Missouri Ozarks-the Good, Bad & Ugly...

ozarkland.com....
I looked its a neat deal.
the fact they hold deed restrictions bugs me.
"unused building material"? who makes that call?

deed restrictions are monsters in the waiting.

"deed restrictions are monsters in the waiting." Amen

Deed restrictions are one of the main reasons that we are leaving the city. Dh is on the neighborhood board of directors that enforces the deed restrictions and is worn out with trying to be the voice of reason. Time to head out where having a trampoline (not to mention more than 2 dogs or chickens) doesnt earn us a lien on our home.

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LeeAnne, wife of Tim's youth, homeschooling mother of twelve seventh generation Texans.

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"ozarkland.com....I looked its a neat deal."




Caveat emptor [L.] (Law), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.

I looked at the ozarkland.com site. They have it neatly done. Also an easy way of buying land.

Before I bought from them I would go check the land area out first. I would want to see exactly where the lines were.

One of the places they were selling showed an acre of land, but the picture made it look big. I forget just how many feet is in an acre but when you measure it off and stand back and look it isn't very big.

There are a lot of places in MO. that does not have any restrictions. I would check those out before buying with restrictions.

I and many others on this board bought our land from Neil at Ozarkland.com and I for one couldnt be happier. Neil is no mans fool but he is as nice a guy as you could ask to do business with. Several of us can attest to his personal kindness and understanding and willingness to help.
As to the Deed restrictions, most of them apply to Neils newer developments and I suppose its fair to say that Neils gotten a bit Up Market from his early days. Cherry Hills and his new place at Clearwater Lake are a bit tonier and things are not quite so laissez-faire as the old days. However if you buy a property in one of his older developments the deed restrictions are minimal or dont exist at all. Same goes for the "unused building materials" Judging by myself and my neighbors, you dont get called on this unless someone complains and thats not too likely. I live at Origanna Woods which last time I checked was Neils most populous development. There might be 8 full time residents in the whole place and we all have our little pile of building materials. Even if some new busybody should come along and make a fuss, Neil would just send you a nice letter saying no no and would you please while tipping you the wink between the lines. You could do a lot worse than do business with Ozarkland.com. And NO Im not on the payroll or on Commission. Quite frankly, I would never have been able to afford a Homestead if it werent for the deal you get from Neil at Ozarkland and I dare say others on teh Board would agree.

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Mus uni non fidit antro. ~ A mouse does not rely on just one hole.----Plautus

thats nice to hear... sounds like a cheap retirement plan.

Good:
Private
Good homeschooling laws
Low property taxes & cost of living in general
No zoning (at least where we are - most counties are like that)
Weather - at least most of the time - yes, it gets cold in the winter and hot in
the summer, but if you don't like cold weather, you have to move to a place
that has unbearable summers and if you don't like hot weather, you have to
move to a place that has unbearable winters - I've lived in both MI and FL,
both extremes - this is just right.) As for the wind, some days it's like being
on the beach - great kite flying weather. There's also a standing joke about
Ozark weather - "If you don't like the weather, just wait 5 minutes and it'll
change."

Bad:
Personal property taxes - they make you pay tax on everything you own -
year after year after year after year . . . . (I was told by the local office
that you don't have to claim animals unless you have a herd or use them for
profit. In other words, if you have just a couple goats or cows or chickens or
dogs or cats for 'pets', you don't have to claim them. But if you have large
herds of goats or cows or a chicken/turkey barn or a kennel or cattery, then
you do have to claim them.)
Chiggers - they're not ugly because if you dust your ankles/legs with powdered
sulfer before you go out, they'll leave you alone. (Don't & you'll pay!)
Chicken/turkey barns & Dog kennels - that is, if you live near one. The
first one can stink to high heaven, the second has sound that travels farther
than you'd think.

Ugly:
ROCKS ROCKS and more ROCKS - In the 3 years we've been here, our family
has moved tons of rock (at least it seems like it). It's a challenge to always
find new things to do with them. We went to the Springfield landfill once to
help some friends unload some junk (first & only time we've been) and dh and
I got a laugh - some guy had PAID to come and unload a trailerfull of ROCKS -
at the LANDFILL no less! :no:
Ticks - the sulfer doesn't work for them like it does for the chiggers. You just
have to get used to them. There's all kinds, big ones to the size of a period
here. They're actually the worst. They're baby ticks that have just hatched
and are waiting for their first meal to come along - usually in late summer.
And that means that you usually end up getting the whole nest of them on
you at once and the longer they're on you the worse it is. (Been there, done
that!) My biggest fear is that one of the kids will end up with Lyme disease,
so in the summer we make sure and do a complete tick check on everyone
every evening. Also, after a while you get to recognize the feeling a tick
makes as it crawls on you and you can get it off before it has a chance to
bite. Tip: if you have outside animals (dogs or cats), don't let them in the
house - keep them outside. In the summer, they'll bring the ticks in and drop
them around the house. I know there's lots of chemicals that can be used
against ticks and other bugs, but we'd rather live without those hazards. We
just see it as a challenge.

Other Things:
Snakes - not a problem unless you don't like ALL snakes. I've only seen 2
poisonous ones in 3 years, but all kinds that aren't poisonous.

There's going to be good and bad anywhere, but I guess we've decided that the good here outweighs the bad. That's what counts.