Charlottesville Horse Farms and Country Homes

Unique Charlottesville Horse Property - Horse and People Barn

 Charlottesville VA horse property for sale.  Located in Fluvanna county almost across from the main gate of Lake Monticello, 93 Carriage Hill Rd. presents the opportunity to own a unique small equestrian property.

11.19 acres, 4 stall center aisle barn, darling living quarters with 1 bedroom plus a large loft, great room, vaulted ceilings, attached 1 car garage.  All for $225,000.

Conveniently located close to the Lake Monticello shopping and golf, and within a short commute to
Charlottesville VA and the Keswick Hunt Country.

 

 

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Contact

Pam Dent

, e-PRO, SRES, NHD, REALTOR®, Real Estate III, Charlottesville, Virginia at 434 960-0161, pam@JumpintoGreenerPastures.com, to list your property for sale or to buy a property in the following areas in Central Virginia: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Keswick, Glenmore, Ivy, Crozet, Earlysville, Free Union, Cismont, Scottsville, Fluvanna County, Troy, Palmyra, Lake Monticello, Louisa County, Louisa, Mineral, Spring Creek, Orange County, Gordonsville, Orange, Barboursville, Greene County, Ruckersville.

 

To view all of the Charlottesville, Virginia and Central Virginia Homes for Sale click here and click on the mls search button.

 

Visit my website Jump into Greener Pastures or read my other blog Charlottesville Real Estate Talk  for information on

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area homes and the

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real estate market.

Small Virginia Horse Farms For Sale

Small Virginia horse farms for sale are in demand.

If you have a small Virginia horse farm and have been considering the idea of selling, but have been waiting to put it on the market it may be a good time.  I have gotten three requests this week from new buyer clients who are looking for a  Charlottesville horse farm or hunt box.  By small we are talking about the 5-15 acre range.  Of course, like most of the buyers in todays market, price is an important consideration.  This is not the time to put on an over priced listing.  However, there is a market for competitively priced small Central Virginia horse properties.

A few tips:

• If your small horse farm has accesss to trail please let us know.  A buyer may purchase a smaller property if there are neighboring places to ride.
• Make sure that your agent describes all of the equestrian features in the agent notes.  This info may determine if a buyer will choose to view your farm over others that are on the market.
• State on the listing how much of the property is open and in pasture.
• If the land is all woods it is not a horse property.

And the most important tip is to hire a REALTOR who is experienced with horses and horse farms to help you with the sale of your Virginia horse farm.  Be sure to choose a horse property expert for the job.

Contact

Pam Dent

, e-PRO, SRES, NHD, REALTOR®, Real Estate III, Charlottesville, Virginia at 434 960-0161 to buy a property in the following areas in Central Virginia: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Keswick, Glenmore, Ivy, Crozet, Earlysville, Free Union, Cismont, Scottsville, Fluvanna County, Palmyra, Lake Monticello, Louisa County, Louisa, Mineral, Spring Creek, Orange County, Gordonsville, Orange, Barboursville, Greene County, Ruckersville.

 

View all of the Charlottesville Virginia homes for sale.

 

View my website Charlottesville Horse Farms or visit my other blog Charlottesville Real Estate Talk  for more information on

Charlottesville

Virginia

horse farms, homes, events and real estate. 

 

Copyright © 2009 by Pam Dent, all rights reserved, "Small Virginia Horse Farms For Sale".

 

 

Virginia Horse Farms For Sale - It Won't Sell If I Can't Tell It's A Horse Property?

Yesterday I was searching the mls for Virginia horse farms for sale to email to a client, but how can I sell your farm if I can't tell it's a horse property.  And how can I tell it's a horse property if the agent doesn't put the equestrian details in the listing information.
The first thing that struck me was how hard it was to sort out the true horse farms from the other properties with acreage.  The equestrian amenities were ofter burried somewhere in the agent notes after all of the details on the house.  One listing didn't even mention that it had a barn until I looked at the additional media and "voila" there was a picture of a 9 stall barn.
If you are selling a Virginia equestrian property, it is important to hire a Realtor who understands the importance of the horse facilities to horse people.  They will want to know the size of the barn, how many stalls, kind of fencing and whether there is a ring.  That information needs to be at the beginning of the notes, even before the information on the home.  After all the true horse person will want to make sure that his horses are happy and then if that is perfect he will often try to make the house work.
Remember that if you list your Virginia horse farm for sale, I need to be able to find it among all the other listings so that I can put it in my tour to show my clients.  Please make sure that it is easy to see on the listing that it is a horse property in order that it does not get overlooked as I scroll through all of the properties that are currently on the market.

