And to prove it’s not just the realtor group that likes to 'shop in nice grass - same group, crappy looking lawn.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4-Bunker-Hill-Dr-Howell-NJ-07731/39269946_zpid/
Where I live the lawn grass never really dies and is green and vivid in Jan Feb March but the leaves aren’t properly out until May.
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Now, this is a dream farm…https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/685-N-McDonough-Rd-Griffin-GA-30223/69916381_zpid/
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Maybe if the house was, ohhh, 5000sq ft smaller, and instead it had an indoor! 
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We are picky 
It is a large house and way too big for me but gorgeous. I was a bit shocked there was no arena at all.
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I love the front entry way, and a monster 3 car garage isn’t frowned on, but I don’t even want to think about the effort to keep that sucker clean. I’d get lost in there!
I don’t know how to pm you, I’m not overly talented that way. Can I post an MLS number here without getting in trouble somehow? I guess I can, as others here seem to have done it here already. It’s not my farm, all I’m hoping to get outta this is some decent neighbours who maybe I can go trail riding with without being killed or injured. LOL, long story!
Listing is MLS 168550 Landquest listing. I can tell you more about the area and the farm than the owners or the agent will or can. Our coverall arena is visible in some of the drone footage… It’s not included in the property for sale! But they do have an indoor arena, it’s a bit small, but could be made longer pretty easily.
I keep trying to win the lottery so I can buy a very large piece of property that’s for sale near me and turn it into my dream farm. It’s not currently set up for horses, it was a camping/resort type place, but that can be changed.
That place is stunning. If I win the lottery… and I don’t think you need an indoor in GA.
Price already dropped but honestly the arena, barn/ wood fencing and run in sheds alone is $$$$. The house is not grand but the whole place looks in real good shape.
Acreage is small but that much less to maintain.
I am sorry but what horse property actually has abundant grass this time of year, unless you don’t have horses on it at all? The turn outs look roomy and TBH I would prefer that set up to pasture that 2 of my 3 would be better off without.
Not worth the price to me but then I am not the average American and most properties seem way overpriced but they sell.
Not my dream farm. You couldn’t get me to live in a house that size on a bet.
Having said that, I sure hope it doesn’t belong to anyone here!!! 
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I’m just picturing myself trying to find my phone… 
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I’m genuinely flabbergasted at the casual “eh it’s winter. There’s mud” attitude of some responses. Those paddocks are disgusting. I’d sell my horse before I kept horses like that. Those look like shoe sucking breeding grounds for thrush and scratches.
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Yeah but if you’re buying a place you expect to have to fix it up. IME a lot of horse property is a mess when it’s sold because it’s being held for redevelopment or the previous owner or leasor lost the plot and wants to unload the headache of horse management. Low dollar places kind of sink into the ground quite quickly around here in the rain.
They appear gross in the photos, there is no denying that. But that’s also really hard (and expensive) to prevent winter mud in much of the US.
By mid-spring with warmth, those paddocks probably dry up entirely and may even get scrubby grass cover.
I would not be “proud” of those paddocks if they were mine, but someone with resources could also turn some or all into mud-free dry lots.
Really, I feel like this whole listing is just unfortunate. I don’t know why the sellers are selling, but it’s a shame they couldn’t get photography done in any other season. I don’t think anyone would have a major problem with the description in the listing if photos were taken in June with dry, possibly even green paddocks surrounded by forest.
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Agree, the paddocks could definitely stand to be redone but this looks like 99% of small turnouts in the northeast this time of year.
The price seems good for a farm within commuting distance of NYC and close to the shore. I’m guessing a buyer with the money may even raze the house and plunk down something bigger. Or if the zoning allows subdivision? Bye bye horses 
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Many years ago I rode at a large farm not far from there. The soil in the area is usually quite sandy. The farm’s website offers pasture board; those muddy paddocks are probably lived in 24/7. My current barn has a lot of “pasture” board paddocks. It’s either mud or dirt depending on the season.
That farm also retrains TBs for adoption.
I disagree. The photoshop job on the green grass is really, really bad.
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I’m sure you can get lawns that green this time of year, but the images look photoshopped to me. In my eyes, the gate in the lower right corner in photo 4 is a clear indicator of photoshop. The fact that you can see mud behind the gate is a good indicator that the grass is added artificially. In photo 10, on the left hand side of the road by the barn, you can see the fuzzy edge of where they stopped “filling” in the green grass. Other various spots look fishy too but those are the two that stood out to me.
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