2.53 ACRES-WILD HORSE MESA IN SAN LUIS, COLORADO- MOUNTAINS, RESERVOIRS, RIVER!

Description

Here is a fantastic opportunity to own and invest in a 2.53-acre Colorado off-grid ranch property in the Wild Horse Mesa subdivision, only about 10 minutes south of San Luis, Colorado.
The starting bid for this property is only ,900. The winning bid plus 9 processing fee is the full purchase price of the land. This is a cash sale with no seller financing available. We will convey the land to the winning bidder through a Warranty Deed. There are no back taxes or liens on the property. Please ask all questions
before
bidding. Please do not bid on this property unless you intend to purchase the land if you are the winning bidder. Thank You!
*The simple purchase process and forms of payment accepted can be viewed at the end of the auction listing*
If you would like to see more photos of this property and the surrounding area, or more Google Earth satellite images of the property, please let us know.
Thank you for visiting our Colorado land auction. You are bidding on a beautiful 2.53 acre property in the Wild Horse Mesa of Costilla County, Colorado. The Mesa consists of approximately 75 square miles. The Mesa area is home to about 150 wild horses roaming on private lands. These horses are the descendants of horses used by Spanish explorers (conquistadors), brought to America starting in the 1490's.
This great Wild Horse Mesa subdivision lot offers incredible views of mountains and the Mesa, excellent County dirt road frontage, and plenty of wide-open spaces.  This property rests in the beautiful San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado and is a short drive from four amazing reservoirs for great canoeing, kayaking, fishing and boating. Sanchez Reservoir is less than 3 miles east of the property and Sanchez Stabilizing Reservoir is about 4 miles north of the subdivision on HWY 159. This property lies only about 1.5 miles east of HWY 159 on Springs Road for incredible access. The majestic Rio Grande River, Smith Reservoir, and Mountain Home Reservoir are all a short drive from this property where you can enjoy more canoeing, kayaking, boating, and fishing. We visited Costilla County in early June 2021 and were stunned by the unique beauty of this area of Colorado. Only 12 miles south of the oldest town in Colorado, San Luis, this land is also close to the Southern Colorado towns of Alamosa, Blanca, and Fort Garland.  Alamosa is the largest town about 45 minutes away with a population of about 10,000 people. It has a Walmart Supercenter, an Ace Hardware, Tractor Supply Co., various other retail stores, restaurants, hotels, a regional airport, and even a small university. Taos, NM is only about 45 minutes south of the property on HWY 159 and provides some great winter skiing and outdoor recreation opportunities. Colorado Springs and Denver are located only 2.5 and 3.5 hours to the north respectively.
The
legal description
of the property is
WILD HORSE MESA SECTION B BLK 11 LOT 34
. The
APN
is
71203120
. Taxes on the property are only about per year and paid current, not coming due again until early 2022. The GPS coordinates for the property are:
NW Corner:  37.1002,-105.5011
NE Corner:   37.1003,-105.5003
SW Corner:  37.0987,-105.4999
SE  Corner:  37.0990,-105.4993
This ranch land is nestled between the magnificent Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range on the south and east sides, and the La Garita and Conejos-Brazos Mountain Range to the north and west. The San Luis Valley provides a myriad of outdoor recreation opportunities: hike majestic Mt. Blanca, the fourth highest peak in the Rocky Mountains (14,345 ft) and dozens of other trails up other nearby mountain ranges and throughout the Valley; traverse the dunes and recreate in the river at Great Sand Dunes National Park; boat and fish in San Luis Lake and explore the surrounding San Luis Reservoir State Recreation area; explore thousands of acres of wildlife refuges; hunt on BLM land and experience some of the best big game hunting in all of Colorado; visit Zapata Falls; short-term camp on your property; tube, canoe, or kayak the Rio Grande River and try your hand at some championship trout fishing; boat and fish in the County’s four reservoirs: Smith, Mountain Home, Sanchez, and Sanchez Stabilizing Reservoir; visit the many historical sites dating back to the mid 1850’s; visit the Stations of the Cross in San Luis and a civil war era military fort in Fort Garland; mountain bike; bring your ATV’s. If you are looking for an incredible photography venue, you will love this place.
This property is zoned Estate Residential, but you are permitted to camp on your property for up to 14 days every 3 months without a permit. There is no time limit to build. If you want to build a home on this land, you will need to have a septic system installed, and you will also need a permanent water source: either a household well, or an underground cistern where you would haul water in and/or build a water catchment system. Homes need be a minimum of 600 square feet, with a wide variety of home types  allowed. You may also have up to 2 horses, and chickens in a coop on this lot. Solar is the option of choice for power on this property as there are almost 300 days of sunshine per year. Heating a home in the winter would be by propane or a wood-burning furnace. This land sits at an elevation of about 7900 feet above sea level and experiences moderate temperatures in the summer and cold winters, with not as much snow as up in the nearby mountains.
A title search was performed on this property before we purchased it. There are no liens and no back taxes on the land. There are no HOA fees. We will convey this ranch land to the new owner through a Warranty Deed, the highest form of Deed conveyance, guaranteeing no liens and no back taxes on the property.
The links below have a wealth of information about Costilla County and the San Luis Valley:
https://costillacounty.colorado.gov/
https://www.alamosa.org
https://www.uncovercolorado.com/towns/san-luis/
(be sure to check out all the links on this site about the area towns and the amazing opportunities available for exploration in this incredible part of Colorado)
https://www.colorado.com/articles/hidden-colorado-gem-zapata-falls
https://youtu.be/t-yCS_oBsqo
(Video explaining why Alamosa and the surrounding area is a wonderful place to visit and live)
Please contact us with any and all questions. We look forward to hearing from you!
If you are the winning bidder of this auction, we will contact you to complete the purchase of the property. The simple purchase process is as follows:
1. You email us your name(s) and mailing address along with the
form of payment you will be using to purchase the property. We accept payment through bank wire transfer, Zelle, cashier’s check, or money order. We can also accept a debit or credit card payment through a secure payment platform called Square, with a 3% convenience fee added on to the total price. If you will be using Zelle to pay, please let us know your daily limit as we may have to spread the payment over a few days.
2. We will prepare the one-page purchase agreement, sign and date it, then scan and email it to you for your
signature(s) and date.
3. You sign and date the purchase agreement, then scan and email it back to us (if you do not have access to a scanner, a legible picture of the document works great also).
4. You make full payment.
5. After we receive your full payment, we will prepare the Warranty Deed and have it notarized.
6. We will send a scanned copy of the notarized Warranty Deed to you before Priority mailing it to the Costilla County Clerk and Recorder’s Office for recording.  We will
email
a scanned copy of the Priority mailing receipt
to you.
7. You will receive the recorded deed from the County in approximately 2-3 weeks by first class mail.
You are then the new owner of your very own 2.53 acre ranch property in the beautiful San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado!
Thanks for Bidding!