Contact

Pam Dent

, e-PRO, SRES, NHD, REALTOR®, Real Estate III, Charlottesville, Virginia at 434 960-0161 to buy a property in the following areas in Central Virginia: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Keswick, Glenmore, Ivy, Crozet, Earlysville, Free Union, Cismont, Scottsville, Fluvanna County, Troy, Palmyra, Lake Monticello, Louisa County, Louisa, Mineral, Spring Creek, Orange County, Gordonsville, Orange, Barboursville, Greene County, Ruckersville.

 

View all of the Charlottesville Virginia homes for sale.

 

View my website Charlottesville Horse Farms or visit my other blog Charlottesville Real Estate Talk  for more information on

Charlottesville

Virginia

horse farms, homes, events and real estate. 

 

Copyright © 2009 by Pam Dent, all rights reserved, "Virginia Horse Farms For Sale - It Won't Sell If I Can't Tell It's A Horse Property."

My Top 8 Ways To Get Ready For Spring On A Virginia Horse Farm

This post will share my 8 top ways to get ready for spring on a Virginia horse farm.

Each season of the year brings its own particular set of chores to anyone who has a Virginia horse farm.  While the rest of the Charlottesville community is busy spring cleaning their homes, Virginia horse property owners are doing a little spring cleaning of their own.  I will list the main items on my spring to do list for my Charlottesville Virginia horse farm.  If you have additional items that are musts on your equestrian property, please share them with us.

1. Spring Vaccinations - On any Charlottesville Virginia horse farm the first priority is the horses.  Like most horse owners I vaccinate my horses in the spring and the fall.  There are some shots that are only given once a year and others are given more often.  Also certain shots such as the Potomac horse fever vaccination are most effective when given in a certain season.  Chaec with your veterinarian to set up a vaccination program to suit your horses.
2. Take ponies and easy keepers off of the lush pastures.  Rich spring grass can be harmful for ponies and overweight horses.  Too rich pasture can cause certain horses to "founder" which is a potentially life threatening disease.  Prevention is key.  Either removing at risk equines to paddocks with less grass or limiting their turnout time is important.
3. Spring can be a good time to fertilize and seed your fields.  Your extension agent will be able to assess your pastures and help you determine the best plan to maintain them.
4. If you did not service your tractor and bushhog in the fall, now is the time to perform this maintainance.  Having this equiptment in prime working order is crucial with all of the mowing that you will be doing throughout the growing season on your Charlottesville Virginia horse farm.
5. Now is the time to send off your horse blankets to be washed and repaired.  Then when they come back they will be ready to be stored for the remainder of the summer until they are needed in the fall.
6. Get out turnout sheets, stable sheets, and fly scrims.  While it is not cold enough to need heavy blankets anymore, we are still seeing cool nights and some cool days.  This is the perfect weather for sheets.
7. Get the fans out of storage and put them on the stalls.  Make sure that all are in working order and that you have enough for each horse.  It seems like box fans don't have a very long working life in the environment of a stable, so it is a good idea to have several extra.
8. Plant Flowers - This is my favorite task.  My barn always has whiskey barrels of flowers out front, hanging baskets on the shed row and window baskets on the office windows.  I love picking out combinations of annuals for these planters to dress up my barn.

Once I am finished with all of these tasks, I know that my Virginia horse farm is ready for spring.  Now its time to ride, train horses and focus on this year's show season.  Happy riding!

Virginia Horse Farms In The Spring Real Estate Market

So You're Selling Your Virginia Horse Farm

Contact

Pam Dent

, e-PRO, SRES, NHD, REALTOR®, Real Estate III, Charlottesville, Virginia at 434 960-0161 to buy a property in the following areas in Central Virginia: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Keswick, Glenmore, Ivy, Crozet, Earlysville, Free Union, Cismont, Scottsville, Fluvanna County, Troy, Palmyra, Lake Monticello, Louisa County, Louisa, Mineral, Spring Creek, Orange County, Gordonsville, Orange, Barboursville, Greene County, Ruckersville.

 

View all of the Charlottesville Virginia homes for sale.

