Joshua Tree Water/Electric Utilities

[Jason Silver]

Hi there - Doing diligence on the ballpark costs of buying and building on raw Joshua Tree land.  Does anyone have an idea of how much it *ballpark* costs to run water and electricity to a property? 

How vastly different are the prices if water/electric are "on the street" versus not?

How much does is cost to drill a well for water if a water pipeline isn't close to the property?

Thanks for all your insight.

Jason

[Kristi Kautz]

Hi! I'm in the process of looking in the hi-desert, as well. We moved out here full time and are renting during our search. We originally wanted to remodel a house, but the market has dried up and we can't find anything that works for us, so now considering buying land and building from scratch (this would eventually be for Airbnb by the way). We've met with a few contractors, and have been told that drilling a well is typically an average of $40k. New septic will be $5-6k if the land qualifies for a standard septic. Electric depends on how close other electric poles are to you. It can be pretty expensive if there's no other electric nearby (can't remember, but I think I read like $1k per pole, maybe more?) For a water meter connection, I've heard that in some towns like 29 palms, it can be really affordable, and in other parts of the hi-desert, it can be around $16k. And the wait list for a meter, depending on where you are, can be many months, if not more. In Pioneertown, they have a lottery where every few months they choose 5 parcels that are already on the list. Just writing this, I'm starting to talk myself out of building from scratch! Good luck with everything!