Good evening
I have been thinking about it for quite a while before posting, but, eventually, I think the time has come.
Be aware: maybe it is not the first port you read about this topic, but all your comments will be absolutely welcome.
I am a young professional, with a permanent job position in the South West and, in my future (3-5 yrs), I would like to quit my job and move to the countryside.
Actual situation:
Age: 30-35 yrs; savings: enough but not enough to afford a piece of land myself; private tenant; experience in management: good; previous experience in country/farm life: good, but not as a profession; keen to biological/physics and chemistry sciences.
Goals:
Quitting a stressful job; living and working surrounded by the nature; avoid bankruptcy; affording/building a normal house to live in.
Plan:
1- saving in order to increase the amount of non-loan funds and reduce further the loan/monthly repayment/expenses
2- get a loan/business mortgage
Question: I am not actually sure which one is what I am looking for, nor where I can find enough information. Any idea?
3- applying for the government project about farming, which means buying a piece of land (less than 10 acres, I do not think I could be able to afford more), starting a agricultural/farm business (without quitting my job in the first few years, in order to support the expenses)
What do you think?
4- starting with “passive” and as much as possible organic - (or at least “less time consuming”) productions like livestock, fruit tree/bushes; at the beginning poultry/vegetables only for family use
Questions: what would you suggest about livestock poultry? How much land will be necessary for a calf/beef to grow on?
Please, I know it seems stupid, maybe it is just a dream, but I really would like to change my life. It will not be an economically productive choice, but the work-life will be better.
Thank to everyone who will answer me, discuss or criticise this post!
I have been thinking about it for quite a while before posting, but, eventually, I think the time has come.
Be aware: maybe it is not the first port you read about this topic, but all your comments will be absolutely welcome.
I am a young professional, with a permanent job position in the South West and, in my future (3-5 yrs), I would like to quit my job and move to the countryside.
Actual situation:
Age: 30-35 yrs; savings: enough but not enough to afford a piece of land myself; private tenant; experience in management: good; previous experience in country/farm life: good, but not as a profession; keen to biological/physics and chemistry sciences.
Goals:
Quitting a stressful job; living and working surrounded by the nature; avoid bankruptcy; affording/building a normal house to live in.
Plan:
1- saving in order to increase the amount of non-loan funds and reduce further the loan/monthly repayment/expenses
2- get a loan/business mortgage
Question: I am not actually sure which one is what I am looking for, nor where I can find enough information. Any idea?
3- applying for the government project about farming, which means buying a piece of land (less than 10 acres, I do not think I could be able to afford more), starting a agricultural/farm business (without quitting my job in the first few years, in order to support the expenses)
What do you think?
4- starting with “passive” and as much as possible organic - (or at least “less time consuming”) productions like livestock, fruit tree/bushes; at the beginning poultry/vegetables only for family use
Questions: what would you suggest about livestock poultry? How much land will be necessary for a calf/beef to grow on?
Please, I know it seems stupid, maybe it is just a dream, but I really would like to change my life. It will not be an economically productive choice, but the work-life will be better.
Thank to everyone who will answer me, discuss or criticise this post!