Making the move from the suburbs to the farm - worth it?

[walkinthewalk]

Take to heart everything that has been said by everyone. It is all true.

Horses at home is a lifestyle requiring 210% total devotion from the body, the soul and the checkbook. I was raised on a dairy farm and loved the hard work. Transitioning to horses was a piece of cake for me but here I am 69 years old and it can be difficult to get the stalls cleaned and the bush hogging done.

I can sit here and type for the moment because my Mother’s Day gift is DH cleaning the stalls instead of working on his race car.

In conclusion, being a die hard farm kid since birth ------ if you move to the country, PLEASE embrace sptheir ways and leave your city ideas behind, in the dumpster. Don’t ask where the sidewalks are, when will the street lights go in, and why aren’t the potholes in your one lane road fixed?

Keep your speed limit slow enough to avoid wiping out the neighborhood squirrels and Turkey Buzzards that refuse to get off the road until they find a suitable place to hop thru the fence. “when in Rome, do as the Romans do” and your deeply rooted farm neighbors will appreciate you:)

[TheJenners]

[QUOTE=JanM;8653349]
Jenners- You might look at the equestrian community someone posted earlier. They combine the house with a huge built on garage (they use it for a barn), but it would eliminate the issue of climbing stairs constantly. It would be very nice to have an enclosed space for loading and unloading out of the weather.

Here’s the link from js’s post on page 2:

http://www.horsemansranch.com/homesites_horsemans_ranch.html[/QUOTE]

Those look awesome :yes: Since the plan is to refi in 10 years or so for a house-house, hence why I need to stay under 1000 sq ft in the apartment, I can tuck this idea away. Right now I’m looking at going up instead of out, to keep costs down. Plus when I can afford the house, I won’t want to go up n down stairs anymore anyway :lol:. But added bonus of being at my own place, is I can pee in a stall and not worry about getting caught!! I already have a bid and am signing the dotted line tomorrow on my current plan.