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I thought I would start a thread about new property or improvement nuggets of wisdom and painful lessons.
About 6 years ago we started with our unimproved 14 acres. I guess the first thing worth mentioning is distance equals money. I used to wonder why people who had huge properties build their home right next to the highway. Well now I know, it is because utilities cost more by the foot.
My lesson is if it is a pain in the butt or expensive do it right and do it once. We ran power about 5 years ago ourselves from the meter to the well. It is 250ft. We chose direct bury cable for about $800. Instead of going thru a conduit. More work and about $1200. Well we just ended up redoing it at todays prices. A little over $2000. So now I have spent $2800 on something I could have had for $1200. Lesson learned. I don't usually take such short cuts but I decided to save a little money since we still had to build a home.
About 6 years ago we started with our unimproved 14 acres. I guess the first thing worth mentioning is distance equals money. I used to wonder why people who had huge properties build their home right next to the highway. Well now I know, it is because utilities cost more by the foot.
My lesson is if it is a pain in the butt or expensive do it right and do it once. We ran power about 5 years ago ourselves from the meter to the well. It is 250ft. We chose direct bury cable for about $800. Instead of going thru a conduit. More work and about $1200. Well we just ended up redoing it at todays prices. A little over $2000. So now I have spent $2800 on something I could have had for $1200. Lesson learned. I don't usually take such short cuts but I decided to save a little money since we still had to build a home.