At our Hutters' Rally 2020, 1 in 6 people said they would like to explore the possibility of accessing land by joining up with others to collectively purchase or lease it. Are you interested in doing that? If so, this Forum could be a useful tool for you...
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Thanks for your input Donald.
Yes, I'm certainly seeing how rare that is. No, I'm actually not on Facebook, this may finally be reason to sign up. Have you ever heard of people approaching land owners directly?
Hi Donald. Yes, I've had a look but only very recently. They are all too big and therefore expensive. I could possibly buy a larger site and then split it or lease some land on it but I don't know if I have the appetite for that. I just want a small piece of land, enough for a modest cabin. I'd happily get involved in a joint purchase if the right piece of land came up.
Have you been looking at woodlands for sale sites such as www.woodlands.co.uk and John Clegg?
Hello. I am looking to buy a piece of land, ideally forest land, in the Highlands. I'd consider several areas like Perthshire, Aviemore etc. Does anyone know of someone looking to sell a piece of land?. Thanks. Neil
Interested to join any groups looking for land within one hour of Stirling.
There is a group set up for a purchase near Aberfeldy - https://www.facebook.com/groups/2658984424352397/about/ This is to do with the Dunskiag Woods. Closing date of the 8th Oct
Oooh, thank you!
Try here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/274784430134449
@foreseebn Is there a list anywhere of people interested in buying axeoodland for hutting? We have looked at several near Edinburgh but would prefer to share the costs and knowledge with like minded others.
@foreseebn Is there a list anywhere of people interested in buying axeoodland for hutting? We have looked at several near Edinburgh but would prefer to share the costs and knowledge with like minded others.
Hi, I'm a 56 yr old female, I am also interested in putting in my share of the purchase of some land and joining a HUT LIFE community. I live near Glasgow but have no preference as to where I live UK wide.,.please get in touch when covid allows things to move ahead, I look forward to hearing from all interested...
Thanks, Donald, I have posted this as a new topic so it can be seen and will hope to find some interest
The Glenluce area is a great area to be setting up. Very active and friendly community trust who you should get in contact with. I wrote a management plan for the glen woodland last year. You could even have hutters coming over on the boat from N Ireland, once the pandemic dies down! Keep us posted. Donald.
We already have some land - about 5 hectares - and our project is slowly developing. We'd planned on finding some woodland but ended up with what we now have and are gradually planting trees & hedges while also allowing a bit clear fell to naturally regenerate. I have big plans for small spaces on a miniscule budget so finding like-minded individuals would be great. We're located in Dumfries & Galloway, near Glenluce. It will be run as a not for profit, social enterprise. All going well, we'll be hoping to have a market garden, ecoarts studio, writer's hut and nature reserve area plus the new woodland areas. And in case I forget to mention at a later date, there's a small herd of rescued / rehomed ponies, hens and ducks. Having a little hutting community of like-minded others would be great, especially if we have help demonstrating frugal, sustainable ways of living and working land.
I'm interested in collective purchase. Though maybe my budget suits leasing better. I prefer to own, or be part of a trust, though if the landowner is not in it for the money I would do that.
I'm interested. I've been trying to buy somewhere in Kintyre for a while but with no success so far.
I am interested in co-purchasing a piece of land with a building. I've got about £100,000 to buy some sort of property (ideally a workshop or similar) and if it came with more land (I actually want quite little) I would happily sell off a chunk for hutting. Or add my money to others' for a larger purchase. Within two hours of Glasgow, ideally.
Will do!
I'll be leading a workshop on working with groups at the Rally tomorrow.