Ferg Maher

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oliver peter Nock wrote:Hello to all the friendly permies in Ireland

I am writing on my son's login, hope that's ok.

My children and I have had a smallholding in France for years where we are working towards being as self sufficient as we can.  We are thinking seriously about moving and are looking at our different options.  Ireland is very near the top of the list as it was when we first chose to come to France.  The problem is I haven't been there for many many years and it is almost impossible at the moment to take a trip to do some proper research.

We would be very grateful for any words of wisdom and practical advice about areas that would be most suitable and affordable for us to be able to carry on with our projects and develop them.  We have a long list of important requirements, obviously some more important than others such as (ideally) commutable distance  to university, plenty of trees and natural resources, sheltered but not damp and dark, friendly people and active communities etc etc

We do research online too but it is much nicer to hear from real people and hopefully make some nice contacts who are already living the same lifestyle as us.  If it looks like being a real possibility - and we can find a proper competent farmsitter - we will plan a trip to have a proper look around

Thank you so much !

(Also smallholding/small farm for sale in France if anyone looking!)


Hi could you PM me details of the small holding ?
2 years ago
Hi,
My soon to be wife and I (Dutch and Irish) would like to start a family in France and bring our small business involving horses and tourism.

Ideally we would like to live off-grid on mountainous agricultural land greater than 5 hectares in size.

Would anyone have any advice to offer on this project? I have seen some posters mention that it's legal to build dwellings under 20m2 called "ateliers" but I can't seem to find any further info on them online.

Thanks for reading.

2 years ago