Land Matrix
Way in the beginning, we had a conversation about what features we would want or not want in a parcel of land. We made a list of these items, below, and created a spreadsheet to track the properties we investigated.
Using a list or something similar gives the shopper a comparison matrix to quickly compare features. You might even use colors or bold highlighting to emphasize categories you find more important than others. Here are the categories/features we used:
- Property nickname
- Location
- Distance to population centers
- Distance to railroad tracks (known to carry hazardous chemicals and derail)
- Distance to chemical or other factories
- Distance to nuclear power plants
- Distance to airports/military installations
- Access = roads or lack of
- Water (well water or dry area?)
- Total size in acres
- Flatness
- Woods for timbering/firewood
- Utilities: power, sewer, mail, land line, internet, cell signal, trash
- Natural gas
- Mineral rights
- Possible building sites
- Drive time from present house
- Preexisting structures
- Fence
- Survey
- Appraisal
- Right of way and encumbrances
- Neighborhood/neighbors
- Crime statistics for the county
- Price
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