Any advice for my first inspection?

You need to get an environmental survey. Find the EPA district for your State, then go to that District, find out what your County designation is, then find out if that property had any commercial use in the last 100 years, and what toxins may be present in the soil and/or water.

Just my opinion.

Lori J Latimer aka @LillyGrillzit

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Jordan wrote: > I may get a gift of 10 acres upstate to build ecological community! > Any advice for my first inspection? I’ll ask about the area, usage > history, water supply/flooding – and as we want to build with natural > materials, I want to see if there is mud by the stream that could be > useful. Any other things you think I should ask? 🙂
>
> This site will be 2 hours north of NYC and I have some ideas about how > to make it financially viable/sustainable but open to the ideas – and > INVOLVEMENT – of others, so email me if you want to stay in the loop > and get involved!
>
> Jordan
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