Actually folks, most of these “old farmhouses” are situated on at least 3 AC (that their LL isn’t using for range and farming leases), have a detached 1-2 car garage/workshop (might not have roll-up door) and have 3-6 bdrms because they have basements. They’re by no means fancy, having ancient fixtures and missing floorboards here and there. But nothing that can’t be fixed with plywood and a rug. A (K-12) school bus usually picks up within 6-7 blocks of each farmhouse. Also, pets are welcome 🙂
We can’t compare these farmhouses to a typical 550 sf dryrotted, termite-infested (SD?) apt at twice the monthly rent. WHY? Because it is too arid on the high plains for dry rot to set in or termites to survive. But they DO have HEAT and plenty of it as it’s the LAW (habitability issue)!
There’s plenty of room at these farmhouses to park your extra 1960’s-70’s American pickups and various and sundry other vehicles and tractors (running or not). It’s probably not paved, but that’s okay. These hardy folks have plenty of shovels, blankets, rugs and rock salt.
Trust me when I tell you that in spite of having to have a supply of bic lighters handy to melt 4′ long icicles of their screen doors to get into the kitchen six months per year, life is infinitely better for 10-12 (related and unrelated) people to live in one house in and outside of Kersey, CO than SD, CA :=]
