Buy land? Buy house and land? Which one?

[wheels]

I am currently looking at a house in southwest utah. Its priced at 13$sq ft. built in 2007 was just reduced to 64900$ my cousin a real estate broker in the area told me I could probably buy it for around 47-49k its over 5k sq ft and 10 acres. house is move in ready they are out there you just have to look

Is this the place listed as no water & no utilities? I've been watching a listing and would love to know the back story / history.

[REPR]

If I was so inclined as to pack up and move asap I would set up a ger/yurt and start on a well planned earthbag home. Although I would be more than happy living in a yurt all the time.

[elSquid]

As mentioned...yurt.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/garden/31yurt.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

The tiny house blog is a good place to read up on cost effective housing.

http://tinyhouseblog.com/

-- Michael

[EmptySkuLL]

PC, did you see in that listing that the property type was "recreational" and zoning was "UNbuildable"...

I'm guessing that the property is a camp style zone for seasonal use...

[GunGreg2107]

wheels and pc it has a 12 gpm well powered by pv panels its alos connected the to the grid power its on septic but is very much winter accessible the driveway comes off a flat paved (plowed in winter) road, it is however as you said about 70 miles from access to big jobs

[Cnynrat]

Don't know what your budget is, but you might consider a home/shelter built out of shipping containers. They can be bought for relatively little money, and some fairly elaborate shelters can be built depending on your budget and desires. They also can be made to be relatively secure in the event you aren't living there full time.

[Lessthanperfect]

Its super Hippy but i forgot to mention Earth-ships for the self contained house saw them on the history channel and Cody lunden or whatever from duel survival lives in one there build from mostly recycled material cheaply if you do the work yourself

but my friend did bring up one thing with living in ground Radon

i know nowthing about radon but im pretty sure its something you want to check in on before doing anything under or inground,

[REPR]

There are ways to fix/mitigate radon. Easiest with an earthbag or in ground home is to use a vapor barrier in the flooring and along the walls that are buried as a moisture barrier/radon retarder. You can also build a vent pipe/fan with schedule 40 from the gravel layer if you so choose. Radon test kits are only like $10. Keep in mind it is alot easier and inexpensive to guard against radon during new construction.

Its super Hippy but i forgot to mention Earth-ships for the self contained house saw them on the history channel and Cody lunden or whatever from duel survival lives in one there build from mostly recycled material cheaply if you do the work yourself

but my friend did bring up one thing with living in ground Radon

i know nowthing about radon but im pretty sure its something you want to check in on before doing anything under or inground,

[cannon]

Buy property with underground water. Drill a well and then have them deliver a log cabin house kit in the spring. By winter you'll be living in your house.