Uncle has a seventy ft well that barely services the house and a sump pump in the basement forty ft away that never stops . Don’t take anybody’s word for anything with rural water .
I'll still be commuting to work until I retire in 4 or so years ... will be farther than now but I can put up with that for those years and may end up working out a deal to work from home 1 or 2 days a week.
Not knowing the details of your new location, but it's likely that the stores you are used to being just around the corner are not there anymore and you have a half hour there and back again to get something you need. Nothing like starting a project or a repair and finding that you need some little thing that you don't have. Plan ahead.
I've never seen a gravity-fed residential system with an alarm (including the one the in-laws just had installed by a company that only does septic systems).
The new Type 1 we installed had a few sensors that would set off an alarm on a box mounted to the side of the house (completely with flashing light), though it's been a few years so I can't remember exactly what. Pretty sure it would go off for too high, too low, and excessive flow into the field. Mostly was set and forget, and the only alarm we had was immediately after install where a sensor needed adjustment. Was good peace of mind rather than relying on looking for excessive grass growth or a soggy yard...
My driveway is about 250’-300’ long and about 15’ wide.A 9 1/2 hp Honda snowblower works great for me , I just need to throw the snow left or right a few feet to clear my driveway. A four wheeler with a plow would not work well for me. By February the snowbanks on either side would be too high to push more snow over. With respect to septic, a gravity fed system without a sewage pump is best if possible and remember, if it’s yellow let it mellow.
Not knowing the details of your new location, but it's likely that the stores you are used to being just around the corner are not there anymore and you have a half hour there and back again to get something you need. Nothing like starting a project or a repair and finding that you need some little thing that you don't have. Plan ahead.
I wired up a friends new garage at his cottage recently near Calabogie Racetrack. It was just over an hour one way to the nearest Home Depot so if you forgot something there goes half a day. I made sure I showed up with everything I needed.
Is this a subdivision or a spin off of a farm?
I would recommend going to the local municipal office to get a copy of the land title.
Check to see if there are any caveats attached.
With the gentrification of rural land some of them can get ridiculous.
Can you have dogs, cats or chickens and what colour you can paint your fence!
Can you park an RV on the property for more than 3 days.
The local county council used to be farmers but now it may be lawyers and bureaucrats.
Of course you can pay lawyer fees to send a secretary to do this.
If you live on a school bus route you get the road in front of your house plowed Monday-Friday.
If your niegbour is a County Counsilor you get the road plowed every day!
If you live on a city residential street you may never see a snow plow.
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