Only before one chooses a property are all of the design possibilities available. The optimal time to start planning property developments is before purchase. We provide guidance in developing site selection goals and criteria and apply this information to properties in the region of interest. We perform an entire range of site selection services from regional property identification using GIS, to site walks of prospective sites with the would-be land owner. We have an intimate working understanding of the New England climate as well as the cultural and physical landscape of Vermont. We start with a phone call, then a client meeting - usually on site, followed by site visits. We assemble multi-property comparison reports when necessary. This process represents the most valuable pre-purchase land investment a prospective land owner can make.

We help answer the following questions facing prospective land owners:

Is this land accessible? Is this road going to be expensive to maintain?

Where would I put a house, a barn, a building complex?

Are these good soils? Is this healthy forest?

Is the asking price too much?

Does this land have a good solar-oriented house site?

Is this a cold pocket or a warm microclimate?

Is this landscape suited to food production, timbering, animals?

Might permitting become an issue with developing this site?

Is this land too big or too small for what I want to do?

Is this slope suitable for an orchard?

What's it going to cost to develop access to this property? To bring power in? To establish potable water?

How would I start land developments after purchasing? 

...And a hundred other questions a land owner needs to address before knowing whether to purchase or to keep looking.