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monkey1973

Joined: 17 Jan 2005
Posts: 683
Location: Bonnie scotland

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 05 6:07 pm Post subject:

circa 1804 1 bedroom mid-terraced ex-mineworkers cottage with long narrow back garden (12m x 75m). We have most of the garden in a maintainable state but still have big plans and, if properly organised, could be put to a lot of use. Awaiting the end of my current mortgage deal before clearing the remainder. No plans for sprogs so small cottage does us fine.

Would like more land though and outbuildings (one could never have enough outbuildings!) primarily so we could keep OH's horse at home and I could get a horse of my own.
Dream scenario would be farmhouse B&B and livery business with all sorts of sidelines such as pigs, eggs, veg, crafts and if outbuildings/land allows some holiday cottages but that all seems a million miles away just now.

Kepp believing

portwayfarm

Joined: 30 Jun 2005
Posts: 89

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 05 6:34 pm Post subject:

(Soon to be 5 bed) detached stone and timber frame farmhouse. Grade II listed built circa 15thC. With listed stone and timber frame barn, loads of other stables, cow shed, barns etc with rick yard and plec and 2.5 acres of paddock and the rent free use of another 60 acres that backs onto our surrounding land. 6 miles from Birmingham City Centre and 5 mins from J2 M5 so we have the best of both worlds, land yet easy access to any where.

farmwoody

Joined: 19 Mar 2005
Posts: 98

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 05 9:53 pm Post subject:
Six miles in which direction? I'm Blackwell (nr Barnt Green) born & bred.

Pilsbury

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 5645
Location: East london/Essex

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 05 10:37 pm Post subject:
3 bed terraced house with a decent sized garden that is unfortunatly all coverd in brick pavers at the moment but with plans to open up 8 or 10 meter square raised beds when i have the time.

Andy B

Joined: 12 Jan 2005
Posts: 3920
Location: Brum

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 05 7:31 am Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Andy B wrote:

4 bed end terrace, fairly large garden. Just purchased a " holiday" cottage in the middle of nowhere with a small garden. It needs loads of TLC but the field next to it is available to rent. Forest behind, river 100 yards away in front, you could hear a lady bird sneeze.

Whereabouts?

Half way between bewdley and arley, near the trimply? reservoir.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 05 8:10 am Post subject:
4 bed terrace, inner city, not much in the way of a garden 4x4m at most, allotment 20 mins walk away.

Northern_Lad

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 14210
Location: Somewhere

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 05 8:10 am Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

...need more space if we want any sproglets anytime soon. Ideally 7 or 8 acres...

How many are you planning on having?!

portwayfarm

Joined: 30 Jun 2005
Posts: 89

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 05 8:48 am Post subject:
Hi Farmwoody we are in the Black Country - Rowley Regis. Moved here from down south. Was it your place that we saw on midlands today - regards seeing the pig from birth to plate? Sorry I am being nosey.

Blue Sky

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 7658
Location: France

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 05 9:34 am Post subject:
3 bedroom remote house with attached cottage in Rural France. (See signature link for pictures). About an acre of land which we use for growing veg and keeping a few animals. Workshop and outbuildings round the back. We were fortunate in that we managed to dispatch of the mortgage when we left the UK

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45723
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 05 9:38 am Post subject:

Andy B wrote:

Half way between bewdley and arley, near the trimply? reservoir.

Sorry, never heard of 'em, are they on the Northern Line?

Hannah

Joined: 24 Feb 2005
Posts: 277
Location: Pembrokeshire

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 05 9:42 am Post subject:
2 bedroom semi-detached old farm workers cottage with 3 acres in a very rural hamlet in Hampshire. Got chickens, geese and Kune Kune pigs. No mortgage luckily!

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 05 9:45 am Post subject:

Northern_Lad wrote:

wellington womble wrote:

...need more space if we want any sproglets anytime soon. Ideally 7 or 8 acres...

How many are you planning on having?!

Oops! Loads, actually, I love kids - I was planning to keep them in the house, and the alpacas, cow and calf, 6 sheep and 3 pigs on the land, but I've heard what kids are like!

Andy B

Joined: 12 Jan 2005
Posts: 3920
Location: Brum

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 05 9:57 am Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Andy B wrote:

Half way between bewdley and arley, near the trimply? reservoir.

Sorry, never heard of 'em, are they on the Northern Line?

Oh ! How about on the river severn between Kidderminster and Bridgenorth. 30-40 minutes drive from Brum, unless their's a traffic jam because of the safari park, then it can take forever.

hardworkinghippy

Joined: 01 Jan 2005
Posts: 1110
Location: Bourrou South West France

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 05 11:39 am Post subject:

Farmwoody's been here and knows the house well

, but for this (very interesting) thread:

We live in a self built house in France. Here's a link to the building process:

https://www.totalfrance.com/france/gallery/hwh_newbuild

We've 100 acres and a little stream solar and wind power.

We used to live in a little cabin, and before that in a big tent!

https://www.totalfrance.com/france/gallery/cabin

HWH

farmwoody

Joined: 19 Mar 2005
Posts: 98

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 05 12:20 pm Post subject:
Yep that was us on Midlands Today I know Bewdley and Arley very well (not very far from us). My sister in law and family live on the river (well right next to it!) at Arley Kings. Lovely place. Hi HWH, hows tricks?

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