I'm thinking about buying a piece of
land. It's in Portugal, so zone 10. 76.000 square meters, which is bigger than I could hope for. 10.000 is more or less (the minimum) of what I'm going for. We're still not sure what we'd do with the extra space. Basically, we want to build a house with vegetable garden, develop a food forest, and possibly build some small buildings to rent out/organize events (like weddings). I still have to go visit the terrain for the first time, so the following is an estimate from provided information and pictures, google street view and satellite photos:
It seems to be located in a north (northeast)-facing slope. I'd estimate a steady 10% inclination. 2/3 of the land, I think, is on this slope. The other third is flat, lying at the bottom of the slope.
The buildable area is 4000 square meters, but I do not know yet where on the terrain this area is located. There is a small river (probably seasonal).
The size (both buildable and total), location and price seem absolutely perfect! Better than what I've found in the last year. But I'm wondering how big of a dealbreaker this northfacing slope is? It'd influence 2 things: passive
solar design of buildings and growing plants (difference between annuals/perennials?).
The good thing is that the plot is so big, that even if 1/3 is not affected by this slope, that would be big enough for what we want to do. Obviously, I'll know a lot more once I see the plot, but I already wanted to ask the question. So that when I do visit, I have more information to take into account. Also, if I'd buy, how much down could I push the price with this north-facing argument?