not cheap. Looks like 53 active listings in those 3 towns. Least expensive is $150K and only 3 of those under $200K. Only 2 more between $200-$300K, 4 more between $300-$400K, and of course that's just for the lot.
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Speaking of...
What's your budget OP?
There are actually more 2+ acre lots in Huntersville/Cornelius/Davidson than I thought, but they're not cheap. Looks like 53 active listings in those 3 towns. Least expensive is $150K and only 3 of those under $200K. Only 2 more between $200-$300K, 4 more between $300-$400K, and of course that's just for the lot.
Yeah, for a house on acreage I used to suggest Harrisburg and Kings Mountain, but there's been a lot of building in and near Harrisburg, so I think it might be a bit difficult.
Been researching through Landwatch and Zillow. Search criteria up to $70K and have seen several listings in the surrounding counties of Meck. Might be able to expand our financial reach above $70K, but I'd like to keep that amount as my ceiling. We're wanting to stay put here until our kids are done with HS (<4 years), so I'd like to secure some land now at today's prices rather than several years from now.
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Been researching through Landwatch and Zillow. Search criteria up to $70K and have seen several listings in the surrounding counties of Meck. Might be able to expand our financial reach above $70K, but I'd like to keep that amount as my ceiling. We're wanting to stay put here until our kids are done with HS (<4 years), so I'd like to secure some land now at today's prices rather than several years from now.
I would take information from Zillow with a grain of salt. Zillow has my house and property tied to adjacent property.
Been researching through Landwatch and Zillow. Search criteria up to $70K and have seen several listings in the surrounding counties of Meck. Might be able to expand our financial reach above $70K, but I'd like to keep that amount as my ceiling. We're wanting to stay put here until our kids are done with HS (<4 years), so I'd like to secure some land now at today's prices rather than several years from now.
Got ya, yeah that will most likely limit you to outside of Mecklenburg, which would probably be a 45+ minute commute to Charlotte. I assume you're familiar with the process, but even those will likely still need well/septic or water/sewer hookups added which can be pricey.
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