How and where can I find a really remote cottage? Ireland, Scotland, Wales.... where else?

[StarryStarryNight]

I am looking to buy a really remote little 2 bedroom cottage as a holiday home.

I am thinking Wales, Ireland, Scotland, but dont know where to start?

Or maybe land and do a timber self build?

Has anybody done this?

Any suggestions for nice areas where I can cycle, angling (river and sea fishing), pick wild berries, etc...

I dont need electricity.

oh yes I could make waffles

and Starry...The Cuillins are my most favourite place on earth!! I want to live at Slichagan!!

So do many, Pan, that's why places sell for a bomb there. They do a cheap 'offers over' price to spark a bidding war.

but expat..no-one lives at Sligachan. Its a hotel..and a camp-site..and a bothy. That's it!!

By moondog on Wed 01-Aug-07 23:27:44
Oh,and I am sorry for my rudeness.The fact that you are not British completely changes my intepretation of your comments.

well if that isn't racist I don't know what is tbh

Des - my was in ref to Moondog at the start of the thread, not you, you were polite

Oliveoil,
Please dont be so keen to find a racism argument where there is none.

If you were around during the discussion you would have realized that moondog suddenly understood I am norwegian and the community I describe is my own, and not some distorted ill informed view on how it should be in the uk. That is why it mattered that I am Norwegian, NOT that as a norwegian I would be any more welcome with a 4x4 to buy a castle and bring shopping from Waitrose London, pushing out the locals.

moondog always rants on about how people shouldn't move to wales which imo is racist

so I will keep my opinion as it is thanks

to be fair olive, a lot of people in N. Wales are concerned about 'weekenders' buying up property, because N.Wales is beautiful and cheap to buy in. Ontop of the retrictions and consequences for local people, there is also the added difficulty of protecting the language, an issue pretty much unknown in other parts of the UK, 'cept possibly parts of Scotland.

I do doubt if moondog has ever said no-one should ever move to N. Wales. Just to be respectful of local conditions.

Mull. Somewhere near Loch na Keal. Or right at the bottom on the way to Fhionnphort. A lot of Mull would be way to busy for you

Lovely lovely place. Dad sold his house there a few years ago and it still makes me sad to think of it....

I'm moving to Norway!

Oliveoil, further down the thread, wich I suspect you have just briefly skimmed moondog said she had nothing against people MOVING to wales and starting a life there.

ok

I am just going off a million other threads, not just this one

oliveoil, maybe, I dont know moondog well, never come across her before (sorry, if I have moondog, lol), and though she came across very opinionated and a little aggresive to start with, she was willing to listen and offer some valuable advise and insight.

and moondog is lovely.

Moony is lovely!

starry
we're attempting to do just the same as you. In similar sorts of areas (well, not Ireland, too far.)
What I've found is that people are quite happy to put in the particulars of the property all the stuff they're pretty confident will flush the Londoners (and their perceived cash) out of their dens. So, try to get to the bottom of whether a place is virtually on a railroad track (in addition to having space for goats, chickens, and an orchard) before you travel there. In my experience too, people would prefer to sell their property to SOMEONE as oppposed to keeping it on the market for (in some cases) several years. The one place we did put an offer in, we did enquire whether there was any local interest, as I didn't want to turf out a local couple. The answer was no. We lost out to other "outsiders." That house later went back on the market and I do wonder whether they're simply not willing to sell at a price people in the local community could afford. I don't think not buying - and letting soem of these properties deteriorate further (this was an old farmhouse)- is a solution either though.

Starry, Ireland is expensive and land is being snapped up by developers.

I will keep an eye open for any property/land that seems suitable and post details.

I may be moving soon myself, if dh agrees, so you might consider Wicklow as a destination

UPDATE!

I have found the most gorgeous plot of land! It is overlooking a lovely bay, with the most majestic mountain as backdrop! There is also a plot of land on the beach further down the hill for building a boathouse!

I have been there today. I took one look at the mountain, imagining standing outside my cottage, and suddenly could see rest in sight.

There is no electricity and I need to fetch water in a nearby river, I am in so happy.

I'm jealous - dare I ask where - generally speaking?!

Hope you keep it a secret, Starry!

Definitely think twice about advertising it on such a popular board .

A lot of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire is very remote.