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Buying an acre or so of land

ihanney · 2008-03-16 14:46:15

I'm looking to buy an acre or so of land for growing veg, raising chickens etc for my family - remember the good life! - in Wicklow. Anyway, I was wondering what the best way to go about this might be - land generally doesn't appear to be sold in such small parcels except for development purposes and I definetely only want…

16-03-2008 3:46pm

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ihanney

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I'm looking to buy an acre or so of land for growing veg, raising chickens etc for my family - remember the good life! - in Wicklow. Anyway, I was wondering what the best way to go about this might be - land generally doesn't appear to be sold in such small parcels except for development purposes and I definetely only want a zoned farming patch.

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#2 21-03-2008 10:05am

nilhg

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I would imagine you will find it extremely hard to purchase one acre of land without having a (even potential) development premium built in to the price.

Leasing or renting may be the way to go, a few calls to local auctioneers is probably your best bet.

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#3 21-03-2008 11:14am

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I will have 5 acres for sale in a bit but its in carlow

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