galway_blow_in
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Nice hedging inside field boundary, sheep keep it like a lawn and the kids like the sheep
Not like we could sell the field without the house
What’s the benefit then to you of the field?
OP, My guess is that the real benefit of the field is that you look out your window and see a field of sheep and not a housing estate.
If you really think that you are used to living in an isolated setting and you would hate a housing estate then its not the right move.
Kids are happy when they are living in a happy family, in any sort of house or location.
Unless you have a strong reason to move now, you should stay where you are and consider a move later if or when you find a better house or you find the restrictions of rural living with kids a pain.
I know loads of people in their McMansions on the one or two acres. My mother, a sister, inlaws. All trying to solve the problem of how to cut the bloody grass. Ride on lawnmower or let it go wild or get a sheep, for ground never actually used by the household. I can cut our lawn in 30 minutes. When I last lived 'at home' it was a constant fight over who would cut the massive lawn. The back of the house would be quite a la mode these days with all the talk of letting the grass go wild for the bumble bees and other insects. My mother never realised she was an eco warrier as she lamented the state of it. Every few years she'd bribe the council hedgecutter to come in and sort it out.Nice hedging inside field boundary, sheep keep it like a lawn and the kids like the sheep
Not like we could sell the field without the house
So we finally found out the 'why'. That was the one that finally broke me, the commuting. Couldn't hack it anymore. Didn't want to spend a lot of my day in the car. My husband didn't care about fuel as he had a company car.Other half hates the one hour fifteen minute commute to galway-city for work despite the sub 30km distance, that and her college friends living around Limerick
I have little motive to move myself bar I'd spend less on motor fuel
I know loads of people in their McMansions on the one or two acres. My mother, a sister, inlaws. All trying to solve the problem of how to cut the bloody grass. Ride on lawnmower or let it go wild or get a sheep, for ground never actually used by the household. I can cut our lawn in 30 minutes. When I last lived 'at home' it was a constant fight over who would cut the massive lawn. The back of the house would be quite a la mode these days with all the talk of letting the grass go wild for the bumble bees and other insects. My mother never realised she was an eco warrier as she lamented the state of it. Every few years she'd bribe the council hedgecutter to come in and sort it out.
Indeed. There's no way I'd do a commute that's over an hour.So we finally found out the 'why'.
Indeed. There's no way I'd do a commute that's over an hour.
Presumably the commute from Castletroy in Limerick to Galway city will not be any shorter though will it? So I'm not sure how that will solve the commute issue - or is she planning to get a job in Limerick city if you move?
Indeed. There's no way I'd do a commute that's over an hour.
It seems you don't want to move at all but perhaps the situation cannot stay as is. If it was me and I really didn't want to move I'd ascertain whether my OH would consider changing jobs to a shorter commute or becoming a SAHM.