Originally Posted by
Mark
Living out in the country is more work, but I love it. Well, septic, & others items can surely add cost to home ownership. This can snowball on you. Bigger yard = riding lawnmower, etc... I own 72 acres of woods behind my house. That adds multiple chainsaws, log splitter, ATVs, UTV, compact tractor to maintain trails, etc.....
I still watch how I spend my money. My two used Honda ATVs cost me about 1/2 the price of one new one. There are 36 & 25 years old, but do the job for me. I bought my old compact (late 1970's model) 4WD diesel tractor (with 3-point rear mower & rototiller) from my neighbor for relatively cheap when her husband passed away. In return I mow her 33 acres of trails attached to mine, & I supply her with firewood each fall. Buying her husband's tractor has been a win/win for both of us.
Yea eh, I had some pro pruners come by yesterday here and prune my oak tree in my backyard; they had all the equipment in my driveway, like a woodchipper. They had an older F150 or F250 with a custom box for the woodchips. 1987 or so with the real metal side mirrors.
I wasn't nosing around while they did their job. Anyway you're right about all those big ticket items that come up with a country property, building new is like twice the price now in a few ways. May as well stay put with what I know at my house now. I know what it needs, and the 1/4 acre almost yard is simple to maintain really. Good enough, this country property I'm talking about though is a nice spot, a few houses and farms yet still in the middle of the country, mixed farmland and bush and not much else going on. Less than 1 acre. Could be a good flip but I don't always have the stomach for the responsibility.
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