Warren County, Iowa · 20 minutes south of Des Moines
Where the last mile home runs through your own timber.
Eighteen finished acreage homesites, two to three-plus wooded acres each, about twenty minutes south of downtown Des Moines. Centralized sewer, rural water, paved streets, and high-speed internet are already in the ground. Bring your own builder and break ground in weeks, not months.
18Homesites
2.0 to 3.2Acres each
~20 minTo downtown DSM
No septicCentralized sewer
Sewer, not septicCentralized, gravity-fed. Nothing to install or maintain.
Build-readyWater, power, paved streets and internet already in.
2-acre minimumAcreage country by county zoning. Space stays space.
Priced in the openEvery lot, every price, published on this page.
01 / Why these cost more than raw acreage
You will never own a septic system out here.
The price of a lot at Summerset buys finished infrastructure, not raw dirt. Start with the one thing no other acreage development around Des Moines offers.
No septic.
The sewer is already in the ground.
Every other acreage development around here puts your home on its own septic field. That is an eight to thirty thousand dollar install, a soil gamble that dictates where the house can even sit, and a system you maintain for as long as you live there. Summerset runs on a centralized, gravity-fed sewer. There is nothing to build, site around, or maintain.
Confirmed on the Iowa DNR facility record
Raw acreageBefore you break ground
Drill a private well$10K-$20K
Install and maintain septic$8K-$30K
Run power to the site$5K-$25K
Driveway, grading and accessvaries
Soil test where the house can sita gamble
Time before groundbreak6-12 months
The raw-land tax+$20K-$75K
A Summerset lotAlready done
Centralized sanitary sewerIn
Warren County Rural WaterIn
Buried power and high-speed internetIn
Paved 26 ft street to your lotIn
Recorded plat, walk-out gradesDone
Time before groundbreakWeeks
What you addYour house
Why the premium is real. A finished lot here is not the price of dirt. It is the price of dirt with the well, the septic, the power, the driveway, and most of a year already handled, so the only project left is the one you came to build.
Everything that is already done
Centralized sewer
Gravity-fed municipal-style sewer. No septic to install or maintain.
Warren County Rural Water
Public water to every lot. No private well to drill or worry about.
Paved streets
Two finished concrete cul-de-sacs, twenty-six feet wide, on 151st Lane and Esters Trail.
High-speed internet
Real broadband at the lot line. Work from the woods without a workaround.
Recorded plat
Lot lines surveyed and recorded. Setbacks and easements defined up front.
Walk-out topography
Most lots roll, so a finished lower level can open right out into the trees.
02 / The land
This is acreage country by law.
Warren County zoning sets a two-acre minimum out here, so the room around you is permanent, not a promise. Fifteen of the eighteen lots are heavily wooded, most with the roll of ground that lets a lower level walk right out into the trees. Privacy, peace, and the space to build a shop or a barn behind the house.
2 to 3.2Wooded acres with every homesite
TwoQuiet cul-de-sacs, no through traffic
50 ftFront setbacks keep every home off the street
03 / The lot schedule
The eighteen lots, priced in the open.
Most places make you call an agent just to learn a price. Here they all are, drawn to the recorded plat. Select a lot on the plan or in the table, sort it however you like, then tell us which one you want to walk.
Based on the recorded final plat, FP-101, 10/3/24
For reference; recorded plat governs
Key
For-sale lot
Selected
Not for sale
Lot 12 is an existing residence
Building setbacks: 50 ft front / 15 ft side / 50 ft rear.
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Prices are from the 2024 recorded pricing sheet and are subject to change. Availability is updated as lots sell. Lot 12 is an existing home and is not part of the development. Covenant details are available on request.
04 / Location
Twenty minutes of separation.
Close enough to keep your work, your restaurants, and your people. Far enough that you cannot see another rooftop from the porch.
- Downtown Des MoinesHwy 65 / 69 corridorabout 20 minutes
- IndianolaNearest town and services5 miles south
- Indianola Community School DistrictK-12serves the development
- Warren CountyUnincorporated acreage2-acre minimum
Development entrance151st Lane & Esters Trail
Approximate drive times from the development entrance. Highway 65/69 gives a direct run north to the metro and south into Indianola.
05 / The particulars
Everything a finished lot should have, listed plainly.
The facts a serious buyer, or the builder they bring, checks first. Straight off the recorded plat and the utility record.
Utilities
- +Centralized gravity-fed sanitary sewer
- +Warren County Rural Water
- +High-speed internet
- +Buried electric power to every lot
- +Paved 26 ft concrete streets
The land
- +15 of 18 lots heavily wooded
- +2.03 to 3.21 acres, walk-out capable
- +2-acre county minimum, acreage by law
- +Recorded plat FP-101 (2024)
- +Setbacks: 50 ft front, 15 ft side, 50 ft rear
Access & particulars
- +Two cul-de-sacs: 151st Lane, Esters Trail
- +Unincorporated Warren County, Iowa
- +Zoned residential, 2-acre minimum
- +Indianola Community School District
- +Covenant details available on request
Building for a client? Bring any builder, no captive-builder requirement. Per-lot pricing, availability, the recorded plat, setbacks, and full utility specs are all on this page. Ask about multi-lot terms or taking a street.
Start a builder inquiry06 / Straight answers
Questions buyers actually ask.
Correct. Summerset is on a centralized, gravity-fed sewer, confirmed on the Iowa DNR facility record. There is no septic system to install, no soil gamble over where it can go, and nothing to pump or maintain. It is the single biggest reason these lots are priced above raw acreage, and no other acreage development around here offers it.
Yes. There is no captive-builder requirement. Bring the custom or semi-custom builder you want to work with. If you have not chosen one yet, we are happy to point you toward reputable local builders who work in this price range.
The lot is build-ready, so you skip the well, septic, and site power that raw acreage adds, roughly twenty to seventy-five thousand dollars and six to twelve months. Your actual build cost is between you and your builder. Most families building on this kind of acreage are planning custom homes that land at a million dollars and up all-in.
Less than most people expect for two to three acres. The streets are paved, the water and sewer are municipal-style, and much of each lot stays wooded rather than lawn. It is acreage without the full chore load of a working farmstead.
Covenant details are available on request. Ask when you inquire and we will send you exactly what applies to the lot you are considering.
Current availability is shown in the lot schedule above and is updated as lots sell. If you have your eye on a specific lot, reach out and we will confirm its status and set up a time to walk it.
07 / Inquire
Come walk the one you like.
Tell us which lot caught your eye and we will set up a time to walk it. You will talk to Jesse, the developer, not a call center.