posted 2 years ago
I bought a small piece of land with the intention of doing a lot of things with it, and health issues slowed that down. I still attempted to persist and then the vandals came. The entire shed, piers and all, completely removed. Spray paint on the trees and stepping stones. I was acutely aware when I first started looking for unimproved land that there would surely be someone(s) that would have been treating it as their own and then react negatively when someone actually spent money to own it. I bought it dirt cheap, they could have done that if they wanted, but why buy the cow when you get the milk for free?
I would do earthworks, toss around seed balls, and promote native species that you can benefit from long before putting an unattended building on the land. That goes double if it isn't fenced in. The easier to find and access, the easier it is for young people to find and vandalize. Fortunately with the close proximity, it would be a lot easier for you to go by daily and narrow down suspects should something bad happen, but that doesn't mean the police will do anything substantive, and vandals will often retaliate when caught but not punished. And as always, "My children would never do something like that!" You might want to get a cheap trail cam and see if people are already using your land as an easement, hunting ground, or other uses. Paul has some podcasts on going through this type of ordeal. Hopefully people in your area are less destructive.
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