Log Cabin

[EternalOptimist]

They've sold the van now. Credit Crunch, innit?

not true. they are protected by that Canadian, island, insurance company,
Van Cover, I think it's called

 

[expat]

thanks expat, the way we are thinking is this. We have the cash spare, getting fck-all squared in interest, we could holiday there and maybe let it out a bit, then if the novelty doesn't wera off, retire there.
If the novelty does wear off, flog it for a profit. The other cabins are in the process of being flogged off, 400m apart - so it's not exactly a camp.
2 miles from the nearest road, golden eagles, do you wanna go halves on it ?

That's a good idea, but my OH has a very severe reaction to midgie bites We're trying to find the stuff we like (which is Wester Ross upwards) without midgies. Not easy.

 

[Foxy Moron]

The Engles family seemed very happy in their log cabin

 

[minestrone]

sounds bleak and remote
which island ?

It was Arran which is the biggest tourist Island, they have cash machines in the main village now but HBOS run the mobile bank.

It was not so bad in the summer when there are loads of tourists but in the winter many places will just shut down and open places cut their stock.

It is very much a different story going somewhere for a week or two each year and actually running a house or living there. Still, I would say go for it.

 

[Drewster]

The Engles family seemed very happy in their log cabin

Was that the one next to the Eichman and Mengles families....

Or the Ingalls?

 

[EternalOptimist]

It was Arran which is the biggest tourist Island, they have cash machines in the main village now but HBOS run the mobile bank.

It was not so bad in the summer when there are loads of tourists but in the winter many places will just shut down and open places cut their stock.

It is very much a different story going somewhere for a week or two each year and actually running a house or living there. Still, I would say go for it.

Arran, never been to Arran, but I did spend a few years living on St Kilda, so having no bank wouldn't be much of a problem AFAIAC

 

[Foxy Moron]

Was that the one next to the Eichman and Mengles families....

Or the Ingalls?

The one who later became an Angel

 

[TimberWolf]

Buying property?

You must be an optimist. Why not wait until prices crash, or at the very least don't rise significantly in the short term.

 

[EternalOptimist]

Buying property?

You must be an optimist. Why not wait until prices crash, or at the very least don't rise significantly in the short term.

because I dont follow the herd. I am an individual who ploughs his own furrow, if it's cheap, I buy, if it's expensive, I dont buy. If it's lager, I buy a lot

bye bye

 

[fckvwls]

That's a good idea, but my OH has a very severe reaction to midgie bites We're trying to find the stuff we like (which is Wester Ross upwards) without midgies. Not easy.

Savaged by a midgie. I never realised that was possible.