Investigate Surrounding Vacant Land Before Buying

Homebuyers are always looking for an ideal situation with low prices. If you are looking in an area with open land around it, you absolutely must investigate the plans for the area.

You have been out shopping for a home for months and have not found that perfect specimen. One day you come upon a home that meets your needs and fits your price. The home is on a little dead-end street. You are happy with this aspect because you have kids and view the lack of traffic as a positive. You also happen to note there is a big, open field behind the house, but think little of it. Simply put, you are playing with fire.

Assume you go ahead and purchase the home. You move in, get the kids enrolled in school and basically get comfortable in your new home. After a month or so, you are laying in bed at six in the morning when there is suddenly an ungodly racket. You stagger out of bed and notice it coming from the backyard. Walking outside, you are met with an image of bulldozers grading the peaceful field behind you. Congratulations! You have just become a neighbor of a strip mall, Wal-Marts or some other monstrosity.

You may think this never happens, but the exact opposite occurs every day. If there are vacant lots of land around a property you are considering buying, you must investigate them. Are they zoned only for residential use or is commercial zoning available?

If they are approved for commercial use, you need to give some serious thought to whether the property is for you. How will you feel about living next to a business area? How much traffic will it add to your neighborhood? How much noise pollution will there be? What will the commercial development do to the value of the home? These are all questions you must consider and answer.

Finding a property in an area with plenty of open space sounds wonderful. If you investigate the area, you can avoid the situation turning into a nightmare.

Posted by Vernadette Williams on December 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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Local Information for Sanford, NC

Latitude: 35.475881 -- Longitude: -79.175463

ZIP Codes for Sanford, North Carolina	27237 27330 27331 27332
Area Code for Sanford, North Carolina	336
Time zone for Sanford, North Carolina	EST

Other Area Cities: Spring Lake, NC Sanford, NC

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As of the census of 2000, there were 23,220 people, 8,550 households, and 5,899 families residing in the city. The population density was 372.5/km² (964.7/mi²). There were 9,223 housing units at an average density of 147.9/km² (383.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 55.87% White, 29.19% African American, 0.50% Native American, 1.06% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 11.93% from other races, and 1.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 19.03% of the population. There are 8,550 households, out of which 34.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.0% were married couples living together, 17.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 people and the average family size was 3.15 people. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

North Carolina 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Sanford	North Carolina	United States
Population	23,220	8,049,313	281,421,906
Median age	33.1	35.3	35.3
Median age for Male	31.5	33.8	34
Median age for Female	35.1	36.7	36.5
Households	8,550	3,132,013	105,480,101
Household population	22,535	7,795,432	273,643,273
Average household size	2.64	2.49	2.59
Families	5,903	2,158,869	71,787,347
Average family size	3.15	2.98	3.14
Housing units	9,223	3,523,944	115,904,641
Occupied units	8,550	3,132,013	105,480,101
Vacant units	673	391,931	10,424,540

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Investigate Surrounding Vacant Land Before Buying

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Latitude: 35.475881 -- Longitude: -79.175463

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