You may have looked into this policy already, but it's a very important one for future homesteaders to keep in mind if you're buying to develop yourself.
Mainers have put a lot of land into "tree growth" to protect our undeveloped land from being built on. Even new owners will have to pay the taxes and fees associated with moving land "out of tree growth" and start tearing down the trees, most commonly if you are looking to buy anywhere northern and truly rustic.
From all my personal research as a local looking to do the same one day, it's a fairly hefty cost.
Each town varies and unincorporated townships get even trickier. There can be some pretty extreme differences dependent on where you're looking to build and live. You'd likely be better off choosing a couple interesting areas with land for sale in that range and looking into the individual municipal codes, or at least noting these locations in this or a future post, or you'll start getting incorrect info and potentially town specific information for a place you don't see yourself in the long run.
cheyboo98 t1_jds5oy4 wrote
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You may have looked into this policy already, but it's a very important one for future homesteaders to keep in mind if you're buying to develop yourself. Mainers have put a lot of land into "tree growth" to protect our undeveloped land from being built on. Even new owners will have to pay the taxes and fees associated with moving land "out of tree growth" and start tearing down the trees, most commonly if you are looking to buy anywhere northern and truly rustic.
From all my personal research as a local looking to do the same one day, it's a fairly hefty cost.
Each town varies and unincorporated townships get even trickier. There can be some pretty extreme differences dependent on where you're looking to build and live. You'd likely be better off choosing a couple interesting areas with land for sale in that range and looking into the individual municipal codes, or at least noting these locations in this or a future post, or you'll start getting incorrect info and potentially town specific information for a place you don't see yourself in the long run.