The well is the story here. This 20-acre parcel comes with a permitted livestock well dating to 1965. In the San Luis Valley (Colorado Water Division 3), new well permits are very hard to come by, and a 20-acre parcel would not qualify for the 35-acre exempt well permit on its own. A 1965 permit predates all of that. It is about 9.6 miles to US-160.
What the state told us, in plain terms: changing the permit to household use only would probably be allowed, but nothing is promised until an actual application is filed, and doing so means giving up the livestock use. The other route, keeping the livestock well and drilling a new household well, would require dividing the land through the county, which is a real subdivision approval process with real cost and no guarantee.
Well disclosure: the condition and yield of the well are UNTESTED. We hold the permit file, not a pump test. Budget for inspection and possible rehab, and verify the permit with the Colorado Division of Water Resources. There are no other utilities at the parcel.
The details: 20 acres, Parcel 4, S2NE4SE4 Sec 2-32-72, Costilla County, Colorado. APN 11000504. Property taxes run about $200 a year (estimated). Call Costilla County Planning and Zoning about camping, RV and building rules before you make plans.
Access disclosure, please read: the title insurance policy on this parcel does NOT insure legal access. It carries an exception for lack of access to and from the land, so we are not promising or advertising road access. Roads and trails cross the property and others have rights to use them. Pull up the GPS, research the access yourself and ask us anything before you buy. It is priced with this in mind.
Price is $44,900, the same whether you pay cash or finance. Owner financing: $2,245 down and $780.14/month for 84 months at 12% interest. That payment already includes property taxes and a $10 note fee. Put 15% down ($6,735) and we drop your rate to 10%, about $660.75/month, and you can buy the rate down further, to as low as 7%. One-time non-refundable doc fee. No credit check, no SSN, no bank.
GPS: 37.291411, -105.399139. Go look at it, then call or text us at 804-653-5351.
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