For landowners
Sell a home site, with the home already planned.
Your lot stays in your name while a builder pairs it with priced home plans and a broker lists the two together. Buyers see a finished home on your land, and you are paid when one of them closes.
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The difference
A vacant lot asks buyers to imagine.
To buy raw land, someone has to picture the house, guess what it will cost to build and find a builder willing to take it on. Most people looking for a home never get that far.
In the program your lot is shown with a real plan, a real builder and one price for the land and the home together. The buyer you reach is someone shopping for a house, which is a much larger group than people shopping for dirt.
Stays yours
Title, until closing
You own the lot the whole time it is offered. Nothing is built on it and nothing is recorded against it on the pilot’s default path.
Agreed up front
Your lot price
You and the brokerage set the lot price in writing before the lot is paired. It is the amount you are paid when a buyer closes.
Has an end date
A set window
The lot is in the program for an agreed period. If no buyer closes in that time, you can renew, change the terms or take the lot back out.
The sequence
How a lot joins.
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A first conversation
You + the brokerage
Where the lot is, what you know about it, what you hope to get for it and how long you can wait. Bring any survey, soil report or plat you already have.
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The site check
Builder + brokerage
The builder walks the lot and the checks below are completed. You learn what the land can carry before you commit to anything further.
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Lot agreement
You + the brokerage
You sign a listing agreement and a short participation agreement that set the lot price, the window and permission to market the lot with plans on it.
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Pairing and listing
Builder + brokerage
The builder chooses the plans that fit. The brokerage lists each lot and plan pair as a home to be built and handles every enquiry and showing of the land.
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A buyer closes and you are paid
Buyer + closing attorney
On the pilot’s default path the buyer closes a construction loan before the build. The lot transfers at that closing and you receive your lot price then.
The site check
What gets looked at first.
A lot is offered only after it passes. If something rules it out, you hear that early and keep whatever was learned about your land.
- Boundaries. A current survey with corners marked.
- Soil and septic. Whether the ground supports a septic system where sewer is not available.
- Slope and grading. Where a house and driveway can sit and what the earthwork costs.
- Access. Legal road frontage or a recorded easement.
- Utilities. Power, water or well, and internet at the lot line.
- Rules on the land. Zoning, setbacks, covenants and any homeowners’ association.
- Title. Liens, heirs or other claims that would have to be cleared before a sale.
North Georgia
Selling a lot or land in North Georgia?
If you own a vacant lot or acreage in Lumpkin, Hall, White or Dawson County, Gold Peach Realty can list it, and Hybrid Spec Homes can show it to home buyers with a builder’s plan and price already on it. Call (770) 283-1223 and ask about your land.
That covers Dahlonega, Gainesville, Cleveland, Helen, Dawsonville and the country in between. If you would rather sell the lot the ordinary way, the same call covers that too. Gold Peach Realty lists land with or without the program.
Have these ready when you call
- The address or parcel number, and roughly how many acres.
- Any survey or plat you already have.
- Any soil or septic report, even an old one.
- Covenants or association rules, if the lot is in a community.
- The price you have in mind, and how long you can wait.
What makes a lot easier to sell
- Marked corners. Buyers and builders want to see where the land starts and stops.
- A soil test that passed. It answers the septic question before anyone asks.
- Legal access. Road frontage or a recorded easement.
- Power and water nearby, or a known cost to bring them in.
- A house already planned for it. That is what this program adds.
Questions
What landowners ask.
How do I sell a vacant lot in North Georgia?
Call Gold Peach Realty at (770) 283-1223. The brokerage looks at the lot with you, agrees a price, and lists it. If the lot suits the program, a builder pairs it with home plans so buyers see a finished home on your land. If not, it is listed as land the ordinary way.
Can I sell my lot to a builder?
You can, and the brokerage can market your lot to builders. In the program the builder does not buy your lot. The home buyer does, at your price, and the builder builds on it for them. That reaches home buyers as well as builders.
Do I have to pay anything to join?
There is no fee to join the pilot. If your lot needs a survey or soil test that you do not already have, the cost and who pays it are agreed in writing before anything is ordered, and the results stay with your land either way.
Will I get more than I would selling the lot on its own?
No one can promise that. You set your lot price before the lot is paired, and you can compare that number with what the lot would likely bring as raw land before you sign.
Can I still sell the lot another way while it is in the program?
Under the proposed pilot terms, yes. Your lot stays listed as land as well, and if it sells that way the home listings on it come down. The agreements you sign control, so read both with your own attorney before you commit.
What if a buyer signs and then backs out?
If the buyer withdraws before closing, you still own the lot and it goes back on offer. Nothing has been built on it.
Does my lot need to be in a subdivision?
No. Single lots, family land that can be divided and unsold lots in an existing community can all be considered. Each one has to pass the site check.
What about taxes on the sale?
Selling land can have tax consequences that depend on your situation. Talk to your accountant before you set your price.
Start a conversation
Bring a lot, a plan, or a question.
Gold Peach Realty is the brokerage for the North Georgia pilot. Call or write and say whether you build, own land, want a home, or run a brokerage.