Builder-restricted lots
The developer has an agreement with one builder, or a short list of them. You buy the lot and build with them. Often smoother and more predictable, with less room to shop the price or bring in your own designer.
Land
Buying and selling land in Wisconsin.
Finding a lot to build on, or selling land you already own. Either way it is a different transaction than a house.
ReadyOne Map
Search New Subdivisions in Wisconsin
Subdivisions, builder communities, and bring-your-own-builder lots you will not find on the MLS. Built and maintained by me.
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MLS Search
Search MLS Lots for Sale
Every vacant lot and land listing currently on the market, live from the MLS. Filter by price, acreage, and location.
Search Lots + LandMLS listing data is provided by the applicable multiple listing service and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Subdivision information is compiled from public sources and should be verified with the developer or municipality.
Buyer representation
I represent you on the land purchase.
Vacant land is a different transaction than a house. Different contingencies, different inspections, and a different set of things that can go wrong after closing.
✓Contingencies for soils, perc, survey, and zoning approval
✓Reading covenants and builder restrictions before you sign
✓Understanding what site work will actually cost on that parcel
✓Negotiating the price against those real numbers
Know before you look
Not every lot lets you use your own builder.
This catches people off guard more than anything else in the land search.
Bring your own builder
You choose who builds. More control and more competition on price, but you are responsible for vetting the builder and coordinating more of the process yourself.
Rural acreage
Usually the most freedom and the most unknowns. Well, septic, driveway, power, and site work can add up fast on a lot that looked inexpensive on paper.
Due diligence
What to check before you buy a lot.
A cheap lot with expensive site work is not a cheap lot.
Zoning + setbacks
What you are allowed to build, how big, and where it can sit on the parcel.
Covenants
Minimum square footage, exterior materials, outbuildings, and builder requirements.
Utilities
Municipal sewer and water, or well and septic. Natural gas and electric access.
Soils + perc
Whether the ground supports a conventional septic system, or something costlier.
Access + driveway
Where you can enter, how long the driveway runs, and who maintains the road.
Wetlands + grading
Buildable area after setbacks and wetland delineation. How much fill and cut.
Survey
Actual boundaries, easements, and whether a Certified Survey Map is needed.
Site costs
Clearing, excavation, driveway, utility runs, and landscaping before the house starts.
Before you write an offer
Found a lot? Send it to me.
Give me the address or the listing link. I will tell you what I would want answered before committing, roughly what the site work involves, and whether it actually fits the house you are picturing.
This is a fifteen minute conversation that has talked people out of lots that would have cost them sixty thousand dollars in surprises. It has also confirmed plenty of good ones.
There is no charge for this and no obligation to work with me afterward.
Selling land
Own land you are thinking about selling?
Land is priced and marketed differently than a house, and it reaches a different buyer. Most of the people who want your parcel are trying to figure out whether they can build what they have in mind on it.
✓Pricing based on what the parcel can actually support, not just acreage
✓Answering the buildability questions up front so buyers do not walk
✓Marketing to builders and buyers looking for lots, not general home shoppers
✓If you own acreage, whether splitting it into lots is worth exploring first
Land questions
Buying or selling land?
Send me the parcel and I will tell you what I see. No charge, no obligation.