The Super Official Homeowners Thread

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Is it registered as historic with Virginia or the local town/city? That could be a huge pain in the ass.

I asked my dad about this because I was reminded of our conversation here and he let me in on an interesting fact about our property that I didn't know about until now.  So apparently, basically ALL of the farms around us have been registered as historic properties, meaning their likelihood of getting land grabbed or being sold to developers is slim to none.  And yes, it is apparently a huge pain in the ass if you want to do things like remodel a house on it (even if the house is down a mile long driveway and nobody can see it).

Now apparently the state or whoever tried to get us to register ours as historic as well.  My grandmother, God bless her one of the most stubborn, fiery women I've ever known, apparently fought them like crazy to keep it from being registered because she didn't like being told what she could and could not do.  So we are basically this 100 acre "do whatever we want" island in the middle of protected farmland.

The only big restriction to build in this case is the fact that Loudoun County is still now a 1 home to 20 acre zoning region.  So I would basically just have to pick a 20 acre plot and carve it out for a house.  BUT, again in her infinite wisdom, my grandmother also apparently had one of the wooded areas (we call the 6-Acre Wood) created as its own 6 acre plot many years ago.  Technically since it's already subdivided I could build a house in there or at the edge of it and only need to build on 6 acres.