44/ AUGUST 2019 THE RIDER REAL ESTATE: City Life Comes To The Country!! Just thinking about how this has


become reality. Slowly the things that people and families enjoy about their convenient city lifestyle have made their way into country living now. I see people building and buying


big city style homes on country lots where the owners pay for lawn serv- ice, enjoying fast internet and food delivery services just like the city dwellers. They rarely step outside other than to walk around their tended gardens and sit on their decks. Noth- ing wrong with any of this yet it seems to me that country ways are disappearing.


I remember years ago when I


was living on our family farm in Whitevale near Pickering that our lifestyle was very different from my family members who lived in the city. I would admit it was harder but we felt a sense of accomplishment when work outside was done by the end of the day. We enjoyed neighbourhood get togethers and friends and relatives on nearby properties helped each other out with big work needing to be done like putting on a roof or building a barn. Farmers used to be considered “poor folk” and it was less expensive


to live in the country. That perspective has done a complete turn around. Nowadays it is far more costly to live in the country. Cost of hydro is higher and heating bills more expensive as the wind and elements are not buffered by close proximity to adjoin- ing homes. Taxes are the same as liv- ing in the city now as if you are zoned residential then the taxes are based on assessed value. Several municipalities have


changed their zoning to residential as the tax base is higher. In Norfolk County for instance you now how to have five acres in order to keep any


FOR SALE


63 HAMMOND Road, Brantford. Spectacular setting back in off the road this 60 acre property is encompassed on two sides by Fairchild's Creek. Executives will love this custom built 3068' home with fully finished basement adding another 2147' of living space or allowing for an inlaw suite . The main floor kitchen, dining and great room are all one big open span with an 8 foot kitchen island featuring granite counters and overhead lighting. Stainless appliances, eating area over looks the farm fields and creek edged with mature tree line. Watch deer from your dining table. walk out to interlock patio for barbecuing. Great room has a coffered vaulted ceiling with a fabulous fireplace that soars to the ceiling. Separate formal dining room and double door foyer. Three spacious bedrooms on this level. Relaxing spa ensuite . Master has french doors out to private patio . Gorgeous sunsets. Well appointed mudroom/laundry. Downstairs is a large family room, two other good sized bedrooms and beautifully finished 3pc bath. Geothermal Heating is annu- ally. Outside is a lovely 2009 Barn with 14 box stalls. ( stalls are removable if you'd rather a workshop).Barn has hot and cold water, wash stall, its own well. and washer, dryer and bath. Horse training track. Four good sized board fenced paddocks. Separate 5 acre fenced paddock. Income coming in at $10-12,000 yr from solar, $200. per month for each stall, land rental $3,600 yr. Separate paddock $200 mth. Horse tenants want to stay and they do all their own work! $1,825,000


livestock at all. A shame as the younger families who were interested in keeping a few chickens or a horse or two now need five acres if there has been no prior use of keeping livestock. It is nice that internet and media serv-


ices have been upgraded in so many areas that now we can all have fast speed connec- tions. I remember just 8-10 years ago that buyers looking at some of my country list- ings were not purchasing because they needed those services in order to work. This too has contributed to families from the city being able to move out to country proper- ties.


I see smaller rural properties disap-


pearing, ones with 15-30 acres as big farm- ing operations look to add land to their holdings. Regulations allow full time farm- ers to purchase these properties and then eventually, through a severance process, sell off the home on the smaller farm while retaining the workable land. The workable land is then rezoned A9 which means that no home can be built on those lands and it is to be used strictly for agricultural use. This is fine as we need farmers to grow and contribute to our economy but the down- side is in that it’s much more difficult for a young family to get into farm type business whether it’s for recreational use like horses or to start their own little farm business with hopes of growing and expanding. Teri Davidson is a Broker with C21


Professional Group in Brantford Ont. And a Centurion Award winner for her produc- tion in sales . Teri has been a licensed Real Estate


Broker for 42 years. She and her family also own and operate “White House Farm” in Ancaster Ontario. Teri can be reached at 519-758-7307 or by email at teridavidson@execulink.com


Confirmed In Alberta An Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)


