> 15 acres is great, and the rest, that would be bonus! There's already > a 'road' of sorts to the end of all the acres which continues onto > someone elses property and then ends at a gas pipe line...if I could > get permission to cross the other owners property and get to the pipe > line, that would probably be a groomed area for miles--great for > trails.
Virginia: If you love the place, don't dawdle with the offer. You'd kick your own butt forever if someone else beat you to it. And 50 acres is not all that much land. It may sound like a lot from your perspective, but you can actually never can have too much land. We have 313 acres here in KY right now and if someone next to us would offer us more, we would buy it. Privacy is the ultimate luxury and a place to ride right from your own barn is priceless. We are fortunate that our neighbors also have horses and we put in a gate between us, so they can easily ride on our land and we on theirs. So in your case I would go and introduce myself soon to the potential neighbors and see what kind of people they are. Good neighbors do not come a dime a dozen and they should factor into your purchasing decision. We once did not buy a piece of land we were offered because we thought the price was outrageous. We were very sorry later. The one-acre plot previously cut out of the land we later bought went to some really trashy people who put a trailer on it an proceeded to throw any trash they had on a pile right next to the trailer. They would periodically burn it but in the meantime, anything the wind could take would drift onto our land. We were finally able to buy it about five years ago and it took us nearly a week to clean it up. The other reason for land is the horses. Horse love a change of scenery and they love to run on their own when a fresh wind is blowing. Give them a place where they can run and explore and they will be intelligent, unspooky and plain happy. Anneliese
