Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
Sep 2nd 2005, 9:23 pm
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Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
Well its saturday and we will be spending yet another weekend trailing around looking for the elusive aussie lifestyle we came for, A BIT OF SPACE.
Would love to hear who has come out and moved over one hour from a major center or city. Where did you end up? Just how rural is it? Cost, if thats not too personal, how much land did you end up with. Down points?
For those not arrived yet, its hard to imagine because people think aus is huge, but remember the majority of the 20 million live within an hour of a few major cities and centers.
After 5 years here and discovering aussies are just as annoying as the next race we fancy about 20 acres with a house bang in the middle of it, Looks like we may be going woop woop
Would love to hear who has come out and moved over one hour from a major center or city. Where did you end up? Just how rural is it? Cost, if thats not too personal, how much land did you end up with. Down points?
For those not arrived yet, its hard to imagine because people think aus is huge, but remember the majority of the 20 million live within an hour of a few major cities and centers.
After 5 years here and discovering aussies are just as annoying as the next race we fancy about 20 acres with a house bang in the middle of it, Looks like we may be going woop woop
Sep 2nd 2005, 9:26 pm
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Re: Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
Originally Posted by jad n rich
Well its saturday and we will be spending yet another weekend trailing around looking for the elusive aussie lifestyle we came for, A BIT OF SPACE.
Would love to hear who has come out and moved over one hour from a major center or city. Where did you end up? Just how rural is it? Cost, if thats not too personal, how much land did you end up with. Down points?
For those not arrived yet, its hard to imagine because people think aus is huge, but remember the majority of the 20 million live within an hour of a few major cities and centers.
After 5 years here and discovering aussies are just as annoying as the next race we fancy about 20 acres with a house bang in the middle of it, Looks like we may be going woop woop
Would love to hear who has come out and moved over one hour from a major center or city. Where did you end up? Just how rural is it? Cost, if thats not too personal, how much land did you end up with. Down points?
For those not arrived yet, its hard to imagine because people think aus is huge, but remember the majority of the 20 million live within an hour of a few major cities and centers.
After 5 years here and discovering aussies are just as annoying as the next race we fancy about 20 acres with a house bang in the middle of it, Looks like we may be going woop woop
Good luck. Make sure there is alcohol relatively close.
Sep 2nd 2005, 9:28 pm
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Re: Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
Originally Posted by jad n rich
Well its saturday and we will be spending yet another weekend trailing around looking for the elusive aussie lifestyle we came for, A BIT OF SPACE.
Would love to hear who has come out and moved over one hour from a major center or city. Where did you end up? Just how rural is it? Cost, if thats not too personal, how much land did you end up with. Down points?
For those not arrived yet, its hard to imagine because people think aus is huge, but remember the majority of the 20 million live within an hour of a few major cities and centers.
After 5 years here and discovering aussies are just as annoying as the next race we fancy about 20 acres with a house bang in the middle of it, Looks like we may be going woop woop
Would love to hear who has come out and moved over one hour from a major center or city. Where did you end up? Just how rural is it? Cost, if thats not too personal, how much land did you end up with. Down points?
For those not arrived yet, its hard to imagine because people think aus is huge, but remember the majority of the 20 million live within an hour of a few major cities and centers.
After 5 years here and discovering aussies are just as annoying as the next race we fancy about 20 acres with a house bang in the middle of it, Looks like we may be going woop woop
Aussies can be bizarre people.
Sep 2nd 2005, 9:30 pm
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Re: Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
Check out arkon's posts here http://britishexpats.com/forum/searc...r&userid=40765 for "interesting" experiences of life on the land...
Sep 2nd 2005, 9:46 pm
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Re: Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
We've got 2.5acres but not more than an hour out of the city.
We downgraded last move from 3 acres to 2.5, I would have been happy to move further away (Tassie or the Daintree would have just possibly been far enough ) with bigger acreage, but ended up actually closer to the CBD than before 
.
If you want 20 acres (at a reasonable price) I can imagine you would need to move a fair hike out.
