Would it be worth it?

Recently, my husband and I looked at some property about 60 miles from the place we live on now. It was an old homestead on 120 acres, with an old stucco'd house, 3 barns, a huge grainery, small bunk house and a well that produced only 2 gallons per minute. The kickers were that the well is located about 3/4 of a mile from the house. The house is turn of the century (the last one!) and the stucco seems to have buckled about a foot above the ground all around the outside. Lots of cracks, and the roof needs to be replaced. Also parts of all the barns need to be replaced, or torn down to combine into one good one. The grainery is wonderful, with thick wooden walls divided into 6 rooms about 12x12 with a center hall. Part of the roof is missing on that also. Our concern was with the low water production on the well, and the distance from the house. The realtor didn't seem to know a lot about the place, but wouldn't the old settlers have had a well closer to the house? Or built near the other well if that was the only place water could be found? He (the realtor) said he didn't think any other source of water was available on the property, which would make gardening on the scale I do, pretty impossible. The old place needs lots of work, re-wiring, plumbing, etc. New windows, removal of asbestos in the basement around the heat ducts. The lure of more land, at a price more reasonable than any we can find closer, was tempting, but the possible lack of water in the future seemed to outweigh any of the good features. Any thoughts? I had nightmares of replacing the pipes from the current well clear to the house...probably cost a fortune! Hubby's eyes kind of glazed over at the thought of all the work there would be there, but it did have that wonderful grainery....Jan

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