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    150 acres / business ideas ?

    Our combined income at the moment is pretty high but it is not about the money for us. My job is 24/7 and very stressful and my other halfs job is long hours and lots of travel - we are both knackered and stressed at the end of every week. I have to do a lot of corporate presentations etc and it...
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    150 acres / business ideas ?

    No money in farming especially with only 150 acres which is small for a farm. This land was farmed by my fiances grandparents at one time and they only just managed to scrape a living - we live in different times now and I think it would be even harder to make a living from farming now than it...
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    150 acres / business ideas ?

    The driving range idea is a good one as one of the main concerns re. any business that I am going to set up on this piece of land would be NOISE POLLUTION as there are neighbouring properties. Go Karting is a great idea but I think the noise may well lead to rejection from planners. Out of...
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    150 acres / business ideas ?

    There is a piped water supply to all the fields as they are sometimes used for cattle grazing.......so water to polly tunnels or allotments is there already. I actually had a look on the internet last night at local authority maps of our fields. The one thing that hit me is that there is an...
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    150 acres / business ideas ?

    Thanks, Not planning on any serious building projects just yet. I know we are lucky to have this land and the options do seem endless to some extent but I really need to check with local authorities first to see what restrictions may apply. I really need to do some serious research first...
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    150 acres / business ideas ?

    Earl, I hear what you are saying but this land has been in the family for almost 200 years - I don't think it would be an option to sell. I would not be doing this to become extremely rich..........more of a lifestyle change that earns us a decent living. All that being said, I think...
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    150 acres / business ideas ?

    If I went down the Livery route, I would get my fiance to manage that side of it. I would do all the setting up, research etc etc and then get her to run the place - she is very organised and would do a good job. It would be my intention to carry on working full time until such time as the...
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    150 acres / business ideas ?

    Thanks all, Bill, what do you mean by local authority WARD ? Is this simply my area ? In answer to some earlier posts, it is my idea to be an all year attraction / business not seasonal. In other words I need to have attractions / services that I can offer all year round. Maybe allotments /...
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    150 acres / business ideas ?

    Steve, Carbon offset tree planting ? Can you elaborate on this ? I take it it is some sort of government run scheme similar to "set aside" where you can get grants for planting trees ? Excuse my ignorance !!
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    150 acres / business ideas ?

    Bill, I have not gone as far as that for the simple reason that I do not know what I want to do or propose to do. I think I need to discuss this in more detail with my fiances parents and find out from the local authorities what our options "may" be. How do I go about doing this ? Do I...
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    Does your partner share your passion??

    I think attitude to RISK has alot to do with it. Personally I am a natural risk taker where as my partner is the total opposite but she recognizes this and knows that this attitude has held her back. To her credit she has really changed over the last year or so and now we work well together, I...
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    150 acres / business ideas ?

    Thanks for all the replies. The one that stands out is the post about tenancy rights. As far as I am aware the farmers who rent the land are all pretty much friends of the family and I "think" the agreement is verbal year upon year. The land is predominantly used for grazing and Barley / wheat...
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    150 acres / business ideas ?

    Thanks for that, that is exactly the type of reply I was looking for - keep the ideas coming !! Any more ?? I am looking for as many ideas as possible so that I can go out and thoroughly research each. I like your stance on the allotments - shed (perhaps greenhouses at additional cost) -...
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    150 acres / business ideas ?

    Stephen, We are based just 15 miles from Aberdeen (Oil capital of Europe) so we are well placed for the corporate side of things. A friend of mine actually owns an activity centre "LOCHTER" - this is my inspiration to some extent but they have a huge set up and the start up costs would be way...
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    Your eBay SELLING experience...

    I have been selling on Ebay for about 7 years. I stick to one product (zippo lighters in my case) because the more you sell the more you learn. This is a niche market and over the years I have learned to know the likely sale value of a particular design of lighter before even selling it. This is...
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