We downgraded last move from 3 acres to 2.5, I would have been happy to move further away (Tassie or the Daintree would have just possibly been far enough
) with bigger acreage, but ended up actually closer to the CBD than before . If you want 20 acres (at a reasonable price) I can imagine you would need to move a fair hike out.
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Sep 2nd 2005, 9:46 pm
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Re: Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
Originally Posted by Amazulu
This is one thing that I can't understand about Aussies, how they live on top of each other. In the UK or South Africa big houses have big gardens, not so in Oz, where the biggest houses are built on the smallest plots.
Aussies can be bizarre people.
Aussies can be bizarre people.
cant stand it. My favourites the teenage hoons, bored so scream up and down all night.
Sep 2nd 2005, 9:50 pm
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Re: Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
We've got 2.5acres but not more than an hour out of the city.
We downgraded last move from 3 acres to 2.5, I would have been happy to move further away (Tassie or the Daintree would have just possibly been far enough ), but ended up actually closer to the CBD than before .
If you want 20 acres (at a reasonable price) I can imagine you would need to move a fair hike out.
We downgraded last move from 3 acres to 2.5, I would have been happy to move further away (Tassie or the Daintree would have just possibly been far enough
), but ended up actually closer to the CBD than before . If you want 20 acres (at a reasonable price) I can imagine you would need to move a fair hike out.
Tassie would suit us, dont know if it would suit 3 lads tho, 20, 12, and 9 this year, work prospects etc, theres always a catch 22 isnt there
Sep 2nd 2005, 9:54 pm
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Re: Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
We've got 2.5acres but not more than an hour out of the city.
We downgraded last move from 3 acres to 2.5, I would have been happy to move further away (Tassie or the Daintree would have just possibly been far enough ) with bigger acreage, but ended up actually closer to the CBD than before .
If you want 20 acres (at a reasonable price) I can imagine you would need to move a fair hike out.
We downgraded last move from 3 acres to 2.5, I would have been happy to move further away (Tassie or the Daintree would have just possibly been far enough
) with bigger acreage, but ended up actually closer to the CBD than before . If you want 20 acres (at a reasonable price) I can imagine you would need to move a fair hike out.
Sep 2nd 2005, 10:00 pm
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Re: Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
Originally Posted by jad n rich
Tassie would suit us, dont know if it would suit 3 lads tho, 20, 12, and 9 this year, work prospects etc, theres always a catch 22 isnt there
.He's already planning an escape when they kids leave school & go off to college, probably to somewhere that they cant find us like Tassie
.My niece has a nice 118 acre hobby farm out the back of Dayboro, nice area but a bit far from Brisbane, her hubby works in near the city but they are lucky enough to own a pharmacy, so he can set his own hours to a certain extent to miss rush hour.
I personally couldnt bear to live in suburbia again & be that close to neighbours, I cringe everytime I drive past those new estates :scared: .
Sep 2nd 2005, 10:06 pm
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Re: Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
Originally Posted by Sleeping Beauty
we'd be happy with an acre (i think - hubbie and i have dicussed this, we dont really know how big an acre is - if anyone can explain, maybe football pitch size??). 2.5 would be great. an equestrian 15 acres would be fantastic
. If it helps an acre is 4000 sqm - so you can pace it out at a local park I guess - 50m x 80m (or some other computation).
Sep 2nd 2005, 10:08 pm
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Re: Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
Hmmmmm, I dont know how big a football pitch is LOL, so probably not much help . If it helps an acre is 4000 sqm - so you can pace it out at a local park I guess - 50m x 80m (or some other computation).
. If it helps an acre is 4000 sqm - so you can pace it out at a local park I guess - 50m x 80m (or some other computation).i'll be out with my metre stick tomorrow....lol....
