Mrs Humpty and I
... found a house on the market a week ago.

It's a tiny farmhouse from 1902, and comes with 23,000 square meters of land.
(that's 5.7 acres or 2.3 hectares for your wurzles out there)

The house itself is in need of some love. the window frames are all rotten and need replacing, the walls require fully rendering, and we'd essentially want to re-build the entire thing.

However... there's 2 solid acres of apple trees. this place is a madly over-grown orchard in need of some serious work. My little missus works free-lance at the moment, and spends most of her time at home.... We'd clear half an acre of the trees to have as a lawn, flog a large portion of the land (it's a field on the other side of the road) and end up with a 1½ acre orchard with little sheep running around in it.

It's a little daunting... but we just put our first bid in. 1.045million Kronor That's 85,000quid.

Anyway.. we found it... we want it... and now it's bidding-war o'clock.

Scary as Fuck.... but kinda exciting too... :D
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Mon 10 Nov 2008, 11:12, 9 replies)

Fuck!
That sounds ace...
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 10 Nov 2008, 11:14, closed)

85 grand for a sodding farmhouse and land!?
Is this in Norway or Denmark? If Norway, I insist you allow me to roam your land free of charge.
(GONEism, Mon 10 Nov 2008, 11:15, closed)

Sweden
... and you can roam free so long as it's not in sight of my house.

I have perfected the Swedish cry of "get orf moi laaaand" and - as we would own hunting rights on the land too, might bag me a moose at some point. :D
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Mon 10 Nov 2008, 11:23, closed)

Oooh
What flavour? I used to like those strawberry Hippopotamousse things. Do they still sell them?
(GONEism, Mon 10 Nov 2008, 11:27, closed)

Dont
flog the land over the road, some cunt might buy it and stick 47 shitty "country-style residences" on it.
(Rsoles, Mon 10 Nov 2008, 14:42, closed)

This isn't britain mate....
And it's land for farming only :D .... so no houses... Ever :D
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Mon 10 Nov 2008, 15:33, closed)

OOOOH
Good luck-ski :)
( Whodathunkit, Mon 10 Nov 2008, 22:00, closed)

You do realise
once you've bought it you will be a rich land owner and the first to die come the revolution don't you?
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Wed 12 Nov 2008, 9:23, closed)

At the time of writing...
The bidding war is on.

It's at 1.175 million Kr, and pending notification of sales rights on the land, we'll bang that up to 1.225 tomorrow.
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Thu 13 Nov 2008, 11:11, closed)