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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Millsy on February 16, 2016, 10:22:24 am

Title: buying a small holding soon?
Post by: Millsy on February 16, 2016, 10:22:24 am: Hi to all on the forum,

I have been following discussions on the site for sometime and have now registered to allow me to ask my first question, soon to be posted.
My wife and I are retiring this year (early retirement :excited:) and plan to buy a small holding in partnership with our son, his wife and our, soon to be one year old, granddaughter.

We are looking forward to exciting times.

Simon
Title: Re: buying a small holding soon?
Post by: Rosemary on February 16, 2016, 11:14:20 am: Congratulations!

We share our smallholding (12 acres plus bits of rented) with my parents-in-law and it works very well. TBH we would have struggled to do half of what we have done without them. Theyhave their cottage next to us; it was built in 2011 and is disabled accessible so that when they aren't so able, we can keep an eye on them but they'll be independent as long as possible.
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Post by: henchard on February 16, 2016, 11:57:00 am: Welcome; do you know which area you might be looking to live in?
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Post by: devonlady on February 16, 2016, 12:58:02 pm: Happy hunting! and hello from Devon.
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Post by: SallyintNorth on February 16, 2016, 03:10:11 pm: What a lovely plan :)

Happy hunting!
Title: Re: buying a small holding soon?
Post by: Millsy on February 16, 2016, 06:59:15 pm: Thank you for your messages, in reply to Henchard, we are looking in the Shropshire/Herefordshire area as my son will have to commute to the south Birmingham area.
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Post by: DavidandCollette on February 16, 2016, 07:19:30 pm: :wave: Welcome from North Lincolnshire
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Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on February 16, 2016, 08:08:32 pm: Hi and welcome from Mid Wales :wave: It all sounds very exciting, I hope you find what you would like and keep us updated?
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Post by: MarthaR on February 16, 2016, 08:34:10 pm: Lovely part of the world - not far from me and my Smallholding near Abergavenny. :wave:
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on February 17, 2016, 12:50:35 am: :wave: and welcome from Shropshire.
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Post by: Bramblecot on February 17, 2016, 07:39:16 pm: :wave: Welcome from West Dorset.
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Post by: Tudful Tamworths on February 18, 2016, 07:41:07 pm: Keep us posted re. how you get on. Come on a course at www.humblebynature.com (http://www.humblebynature.com) if you want a feel of what it's all about. Best of luck with the search.