Thread: thinking of moving to the bush

Acreage in the Hunter Valley won't be cheap, mainly because of the soil being very good for wine grapes and other crops too, Parkes on the other hand would be cheaper.

Oh forgot to ask, why the name change

Baz.

Remeber the buetiful warm fire over at Cooma well every one couldnt pronance my forum name I kept on getting Rover-nit rather then Rover-n-it

any way Chronic is better suited hehehehehe

The Country life is great if you don't mide missing out of the city night life. Just inspect the septic as they are expensive to replace but a good one will go for years without effort. Chances are on that size block you won't get town water so you are at the mercy of tank water.
Do some looking in the areas you are interested in first.

A few points to check -

1. access - is it legal? Is it all weather? If it is four wheel drive only, can you live with this? Problems with moving van, this sort of thing?

2. Is it flood prone?

3. Is it reasonably fire safe? (good clear area round the house & sheds, at and good clearance from bush to the west in particular)

4. Firefighting water supply? Firefighting equipment?

Some things to think about -

1. Cost (and difficulty) of getting tradesmen out - e.g. can you fix a dripping tap yourself?

2. You may have no garbage collection, and have to take it to a tip yourself, which, for example, in my case is 50km away in the opposite direction to the town I do my shopping.

3. Can you get ADSL broadband? (anything else will be more expensive and less functional)

4. Has the specific property (or even the general area) got a problem with weeds or other pests? Some small property owners have ended up with weed eradication costs exceeding the property value!

5. If buying land without a house on it, will you be allowed to build? (there are impending restrictions in a lot of places, in some places already in place)

6. What sort of title does it have?

Probably think of more later.

John

its okay to say you going to have livestock but you have to organise some one to kill them and dress them for you either on site or pay for local butcher to have them done by abbattoir.

alternative is buy 4 to 5 head calves let them grow over 2 seasons and sell for cash and replace

trade with your negihbour farmer, did deal on my 7 acreas with next door neighbour diary farm to cut and turn my grass into hay bales and sold them to him for cash.

a tractor handy thing to have buy a small grey if you can find one for the money.

need a generator for power when line has brown outs

need a water pump

need water tanks for storing water on site to pump to house

large shed for workspace and storing your gear

where looking around the Parkes Orange area I think, As Baz advised the Newcastle area which was preferred seems a little out of reach price wise

we need to do a little work around here prior placing our place on the market, but these are the areas that look attractive and in the price range

COOKAMIDGERA

MANDAGERY


so the area we are looking at are Cookamidgera, Bindogundra, Mandagery

I have no idea what I'm getting my self into here but I have this urge to live in the country over the years I have grown to hate the city despite being a city hooligan in the younger years getting into all sorts of trouble as a lad

the wife agranging a gettaway on a working farm to experence farm life for a few days this should be intresting

JDNSW has pretty much covered it on things to look out for.

Other things are, does it have town water, a bore, or it pumped from a creek/river, what are the rates, you could, if possible work out an arrangement with the neighbor to let him graze his stock for favours.

One other thing, WHY are the current owners selling.

Baz.

thanks guys for all the advice its a matter of sit wait till some buys this place I suppose