Do you have to be a millionaire to live in the country?!?

[dreamsofacres]

There are so many reasons I want to live in the country. The main one is that I crave privacy and peace. A house with no neighbours.
Don't care about the state it's in, a fixer upper would suit me fine.
But around my area were talking millions. Any plots of land for sale come split in half so you have a direct next door neighbour.
I'm seriously looking at doing it in about 5 years when the DCs are no longer at nursery and we don't have fees. I own a house now but I don't think it would grow too much in equity.
I just can't see a way of doing it without winning the lottery.
I'm trying to get myself in the best financial position possible and have started doing prolific , but no joy on Appen or anything else.

*mortal coil. Though shedding a moral coil sounds freeing and infinitely more fun!

Very cheap where In Ireland to live in the country,possibly due to poor public transport etc

Doesn’t always have to be totally rural either to have privacy and space. We live on the outskirts of a small town that is rural but we are in a bungalow with large front and back garden and the street is very spaced out with views of fields etc.
So not the rural dream but there is certainly peace and space and maybe something like that would be more of an option price wise.

What size house/no of bedrooms/amount of land are you looking for, and what's your budget?

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Yes in probably most of England may be not necessary in other home nations. And would be very stretched in the more desirable rural and coastal localities throughout the UK. Land prices suitable for residential dwelling construction varies widely as with built residential property prices.

www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/where-to-live/house-prices-london-commuter-homes-b945602.html

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I live very remotely, in the north of Ireland. Rural properties are much, much cheaper than their urban counterparts. Only thing to consider is driving in the snow, slower WiFi & being 15miles away from the nearest town.

That said, I often read about neighbour disputes on here and the thought of having to think about how much noise I make baffles me 🤷🏼‍♀️ If I moved to the town it would never cross my mind after living rurally all my life. I’d be a terrible neighbour

I think you can do a lot with £300k in NW it's relatively cheap round here in the rural villages (just below lakes) although having no neighbours at all is more costly. how about

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