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  • Has anyone bought a field?

    As in, you know, a plot of land with a hedge around the edge, mostly grass and mud, on a hill somewhere.

    Am thinking of buying a field.

    Am thinking of said field being located within 1-2 hours of London, ideally on a hill, ideally with other fields as neighbours, and having nothing in it.

    Has anyone bought a field?

  • No but my extended family co-own my late grandfather’s 3/4 of an acre that he had as a small market garden.
    Don’t underestimate it’s upkeep as left it’s going to get scrubby/unruly very quickly and if you put a shed/summer house on it stuff will get nicked or a local teen will try and grow weed on the roof!
    We put type 2 down and rolled it to keep drivable access when it’s wet and a new gate and post up at significant cost in time/money despite being able to borrow stuff and get a gate from a farmer.
    You will need a strimmer and somewhere to store it.
    Half of it is grass the rest is just left as place to season wood and brambles as it’s too much work, the family have BBQ’s and parties/gathering in the summer but they live in the village or nearby.

    There is a small slither of woodland that leads up to the field from the village that came up for sale which went for £15k which is nuts as it’s not workable if you wanted to coppice it and if you are going to sit in and enjoy it then it’s a steep slope with no vehicle access and very dark, you will also get eaten alive by mozzies.
    A couple from London bought it and they visit a few times a year, we thought about buying it together as it’s worth about £3k but not £15!?
    They let us use the path through the middle to avoid walking on the road anyway.
    You can buy woodland but that’s even more work unless it’s fully mature broadleaf and established so you get little growth at ground level, anything that’s been worked/coppiced goes to shit very quickly and a mess of impenetrable bramble/scrub, you can get help advice from the woodland trust in management just don’t touch anything with a TPO.
    You can of course let out your plot and let for sheep/horses or managed woodland which will make upkeep easier but not rich.

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