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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: goff on April 29, 2011, 07:24:44 pm

Title: smallholdings
Post by: goff on April 29, 2011, 07:24:44 pm

could any members help in me in any addresses/phone numbers /websites in renting/ buying a smallholding/ croft even caravan with land for life long dream of self sufficiency anywhere in Britain/Europe

Title: Re: smallholdings
Post by: Beewyched on April 29, 2011, 07:57:31 pm

You could try www.rural-smallholdings.co.uk (http://www.rural-smallholdings.co.uk) or www.greenshifters.co.uk (http://www.greenshifters.co.uk) they cover the UK & Europe.

Good luck  :hshoe:

Title: Re: smallholdings
Post by: goosepimple on April 29, 2011, 08:50:12 pm

We advertised in Farmers Weekly and Scottish Farmer and had a huge response.  Good luck.

Title: Re: smallholdings
Post by: Hermit on April 29, 2011, 09:13:08 pm

For Shetland you just Google Shetland Estate Agents. There are crofts here ranging from less than fifty grand to move in ready to go with polytunnels etc for around 270 grand mark.

Title: Re: smallholdings
Post by: Hilarysmum on April 30, 2011, 08:13:47 am

If you can cope with the bureaucracy then France is nice.  You will need to have some command of the language or be driven mad with the frustration  :D 

Land is cheap here, everything else is the same price as UK or even higher.  It can be a good great life.  Example of sites :

http://www.totalfrance.com/france/forum/index.php (http://www.totalfrance.com/france/forum/index.php)  (covers whole of France)
http://brittany.angloinfo.com/forum/ (http://brittany.angloinfo.com/forum/)  (regional has forums for each region of France)

Title: Re: smallholdings
Post by: southernskye on May 02, 2011, 11:56:56 am

Morning (well, it is...just!),
                                   I know of a great place with enough land to start off with veg and poultry and income from B&B business.
 ;D
www.gghforsale.co.uk (http://www.gghforsale.co.uk)
Sorry for the blatant plug !

Then when settled look for extra land (croft) using any of the four or five Skye Estate agents.
Remax isle of Skye
http://www.remax-scotland.com/skye (http://www.remax-scotland.com/skye)

Isle of Skye estate agency
http://www.iosea.co.uk/skye_links.shtml (http://www.iosea.co.uk/skye_links.shtml)

skye properties

http://www.skye-properties.co.uk/ (http://www.skye-properties.co.uk/)

Skye property centre
http://www.skyepropertycentre.co.uk/property-list.php?order=price (http://www.skyepropertycentre.co.uk/property-list.php?order=price)

Have fun browsing
Rgds
SSkye

Title: Re: smallholdings
Post by: princesspiggy on May 02, 2011, 12:53:09 pm

rural scene are good.
most properties in scotland are on each areas "solicitors property centre" website ie if aberdeenshire its aspc. we never knew that when we were looking (in england), only found ours through rural scene.
good luck  ;D

Title: Re: smallholdings
Post by: southernskye on May 02, 2011, 04:18:33 pm

Good pont Ppiggy.
The generic to find the areas is, I think,
www.sspcc.co.uk (http://www.sspcc.co.uk)
Rgds
SSkye

Title: Re: smallholdings
Post by: Teresa on May 02, 2011, 06:11:55 pm

Try uklandandfarms.co.uk
cheffins.co.uk
savills
bidwells
farmproperty.net
primelocation
rightmove.co.uk
carter jonas
smiths gore
uklanddirectory

to name but a few lol

Title: Re: smallholdings
Post by: Llandovery Lass on May 02, 2011, 06:29:00 pm

We found ours through Rural Scene, they were very helpfull