I bought 27 ac south of Lake Somerville 3 yrs ago.
Bluebonnet charged me around $400 (not sure exactly) to put a pole 50 ft on my property, where I wanted it. I had to buy $350, 200 A service box. They wanted to sell it to me for $450. I didn't want the ugly wires next to my pond, so we rented a trencher and burried the rest of the cables and pipes from the water well to the building. Most of that area is clay and holds water very well.
I don't know how much land you are looking for, but be VERY CAREFUL about the tax classification.
I am taxed as non-residential and I pay over $1500 in tax every year. This year they increased the value of my property over 30% (max 10% increase applies only to homestead), so that will be $2000/yr tax. You have to have 15ac minimum (20ac is possible starting next year) to qualify for agricultural exemption and you have to have receipts proving agricultural use for the last 5 years. I could have had a nice pond for the money I am wasting on taxes. But I guess that is why I got the land at roughly half it's value.
