That's a tough question as so much depends on what the land has to offer and where it is. A typical subdivision building lot of 1-3 acres in this area would likely be $30-40K, I can see large 20+acre pieces in this same area anywhere from $60-$150K. Ours is a bit unusual as it is part of a subdivision but is large at 43.5 acres, however we are allowed only one dwelling on it, so being part of a subdivision it came with some infrastructure...a road into the lot and power at the road, it does not have sewer or water...we paid $70K the town assessment is $86K.
Exactly, the ledge is a good/bad thing. We have to pay to have it blasted and removed, but then our house will be sitting on solid rock and with proper construction and grading, drainage will never be an issue. We could have opted to have less than a full height basement, but I'm not interested in that.
You are asking about the existing soil on the site? Where there is any...before you hit ledge it seems to be very sandy...typical spruce/pine forest floor. The soils report for the septic says sandy-stony-loam. The septic is a 1000G tank with a 900sqft pipe and stone disposal bed designed for 270G per day flow. It will be all gravity fed and we think we will have enough drop so that we can put the drain in the basement floor so that we can eventually have a bath or whatever in the basement without having to pump.
Good ole Maine rocks! That’s quite a project! And a nice piece of ground you have there, for a good price imho.
Just got a call from the contractor, the blasting guy looked at the job this morning, said he can do it tomorrow
Discuss the ledge with the foundation contractor. The house I grew up in was on a ledge shelf. Depending on the grade of the unblasted stone it can create a shelf that sheets water towards the foundation walls. Normal rainfall it won’t be an issue it’s the turd floater storms days on end.
I hoping to get there and I can certainly take a video but I'm not sure it'll show much more than some tire mats lifting up a bit, those blasting guys like to keep things under control.
Hmmm I'll definitely bring this up cuz that sounds pretty close to the situation. Not sure if you'll be able to see it very well in the pic and the scale is hard to see. The ledge to the right of the pic drops off steep about 3-4 feet down, we are leaving that alone and blasting the ledge In the left of the pic, and then "nestling" the foundation up to the ledge on the right.
We had mostly granite and some shale taken out for a walk out basement at our previous home. Turned out GREAT!
Sounds like the situation you’ll be in. Hopefully as they core through there is void beneath otherwise you’re carving out a swimming pool of stone and from my experience water will want to find an equilibrium which is the basement. There appears to be good grade from right to left. Ask them about backfilling with stone and drain tile and ensure waterproof membrane is installed- you get to do this once don’t regret it down the road.
DaveGunter Wow! somehow I missed this thread, congrats and enjoy....All the pics are awesome, the hounds are going to love it also....