 

View my website Charlottesville Horse Farms or visit my blogs Charlottesville Real Estate Talk and Charlottesville Horse Farms and Country Homes for more information on

Charlottesville

Virginia

horse farms, homes, events and real estate. 

 

Copyright © 2009 by Pam Dent, all rights reserved, "My Top 8 Ways To Get Ready For Spring On A Virginia Horse Farm".

Jump Into Greener Pastures

From the beginning of my career in real estate I have had the tagline "Jump into Greener Pastures".

Charlottesville Virginia is an area of rolling hills, mountain views and green pastures making it the perfect area in which to buy a Virginia horse farm or country home.  Any time that you are considering selling your existing horse property or country home and searching for a new place to live you are looking for someplace that better suits you changing needs, in other words a move to greener pastures.

This blog is about everything involved with Virginia horse farms and Virginia country life that makes the Central Virginia horse country an area with the perfect greener pasture for you to move to.

Contact

Pam Dent

, e-PRO, SRES, NHD, REALTOR®, Real Estate III, Charlottesville, Virginia at 434 960-0161 to buy a property in the following areas in Central Virginia: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Keswick, Glenmore, Ivy, Crozet, Earlysville, Free Union, Cismont, Scottsville, Fluvanna County, Troy, Palmyra, Lake Monticello, Louisa County, Louisa, Mineral, Spring Creek, Orange County, Gordonsville, Orange, Barboursville, Greene County, Ruckersville.

 

View all of the Charlottesville Virginia homes for sale.

 

View my website Charlottesville Horse Farms or visit my blogs Charlottesville Real Estate Talk and Charlottesville Horse Farms and Country Homes for more information on

Charlottesville

Virginia

horse farms, homes, events and real estate. 

 

Copyright © 2009 by Pam Dent, all rights reserved, "Jump into Greener Pastures".

Own A Home In A Virginia Horse Farm Community

Own a Home in a Virginia Horse Farm Community!

758 South Keswick Drive, South Keswick, Troy, Virginia  listed by Pam Dent

5 bedroom, 3.5 bath, 3,100 sq ft, 11.14 acres.  Priced at $83,000 below assessment.  $599,000.

758 South Keswick Drive is a stunning contemporary home with 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths set on the most beautiful lot that you can imagine, overlooking its private 1.5 acre pond.  Some of the features include 3,100 fin sq ft, 1,700 un fin sq ft, 2 car attached garage, 2 car detatched garage, open floor plan, vaulted ceilings, sky lights, Bose speakers throught the home, 2 fireplaces, decks overlooking the pond.  Although it is not fenced for horses there is plenty of open land for a horse or two.  Priced at $599,000  a great value at $83,000 below assessment.

View the complete pictures and visual tour of 758 South Keswick Drive.

Don't miss the opportunity to buy a home in the South Keswick equestrian community.  Small Virginia horse farms can be difficult to find and a South Keswick home is the perfect solution.  South Keswick is a neighborhood of large lots mostly in the 10-15 acre range, ideally suited for small horse properties.  Often when you buy a small horse property there is the problem of where to ride, but not here.   South Keswick offers 8 miles of common riding and walking trails.  Of course, you don't have to have horses to enjoy this beautiful community.  This is the perfect spot to enjoy the Virginia Country Life.

South Keswick is conveniently located 2 miles from I64, minutes to Charlottesville, Virginia and an hour from Richmond.  This property is close to the Keswick Hunt country and convenient to many area horse shows.

758 South Keswick Drive is the perfect choice For a small Virginia horse farm or the perfect spot to relax and savor the Virginia country life.

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Contact

Pam Dent

, e-PRO, SRES, NHD, REALTOR®, Real Estate III, Charlottesville, Virginia at 434 960-0161 to buy a property in the following areas in Central Virginia: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Keswick, Glenmore, Ivy, Crozet, Earlysville, Free Union, Cismont, Scottsville, Fluvanna County, Troy, Palmyra, Lake Monticello, Louisa County, Louisa, Mineral, Spring Creek, Orange County, Gordonsville, Orange, Barboursville, Greene County, Ruckersville.

 

View all of the Charlottesville Virginia homes for sale.

 

View my website Charlottesville Horse Farms or visit my other blog Charlottesville Real Estate Talk  for more information on

Charlottesville

Virginia

horse farms, homes, events and real estate. 

 

Copyright © 2009 by Pam Dent, all rights reserved, "Own A Home In A Virginia Horse Farm Community".

