Moving to the country

[Mike.Gayner]

So I'm tired of shitty neighbours and my general misanthropic nature is causing me to look into shifting into a lifestyle property somewhere within 30mins drive of Tauranga. Who here has shifted out of town, or vice versa? Did you have any regrets? What are the ups and downs, or things I should know?

I'm really only looking at a couple of hectares out of town somewhere. My biggest obstacle is cost, as it seems I would need to spend about twice the value of my existing home to get a decent house near town on a bit of land.

[sidecar bob]

Im not surprised, Corinna St is the heart of the Bronx.
Buy all the houses around you & rent them out, then you can choose your neighbours.
Good luck with a life sentence block, you may as well sell your bike now.

[Mike.Gayner]

Corinna Street?

edit: I just realised I know someone who lives there, but it isn't me, so not sure where you got that idea.

[TheDemonLord]

I moved from the UK to NZ - that's kinda like moving to the Country...

Also.

Moving to the Country, gonna eat me a lot of Peaches.

[Ocean1]

Im not surprised, Corinna St is the heart of the Bronx.
Buy all the houses around you & rent them out, then you can choose your neighbours.
Good luck with a life sentence block, you may as well sell your bike now.

Most excellent advice. About buying up the neighbourhood.

Got to say until last year I lived on 12 acres, an acre of orchard, half that in formal gardens. This one, in fact: http://www.trademe.co.nz/property/re...-991876060.htm

Took a solid day a week of work from both of us to keep it nice. It's worth it only if you get a kick out of the results. I did, and I still got the bikes out regularly.

Not there now simply because we both recognised that in a few years we wouldn't be able to manage it, and we didn't want to watch it deteriorate while we tried to sell it.

[BMWST?]

So I'm tired of shitty neighbours and my general misanthropic nature is causing me to look into shifting into a lifestyle property somewhere within 30mins drive of Tauranga. Who here has shifted out of town, or vice versa? Did you have any regrets? What are the ups and downs, or things I should know?

I'm really only looking at a couple of hectares out of town somewhere. My biggest obstacle is cost, as it seems I would need to spend about twice the value of my existing home to get a decent house near town on a bit of land.

Check out the neigbours first ,they are further away but closer if you know what i mean.Your neighbour is often the first post of call for information etc.Maybe you need to move a bit further away to do the swap for the same money

[puddytat]

Don't underestimate the hassle of having to drive further to work or the shops....or anything.
More land = A MORE BIGGERER section to manage...
You want at least 500m distance to your nearest neighbour...
If you can, I reckon its better to live on a in & out road rather than a road that joins another.....less likely to get burgled & you have a better idea of who's local & who's not.... but hey its the Nth Isl. so your fucked.
In all honesty,most lifestylers/small farmers only do it for so long then age invariably catches up with them & they move ...back into town.

But ...I totally get what you're saying so go for it I reckon. Just think of the veggies.....

[RGVforme]

So I'm tired of shitty neighbours and my general misanthropic nature is causing me to look into shifting into a lifestyle property somewhere within 30mins drive of Tauranga. Who here has shifted out of town, or vice versa? Did you have any regrets? What are the ups and downs, or things I should know?

I'm really only looking at a couple of hectares out of town somewhere. My biggest obstacle is cost, as it seems I would need to spend about twice the value of my existing home to get a decent house near town on a bit of land.

Did this a while ago...No regrets..

Went for a Ex farmhouse on small section 650sq... extra room for pets is nice but along with larger blocks=less free weekends to ride .45mins from town is just long enough any more I found makes it seem like a 3 hour drive.

Look in the fridge and cupboards before you head to town and make a list of to dos...Never got to town for just one thing along with petrol costs can make that bottle of milk you forgot about $20 all up.
Understand that having tea if you run out of coffee or beans on toast if your going into town tomorrow anyway wont kill you.

Look over your fence.Yes he may be a farmer but if hes a crop farmer who grows beans then expect dust and harvester at 3am.Cows .....Enough said...but stock will not be there all the time and still better than a townie for a neighbour.You will get used to the cattle trucks.

Make friends with your neighbours=cheap meat firewood help when needed and give something in return always.
This worked so well for me I became self employed though it.

