Vacant land as residency?

[vagari]

What would it take to use a vacant lot as your residency?
Is this even possible?
Does it have to have a dwelling on it?
How do you go about getting a postal address for the land?

Just thinking out loud ...

 

[GotSmart]

It seems to me that by going to the local post office with your deed in hand will give you an address. As for residency, that is up to the local laws.

Anything is possible.

 

[WheelEstate USA]

Could that be called intent to trespass??

 

[vagari]

Oops. I meant land you own. Not someone else's land.

 

[wagoneer]

When you live on land you own you cannot just build and live ( you never really own the land by the way) they want to see sewage issues and groundwater issues and water issues answered, unless you live in a tent then I don't know.

 

[GotSmart]

That all depends on where it is. I am in Missouri, and I built a complete house without ONE inspection. No sewer, gas, electrical, water or building inspector came out. The only requirement here is from the state police, that they approve of where the driveway is located. There is a septic pond requirement, but I just used existing access and utilities from another house on the property.

Local jurisdictions all have different laws.

 

[vagari]

Did the property already have a postal address? If not how did you get one? Were there specific requirements?

 

[GotSmart]

It already had one.

All you do is go down to the post office with your deed... I am surprised you were not given one with the purchase of the land. Is there a road to it?

 

[Spirituallifetime]

I don't have an address for the property that I'm on, just use the lot # and street name. I have a PO box for the mail and since the post office is very small and rural she takes my UPS and FedEx deliveries also!

GotSmart I wish it was that easy to build in Elko County. There is Esmeralda county, NV, has no building dept. and no inspections but must follow the state building code.

 

[GotSmart]

Everything I built was up to California codes. It was a home for a friend, so we went with 2x6 walls, wrap, reflectix, and 10 inches of blown insulation. Double pane windows, tile counters and entry. Full carpet. 200 amp service. It also has a complete ducted furnace system as well. Last winter they used a total of 500 gallons of propane in Missouri! 1,500 sq ft for $38K.

Do it right or stay at home.

 

[vagari]

I don't have an address for the property that I'm on, just use the lot # and street name. I have a PO box for the mail and since the post office is very small and rural she takes my UPS and FedEx deliveries also!

What address do you use for your drivers license? Many states don't allow PO boxes.

 

[VanLifeCrisis]

I know here, you go to the post office, and they give you a number to a guy who handles what they call ''911 addresses" out here. I lived in an apartment that had no front access, and i called this guy, and we met. He pulled out a map and gave me a new address on the street behind where my door was and that was it. I think this is an effort to phase out rural route address (HC ##)

My sister bought a piece of land, and called the guy for their area. He actually gave them their own road and address on it. Said you are supposed to have at least 4 residence on it to get your own street, but my brother in law just told him he plans to move 4 in later, and the guy didn't argue. He let them pick the name, which they used their last name. He almost made it a Drive, called Rebecca Cant (my sister is a terrible driver). lol

 

[Spirituallifetime]

vagari
I used the subdivision lot # and name of the street of the property I'm living on for my drivers license, the state of Nevada was happy with that. However on my license it only shows my PO Box #.

 

[compassrose]

Post office can tell you how to get your official address. Our last house in TN had to get a new one so we got it from the 911 people (we went where the local PO told us to go). This was not the first time we had to get a "new" address. When we buy a place in "wherever", we will simply put a temporary power pole in until we put in a real power pedestal along with sewer & water. We will build a private "RV Park" for us and one of our daughters. Only thing is we have to make sure we can park the RVs on the lot. Lots of plots have zoning restrictions.

There was a city lot in Brewton, Alabama that was listed on ebay for $600. There USED to be a house on it so it had all utilites "in". There were no bids. If it was near where we needed to be, I would have bid on it. It is kinda what we are looking for but just not where (there are certain things we need to be near). The listing is ended but if you want to see the listing here is the link....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Residential...-AL-/111316124698?pt=Land&hash=item19eaf5441a

 

[akrvbob]

I bought an acre of land for $2500 about 30 miles south of the Grand Canyon in AZ. I got an address with the deed. It's about 2 1/2 hours away from Phoenix so a lot of Phoenix residents buy land up their to get away from the heat. Because of that they have special regs for parking RVs on land in the county.

My Realtor wrote the county (Coconino) and asked about RVs. This was the answer they sent him and he forwarded to me:

We do have regulations for the use of RV’s on private property. Your client should look for a rural residential zoned property either in the AR or General Zone.

We allow the use of TT’s or RV’s for up to 100 days per year (those are continuous days) through the issuance of a Temporary Use Permit ($50). You can only obtain one TUP per year. We also have different allowances for properties with active building permits.

For permanent sets we allow TT that are at least 8 x 32 with the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit ($400). Some neighborhoods within the County are more appropriate than others for these setups. Permanent sets are required to have waste water systems, a source of water and power. Building permits are issued for permanent set units.

 

[WheelEstate USA]

Same situation as many places. Its not easy to find places you can park/camp on your own plot for half the year without jumping thru legal loopholes and permits.

If this is your aim be sure and get the facts before you plunk down your bucks. Septic systems and water supply can sometime cost many more times the worth of the property.
A deal isn't always a good deal.

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A temporary use permit may only cover the owner. We ran into thi issue when a county man told our friend that he was allowed ONE rig when we were visiting.

If you plan to have visitors its important to know.

 

[compassrose]

We aren't stupid plus we have done this before in other states. We were construction from 1974 thru 2008. I think we know a little about zoning, permits, electrical, sewer systems (built many) and wells. People think that "out west" is free and open. It's not. It is getting more and more regulations. We will be going back east where it is greener and we know how to deal with regulations that have been in existance for decades. Out here, nobody knows what is going on and they give bad info.

 

[GotSmart]

I have been in construction in California. You want to see unreasonable rules???

I had a universal standards book, and would stop by the building inspector's office when I wanted specifics.

I only got shut down once, and then I was able to pull a rabbit out of my hat to get the signature.

 

[David]

I've seen quite a few places in both Texas and Louisiana as I traveled around where people used a basic lot to park their RV's. They pretty much always have utilities set up and often a storage type building of some sort and are usually in rural areas, however I've seen a few here and there in developed areas but looked like they had been there a long time.

 

[VanLifeCrisis]

I think its just nuts they can tell you what you can park on your land. I guess its true you never really own anything anymore.