Thanks golf club thread for directing me here. I also had the woodland idea, for 2.5 reasons:
1: as a glorified camping spot. Ride there in the evening, go to bed, wake up in a nice bit of woodland in the hills, have a coffee and go for a bike ride or hike. Lovely.
2: as a long term storage unit. I have a bunch of crap that I don't need year round (e.g. winter hiking gear, spare bike parts), and if you look up storage prices, they're mental. I'm pretty sure the return on investment on a temporary structure in a bit of woodland would be surprisingly short compared to commercial storage. Same as buying a lockup but cheaper.
2.5: eco crap: rewild it or grow some potatoes or whatever
The problem is people don't seem to bother to sell small cheap bits of land probably because it's not worth the effort - it's all commercial entities and whatnot. Decided if I wanted to do it my best bet would be to find a local farmer and ask them to sell me a tiny plot directly. Basically gave up on it though
Sounds like a plan, apart from the storage (I would consider owning less stuff, otherwise the remote woods cabin will just turn into a suburban box room)
That is the sensible option but I feel like normally you'd have the option of putting that kinda stuff in a shed or up the attic and I'm aggrieved that those are a luxury these days
Thanks golf club thread for directing me here. I also had the woodland idea, for 2.5 reasons:
The problem is people don't seem to bother to sell small cheap bits of land probably because it's not worth the effort - it's all commercial entities and whatnot. Decided if I wanted to do it my best bet would be to find a local farmer and ask them to sell me a tiny plot directly. Basically gave up on it though