Virginia Horse Farms Are A Prime Destination For Horse Buyers

Virginia horse farms are a prime destination for horse buyers.  I have written a lot about how Central Virginia horse farms are some of the finest horse properties in the United States, but we must not forget that many of these exquisite horse farms are also the home to some of the best horses in the United States.

Virginia has long been a favorite horse shopping destination for the hunter-jumper set.  Not only are first class horses bred on Virginia horse farms but also many horses are sent to Virginia from other parts of the United States to be trained, marketed and sold by the top Virginia professional riders.  Top eventing and dressage riders have also made their base in the Virginia horse country.

For many years before I became a REALTOR I was a sales agent for show hunters.  Clients would call me and tell me what kind of a horse they were looking for, how well they rode and what price range they were in.  I would put together a group of horses that they might be interested in. They would fly to Virginia,and we would spend a day going around to Virginia horse farms and trying horses.  Hopefully they would find a horse that was the perfect match.  They would fly home and I would handle the negotiation on price, the prepurchase exam and arrangements for payment and shipping.  Sounds a lot like real estate, doesn't it.

Often these same people who origonally came to Virginia looking at horses, fell in love with the Virginia countryside in the process.  More than one has come back looking for Virginia horse properties to buy.

Virginia horse farms and Virginia horses - what a winning combination!

Charlottesville Horse Farms - the Keswick Hunt Country

Charlottesville Virginia Horse Farms

Contact

Pam Dent

, e-PRO, SRES, NHD, REALTOR®, Real Estate III, Charlottesville, Virginia at 434 960-0161 to buy a property in the following areas in Central Virginia: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Keswick, Glenmore, Ivy, Crozet, Earlysville, Free Union, Cismont, Scottsville, Fluvanna County, Troy, Palmyra, Lake Monticello, Louisa County, Louisa, Mineral, Spring Creek, Orange County, Gordonsville, Orange, Barboursville, Greene County, Ruckersville.

 

View all of the Charlottesville Virginia homes for sale.

 

View my website Charlottesville Horse Farms or visit my other blog Charlottesville Real Estate Talk  for more information on

Charlottesville

Virginia

horse farms, homes, events and real estate. 

 

Copyright © 2009 by Pam Dent, all rights reserved, "Virginia Horse Farms Are A Prime Destination For Horse Buyers".

Virginia Horse Farms In The Spring Real Estate Market

Virginia horse farms are gearing up for the spring real estate market.  As I was driving back to my office from showing property earlier in the week, I saw signs of spring all over the Central Virginia countryside.  Trees are budding, daffodils are blooming, forsythia is painting the landscape yellow, cherry trees add a hint of pink, and the grass is showing a hint of bloom.  In a couple of weeks all of the Virginia horse farms are going to be bright green with new spring grass.

Spring is the busiest season in the Charlottesville Virginia real estate market.  As the trees are beginning to bud, we are seeing an increase in inquiries about Virginia horse properties for sale.  Buyers are making appointments to come and look at homes for sale.  If you are considering selling your Virginia horse farm now is the time to list it to take advantage of the Charlottesville spring real estate market.  When the leaves come out, the dogwoods are blooming and the fields turn green Charlottesville horse farms will be dressed in all of their Easter finery and ready to present the best picture to the public.

Buying A Charlottesville Virginia Horse Farm 

Harbingers of Spring in the Albemarle County Real Estate Market

Selling a Charlottesville Virginia Horse Farm

Contact

Pam Dent

, e-PRO, SRES, NHD, REALTOR®, Real Estate III, Charlottesville, Virginia at 434 960-0161 to buy a property in the following areas in Central Virginia: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Keswick, Glenmore, Ivy, Crozet, Earlysville, Free Union, Cismont, Scottsville, Fluvanna County, Troy, Palmyra, Lake Monticello, Louisa County, Louisa, Mineral, Spring Creek, Orange County, Gordonsville, Orange, Barboursville, Greene County, Ruckersville.

 

View all of the Charlottesville Virginia homes for sale.

 

View my website Charlottesville Horse Farms or visit my other blog Charlottesville Real Estate Talk  for more information on

Charlottesville

Virginia

horse farms, homes, events and real estate. 

 

Copyright © 2009 by Pam Dent, all rights reserved, "Virginia Horse Farms In The Spring Real Estate Market".

