WV Property-Search thread:

[traveller]

Looks like it was a barn once.

I think this was specifically built as a snazzy weekend cabin. This is in one of those cabin developments up on a ridge, not a place where you would find an old barn. If you look at the images, it has a fancy kitchen but right next to it there is stamped concrete floor so can you work on your 4-wheeler. This is 'my cabin in WV' where your buddies with their Lexus SUVs come up from NoVa to watch football and drink.

 

[Occam]

I think this was specifically built as a snazzy weekend cabin. This is in one of those cabin developments up on a ridge, not a place where you would find an old barn. If you look at the images, it has a fancy kitchen but right next to it there is stamped concrete floor so can you work on your 4-wheeler. This is 'my cabin in WV' where your buddies with their Lexus SUVs come up from NoVa to watch football and drink.

Yep, a Superior Man Cave from the get-go. There was disposable income available when it was built.

Just thinking what the heating bill would look like in there - those three roll-up garage-style doors must leak warm like a sieve when it's 10F in Capon Bridge. But whoever built it wasn't thinking about propane costs down the road.

Doesn't look like the kind of place where you could walk out back with a .22 (let alone anything else) and get in some therapeutic plinking. That's a baseline requirement, for me.

 

[MaxVO2]

I think this was specifically built as a snazzy weekend cabin. This is in one of those cabin developments up on a ridge, not a place where you would find an old barn. If you look at the images, it has a fancy kitchen but right next to it there is stamped concrete floor so can you work on your 4-wheeler. This is 'my cabin in WV' where your buddies with their Lexus SUVs come up from NoVa to watch football and drink.

*****Yup. Looks like a second home to go to on weekends to get away from the city, or to head for the Summer months, etc.. while kids are out of school, etc..

Very reasonably priced IMO for how that home looks to be built: 5 acres, modern kitchen and nice open layout. Remarkable how low the property taxes and HOA fees are as well.

 

[traveller]

It also was custom built to a very specific taste. If your buyer shares that taste, good, if not the property really doesnt have much appeal.

The price is in the location. This is an easy run up from Fairfax or Cashburn, VA.

Personally, for 850, it better have about 120 acres of woods and fields to go with it. 5 acres is a residential subdivision.

 

[Vic]

I was reading some of the input from those on this site. Why are you adding comment to this thread since you are so much more advanced than the simple country folk found in rural WV. Schools suck in WV, really? Don't raise kids in WV, really? You'd rather raise your kids in Baltimore and D.C. Interesting.
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[gwchem]

I was reading some of the input from those on this site. Why are you adding comment to this thread since you are so much more advanced than the simple country folk found in rural WV. Schools suck in WV, really? Don't raise kids in WV, really? You'd rather raise your kids in Baltimore and D.C. Interesting.
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I love West Virginia, and I spend a lot of time there. But yes, my kids are much better off in Maryland schools, which historically teach kids who go on to achieve more in life.

 

[gwchem]

https://www.redfin.com/WV/Yellow-Spring/LOT-37-Butternut-DR-26865/home/183727357

This is priced wrong, I'm guessing. No way it'll go for that little.

 

[Vic]

That may be true about MD schools, but there is a lot of other things that go with that. Montgomery county schools are great. Don't they also teach how to be a proper socialist too? I home school in MD because the fabulous schools here are so wonderful...
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[tallen702]

https://www.redfin.com/WV/Yellow-Spring/LOT-37-Butternut-DR-26865/home/183727357

This is priced wrong, I'm guessing. No way it'll go for that little.

Nope, it's priced too high.

It doesn't meet to covenant restrictions on minimum finished square footage, so you're already afoul of the HOA, and there's no running water (no well) and no septic. Whoever buys that will have to sink a lot of money into it to get it to spec. I wouldn't touch it for more than $120k.

 

[gwchem]

Nope, it's priced too high.

It doesn't meet to covenant restrictions on minimum finished square footage, so you're already afoul of the HOA, and there's no running water (no well) and no septic. Whoever buys that will have to sink a lot of money into it to get it to spec. I wouldn't touch it for more than $120k.

That makes sense. I didn't read the HOA issue before posting. Shouldn't be a problem to drill a well or dig a septic up there, but you'd have to teardown, unless the HOA somehow lets you grandfather it in.

 

[traveller]

I was reading some of the input from those on this site. Why are you adding comment to this thread since you are so much more advanced than the simple country folk found in rural WV. Schools suck in WV, really? Don't raise kids in WV, really? You'd rather raise your kids in Baltimore and D.C. Interesting.
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I live in WV for a few years now. So, if people are interested in moving here, I think they deserve an honest assessment of the situation. Any realtor here can tell you of properties that were bought and sold within a few years because the migrants eventually realized that some things are just different on the frontier. And sometimes it's kids that don't adjust well to being transplanted.

My comment about schools was in reply to the question why a particular school in one of the coal counties ranked so poorly. The schools are a reflection of the community. With the demise of coal and much of the small manufacturing, there is very little economic activity. Student numbers are low and there are few opportunities to offer the kind of classes that prep kids to advance. Doesn't mean the schools suck or that the folks working there aren't doing their best, but placement rates for colleges are often not great. Now you say 'not everyone has to go to college!' (which I wholeheartedly agree with), but absent a industrial base or public employers who offer trades training, those options are quite limited too. The power company only needs so many linemen.

