I think we need to move, we need peace (from nosy neighbours lol) and we need freedom (sick of watching the pennies EVERY month!). We're never going to be able to save up to do the extension, every time the bank recovers from the last disaster, there is something else to fork out for!
We're tired of being in the rat race - work, eat, sleep; work, eat, sleep....we do get free time but not with each other, not as a family, he works mornings through to early afternoon, and I work in the evening, so we get lunch together, but usually when the girls have gone back to school. This isn't what we came back to France for.
So the search continues, I think we'll still stay local, as we love the area and the beaches....no idea what we will end up with though, a building plot to build an eco home, an earthship, or a tiny home and boat making do with the fields we have? I want my own business too, a gite, a caravan, a 'glampsite' or a catering trailer/van, I think we may be having a joint midlife crisis, lol!
I don't know what we will do with the house, sell it or rent it out? If we will keep any of the plot (maybe the field part and just sell/rent the garden part)....all ideas and thoughts welcome! I hope we can make a decision (and one we WILL stick to) by the end of this year....
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Monday, April 14, 2014
The plan!
So, a decision needed to be made, are we going to stay in our house, or are we selling up and living freely on our land....
We have decided to stay for now, however, we have our names down at a sailing port about 20 mins away, and have 2 years left to wait for a place - so it's a VERY good compromise.
Just one thing, we'd better get saving up for a boat!
I found a renovation project (boat) last week, it was a 20m iron sailing boat, at a bargain price of 5k, no surprise it's been sold already! However, I think our maximum size at the port is 15/16m, as we would have to moor at the pontoon rather than a buoy, as we have young children, so I must be sure not to get carried away when I'm looking, lol!
We have decided to stay for now, however, we have our names down at a sailing port about 20 mins away, and have 2 years left to wait for a place - so it's a VERY good compromise.
Just one thing, we'd better get saving up for a boat!
I found a renovation project (boat) last week, it was a 20m iron sailing boat, at a bargain price of 5k, no surprise it's been sold already! However, I think our maximum size at the port is 15/16m, as we would have to moor at the pontoon rather than a buoy, as we have young children, so I must be sure not to get carried away when I'm looking, lol!
Recycling and gardening in one!
Well, we've not used the BBQ in ages as we don't eat meat (even though I bought it with the intention of cooking lots of lovely veggies burgers on it), and in the
summer we prefer cold veg rather than roasted/BBQ'd veg, so....we have
a new salad bar, lol!
This week hubby will be digging up some of the side garden so he can fill an old wheel barrow with soil (packing the hole with left over rubble from when we built the patio), and it will be filled with strawberry plants grown by his mum. I need to crack on and get some rotavating done too as I've 200 young spring onions to put in, green beans, radish, carrots, and peas to sow, followed by a variety of herbs and some tomato plants to pot. How I LOVE this time of year!
Monday, March 24, 2014
Long time no post, still thinking!
So, it's been aaaages since I last blogged! In the time between then and now, we have finally managed to come up with a plan to extend our house, making the most of the size we're allowed to add on (36m2)....therefore, a decision needs to be made - spend a few more years here and create more equity in our home, or break free and find ourselves an alternate, free living home?!
We've had some cracking storms this winter, with several days of hurricane force winds, we were VERY lucky to only have damage to trees and nothing structural. It does worry me how we would manage when the winds return next winter if we're in a caravan/truck/bus! Many local fields flooded too and are only now drying out - over a month later! Ours were very wet, and one of our horses suffered with it. So there are also plans of moving our field shelter to where our garden chalet is as there is a concrete base which is perfect for standing on when it's wet, and we could add on a goat and chicken house without going over the allowed size (20m2).
We need to write up a list of pros and cons, and we need to come up with a back up plan - what if we sell and alternate living doesn't work out, would we really be able to start again?
I was reading another alternate blog a few days ago, one of the reasons many people don't go for the free lifestyle of not being tied to a house, is fear, I don't want to be held back by my own fears and worries....
We've had some cracking storms this winter, with several days of hurricane force winds, we were VERY lucky to only have damage to trees and nothing structural. It does worry me how we would manage when the winds return next winter if we're in a caravan/truck/bus! Many local fields flooded too and are only now drying out - over a month later! Ours were very wet, and one of our horses suffered with it. So there are also plans of moving our field shelter to where our garden chalet is as there is a concrete base which is perfect for standing on when it's wet, and we could add on a goat and chicken house without going over the allowed size (20m2).
We need to write up a list of pros and cons, and we need to come up with a back up plan - what if we sell and alternate living doesn't work out, would we really be able to start again?
I was reading another alternate blog a few days ago, one of the reasons many people don't go for the free lifestyle of not being tied to a house, is fear, I don't want to be held back by my own fears and worries....
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