Do you have a yen to dig in the dirt, grow crops, raise chickens, buy your children a pony or fatten your own calf?
To do these things – in Niagara, anyhow – you need to be located in the rural, agricultural-zoned areas of our municipalities. Luckily, rural Niagara property is available in most of our 12 municipalities, and the experts at McGarr Realty are very good at fitting your farming needs to the community with the land you’ll need.
Niagara Region actually publishes a map of our agricultural areas, using colour codes to indicate the land’s uses, from unique agricultural areas for tender fruit; true rural areas with open farming and areas with farms of different natures: horse, cattle, crops and poultry.
Also marked on this map are boundaries showing areas of Greenbelt Plan and of Escarpment Plan, where agricultural use of land may be restricted due to its location.
So, if it’s land you're after, with an idea to starting up a hobby or a horse farm, the Region is a good place to begin your search.
Whether your aim is to let your inner equestrian shine, to raise goats to market milk and cheese, to establish a small business boarding pets, or grow crops to sell at a farm stand – you can do all that and more, on the right piece of rural Niagara property in the community that will support your dream.
McGarr Realty experts have assisted retirees in finding property as small as a few acres, or small-business startups in locating hundreds of acres on which to situate their homes and outbuildings. We have placed hard-working families dreaming of rural solitude in West Lincoln, Lincoln, Grimsby, Pelham, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Falls, Wainfleet and Greater Fort Erie.
Certain areas in Niagara have established agricultural personas: Pelham has become known as an area where horse farms can be found, Ridgeway for its dairy farms, Niagara-on-the-Lake for its tender fruit and grapes, and so on. The lay of the land, the soil composition, proximity to municipal centres – all these things combine to narrow the uses for which the land is suitable.
A quick search of Realtor.ca shows Niagara rural properties available in price points suitable for every pocketbook, in a large selection of communities.
Deciding on your needs and providing your McGarr Realty team with a wish list – for example: paved roads, municipal water and sewer services, well and septic system, no neighbours within a half-kilometre, on school bus route, on regional road, any access available, established acreage for crops, established home for sale with land, land but not a home, planning to build home – all these details will assist us in finding you the perfect rural Niagara property for your dream retirement, startup or family farming business.
Springtime is the perfect time to begin your search, and our McGarr Realty teams are standing by, ready to help you find the right property in the right place.
We’re ready to help you go home.
Consult with one of McGarr Realty’s real estate professionals by calling our office at 905-468-9229 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, or 905-687-9229 in St. Catharines. Alternatively, send us a message HERE.
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