Other than that just do it Any cons you find are far outweighed by the pros.
If zoned rural the rates are cheaper.
More room for toys and noise.
Far less dickheads and the ones you do find are easy to spot if not pointed out to you first.
Wheelies off the line right out your driveway.
If your jobs in town when you get home it seems a world away.

Good luck.

[Akzle]

So I'm tired of shitty neighbours and my general misanthropic nature is causing me to look into shifting into a lifestyle property somewhere within 30mins drive of Tauranga. Who here has shifted out of town, or vice versa? Did you have any regrets? What are the ups and downs, or things I should know?

I'm really only looking at a couple of hectares out of town somewhere. My biggest obstacle is cost, as it seems I would need to spend about twice the value of my existing home to get a decent house near town on a bit of land.

town is gay as shit.

Git yer ass a caravan and go and try some paddocks for a few years. When you find one you like, buy it.
This is a combination of aspect, amenity, proximity to boatramps, bush, noise, hot, wet, cold, windy, water supply etc. Things you never get to find out when just visiting.

Why the fuck do you want hectares? If you're one of those cunts that's just going to mow it, then stay the fuck in town.

Also. Fuck being close to town. The apropriate distance to town is "fucken ages"

gravel roads scare off townies and dropkicks (and police) and any dropkicks that do happen along can be accidentally nudged into the drain with a tractor.

Also, and it might just be me, but i plan for zombie apocalypse. Ideally you property should only be accessible by helicopter, or bulldozer/trailbike. The "no exit road" is good advice. Ideally at the head of a north facing valley and just below the ridge, down a treble gated driveway (all gravel - you'll hear em coming) backing into private bosh.
One way bridges are a bonus. Any river creek ford rail overbridges are good too as come the apocalypse they can be dropped to secure your position.

[Madness]

bush, noise, hot, wet...

So it's all about the hoes?

[Akzle]

So it's all about the hoes?

you know me, huh?

[WNJ]

We moved from akld to north Waikato bout 8 yrs ago don't regret it at all, sold up 1 house in Highland park ( about shoe box property size) moved and now 8 yrs later own 3 houses in different areas of Waikato, 1 in Cambridge , 1 in Te Miro, 1, 30 kms north Hamilton,and total of just over 10 acres, rent out two and the rent from them also pays for the third, fckn win win

[Voltaire]

town is gay as shit.

Git yer ass a caravan and go and try some paddocks for a few years. When you find one you like, buy it.
This is a combination of aspect, amenity, proximity to boatramps, bush, noise, hot, wet, cold, windy, water supply etc. Things you never get to find out when just visiting.

Why the fuck do you want hectares? If you're one of those cunts that's just going to mow it, then stay the fuck in town.

Also. Fuck being close to town. The apropriate distance to town is "fucken ages"

gravel roads scare off townies and dropkicks (and police) and any dropkicks that do happen along can be accidentally nudged into the drain with a tractor.

Also, and it might just be me, but i plan for zombie apocalypse. Ideally you property should only be accessible by helicopter, or bulldozer/trailbike. The "no exit road" is good advice. Ideally at the head of a north facing valley and just below the ridge, down a treble gated driveway (all gravel - you'll hear em coming) backing into private bosh.
One way bridges are a bonus. Any river creek ford rail overbridges are good too as come the apocalypse they can be dropped to secure your position.

what ...no mention of that other awesome website?
http://www.lifestyleblock.co.nz/inde...tic-water-tank

[Oakie]

I moved from the UK to NZ - that's kinda like moving to the Country...

Also.

Moving to the Country, gonna eat me a lot of Peaches.

Millions of peaches? Peaches for free?

[Akzle]

what ...no mention of that other awesome website?
http://www.lifestyleblock.co.nz/inde...tic-water-tank

no, but since you have:

lifestylers are fucking gay, too. They're just townies that dont live in town. Ignorant, arrogant, feckless gits with no fucking clue and expect that you're going to give them firewood/ tow them out/ use your stockyards / let them graze the thirty horses they got on trademe for a dollar for fucking free because it was such a good deal, then they'll moan about the fucking weather (in every fucking season, repeatedly, seriously, weather will happen for as long as you're alive, get over it) and complain that the lattes round 'ere arent so good.

Dont be a lifestyler.