Found a piece of land!

Outstanding!
I hope it works out.

Nothing better than owning a place in the Country.
Buy a big Shop building first and make a camp out of it. I did that for about 5 years and then bought the house next door but the shop will keep you warm and dry and most important it'll keep momma comfortable until you build, plus you got a place to store all your stuff like mowers , tools ect.

This is excellent advice. Good luck!

Outstanding!

Is that where vidalia onions originated?

Thanks guys!

Orlando

Viking-Man, excellent advice. We need to fence along road, then trying to decide what to do next. Momma has already found a 22 ft camper she likes. I need to price the buildings and quick…

Looks nice. I'm trying to get an acre or 10 out in the county. The good thing about here is you're less than 90 minutes from the gulf. 10 Mike's from my house now you cross the state line into FL and insurance doubles or triples. And realestate goes up quickly the farther south you drive

I had my Metal building come with a 12 foot overhang.
Drywalled it , put in a shower stall and Bunk beds and now it's used for visitors.
We used it for about 2 years.
Now we call it the Bachelor Pad. Visitors don't work well in a Camper..unless your Swingers..

Nice! Not trying to be a Debbie downer but do you know anything about the area? Is hunting a big priority for you? Much research would be needed, not only real estate but on who the neighbors are. If just a place to chill looks awesome. I have relatives in Vidalia and would be happy to help you shorten the research curve if you want to pm me. They are good folks and I’m sure would be happy to chime in and give honest answers if they know them. Seriously, happy to connect. That’s a really short DD, I recommend at least getting an ALTA survey including mineral rights and complete title work. If you plan on wanting to build make sure you check the county zoning regulations and make sure you don’t need any geotechnical investigations. Unless of course you have cash to play with and it’s just something fun to do.

I suppose a perk test might be needed?

Yes, the area has a unique soil type. The Vidalia onion is tested before being labeled certified Vidalia. A lot of sweet onions are not true Vidalia's.

I'm pretty sure we're going to take TRT's advice and go that route, Have some time to let it sink in, won't build before next spring/summer.

Excellent advice so far guys. You-all are hitting the buttons! No debbie downers, Any and all comments are welcome.

I do know folks up there - they know the guy who is selling and are gonna introduce us to what seems to be our closest neighbor.

I called and talked to one of the county guys - he said "this aint like Florida". Pretty much said all we need is a $25 building permit. Yes, we are gonna dig deeper but according to him, there is no zoning and are no impact fees or such. If you search for zoning you get code enforcement, so we'll be talking to them.

Gonna have the surveyor who did the original survey "update it" and mark the corners with 3-4 points along the lines for fencing. Think we found someone to replace the fence in along the road right away too (I'd do it but short on time).

As for geotech - I actually work for a geotech firm. Next time up I'm gonna do some hand augers and tag groundwater if it is within 5 feet, collect some soil samples for AG tests and some geotech stuff. Soil survey says the pasture areas are Tifton loamy sand 2%-5% slopes - well drained. Should bode well for a perc test. If we have to raise it, can do that downhill of the house so it won't be obviously mounded.

There is a "shallow well" (concrete culvert on end in the ground) - will plumb that next trip up there (in 3 weeks).

Steel building from in-state is what we were inclining towards mainly due to installation - will definitely do that. The foundation is basically a 4"-6" slab, will check to see if we should install a base or install footers. Steel building folks should know that. Also gonna ask for highest wind ratings we can get - forget if they are 140 or 170.

Title and deed work - agreed that we need to know about water and mineral rights.

The power poles stop right in front of the property, so that's a plus.

Tyson Steel in Doerun would be a good Building manufacturer to contact. They also have independent contractors that erect if you need that also.

tysonsteelbuilding.com/

Congrats Rich, looks great. Should be part of the general migration, everyone should move to Georgia, right Ferris?