Charlottesville VA Horse Farms - The Keswick Hunt Country

Charlottesville VA Horse Farms - The Keswick Hunt Country.  The Keswick Hunt Country is located in Albemarle County to the east of Charlottesville Virginia and centered around Keswick Virginia.  The Keswick Hunt area runs primarily along routes 231 and 22. 

The best known area of the Keswick hunt country is a long stretch of continuous farmland which runs along route 22 and is boardered by the southwest mountains.  This is one of the most beautiful drives that you will find in the state of Virginia.  There is one big beautiful Virginia horse farm after another providing perfect gently rolling countryside to ride across.

If you are considering buying a Charlottesville VA horse farm, you should not miss looking at farms for sale in the Keswick community.  Due to the stewardship of the land owners many of these farms have been put in conservation easement ensuring that we will still be able to see the vista of one farm after another unbroken by developments.

The Keswick Hunt Club's kennels are located in Keswick along with their clubhouse and horseshow grounds.  The club puts on an A horseshow every May which draws some of the best show horses from across the kennels.  Hounds go out three times a week from October into MarcH.

There are currently 9 Keswick VA horse properties for sale ranging in size from 4.21 acres to 514 acres and in price from $499,000 to $18,000,000.

If you are looking for a Charlottesville Virginia horse farm, don't miss looking at farms in the Keswick hunt country.  

Contact

Pam Dent

, e-PRO, SRES, NHD, REALTOR®, Real Estate III, Charlottesville, Virginia at 434 960-0161 to buy a property in the following areas in Central Virginia: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Keswick, Glenmore, Ivy, Crozet, Earlysville, Free Union, Cismont, Scottsville, Fluvanna County, Troy, Palmyra, Lake Monticello, Louisa County, Louisa, Mineral, Spring Creek, Orange County, Gordonsville, Orange, Barboursville, Greene County, Ruckersville.

 

View all of the Charlottesville Virginia homes for sale.

 

View my website Charlottesville Horse Farms or visit my other blog Charlottesville Real Estate Talk  for more information on

Charlottesville

Virginia

horse farms, homes, events and real estate. 

 

 

Copyright © 2009 by Pam Dent, all rights reserved ,"Charlottesville VA Horse Farms - The Keswick Hunt Country".

Buying A Charlottesville Virginia Horse Farm

Buying a Charlottesville Virginia horse farm can mean that you will have  a lot of choices of properties to buy.  The area offers a wide range of equestrian properties in many different price ranges.  Whether you are looking for a mini farm, huntbox, or a large estate Albemarle County has a horse property to suit.

There are currently 40 Charlottesville Virginia horse farms actively listed on the Albemarle County real estate market.  These equestrian properties range from 4 acres to large estates of 514 acres, with listing prices of $247,500 - $18,000,000.  Home sizes range from 1,092 sq ft with 1 bedroom and 1 bath to 10,000 sq ft and 6 bedrooms and 3 full plus 2 half baths. 

The Charlottesville real estate market offers 18 horse properties priced at under $1,000,000.  There are an additional 22 Charlottesville VA horse farms on the market priced from $1,000,000 to $18,000,000.   Albemarle County is in the heart of horse country and an Albemarle horse property comes in  a variety of price ranges and equestrian needs.

If you are considering buying a Charlottesville Virginia horse farm, you will want to hire an agent who is knows horses and their needs to help you find the farm that will be the perfect choice for your family and your horses.

You Can Buy A Charlottesville Virginia Horse Farm For Under $700,000

Charlottesville Virginia Horse Farms - The Farmington Hunt Country

Contact

Pam Dent

, e-PRO, SRES, NHD, REALTOR®, Real Estate III, Charlottesville, Virginia at 434 960-0161 to buy a property in the following areas in Central Virginia: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Keswick, Glenmore, Ivy, Crozet, Earlysville, Free Union, Cismont, Scottsville, Fluvanna County, Troy, Palmyra, Lake Monticello, Louisa County, Louisa, Mineral, Spring Creek, Orange County, Gordonsville, Orange, Barboursville, Greene County, Ruckersville.

 

View all of the Charlottesville Virginia homes for sale.

 

View my website Charlottesville Horse Farms or visit myother  blog Charlottesville Real Estate Talk  for more information on

Charlottesville

Virginia

horse farms, homes, events and real estate. 

 

Copyright © 2009 by Pam Dent, all rights reserved, "Buying A Charlottesville Virginia Horse Farm".