3462 Governor's Road Road, Ancaster. Vacant farm land of 42 acres. hard to find. Build your own home here back in off the road. Size of home can be determined by the Buyer, small or large. Please make all inquiries as to prerequisites for building to the municipality. This prop- erty has a creek at back and small pond, a stream that crosses , a higher spot back in off the road that would be perfect spot for new home con- struction. Older outbuildings on the site could be salvaged. Located in Ancaster near Woodhill Rd. owned by same family for many years! $899,900


affected premises has been identified in the province of Alberta. Please note the fol- lowing information is in addition to what the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) already communicates to stake- holders which includes: • notification to the relevant provincial vet- erinary service of any newly affected premises; • monthly federally reportable disease up- dates on the CFIA website (10th of each month), which includes the number of af- fected premises as well as individual ani- mal cases; and, • communications with the owners or per- sons directly involved in the case, as out- lined in the current EIA program policy. On June 28, 2019, a positive EIA re-


sult was confirmed by the CFIA’s national reference laboratory for a horse located on a premises in the County of St. Paul, in the province of Alberta. The horse had been sampled by an accredited veterinarian be- cause it was exhibiting clinical signs com- patible with EIA infection. A CFIA investigation is underway and


1026 Governors Road W. Princeton. Gentle- man's country horse estate! Absolutely beautiful. 43 acres. House 31 yrs old, 2,800 sq.ft. with dou- ble garage, inground pool with decorative black fencing. Top of the line facility with barn, outside sand ring 140 x 220, indoor arena 60 x 136' with ggt imported felt footing, 9 paddocks, all white oak board fencing. 30'x60' workshop. Pond. Push. Barn - built in 1987. This barn with hot and cold water and tack room, is steel clad with 4' poured concrete foundation the structure has been insulated above & below grade, air ex- changer. 10 pressure treated tongue & groove box stalls on one side with two large enough for foals, sliding wood doors with steel bars and open area for horses head to come out. Rubber mats. Separate stallion area offers two box stalls, shavings room & access to side run & paddocks. In- terlocking brick floors throughout most of the barn floors & 10 of the box stalls. Fluorescent light- ing. Separate workshop steel clad with concrete floor 30' x 60 ' partly insulated. Located just outside Paris, Ont. The house shows beautifully with gorgeous granite counters, updated baths, fieldstone fireplace, scrapped engineered hardwood floors and finished basement. Three bedrooms, master with gorgeous ensuite, formal living, huge kitchen looks out to covered deck pool and hot tub area, main floor office. Family room is open to the kitchen. main floor laundry. Three baths. Big living room. Attached double garage. House set back well off the road. Serenity. $1,999,000


3276 Governor's Road, Lynden. Amazing views from this Ancaster 44 Acre farm with orig- inal Timber Frame barn, post and beam construc- tion, that has box stalls in the bottom and hay mow on top. Separate three car garage. Fenced pastures. Hay has been grown on the 35 workable acres. Pond at back. Farm lane takes you back cross country to secluded meadows, small forest and pond. Serenity. great place to build new home if that's your dream. The home on the property now is large with four to five bedrooms. three baths. The original Circa 1800's Homestead has been added onto with a huge family room featur- ing wood burning fireplace , overlooked by sec- ond floor master bedroom and ensuite. Original home offers the wonderful character features of pine floors and big space. The kitchen has been removed and is ready for your own touch. Needs some updating but a wonderful size and structure with so much character. One of a kind location. Close to #403 access at #52. Shop in Ancaster. Children picked up by bus for school. Open spaces, fields and big star filled sky at night can be yours. $1,499,999


as per program policy, a quarantine has been placed on the infected horse and its on-premises contact animals. Initial reports indicate there are several equines on the af- fected premises. The quarantine will re- main until all disease response activities have been completed, including follow-up testing and ordering the destruction of pos- itive cases. Trace-out activities may require the CFIA to undertake actions at additional premises as outlined in the current policy CFIA Contact Dr(e). Carolyn James Veterinary Program Specialist Domestic Disease Control Section Animal Health Directorate Canadian Food Inspection Agency carolyn.james@canada.ca / 613-773-7099 Please see the CFIA website for a map


of current cases.


Health Alert: Positive Case Of Equine Infectious Anemia


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