Well And Septic Question ?

silver hair deere · Jul 27, 2008

we have decided to move to a larger lot , found a 3 ac. place with a junked up trailer (give away) the agent has it listed for 19.000 . he said well and septic were only 4 years old . we don't know when it was vacated . camparable land with out well or septic is selling for about 1,500 an ac. we are thinking since there is no guarantee on the well or septic , we would offer the same as if it were not there , they could have poured anything into both . if a well pump or septic isn't used for say 2 or 3 years what happens to them and what should we look for ?

mg:

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Dude11 · Jul 29, 2008

Have your requests on paper of offer.The agent has to show it to seller for a counter offer.Sounds like the agent was kinda quick to answer for the seller.:goodl:

Milwaukee · Jul 28, 2008

You have 3 acres? You could make little profit by have hay grow plus let farmer get this hay.

3 acres would get about 70 to 100 hay box.

Hope it big enough to hold all tractors you can find cheap or get free from someone. :bannana:

Dragon · Jul 28, 2008

Good luck on your offer.

Check those records though. You should hopefully be able to find out who installed the septic & well. Then they could tell you what materials were used, the design, etc. Valuable information to have.

In WI this is all on the public record as part of the permiting process.

silver hair deere · Jul 28, 2008

just made a low offer as agent didn't want to commit to any thing on well or septic sold as is

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Donnie · Jul 28, 2008

Down here in south carolina we add a quart of clorox to the well to kill germs and bacteria and let sit for 2 days (health department approved).

itsbob · Jul 28, 2008

Here in MD we drill our wells deep enough we don't have to worry about it.

Dude11 · Jul 28, 2008

Smallfarmer has the right answer for you,but always consider a low offer.The market sucks right now so if they want to sell,they will be willing to dicker with the price.Only time I ever offered to pay asking price is when I go get bread at a store.:sidelaugh

silver hair deere · Jul 28, 2008

i was thinking of a low ball offer , that way if anything is wrong that i would have the money to fix it . if nothing is wrong than it would be a really good deal .

mg:

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smallfarmer · Jul 28, 2008

Why not make a condition of sale that the septic and well be inspected and the septic pumped.

offthegrid · Jul 27, 2008

You could easily have the well water and well pump tested. Also if your locality has a building permit process check with the code enforcement office and see if there is a building permit and/or a certificate of occupancy issued and any record of inspections done on septic when it was installed. You usually have to file plans and have perk test for new septic systems. If it's only 4 yrs old it would seem like the building permit process would have been followed. Only problem is some localities are pretty lax in following the rules they themselves have put in place.

Ken N Tx · Jul 27, 2008

You may try and have the real estate hire an inspector to come out..

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