Lil07
12-01-2009, 08:03
A very brief background...
I am a city girl. Moved a stones throw from the beach (where hubby grew up) when I started seeing him and fell in love with the ocean. Don't ever want to be far from the waves.
Bought our first property while I was still working. A small 2 bedder with a tiny yard. Was great for Hub, Dog & I but now that bub has come along, we want to get a bigger place.
Can't afford to spend $800k (or round about) for the kind of place we would like where we currently live, so have explored a heap of other avenues in order to stay close to the water.
We both like the idea of moving 'out of the way' and have stumbled upon some lovely properties on an 'island' which is only accessible by ferry or dinghy. Price is within our range, houses are beautiful timber properties which would be easy to add to (hub is a builder), still very close to the water with an amazing array of tree and wildlife around us...I'm worried about the isolation though.
I'd probably only be able to make it to the mainland once a week and we would need to completely change our way of living as we'd probably only do a big shopping trip for groceries once a month.
Has anyone else taken the 'sea or tree change' from the city? If so, how did/do you cope with the isolation.
Better yet, anyone moved to an island? (It's a long shot I know :p)
Thanks peoples.
I am a city girl. Moved a stones throw from the beach (where hubby grew up) when I started seeing him and fell in love with the ocean. Don't ever want to be far from the waves.
Bought our first property while I was still working. A small 2 bedder with a tiny yard. Was great for Hub, Dog & I but now that bub has come along, we want to get a bigger place.
Can't afford to spend $800k (or round about) for the kind of place we would like where we currently live, so have explored a heap of other avenues in order to stay close to the water.
We both like the idea of moving 'out of the way' and have stumbled upon some lovely properties on an 'island' which is only accessible by ferry or dinghy. Price is within our range, houses are beautiful timber properties which would be easy to add to (hub is a builder), still very close to the water with an amazing array of tree and wildlife around us...I'm worried about the isolation though.
I'd probably only be able to make it to the mainland once a week and we would need to completely change our way of living as we'd probably only do a big shopping trip for groceries once a month.
Has anyone else taken the 'sea or tree change' from the city? If so, how did/do you cope with the isolation.
Better yet, anyone moved to an island? (It's a long shot I know :p)
Thanks peoples.