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Old 11/15/14, 12:11 PM
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House, Barn, 2 small greenhouses (not used and to be converted), poultry shed 10 x 12,
Shop (previous store) separate building, big dog house now used in a geese pen, 20 x 20
Covered bird pen with a 'half surround ' attatched 16 x 4 coop space roofed.

Used to garden more, thus the greenhouses now being converted
to bird raising uses. Store/shop in flux for variable indoor uses.
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Old 11/15/14, 12:14 PM
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I have found buying a property with usable buildings is usually less expensive than building. .
That is the truth! We started completely from the beginning...well, electric, drive, pond, etc....Even had to place the culvert to build a crossing over the creek.
I sure do like the place though.
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Old 11/15/14, 01:11 PM
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We have a 1 1/2 story house with a 2 car attached garage, with a 2 car attached carport.
8x10 shed
8x12 chicken coup, but will be made into a garden shed.
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Old 11/15/14, 02:05 PM
 
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Lots.
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Old 11/15/14, 02:38 PM
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Not nearly enough for what we'd like to do, but more than enough for the tax man.
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Old 11/15/14, 02:46 PM
 
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2 1/2 acres /one acre natural woods/1/2 acre fruit trees,bee yard and garden-all fenced,
1800 ft house-added partial deck/covered,20x30 garage turned to shop(woodworking,crafts, and lumber storage),2 car metal carport(half utility trailer,sand bags,recycling),10x12 secure weatherproof shed (straw&feed&misc hoses,etc),8x16 greenhouse,4x6 coop and small run that opens to garden.
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Old 11/15/14, 03:18 PM
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cow (now goat) + milking barn 30x 20 with a 10 x 20 shed on one end for feed storage and 2 stalls' rabbit shed 12 x30 , 16 x 40 log barn for storeing tools and other treasures ,40 x 24 shed with picnic table mllsess furnace cane mill bbq , 10 x 14 chicken house ,10 x12 pig house with 100 foot square fenced lot . attached to the house is a 10 x 16 out door or canning kitchen .a 10 x 12 root cellar buried in the hillside with hopes of a smokehouse on top some day . theresalso a 26 x 50 x20 foot tall old tabbaco barn we now use to store hay + an 6x 6 fancy out door out house near the picnic shed . I wish and really need a garage to store hand tools and do mechanic work - mantaince on the tractor, tillers, saws ,trucks ect .
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Old 11/17/14, 02:24 PM
 
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Log cabin, 1 1/2 story 18x24 with 16x20 bedroom on right end and 14x20 kitchen lean-to on back.

Outhouse

Root Cellar

Smokehouse

Spring House

Barn, 24x30 gambrel roof (4 stalls for horses) with lean-to additions on rear (2 cow stalls) and left side (tack room and shop).

Corn Crib

Woodshed

Shed for wagons, buggy and equipment

Tool shed

Shed for extra hay and wood/lumber storage

Workshop (woodworking, etc.) and blacksmith shop

Field shelters for oxen, horses, pigs and sheep.

Chicken coop.
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Old 11/17/14, 06:10 PM
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Homesteadforty---Do you have any pics of the oxen!? DH thinks my horses and mules are pasture wasters. I'd love to raise a couple of steer calves for trained oxen so I'd probably have to get rid of some equine....maybe.
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