I've always been interested in communal/eco living/over conventional pay the man renting or buying a property! But, there are problems with making it a reality....you need money! You need to buy the land/property for starters, yes of course it will be cheaper because the cost is split between more people. You need to buy plants/seeds to grow food to eat! Pay for electricity/water/heating etc! I want to get out of the rat race, so how do i do it? MY IDEA IS.........! 10/12 people buy land/property in southern France. Property is very cheap there......I've got my eye on 2 or 3 places there, one for instance has 5 buildings, 15 miles from the beach, has its own well, lake and would be perfect for setting up as a camp site. So, you have a self sustaining business/eco community. The cost? £88,000 for the land/property! There will of course be costs in setting up the campsite, renovating the buildings and so on. I would say 10 people putting in £15,000 each, would be enough to get it up and running. More people could join once the buildings were completed either paying rent or buying into the business. If someone wanted to leave, they could withdraw their oriional stake once a replacement was found. What do you think of the idea?
theres already a thing like this about 20miles outside of glastonbury, they have 60+ people from the looks of it and seem reasonably organised.i believe they rent the land.
I've always wanted to do this away from the UK, southern France has great weather, good growing soil and is a busy place for campers! That's my idea behind picking there. Also, if you rent the land, you still have to find the money to pay rent and are at the whim of the landowner!
It doesnt have to be expensive or complicated. There are a few communal groups in the UK living on cheap and/or donated land. I am part of a group who live just outside of Glastonbury on land that was purchased from a landowner for 8k in 2009. The landowner deemed it useless due to it being heavily 'wooded' and difficult to build or farm. We purchased the land at an auction and now have 7 portable buildings, drainage and sanitation with a small-holding all with permission. It's been hard work and not easy. We visited a few other established communities to get ideas and support once we purchased the land. The difficulties have been overcome with support and advice, but it can be done. Shayla x
I have house en gaspésie. If someone talk french. Peut être on pourrait make some little bit arréngement.
Sounds great and would be interested but how would the legalities be handled. I could not just give you a pile of money without it being legally protected.
Hi! I feel exactly the same - I'd like to be self sufficient and grow enough food so that I don't have to work, keep some chickens, adopt some children. I came to the conclusion that this wasn't possible without earning enough money to buy some land (unless someone's kind enough to take you into their commune). So I'm at university until I have enough money saved up. I'd like to be part of a group if you're setting one up? £15,000 each sounds extremely reasonable. Let me know . Cassie
