House off the main road: costs/other things for me to think about…

my parents place is 1/4 mile from the road. Mailbox is at the paved road, UPS/FedX delivers to the front porch or garage door.

Not sure what your local electric company's exact limits are but overhead drops around here are limited to 150' and underground service they normally charge for service longer than 100' and if they can't use a trencher and the trench must be hand dug then that is another charge. Guessing it will be similar to where you are at.

I use to live 440' fom the main road, one thing to consider is having to carry/haul your trash that far once a week. That's about the only inconvenience I had as we had a septic tank and utilities ran the whole way no problem. This is in NW Bama, not sure how it is where you are.

If you want cable for tv they will charge you out tha a$$ for the install. I live about 450 feet from the main lines. They want $2500 to install.

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I use to live 440' fom the main road, one thing to consider is having to carry/haul your trash that far once a week.

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.25 miles to the road from the carport.

The side by side is an excellent invention

Another thing you can look at if you want to spend a little more money but you can get a 2" pugmill drive. It will hold up a lot better than gravel.

I'm 1,200 feet down a sand/dirt private drive. Yes, UPS and Fedex come. But don't create a name for the drive and use that for the street address. Use the main road. The drive was already named and EMS gave me the address based on that and it has created all kinds of confusion since my address is not in GPS. And when UPS and Fedex have new drivers my packages don't come.

Internet will have to be over phone lines, too far for Comcast to run mine on fiber optic. And the long distance degrades an already poor signal so my internet is painfully slow. May have to bite the bullet and get satellite internet but I've heard terrible things about that.

It cost me $7,000 to run power. Only the last 300 feet can be buried. Water is cheap to run.

Having a septic tank is much cheaper than being on city sewers.

I like having a propane tank so I can cook with gas. Also for the tankless water heater, dryer, and grill. And my generator can run on propane with an adapter so if there's a bad hurricane and no gasoline I've still got a working generator.

Insurance wants you to have a fire hydrant within 1,000 feet of the house. Mine is 990 feet away, through thick woods and across a lake, but it qualifies.

"Amazon Prime will be your best friend so build it knowing UPS trucks will be there 3 times a week. Lol."

Absolutely true. My regular UPS driver is a friend of mine now.

And I've got DirecTV, cable just isn't an option for my house.

and mailbox is on main road. On dish tv as well as internet hookup with them. Not as bad as you would think. I am all electric but if had to have gas I would have to get a propane tank, which can do a rent or a purchase on it. I am 15 miles from nearest "small" town.

One thing about UPS / Fed Ex. They will not respect your driveway. They will fly down it and if there are curves around them slinging all your gravel out of the driveway and into the grass.

Pisses me off! Had the same UPS since I was 8 up until a few years ago. Been dealing with dumbasses ever since

My house is right at 1800 ft off the road. I have 5 power poles running to the house and the last 70-80 ft is underground. The power company gave me a construction credit and my part was 3400.
I ran a 1.5" water line and have a 1" meter. I forget how much that was but it wasn't bad at all. Att did the phone line and it was less than 200.
There is no gas out here so we have a propane tank near the house.
We also have direct tv since there is no cable or dsl.
We have a gate at the driveway with a key pad. The UPS driver has the code in the system and come on back to deliver packages. Never an issue with them. The postal service is a different story. They don't even attempt to deliver if we have a small package. They just leave a note saying it's at the post office.