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Texas.......most rural, farming counties here have few, if any, building restrictions. The county where I reside has only one code enforcement officer for the entire county, and I've never seen him out and about in my area. Land here, approximately 40 miles from Dallas, is still very affordable, and I have seen one acre lots in the $5,000.00, price range. As far as I know, the lakefront community I presently live in has no square footage restrictions; my place is a brick two story, 2230 sq. ft., on 1 1/2 acres, and next door is a 900 sq. ft. wood frame on the same size lot.
Search the Internet for small town real estate webpages for good sources, and good luck with your search.
I own a MH live in Tampa Fl. Have the same problem. Nobody want you w/ your MH AROUND THEM. Do you know any land for sale in this area
I don't have livestock an I don't to have any in the future
You really need to give some indication of where in the Tampa area you are, yes you are going to have a hard time finding a place to put a mobile home right near downtown Tampa but there are many places close by where you can find a piece of land that is zoned for mobiles.
Your problem is going to be the age of the mobile, getting approval to reset an older mobile will be harder than finding the land.
Let me know if you have any luck, please. I've been looking for about the same thing, though I want to put or build a "tiny house" on my land. Not too crazy about desert areas.....water concerns.
Did you find any land that was satisfactory? Do you have any recommendations? I'm looking for some privacy, woodland, with our without a home on lot
How do i find what i want? I'm looking for 1 or 2 acres or less of land for sale anywhere in the U.S. that dosen't have restrictions. I don't mind if it is forested, desert, rocky or anything that some people may not want. All i can seem to find searching on the internet are big chunks of land like 50 acres and up or if i do find smaller lots like i want, it is in a subdivison with restrictions such as 1500 sq. ft. minimums or something like that. How do i find just 1 unrestricted acre of land for sale in the U.S. for a reasonable price, like $5000 or under? Is there a website for these types of purchases or do i ask a state agency or what? I asked a realator about this and he said he didn't know, but i think he just didn't want to help me since i wasn't buying a 400k house and he wasn't going to make any comission off of me. Somebody help me out please. Thanks.
AANTV (America's Auction Network | AAN - 1-800-269-9629 - www.AANtv.com) periodically auctions off lots of various sizes in failed AZ subdivisions that sell in the low thousands. Please note, this isn't an endorsement of these properties -- but if you watch some of the auctions it will give you an idea of what you may have to put up with if you find a lot with few or no building restrictions. Most of the properties are without well or septic (they mention water being trucked in) and miles from town on dirt roads. I personally wouldn't buy anything like this without seeing it in person and talking to some of the locals first.
To the OP, I've been doing research on the codes in my county in Southern California, and so far I've found that all of the cities in my area have minimum size rules for new homes - but if you get outside of the city limits, then the county codes apply - and so far, the only thing I can find is that at least one room must be 120 square feet or more, and all habitable rooms must have a dimension of at least seven feet, in each direction - so if I'm reading it correctly, it sounds like a smaller house might be acceptable? I want a house that's between 800-1000 square feet - which was a normal size house not that long ago - but today it's not easy to build a house that size - so I'm hoping I can get it approved outside of the city limits.
Ok, so you are not really talking about 'no restrictions', you are talking about places that allow small houses.
You don't have to be rural. In smaller cities, but not in suburbs, there are normally no size restrictions, or just the 120 square feet one (which is needed if you are going to have enough oxygen to not asphyxiate in your sleep, unless you have a permanent open window or vent).
City lots are usually 1/3 acre or so, though. Why do you want 1-2 acres? Since you don't care if it's desert you are clearly not planning to grow food.
Yes, every piece of land in the US is currently owned by someone. The fact that you ask this question tells me that you need to do few years of research and learning before you buy something .
Also, why not just buy a house of the size you want? As you said, there are millions of them in existence, as they used to be the norm.
I think a problem you are going to run into is that 1-2 acres is not a 'normal' size.
Rural land in most (maybe all) areas has a minimum parcel size of 5, 10, or 20 acres. And urban lots are usually less than half an acre.
I'm not sure where a 1-2 acre parcel would be legal to sell, outside of planned subdivisions (which are exactly the places you want to avoid). I only know about the west though. Maybe it's different in places where 'rural' is more densely populated?
It sounds like you're wanting to build similar to those from the Tiny House Movement, is that right? If so, my husband and I are in the same boat as you are. I've looked at buying land options but not so much the restrictions side of things. We're trying to find something close to Salt Lake City, UT. Anyway, I was considering asking farmers or those who own big chunks of land for just an acre or less as well. I'm very curious to see how things work out for you!
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