ruffian
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We bought the house next door on one acre, with the intention of redoing it, and selling it with the barn that sits directly behind it and 5 acres. We used to own the ground it sits on, which is why the barn is there. After a year of working on the house - replacing EVERYTHING - we put it up for sale.
the first person who looked at it made an offer! GREAT! She has big horses and we really hit it off. Then we attempted to divide up the land. Turns out WE CAN'T!! State laws are that property can't be more than 4 times deep as it is wide, which reduced the property to 3.5 acres.
In addition, our TOWNSHIP ordinances meant that I couldn't build a new barn because the property we would have left is only 300' wide, and in order to have livestock in a building, it has to be 150' from any lot line. Is that not ridiculous!!! Of course, if it's a smelting plant, or motorcycle repair shed, it can be 15 FEET from any lot line. We tried and tried, but can't make it work. So now we are selling just the house and keeping the rest. It's only about a $50,000 loss . . .
the first person who looked at it made an offer! GREAT! She has big horses and we really hit it off. Then we attempted to divide up the land. Turns out WE CAN'T!! State laws are that property can't be more than 4 times deep as it is wide, which reduced the property to 3.5 acres.
In addition, our TOWNSHIP ordinances meant that I couldn't build a new barn because the property we would have left is only 300' wide, and in order to have livestock in a building, it has to be 150' from any lot line. Is that not ridiculous!!! Of course, if it's a smelting plant, or motorcycle repair shed, it can be 15 FEET from any lot line. We tried and tried, but can't make it work. So now we are selling just the house and keeping the rest. It's only about a $50,000 loss . . .
