Is is possible to start the dream for under 10k

[Bofh]

As the title really folks, I've been after woodland for years and these day's I'm no longer in full time employment so I'm on a limited budget.

Ideally I'd like a few acres in Kent close to Dartford if possible that I could use recreationally, I've searched until my eyes hurt on the web.

So is it still possible to find a plot for that money?

[Meadowcopse]

yes, just...

I got 2 acres of Cheshire for under £10k a patch of meadow cut off from a larger field system by a by-pass. Although inappropriate to fill as woodland, I have diverse hedgerows with trees, planted a mixed traditional orchard of 94 trees on a 6m grid spacing, left half an acre of open grass / meadow flowers and also planted small patches of future coppice, a couple of specimen female black poplars and a few elms of clonal variations to trial Dutch Elm Disease resistance. For now there is enough space between the young orchard trees for a few beds of nursery stock for other projects...

[Bofh]

Well done Meadowcopse, sadly I live in North Kent and round here there seems to be nothing. I might start hunting for local farmers that might have something they would let go, trouble is farmers are not daft and would only ask for the going rate...

[Binz]

5 acres with a 'barn' for £12K! http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-22384431.html

1) it was in auction today

2) I bet it went for more than that

[Hobby]

The parcel of land mentioned above went for 35k !!!

The guide prices are really only there as bait .

We purchased 14 acres of woodland and adjoining 3 acres of paddocks for 37.5k 3 years ago.....IN KENT

Never give up hope, there's always a bargain around somewhere !!!

[Bofh]

Thanks guys, I know it's something that's going to take time. I've been working on plans for woodland for years on and off. I have commercial ideas on how to make the woodland a viable business and invest in more if business takes off.

I've been giving some thought to releasing a little more than 10 but funds are still limited, I'm fairly confident that I could cover 30k in 3-4 years but business is a gamble and finding a decent plot in the first place is also somewhat of a nightmare.

14 acres and 3 of paddock would have done just about right :-)

[Hobby]

Do you have any interests in renting ???.

I may, and I stress may, be in a position to rent my entire site out in a few months.

All comes down to an intended house move.

Hobby

[Steve Medlock]

I live in North Kent, but my woodland is in East Sussex - about an hour's drive from home. On my own, I don't think that I would have been able to consider the purchase, but in partnership with a good friend, it was just affordable paying over ten years. Four years to go now and then my half is mine!

Steve.