Hi

I should be tucked up in bed because I'm going on holiday tomorrow, but I'm too excited! Sad, eh?

So, I've searched the Wiki and done all the things which newcomers to the site should do, but I don't think there's an answer to this one, so here goes.

I've always seen myself in Canada 'living the dream', buying a log home, with a few acres outside of town. I'm looking at the Okanagan, so not letting myself in for mega bad winters hopefully, but still, I'm sure there are practical pros and cons of going this route....

I'd be interested in people's experiences - positive and negative of going down the septic tank/acreage route versus buying a new home in town?

I'll be living the dream (or the nightmare !) alone without kids to consider, but equally without some huge OH to man the snow shovels......!

Thanks, Sas x

Sas, I own 32 acres near Kamloops. A septic tank/field is commonplace, don't let it deter you at all.

Acreage takes work, especially if you keep animals. Also consider, particularly if you're in the northern Okanagan, that access to irrigation is vital to keep your land from turning into a dust bowl. This means a licence to draw water from a creek or digging a well. Moving irrigation pipe/sprinklers is a necessary chore.

If you've got some specific questions or concerns, please drop me a PM.

Hi R I C H

Thanks for that. Not thinking about animals initially, except for my huge dog, I think that would be a bit ambitious for me! I'll give the topic some more considered thought and drop you a PM? Thanks for the offer of help, you're a star. Sas x

have you seen my reply on the other thread. i can chop wood. i can do it in my uniform.

Now, where should I start...?

It is not the septic tank that is questionable, but rather the log home (according to forum members who own them).

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Hi
I guessed that might be the case, hence the question. Thanks for the help. Sas

I can think of better ways to spend a Saturday afternoon........

..... are there any positives????

I'm in Canada. In a wooden house with a few acres outside of town - everything hurts, legs, arms, butt, bits I didn't know had nerve endings. For what you would do this to yourself ?

Thought that might be the case, I think my romantic dream may have just hit reality!

Better now than later!

Cheers, Sas x

Now, now, I'm sure your wife is an understanding woman, but I don't think that stretches to long sojourns to chop strange womens' wood, clear their snow and drink their beer - in your uniform or not!

Perhaps I should run a small ad in the classifieds on the site 'single woman, own microbrewery seeks...able bodied man. Own snowblower preferred'. My eligibility has suddenly shot sky high....
I should've done this years ago!

Sas x

Don't listen to the resident grouch Log homes are fantastic and I highly recommend the lifestyle you describe... But do watch out - I expect that once you have a bit of land, the adoption of random animals will soon follow

Hi Alex

Aw, thank you.

I am beginning to think that my Canadian dream home's future may be severely limited by the lack of a good man to clear my snow for me/feed the animals I adopt/ chop the wood etc. I'm thinking about buying a microbrewery as a cynical attempt to lure some unsuspecting soul to share my woodland idyll. No joy so far, but it's worth a punt!
I have seen some fantastic log homes on my travels though....and I may yet be tempted.....

Sas x

Decides that if Saskia installs a micro brewery he will be willing to become a mormon and have two wives, one in the west and one in the east! Imagine the air miles I would build up (it would be worth it)

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