Woodlands??
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Woodlands??
Hi all, just wondering what peepsthoughts are on buying a woodland? Has anybody got one? What are the benefits/ pitfalls? This is something I’ve been thinking about for a while
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If you are young enough, have your mortgage paid off, have savings aplenty, pension sorted I say go for it.
You have a place to take yourself/ family for nice breaks all year around dependant on any covenants.
You can practice your bug out routines, bushcrafting skills
You are now a landowner with the responsibilities that entails in custodianship/management of the wood.
Wild campers will see it as a secluded spot and Leave No Trace.
Any numpties will see your wood if close to a footpath/main road as a place they can party they will not adhere to the LNT.
If I was 30 years younger I would of gone for it.
You have a place to take yourself/ family for nice breaks all year around dependant on any covenants.
You can practice your bug out routines, bushcrafting skills
You are now a landowner with the responsibilities that entails in custodianship/management of the wood.
Wild campers will see it as a secluded spot and Leave No Trace.
Any numpties will see your wood if close to a footpath/main road as a place they can party they will not adhere to the LNT.
If I was 30 years younger I would of gone for it.
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I'd love a wood, finances dictate otherwise though. Some come up for sale not far from me from time to time and I keep half an eye on them but its pipe dream stuff for now.
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I'd love a woodland, if I were a bit younger. Even land - a friend has just moved to a commutable distance outside Sheffield, and they have 11 acres, with a liveable house already built on it, and only need one salary to pay the mortgage and all the bills. Land might be preferable in some ways, fast trees won't take long to shoot up.
Holidays, practising, establishing habitats for this that and the other, planting perennial veg. that might be very useful in a bad time, safeguarding a stream, establishing new plants there like watercress ... it's endless, what you could do. Certainly disguising the entry a bit, so that numpties don't recognise it, making sure you're not right next to any public rights of way if possible, and research the laws about what you can use for fencing and preventing access.
I wouldn't buy very close to the sea or sea level, but I'd get close - foraging on the seashore, fishing, bringing back seaweed and broken shell to fertilise the soil ...
And if things did start to go very wrong, you could even set up a cache of bulky stuff there, like the post-apocalypse fiction always talks about
Holidays, practising, establishing habitats for this that and the other, planting perennial veg. that might be very useful in a bad time, safeguarding a stream, establishing new plants there like watercress ... it's endless, what you could do. Certainly disguising the entry a bit, so that numpties don't recognise it, making sure you're not right next to any public rights of way if possible, and research the laws about what you can use for fencing and preventing access.
I wouldn't buy very close to the sea or sea level, but I'd get close - foraging on the seashore, fishing, bringing back seaweed and broken shell to fertilise the soil ...
And if things did start to go very wrong, you could even set up a cache of bulky stuff there, like the post-apocalypse fiction always talks about

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I’ve seen a few now up for sale. Ranging from a cred card doable amount to a full blown mortgage. Some close and some 30 miles or so away. It certainly is appealing, and I agree you could plant fruit trees and veg and maybe stick a pond with fish. But you always run the risk of plonkers finding it and ruining it. You can’t be there 24:7 if it’s not your main place of residence. This has been a pipe dream of mine for years now. 38 so I’d still class myself as young don’t ya think???? 



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I'm 50 and still think I'm young enough so aye, you definitely are.Welshwiz11 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:58 pmI’ve seen a few now up for sale. Ranging from a cred card doable amount to a full blown mortgage. Some close and some 30 miles or so away. It certainly is appealing, and I agree you could plant fruit trees and veg and maybe stick a pond with fish. But you always run the risk of plonkers finding it and ruining it. You can’t be there 24:7 if it’s not your main place of residence. This has been a pipe dream of mine for years now. 38 so I’d still class myself as young don’t ya think????![]()


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I grew up with 500 acres of woodland at the end of my parents back garden ...... it was amazing and I do really miss it, I'd probably get more use out of it now than I did when I was a kid.
I've been looking over the past few years at properties here in Scotland some are just super expensive or cheap but not exactly convenient to get to or near anywhere I could actually live and work.
I seen a property up for sale a while back that was beautiful , not that I have the cash (circa £2M it's out of my league) it was over 5,000 acres with several houses and barns etc, your own glen, some woodland, some marshland, part of the property ran down to a loch, it had a large stream too and a small lake and private roads ..... ugh I can only dream.
I've been looking over the past few years at properties here in Scotland some are just super expensive or cheap but not exactly convenient to get to or near anywhere I could actually live and work.
I seen a property up for sale a while back that was beautiful , not that I have the cash (circa £2M it's out of my league) it was over 5,000 acres with several houses and barns etc, your own glen, some woodland, some marshland, part of the property ran down to a loch, it had a large stream too and a small lake and private roads ..... ugh I can only dream.
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Not *quite* sure what your definition is of a credit card amount, but if it was within *my* definition, I'd consider itWelshwiz11 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:58 pmI’ve seen a few now up for sale. Ranging from a cred card doable amount to a full blown mortgage. Some close and some 30 miles or so away.

That sounds like it wouldn't be your first choice? What would you choose to do with it?It certainly is appealing, and I agree you could plant fruit trees and veg and maybe stick a pond with fish.
And as far as a pond goes, can I point you in the direction of https://duckweedgardening.com/ run by a research scientist with a passion for her subject. Talk about ways to increase soil fertility

Is that what you're hoping for, a main place of residence type thing? I was shocked in a good way when my online acquaintance managed it with her 11 acres, but if thats what you want, a "big garden" type place might be more the way to go, rather than woodland, under current regs.But you always run the risk of plonkers finding it and ruining it. You can’t be there 24:7 if it’s not your main place of residence.
Yes, I doThis has been a pipe dream of mine for years now. 38 so I’d still class myself as young don’t ya think????![]()



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Cheapest I’ve seen in wales is 19k, still a push. For somewhere to go and play at the weekend. I think there is some scope for a joint purchase with the right ppl. This wouldn’t be a place of residence as I believe you can only stay the max of 30 days there. It would be a safe haven to travel to in a SHTF situation. Where you can cache equipment and supplies and live out the carnage lol 

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Something to consider for a SHTF scenarios is that most people wouldn't give a crap for who owns it so if that's your logic you'd be just as well finding a site that suits and burying some gear anyway. In a moment of red wine inspired weakness I bought a 30L air/water tight container to bury at my preferred wild camping site.Welshwiz11 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 7:35 pmCheapest I’ve seen in wales is 19k, still a push. For somewhere to go and play at the weekend. I think there is some scope for a joint purchase with the right ppl. This wouldn’t be a place of residence as I believe you can only stay the max of 30 days there. It would be a safe haven to travel to in a SHTF situation. Where you can cache equipment and supplies and live out the carnage lol![]()

