Author Topic: Island for sale  (Read 13469 times)

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Qui? Moi?
Re: Island for sale
« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2013, 10:11:23 am »
Not for me - too windy and wet. :innocent:
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

Bert

  • Joined Jan 2012
  • Isle of Mull
Re: Island for sale
« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2013, 10:18:59 am »
I think I should have it as I have experance of isle life  :-J   :roflanim:
I'm just planing the bank job now  :innocent:  because I'm never going to win the lottery  ::)   :roflanim: :roflanim: .


shygirl

  • Joined May 2013
Re: Island for sale
« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2013, 11:06:36 am »
im in for a share. have boat, will travel.

luckylady

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • Yorkshire
Re: Island for sale
« Reply #18 on: July 17, 2013, 11:26:39 am »
I notice Rosemary kept very quiet when she posted the link.  :thinking:  I reckon she owns it and is selling to upgrade to a Caribbean :sunshine: island!  ;)
Doing that swan thing - cool and calm on the surface but paddling like crazy beneath.

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Island for sale
« Reply #19 on: July 17, 2013, 02:36:27 pm »
I notice Rosemary kept very quiet when she posted the link.  :thinking:  I reckon she owns it and is selling to upgrade to a Caribbean :sunshine: island!  ;)

 :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: What about a TAS cooperative?

Daisys Mum

  • Joined May 2009
  • Scottish Borders
Re: Island for sale
« Reply #20 on: July 17, 2013, 03:57:23 pm »
Not for me either, don't do little boats. ;D
Anne

bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: Island for sale
« Reply #21 on: July 17, 2013, 04:08:24 pm »
I can learn to do boats


ok shopping list so far,


island 500k


sort house got to be 500k with access issues


boat and a jetty in the bay to make getting ashore easier 200k


200 sheep and some chickens (cheap by comparison)


oh and then we need a wind turbine (bet they refuse planning)


hmmm starting to think it needs to be a big lottery win!!!


bet the fishings good round there though!!!

bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: Island for sale
« Reply #22 on: July 17, 2013, 04:12:31 pm »
Hmmm need planning for a big poly tunnel as well as i don't see much veg growing otherwise!!!






ellied

  • Joined Sep 2010
  • Fife
    • Facebook
Re: Island for sale
« Reply #23 on: July 17, 2013, 04:25:58 pm »
Bloomer, you're only planning a summer stay - I have the chooks and enough Highland ponies to be trained to do most crofting and transportation work, haul peats, sheep checking etc.  My shopping list is therefore quite a lot shorter:

Island £500k - offset by sale of 10 acre Fife smallholding with mature orchard but need the lottery for securing purchase prior to knowing what the sale will make at closing, plus the inevitable extra, plus the rest of my list..

Polytunnel a must, preferably 2

Transport out for a dozen or so Highland ponies, 20+ chooks and key equipment/personal possessions

Log cabin with solar panels

Generator for emergencies

Animal housing, a large solid barn for everything including equipment

Probably need a milk cow, perhaps with a heifer calf and in calf, a Shetland probably most likely to thrive - could milk a sheep but I've a sore back so it'd have to stand on a table!

Reckon I could arrange a weekly, maybe monthly boat visit from Benbecula without having to  buy a boat, but if I could get a wee one that would do me fine

I can manage with a camping stove but a raeburn would be my luxury item if it's a good lottery winning..
Barleyfields Smallholding & Kirkcarrion Highland Ponies
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bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: Island for sale
« Reply #24 on: July 17, 2013, 04:33:55 pm »
sorry my list was just for the summer months  :excited: :excited: :excited:




bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: Island for sale
« Reply #25 on: July 17, 2013, 04:39:25 pm »
ok i'll cut the sheep back to say 50 as there only there to keep the grass down and once a year fill everyone i knows freezer,


what about goats as the milk supply? they can be quite hardy can't they?




Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Island for sale
« Reply #26 on: July 17, 2013, 05:19:29 pm »
I was just about to offer to join the gang with my goats.

ellied

  • Joined Sep 2010
  • Fife
    • Facebook
Re: Island for sale
« Reply #27 on: July 18, 2013, 10:02:10 am »
MGM that would be fab, I could cope with goat milk but not with goat handling, tho I'll offer a pony to round them up on  :thumbsup: But you wouldn't be MGM anymore, you'd be MIG, Mad Island Goatwoman  ;D

Bloomer if that's your summer list then I suppose I am in for the sheep keeping while you're away, so I'm going to need to upgrade my demands on your labour skills tho I can't see decking being quite right unless it has galeproof conservatory storm doors all round it  ;D   Maybe you could build a jetty for my boat, that's pretty much decking and would also be a good picnic site and swim base so I need to buy a wetsuit cos I can't see the water being warm very often..  ;)

So, when are we going to view?
Barleyfields Smallholding & Kirkcarrion Highland Ponies
https://www.facebook.com/kirkcarrionhighlands/
Ellie Douglas Therapist
https://www.facebook.com/Ellie-Douglas-Therapist-124792904635278/

bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: Island for sale
« Reply #28 on: July 18, 2013, 11:12:59 am »
id like to point out i have skills beyond decking  :P :P :P 


in fairness the water there shouldn't be to bad in the summer have dived all up the west coast and its often very pleasant in the water...


i did look at going for a site visit, but apparently unless i already have a boat its a bit tricky!!!


wonder if i can use a kiddies dingy!!!

shygirl

  • Joined May 2013
Re: Island for sale
« Reply #29 on: July 18, 2013, 11:28:07 am »
shame there arent more houses on it or we could set up a commune. im in for 25% if theres a school nearby?  ::)
you need barns though for my ponies and cattle.

 

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