A LandsofAmerica.com Buyers Journey: The Property Search

Well hello folks!  We are ready to take you on the journey of a LandsofAmerica.com Visitor who's been searching for their "perfect" property.  They've been dreaming and saving their nickels up for many years to get their piece of this great country.  After tossing and turning many nights dreaming about the perfect property and where it's ultimate location would be, they settled on the Hill Country in central Texas.  

Many months ago, this visitor set some basic requirements to finding this "Hill Country Retreat" which included a good well, electric close by, good running or standing water, good views, and lots of wildlife.  Then this journey started by simply typing "texas land for sale" into www.google.com.  This ended up landing them on www.landsoftexas.com where they search and searched and searched for property.  They ended up signing up for Instant Buyer Alerts for properties meeting their criteria.  They received many of these Buyer Alerts and visited many different properties that were listed on www.landsofamerica.com. 

One day a specific alert really peaked their interest that was listed by Tory Virdell and Clayton Leverett with Remax in Llano, Texas.  A phone call was made the very next day to go see it.  Upon arriving, our visitor knew that if they could agree with the seller on terms, that soon they could call this property their family's ranch.  

All the terms were agreed upon and there was only one thing contingent on making the deal happen...a successful well being drilled.  One thing that's very important to have on rural land is access to water.  It sounds very obvious to think about that, but sometimes it's something that buyers don't consider and automatically expect it to be everywhere.  In some areas you can't drill to get water.  Your only choice is to harvest rain water and store it in a cistern.  Then there are areas that supply 400 gallons of water per minute.  Here is a chart that helps to realize how much water is used on a daily basis.



After contacting a well driller who's company has been in business since 1900, Virdell Drilling, they all met at the ranch one morning at 7am to see if this real estate deal was going to make or break.  The crew pulled their massive truck into the ranch and they all located the best spot to locate the well.  They parked the water truck next to the drilling rig which was used to help keep the drill cool.  The drill truck started drilling and it wasn't long until water started coming up to the surface.  Just a couple hours later, between 80 and 100 feet deep, they hit a water supply that generated 45 gallons per minute.   This was a really good amount of water and would definitely meet the needs of the family on the ranch.

Water truck and drilling rig getting ready to start drilling

The drilling rig after it gets vertical, ready to punch a whole in the ground

The water is starting to flow

The cost of the well was a minimum $1,200 to drill and after 120 feet it was $10 per foot. The rig ended up drilling down to 230 feet below ground in order to have water that would store up and be quickly accessible in the well shaft that was drilled.  This also helps to drill deeper then the initial water level during  times of drought when water table levels are lower.  

Everyone was extremely happy with this outcome of 45 gallons per minute and buying the property was now a done deal.  Our LandsofAmerica Visitor is now a LandsofAmerica Buyer.  What's next?
 

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