House for Sale In North Dakota

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It took longer than we thought but we are really going! We would like to be out about the first of March if we can get a buyer that quickly.

10 acres. Mediocre barn. Chicken house. Fenced for sheep (or?). If we sell right away you can have the 20 sheep(bred for Feb.) and a dozen and a half geese too! Garage needs roof but good concrete and uprights.

Traditional farmhouse: 3 bdrms up and a landing. Down: Large Kitchen +pantry, Dining room, Living room with bay window with window seat in; place for wood heat stove or you can build a fireplace with the form we will leave here, family room, Bath, laundry porch.

The house is still uneder remodeling cosmetically, the trim, some carpeting etc. But the roof, plumbing, wiring is brand new in the last 3 years. New sheetrock and paint in most rooms (landing and pantry will need something eventually.) Brand new steel chimney just put in this month. a second chimney for your cookstove if you want (sorry, mine leaves with me).

Young plum and apple trees in fenced orchard by house along with straw-, blue- and ras- berries. And the smell of Lilacs abound from 2 large hedges.

Located 45 miles SE of Devils Lake and 85 straight West of Grand Forks outside small town of 200.

Unfortunately we cannot carry a contract as we need the money to relocate.

Asking $30,000 any questions feel free to ask. Will have pictures soon.

-- Novina in ND (homespun@stellarnet.com), December 02, 2001

Answers

Sheesh! You couldn't buy a garage door for that much here in Maryland! Must be nice!

-- Chuck (woah@mission4me.com), December 02, 2001.

Nice, but it IS in ND, it's real winter for 9 months of the year, and unless you heat all with wood, you spend a great deal of money on fuel or gas or propane. Lovely country if you can stand the cold and wind though!

-- Annie Miller in SE OH (annie@1st.net), December 03, 2001.

Winter is not 9 months!!! We sometimes get snow in Oct but that doesn't always stay until Nov, and its gone early April. It is not as windy as you would think in the winter either. We can grow nearly anything we want in the garden. This is also Ag. land so there is grain and hay readily available for any animals you would want.

We heat a lot with wood which people are happy to have you come gather from their 'shelter belts' to clean up the place. Heating oil isn't to bad price wise. And since the taxes are only $150 per year you can afford to spend a little more on heating.

-- Novina in ND (homespun@stellarnet.com), December 03, 2001.


Not being nosey (Well yes I am) Why are you moving? What is the employment like in your area? You can answer her or email me at the addy below.

Thanks.

-- Kenneth in N.C. (wizardsplace13@hotmail.com), December 03, 2001.


The unemployment rate here is one of the lowest in the country (everybody keeps moving away). They aren't high paying jobs but as a rule cost of living is cheaper and the competitiuon for the jobs isn't high.

We are moving because we want to go to Alaska. it's a life long dream and we are finally experianced and brave enough to go for it. It was a hard choice as we do love it here. It is a great piece of property and decent people but when your dream calls....

-- Novina in ND (homespun@stellarnet.com), December 03, 2001.



Fair enough Novina, it's winter there for 7 months, just teasing you know, I say this as we continue to enjoy yet another 60 degree day with all blue skies here in the boonies of southern Ohio ;-)!!!

-- Annie Miller in SE OH (annie@1st.net), December 03, 2001.

Just wanted to give a little input for those who may be curious about ND. We lived there for almost 4 years while DH was in the Air Force. It does have extreme winters, but is absolutely beautiful! We found the people to be great and would be a wonderful place to raise a family (very little crime, good schools, etc.) You do get used to the winters, and it's nice knowing you will always have a White Christmas (and Thanksgiving, and New Year's, and Valentine's, :+) We now live in NC because we wanted to be close to family, but I do miss many aspects of it! Just my take FWIW!

-- briches (vesely@webtv.net), December 03, 2001.

Not to mention that ND has some of the best hunting and fishing in the US!! Nobody hunts ducks there, just geese. So you can just about pick your own spot to hunt ducks. And landowners are very generous about this.

-- bruce (rural@inebraska.com), December 03, 2001.

With global warming, if I was looking for a place, yours sounds real nice. People forget that once upon a time there were dinosaurs in ND along with a tropical climate. I think it is coming back. Also the winters make disease control in raising sheep real easy...no parasites live in the feed lot when the manure freezes before it hits the ground.

-- Gary (hpysheep@midwestinfo.com), December 21, 2001.

Could someone tell me how much heating actually is? I'm looking into moving to ND in a few years (sorry!) and want to see if it is plausible as I'd be on a fixed income. I'm guessing the heating would be the biggest expense? Thanks for any help!

-- Grace (gracebytes@skim.com), January 09, 2002.


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