Sep 2nd 2005, 10:13 pm
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Re: Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
This is a difficult one. I dread the thought of being right on top of the neighbours, but to get a bit more land seems we have to move further out. Problem being we have a 12 year old son who is just beginning to get independent and cycle himself over to friends etc. He would be reliant on us taking him places again and would not have the same amount of freedom. Oh god what to do? Just get a huge mortgage I suppose so that we can afford a bigger plot not too far out 
Sep 2nd 2005, 10:16 pm
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Re: Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
If your looking at acerage its not just size either most acerage plots have all the services up the front like power/ water and it costs more to take them further down so it usually ends up with all the houses up the front by the road and close together anyway. Catch 2 is the eg 8 acre plot but the only bit you can build on is 300m, same with the land next door and again all the houses are bang on top of each other, all these things are hard to guage from the internet. Flat, hence usable land carries a huge price premium, the ultimate luxury is to find a block where the house is in the middle hence lots of space between you and the neighbors kids, dogs, pool, barbeque. Catch 3 with acerage is noise, a lot of people buy them for motor bikes or to weld/machine/mechanic at home :scared: the noise in many areas is like placing yourself in an industrial estate. I think I need a farm, are cows noisy
most acerage plots have all the services up the front like power/ water and it costs more to take them further down so it usually ends up with all the houses up the front by the road and close together anyway. Catch 2 is the eg 8 acre plot but the only bit you can build on is 300m, same with the land next door and again all the houses are bang on top of each other, all these things are hard to guage from the internet. Flat, hence usable land carries a huge price premium, the ultimate luxury is to find a block where the house is in the middle hence lots of space between you and the neighbors kids, dogs, pool, barbeque. Catch 3 with acerage is noise, a lot of people buy them for motor bikes or to weld/machine/mechanic at home :scared: the noise in many areas is like placing yourself in an industrial estate. I think I need a farm, are cows noisy
Sep 2nd 2005, 10:23 pm
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Re: Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
Originally Posted by jad n rich
If your looking at acerage its not just size either most acerage plots have all the services up the front like power/ water and it costs more to take them further down so it usually ends up with all the houses up the front by the road and close together anyway. Catch 2 is the eg 8 acre plot but the only bit you can build on is 300m, same with the land next door and again all the houses are bang on top of each other, all these things are hard to guage from the internet. Flat, hence usable land carries a huge price premium, the ultimate luxury is to find a block where the house is in the middle hence lots of space between you and the neighbors kids, dogs, pool, barbeque. Catch 3 with acerage is noise, a lot of people buy them for motor bikes or to weld/machine/mechanic at home :scared: the noise in many areas is like placing yourself in an industrial estate. I think I need a farm, are cows noisy
most acerage plots have all the services up the front like power/ water and it costs more to take them further down so it usually ends up with all the houses up the front by the road and close together anyway. Catch 2 is the eg 8 acre plot but the only bit you can build on is 300m, same with the land next door and again all the houses are bang on top of each other, all these things are hard to guage from the internet. Flat, hence usable land carries a huge price premium, the ultimate luxury is to find a block where the house is in the middle hence lots of space between you and the neighbors kids, dogs, pool, barbeque. Catch 3 with acerage is noise, a lot of people buy them for motor bikes or to weld/machine/mechanic at home :scared: the noise in many areas is like placing yourself in an industrial estate. I think I need a farm, are cows noisy As J&R mentioned, also be aware of "building envelopes" on some blocks where there is only a small part of the block that you are allowed to build on.
Sep 2nd 2005, 10:36 pm
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Re: Acerage expats, who arrived and didnt end up in suburbia
Originally Posted by jad n rich
Live on top of each other and because a lot of its outside the privacy levels are frightening, the barbeque stink wafting into your entire houses or the neighbours pool 2 meters from your bedroom window, or the late night piss heads who dont work and drink outside till 3 am when you have to work at 6, the mow on sunday culture usually at 7 am so its not hot, nice cant stand it. My favourites the teenage hoons, bored so scream up and down all night.
cant stand it. My favourites the teenage hoons, bored so scream up and down all night.
The 'hoons' come here because there's less chance of the police catching them.