Sounds like a conversation to be tabled during a family feast but if you are buying Maine land, an HHE 200 soil test is critical before you sit down at the real estate closing.
Especially if the land in Maine you are buying is a small parcel, if the property is on the waterfront, in the shoreland zoning 250' perimeter area of a lake, pond, river, the ocean. Like people Maine land soils are different.
The land in Maine purchase has some obvious check list items you can tackle on your own.
Is there a high power wire transmission path heading diagonally across the land in Maine you are thinking of purchasing, enjoying, building on someday?
If physically not all set up with the power grid poles, is there an easement lurking in the registry of deeds where the title to the Maine land is recorded?
Do the four corner bordering Maine land properties all rise high above the parcel in the hole, at the end of the bowling alley or bottom of a funnel for drainage?
Another obvious, you know as soon as you walk the Maine land, crank your head around a few times situation.
The road to the Maine waterfront land, is is plowed year round? Can you bring in power and how many dead Presidents is that going to set you back?
Open wallet wide and say "Uh Uh".
Coming up a little short and had no idea it would cost that much? Or are you looking for land in Maine without power for a reason? To live off grid, be self sufficient and raise what you eat. Cutting wood and heating your Maine home with fuel from the back forty? That the plan? Then now power or cost prohibitive measures to put it in may make you feel like that drawback to some is a bonus to protect the "need to be by myself" approach to your Maine land purchase and use.
How productive is the land in Maine going to be for farming?
And if you planned to raise row crops, and then find out there is ledge everywhere below the Maine land, that's not good.
Suddenly better shift to cattle, small animals, critters... and forget the raising crops Maine land dream. Have the local soil and water conservation folks perform a soil analysis so you know what you have under the ground cover of clover, golden rod, brush of whatever is growing now on the land you need to study.
Many other not so obvious items to look for, check off your Maine land buying yellow legal pad list. Call, email and one by one can help you know what you are doing, buying for Maine land before you do. Avoid mistakes, ask lots of questions. Maine, get here quick as you can. Follow our Maine videos series.
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