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beean

Joined: 04 Jun 2009
Posts: 254

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 09 12:39 pm Post subject:

funky_monks wrote:

I am wondering how on earth to tender for the lease though. As the property has an ag tie and is, essentially a farm, then I dont see how it could be offered for lease in any other way under the ag. holdings act.

This means that the rent can only be what the business is able to support and ...:

You'd think an agri property would sell or lease for the amount it could earn as a business, but this isn't always the case: many people have capital to bring to it in the first place, many will do it as a semi-retired thing, and plenty will ignore the agri-tie as they are hard to enforce /easy to overturn. That seems to be the way things are round us anyway.

jenn

Joined: 07 Jan 2009
Posts: 476
Location: oxfordshire

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 09 7:54 am Post subject:

According to John Seymour back in the 70's his maxim, if I remember correctly was that a family could live almost self sufficient on 5 acres, being divided up into veg garden, small orchard, pig, chicken and cow space Again, if my memory serves me correctly you couldnt grow wherat or any cereals you would need an additional 5 acres for that, so your 30 acres would sound reasonable, but probably not if you were making it into a viable business.

Home on the Hill

Joined: 06 Feb 2005
Posts: 313
Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 09 9:16 am Post subject:

twoscoops wrote:

There are speciality food shops in the Cotswolds (I own one, very close to your farm)

At risk of thread hijacking, I always mean to ask where your shop is, Twoscoops?

Carrie

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 8380
Location: Kernow

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 09 12:33 am Post subject:
Ooooh, you came funky_monks I'm always recommending this place and no-one ever listens

Kanda

Joined: 23 Sep 2009
Posts: 6

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 09 11:45 am Post subject:

Stacey wrote:

I'm always recommending this place and no-one ever listens

I did!

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 8380
Location: Kernow

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 09 12:36 pm Post subject:
Yay!!!!!

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