Just don't show up and buy 30 acres to build your dream rural home and then be surprised if you have unreliable school bus service or your kids have a hard time fitting into a school where everyone knows each other from primary school.

 

[traveller]

Nope, it's priced too high.

It doesn't meet to covenant restrictions on minimum finished square footage, so you're already afoul of the HOA, and there's no running water (no well) and no septic. Whoever buys that will have to sink a lot of money into it to get it to spec. I wouldn't touch it for more than $120k.

It does have a top quality outhouse !



It's priced as 'vacant land' as none of the structures are permitted as a dwelling (as in having a recorded septic). On paper, they are all just sheds. Cool place as a weekend cabin, certainly not a residential property at this time.

 

[gwchem]

It does have a top quality outhouse !



It's priced as 'vacant land' as none of the structures are permitted as a dwelling (as in having a recorded septic). On paper, they are all just sheds. Cool place as a weekend cabin, certainly not a residential property at this time.

I'm actually wondering if the language isn't a subtle hint that the new buyer is going to be used by the HOA if it's not rebuilt to their standard.

We've been casually looking for something in that area, and I'm putting a call into the realtor today.

 

[traveller]

I'm actually wondering if the language isn't a subtle hint that the new buyer is going to be used by the HOA if it's not rebuilt to their standard.

We've been casually looking for something in that area, and I'm putting a call into the realtor today.

It's up on the ridges and if you look at the pics there isn't a flat piece of dirt. Geology may be challenging for either well or septic. I wouldn't be surprised if 1/2 of the lots in the development are vacant or have RV spots and 'sheds' instead of full up dwellings. Would be important to get an opinion from a local attorney on how far the powers of these local HOAs go.

 

[Vic]

I don't think the issue is as much the school as the attitude of the people in the area. Like the inner city, many don't think an education means much. The inner cities are worse in my opinion and much of the education you get in MD is indoctrination. As I said earlier, we homeschool. Some of the home school systems are far superior to the scrools found in the public sector. With that being said, if you kid isn't able to get a secondary education in WV, it's the parents, village, etc. at fault.

Since Al Gore invented the internet, the excuses are less and less viable. A good education can be acquired just about any place with internet access and Starlink is making those places fewer and fewer that doesn't have access.

As for homes on ridges and lack of flat land, it is WV. There are only 2 directions, up and down. A large number of the homes in Morgantown are built on land that is goat pasture. It is what it is. I think the issue you are talking about is City people moving to the country and can't handle it. My current house had lights all around it. We asked the man we bought it from why so many lights. He said he hadn't realized it would be so dark in the country. lol. Many people aren't cut out to be independent. Probably why so many are dependent on the Government.
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[GTOGUNNER]

I love my Wv place. Wife wants a real house. I am going to make a decision soon. If don’t build, might sell half of it. So many decisions.

 

[PharaohF4]

Not WV, but a little slice of heaven. 93 acres for $900k

15110 Sabillasville Rd, Thurmont, MD 21788 | MLS #MDFR2030678 | Zillow

For sale This 3464 square foot single family home has 4 bedrooms and 5.0 bathrooms. It is located at 15110 Sabillasville Rd Thurmont, Maryland.

www.zillow.com

 

[daggo66]

Very expensive, but damn is it nice. 5 acres and there's a HOA involved, but WOW!

174 Lupton Dr, Capon Bridge, WV 26711 | Zillow

174 Lupton Dr, Capon Bridge WV, is a Single Family home that contains 5000 sq ft and was built in 2019.It contains 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.This home last sold for $790,000 in October 2023. The Zestimate for this Single Family is $807,800, which has increased by $6,062 in the last 30...

www.zillow.com

I bet there is a sad back story on why this is coming up for sale.

Looks like it was a barn once.

Yep, a Superior Man Cave from the get-go. There was disposable income available when it was built.

Just thinking what the heating bill would look like in there - those three roll-up garage-style doors must leak warm like a sieve when it's 10F in Capon Bridge. But whoever built it wasn't thinking about propane costs down the road.

Doesn't look like the kind of place where you could walk out back with a .22 (let alone anything else) and get in some therapeutic plinking. That's a baseline requirement, for me.

I actually own 10 acres in this same development very close to this property. I watched this go up and it was built from raw land, it was never an old barn. Despite what the description may say, there is no HOA. The yearly fee is for roads and lake/park maintenance. It’s a maintenance corp that is run by community elected volunteers. The only purpose is maintenance, not the color of your siding or fence like an HOA. I‘m actually the president of the board.

This is absolutely somewhere you can walk out back and shoot your .22. I have my own range on my property. The big issue with this property is access. The roads are old logging roads and the access to this, which goes right by my place, requires 4WD when it snows and sometimes even in the summer when the road washes away. Most dwellings in the community are cabins. There are a couple that could be considered ”nice homes”, but this place is truly unique and not in the least typical.

 

[gtodave]

I love my Wv place. Wife wants a real house. I am going to make a decision soon. If don’t build, might sell half of it. So many decisions.

Hmm...if you end up selling half, reach out to your GTO brethren.

 

[Tomcat]

Saw this advertised on FB, House + 10 acres
https://matrix.brightmls.com/matrix/shared/S8g8lcJLQ9c/3904PreserveROAD