2fast4u Nabob
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03-30-2007 13:09
Hi,
I have been thinking about interesting features for possible rental properties. I was thinking about the value of the ability to terraform by more than +/- 4m.
I currently rent land to others, but I do not see them terraforming often. I personally don't find terraforming that interesting - that is why I am asking here.
Is there any value to someone wanting to rent land, in the ability to be able to terraform their land by, for exampe +/- 20m of a parcel of land that is 1024m or larger? Assume that there will be sufficient space between parcels to avoid problems with walls of dirt blocking in a land that is not terraformed.
Thanks -2fast
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Raymond Figtree
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03-30-2007 13:17
It depends of course on what your plans are and how much land you are talking about.
My personal feeling is that unless you have a big enough area to play with, it's a waste. Creating impressive landscapes is great when you have the space. But for a 1024 plot, there's not a lot you can do, unless you're grab one of Siggy's diving boards and create a cliff diving area into a deep pool.
I have found that the -4/+4 has been great and sufficient for ponds or small sloping areas.
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Cristalle Karami
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03-30-2007 13:44
I'd agree with Raymond. Most people who want land for residential purposes don't need that level of terraforming power, and simply prefer to buy it green and flat. For commercial purposes, it's totally irrelevant unless you are creating a "destination" that requires interesting views.
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2fast4u Nabob
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03-30-2007 13:49
I was thinking along the same lines too.
Suppose that the plot, say 4096m, came already terraformed in an interesting way? Is there value in that?
Again, I assume that there is not a lot of value in the capability to terraform, or the terraformed land itself, unless it is something really cool like a nice lake or swiming area - but that is my opinion.
Any more thoughts?
-2fast
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Raymond Figtree
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03-30-2007 14:03
Value is in the eye of the beholder. If you like the way it is formed and it's for personal use, I say go for it. I just rented an estate and paid a hefty premium versus other rentals available only because I liked what my neighbor had done with her landscaping. If you are talking about resale value, that is another matter.
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Ceera Murakami
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03-30-2007 15:03
Depends a lot on what they plan to build. My home has an indoor swinning pool. If I can't terraform down at least 4 M from the current surface, I can't install my house. Or at least my pool becomes unusable. If they intend to have a basement, they need room to terraform downward, at least.
I'll agree that if a parcel us generally suitable for building already (IE: generally level), then it isn't terribly necessary to terraform a lot that is smaller than 4096 M2. Doing it on smaller parcels tends to cause problems with the neighbors. I'd be very leery about doing more than minor changes on anything smaller than 1024 M2.
Yet I have installed a house for a client before where the land was generally level, and +/- 4M terraformability was not sufficent. It proved to be impossible to bring some of the high spots low enough and some of the low spots high enough to have the land make it to her foundation. I had to use prim flower beds around most of the foundation, and we stuck her front patio over an unterraformable "slough", supported on piers. And she still had an inexplicable hump of land at one end of the back patio, that I had to cover in decorative plantings.
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Cristalle Karami
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03-30-2007 22:03
The power to terraform came in very handy for me on one estate, as my neighbor had a harbor that was vomiting particles. Luckily, I was able to build a huge cliff with a garden that hid the unsightly eyesore. However, it was not the factor that convinced me to buy the plot. Price and beachfront were my overriding concerns. I would imagine that that is generally the same as most people looking to purchase land.
Now, if the land also came with a unique and appropriate structure, that might sway me to purchase it for more than the lowest price/m2.
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