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Old 11/04/05, 09:32 PM
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Arrow 170 acres in West Va for $85000

Property is close to Huntington...off of I-64. I was offered it to harvest the timber but talked owners into selling for a homestead land. They got it last month due to a death in family...If it was closer to me I would buy it. Power on Property....Make someone something nice or I might buy it thru my hunting club.

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Old 11/04/05, 09:33 PM
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Hey Keith,you live near Huntington?
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Old 11/04/05, 09:41 PM
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I have a house in Frankfort and own a farm in Owen Co and some land out in Pike Co...But it's logging that puts me all over the mountains year round.
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Old 11/04/05, 09:55 PM
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Yeah,I live pretty close to Huntington,WV...Ashland,KY...Ironton and Portsmouth,Oh.
Not the greatest place on earth,I'm sure...but definitely not the worst
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Old 11/04/05, 09:58 PM
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quite.....easy going.....Hot Women.....Everything a guy could want so long as you live outside of town.....
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Old 11/07/05, 09:39 PM
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Sorry,

i couldn't let it go so I took a purchase contract this afternoon for this property. I will be setting it up as a convent community for low impact off-grid living. I will be offering 40 deeded sites at $3750 a site. 1/4 acre each. There will be a 20 acre garden plot and 20 acres of pastor limited to goats and swine. May allow dextor cattle. Lawyer working on details now.

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Old 11/07/05, 09:40 PM
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Old 11/07/05, 09:48 PM
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I wish you were doing this closer to us. My husband and I would love to take part in something like this (although I'd have to dig into the details as far as the shared pasture and whatnot). We would like at least 10 acres, but are willing to live on as little as 3 since that is the minimum for livestock in our area.

So how does that work with the sharing? I'm really interested.
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Old 11/07/05, 09:55 PM
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The large plots are shared amoung the co-ops members. The deeds will be restricted to allow the following home structures:

Stone
Cordwood
Log
Stick Built
Timber Frame
Straw Bale
Dug Out

Construction methods

Minium 800 SqFt
No Gas Powered Tractors
No Logging with exception of deadwood or thinning as approved by the community.
No Large Breeds No Exceptions
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Old 11/07/05, 09:58 PM
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I will deed you 10 acres of your own for $2000 a acre on ROW and no use of the community property.
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Old 11/07/05, 10:00 PM
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So do they take turns working the garden/pasture, or are they each alotted a certain area in which to raise their food? Is there a community processing center for meats?
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Old 11/07/05, 10:02 PM
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I am always trying to find info on this kind of stuff, but I never know what to look for. Most of the material I find is on communities that were started in the 60's-70's, but I didn't think that would give me an accurate picture of how these things are done today.

Are there books on this?
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Old 11/07/05, 10:06 PM
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I just took the contract today but I plan to allot 1/2 acre of garden land to each person and have the pastor open free run. I will be allowing the community member the option to vote on better ideas also cause that is only fair. I will be building a 35 by 50 community building with a kitchen as per the Amish standard where I grew up. This to offer a larger place for members to bulk canning, meat cutting, and other activities. Once again each deed holder will get one vote of course as a majority own I will have the final say but I will limit myself to medation role as I don't want to impeed the balance.

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Keith
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Old 11/07/05, 10:10 PM
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There are a lot of communes but they are very limited to size and locations. I fear setting this up that I am going to be stuck with a property that will goto waste. But I well I will just hold it for 10 years and drop it on the market later should my idea fail as many have. I will say this I would like to see the use of Ethanol and BioDiesel at the place as I am a huge fan and supporter of both items.

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Keith
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Old 11/07/05, 10:17 PM
 
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water

How will the water be handled? Is every one responsipal for there own well, home spot and garden spot? Sorry for the spelling mistakes.
Sandie OR.
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Old 11/07/05, 10:23 PM
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Once again each deed holder will get one vote of course as a majority own I will have the final say but I will limit myself to medation role as I don't want to impeed the balance.

Dont drink the Kool-aide.

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Old 11/07/05, 10:26 PM
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If I owned 170 acres and had people giving me money and allowing me to have final say in all "votes" I would just come out and declare myself emperor and stake the land as Boblandia, independent nation extraordinaire!
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Old 11/07/05, 10:40 PM
 
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Thanks, but no thanks. I want to be my own Queen Bee, make my own decisions, and keep my horses. Love my Kaboda, too. You probably wouldn't allow my OMG - wolf-dog either.

Been in a group situation (homeowners assoc) & even was president. Made me never, never want to be there again. No rules but my own on my own land.

Best to you though...
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Old 11/07/05, 10:51 PM
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Yeah, well, this is another type of "homeowner's association" but you won't own your home! that's $15,000 an acre...you can own your own truly somewhere else in this state for a lot less.

And just what do you intend to do, import a lot of nuns?
Quote: "convent community"
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Old 11/07/05, 11:21 PM
 
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I sure can't blame you for buying the property! But I'd probably be interested in just keeping it for myself! LOL.
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