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DW and I have had both good a bad experiences on large and small lots. To try to get away from obnoxious noise is a real PITA, and really requires a lot more of from the quality of your neighbors than the size of your land.
Good neighbors = good quality of life.
True, and good can simply mean considerate. It doesn’t have to be BFF.
Well it pays to do your homework for sure and thank you google satellite map.
Found a beautiful home on 124 acres, ticked all the boxes, on further inspection and investigation of the neighbouring properties, it turned out that opposite the land had not one but two race tracks for motorbikes/quad bikes.
Holy moly, so glad to have dodged that bullet!
Yep that's a real problem out in areas with no zoning restrictions. Dirt bike noise can go for miles. Those tracks tend to destroy property values for a long distance around them.
I worked on a friends house that was built in 1700's in rural Maine. I was wondering if it was worth it since it was falling down and needed everything. I asked how much land he owned "300 acres to that ridge up there"! Lets forget the house and start the drive way to that ridge.
Originally Posted by HPham06 We are thinking about moving out of Brisbane and into more of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
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Originally Posted by RogerAnthony
Then you have posted this is the wrong forum.
Not really. This forum is about rural/small town living, and these people want to move out of the city to a rural area. At least according to the link they provided of property they liked. This forum does not specify that it is only for the States. All are welcome . Personally I enjoyed looking at their link of the wide open spaces of Australia. Thank you.
Karen, I found this thread on the Rural/small town forum, not the Ct one.
When I posted that reply back on 8/18/17 (more than six months ago), this thread was in the CT forum. It got moved by a moderator a long time ago.
(And RogerAnthony, whom you replied to a couple of posts ago, also posted back on 8/18/17, when this thread was indeed in the wrong forum. Please remember that threads get moved when the original forum isn't appropriate.)
Hi I briefly commented on another board, but I thought it would be a good idea to start my own.
As a sufferer of anxiety, my husband and I have decided to make a sea change, and move out of the city into a more rural peaceful setting.
The noise of neighbours, arguements, music, kids screaming etc is just too much for me and I need a break.
For all the rural dwellers out there, how many acres is enough for solitude. I don't intend on living on top of a mountain off the grid, but maybe in a smaller town/village.
The sound of farm machinery, birds etc, wouldn't bother me, it's mostly the selfishness of others who play loud music into the late hours, the local practicing rock band (behind my property) and the neighbours who let their dog constantly bark non stop.
Thank you in advance
I am on 2 1/2 acres... likely could be enough, but the best part is all my neighbors on all sides own 10-12 acres each, so I enjoy the privacy of theirs as well as mine. Right now, they have no plans in changing, selling etc. I'd like to own more, but this is what I ended up with...
When I posted that reply back on 8/18/17 (more than six months ago), this thread was in the CT forum. It got moved by a moderator a long time ago.
(And RogerAnthony, whom you replied to a couple of posts ago, also posted back on 8/18/17, when this thread was indeed in the wrong forum. Please remember that threads get moved when the original forum isn't appropriate.)
I just felt bad for the Australian person being run off unceremoniously. Glad to see that the thread was moved, and that their posts are still here as I thought they were relevant to the discussion at hand, rural living.
It's never just the number of acres, but the greater surroundings that count. And....where the house is set on the land.
I've got 23 acres. Much of the land is very nearly too steep to hike, but the remnants of a couple of ancient logging rods cut relatively gentle traverses up the hills. Once up there, the woods are deep and quiet, with several fast moving streams, falls and such. The trees are too dense for much of a view, but I've found the spots where you can see. And when you see, you do. Way out across the mountains.
But it's where the first owners, the folks who built the house back in 1960, set the house that gives the place its long lasting magic. At the very base of the steep hillsides, fronting a vast open meadow, in the exact middle of the property. I can't see another house and I never will be able to see another house. They are there, for sure, and I've got some good, if reserved, neighbors. But, when I want, I can pretend I don't....
My last home was on 2 1/3 acres . I could see but not hear neighbors. I'm back on another property i've owned for years but left for work. I'm retired. This is 3 acres. But neighbor homes are close. For the most part it is still quiet. City living drives my crazy. I am in a small rural unincorporated community here and it is ok. The last place was 5 miles from a small town.
I could live happily on 40 acres in the middle of nowhere but at 71 I realise I need help with things I used to do for myself without thinking twice about it. My husband at 79 is not able to do so much anymore either.
Rural, yes. Far out in the middle of nowhere. Not today. Quiet and less stress? Yes!
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