Author Topic: Buying smallholding - advice (Read 10493 times)

Backinwellies · « **Reply #15 on:** January 15, 2015, 05:50:47 pm »

Cant offer the near Manchester ... but if you want to check out Carmarthenshire we have a cottage available for weekends / short stays ..... and free to anyone who helps out a bit on smallholding and learns some new stuff.

Moel · « **Reply #16 on:** January 15, 2015, 08:03:43 pm »

Near Manchester?
Take a look at the area from cilcain/loggerheads into the vale of Clwyd in North Wales.
1hr to Manchester
30 Minutes to Chester (and the fast trains.......)
Ruthin is a lovely old town to have next door, and Mold has reasonably good amenities cinema/theatre ect
AONB so very pretty
Some lovely property which might not completely break the bank especially if you are wiling to renovate.
Local people have been lovely since we moved in, very welcoming, couldnt move for party invites at Christmas!

God, I sound like an estate agent!
But I do love it here.

Moel · « **Reply #17 on:** January 15, 2015, 08:23:23 pm »

Hmmm need to find a adjective other than lovely.......

NewToThis · « **Reply #18 on:** January 16, 2015, 06:07:57 pm »

Thanks buttermilk - a bit out of our price range, but useful agent to keep an eye on

Moel - lovely is a good word, we're over in that neck of the woods tomorrow for some viewings, so good to hear the people are nice as I had heard that people can be a bit standoffish with outsiders

Backinwellies - that is such a kind offer, and we might just take you up at somepoint for some hands on experience - a lovely part of the world

Marches Farmer · « **Reply #19 on:** January 19, 2015, 08:59:12 am »

A couple of hard winters generally sees off the folks who move here for the "roses around the door" effect, without thinking it through. There are a couple who commute into Birmingham every day: 4 hour commute - no wonder they're so miserable!

john and helen · « **Reply #20 on:** January 27, 2015, 08:36:23 am »

Hi guys
sounds like you are starting the fun run

looking looking looking, and its soooooooo easy to fall in love with every place you see

the biggest thing to look at is…..could we be happy here…
location , really depends on how far you need to travel, seeing as you don't need to make money from the place, you will end up having more choices,

visit the local town, village, see what the neighbours are like..trust me..that can make or break a place,
things like soil, grass, hedges, on that size land, can all be improved over time with some hard work, look out for flooding areas…. use google earth to play with plans,as to what you could achieve ..

best of luck on your search..