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Yes, my son owns his own house. We have talked a couple of times of finding a place that would accommodate both, either with 2 houses on it, or me putting up a mobile home like you said...... Or maybe a "mother-in-law " addition but we are both very stubborn so that might only be a future possibility if I am old and feeble in my 90's....
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At one time I was going to move to the house on the farm he bought ( got the land first, then bought the house a year later to keep the whole place in one piece) but he needs more for that in rent to pay that mtg than I am paying here so not a sensible move, Plus it is 20+ miles away from the majority of the places we rent , and the "main farm" we rent with all the working facilities, and further away from all but 3 of my farms so more travel too, for me for work. No sense in me paying that much extra in rent and traveling further for everything too.
And there is the situation where it actually backs up to the landfill on the back side, and now the landfill is getting full, and there are not the outlets for plastic anymore and they are getting very picky about what plastic can be recycled, even glass is becoming a problem with recycling as there just aren't the companies paying for it, so there is a possibility that the town/county may be interested in some or all of the farmland for an expansion for the landfill. The land is decent but not "real nice" and if he could get enough out of it then maybe it would be the wisest move to sell it, make some profit, and then find some place else to go. He isn't good about letting go of stuff though; but he has said that if he could make some money on it he would sell it.... it was a good price when he bought it, even though not really in an area we would have normally been looking. There are a couple of people that have expressed an interest in it, so he may be thinking more about selling it.
Sure don't want to get into anything that is close to a city that can annex land and then tell you what you can and cannot have there. Got that problem here in Lexington Va that has decided now that no chickens allowed..... and the city has expanded.....
My son actually said that it is getting too crowded here and that maybe we need to find somewhere else to go that is more rural..... I'm all for that...... I told him that further southwest Va near the border with Tenn or even over the line in Tenn since the taxes are better there. Don't think he will do anything because of his father here, even though his father drives him nuts and has made his life very difficult fairly often.
.At one time I was going to move to the house on the farm he bought ( got the land first, then bought the house a year later to keep the whole place in one piece) but he needs more for that in rent to pay that mtg than I am paying here so not a sensible move, Plus it is 20+ miles away from the majority of the places we rent , and the "main farm" we rent with all the working facilities, and further away from all but 3 of my farms so more travel too, for me for work. No sense in me paying that much extra in rent and traveling further for everything too.
And there is the situation where it actually backs up to the landfill on the back side, and now the landfill is getting full, and there are not the outlets for plastic anymore and they are getting very picky about what plastic can be recycled, even glass is becoming a problem with recycling as there just aren't the companies paying for it, so there is a possibility that the town/county may be interested in some or all of the farmland for an expansion for the landfill. The land is decent but not "real nice" and if he could get enough out of it then maybe it would be the wisest move to sell it, make some profit, and then find some place else to go. He isn't good about letting go of stuff though; but he has said that if he could make some money on it he would sell it.... it was a good price when he bought it, even though not really in an area we would have normally been looking. There are a couple of people that have expressed an interest in it, so he may be thinking more about selling it.
Sure don't want to get into anything that is close to a city that can annex land and then tell you what you can and cannot have there. Got that problem here in Lexington Va that has decided now that no chickens allowed..... and the city has expanded.....
My son actually said that it is getting too crowded here and that maybe we need to find somewhere else to go that is more rural..... I'm all for that...... I told him that further southwest Va near the border with Tenn or even over the line in Tenn since the taxes are better there. Don't think he will do anything because of his father here, even though his father drives him nuts and has made his life very difficult fairly often.
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