Questions about farming over there

American wants to farm

Hi all,

I'm hoping you have some free time to answer some questions I have about farming in Ireland.

I would like to move to Ireland and buy a small farm (10 acres or 4.05 hectares) that would start out as undeveloped land. I would like to build a small farm house, a chicken coop, and some sort of shelter for livestock. Is it relatively easy to get approval to build on undeveloped farmland (currently with no approval)? Is it difficult for new farmers to get approval to register flocks of sheep?

I don't want to start out with too many questions, so I will start with these.

funny man

There is still plenty of undeveloped land left. (thank God for the bust)

no it's not hard to get approval for the projects youre talking about. they sound like they don't need planning so no brown envelopes needed.

no problem with getting a flock/herd regestered either. if you go cattle you will need handling facilities. it may take a few visits from the department of agriculture but i wouldn't be concerned as these guys will be just filling out papers to justify their existence.

Best of luck!

American wants to farm

Thanks for the reply funny man. I'm still looking at lots in my price range, so I can see how much land I can afford.

Username John

Would agree with what Funny Man has said above.

But IMO you could buy a relatively new house cheaper in the country side now, than what you would pay to build the same house. The problems are
- Most houses are big enough, so may not be what you're after, so you might still be better off building a new smaller house yourself
- It may be difficult to find such a house with some land

I just said I'd put it up - it may be worth checking out houses in the area of the country you want to settle in...

Just on the price element - prices vary a LOT between different parts of the country...

Best of luck with it, whatever you do.

American wants to farm

Thanks John. I've probably been looking at the wrong sites, but from what I can see online the land I can afford in my price range has older houses on them, or doesn't have enough land to farm. I'm looking in a lower price range as well (about 40,000 Euros). My best bet may be to buy the land continue to work here in the states until I have enough saved to build a house, then come over there to live.

I admit my price range is on the lower side, but I can't really do too much about it since that's all the money I have.

Username John

American wants to farm wrote: »

Thanks John. I've probably been looking at the wrong sites, but from what I can see online the land I can afford in my price range has older houses on them, or doesn't have enough land to farm. I'm looking in a lower price range as well (about 40,000 Euros). My best bet may be to buy the land continue to work here in the states until I have enough saved to build a house, then come over there to live.

I admit my price range is on the lower side, but I can't really do too much about it since that's all the money I have.

Hello,

Yeah, understand completely, we all have our own financial constraints in which we operate

Do you have any idea of what area you want to buy in? If so - posting here would allow people to respond with websites for local auctioneers.
* I think * farms & farmland is often only shown on local auctioning websites, rather than the bigger 'house-selling' kinda sites...

American wants to farm

Thanks again John. I was thinking Cork County since I have family (that I have never met or communicated with) there.

Username John

American wants to farm wrote: »

Thanks again John. I was thinking Cork County since I have family (that I have never met or communicated with) there.

You're right too - its the best county by far!

These are the ones I know of, but am sure others may have more info for you.

http://www.christybuckley.com/
http://www.hodnettforde.com/
CCM property - http://208.106.186.47/index.php (web address doesn't resolve properly)

Altho, re-reading your post re 40k to spend... that wont buy you much am afraid... and not sure what you plan to do for money after that...

Best of luck anyways, let us know how you get on.

American wants to farm

Thanks again John. I do have christybuckley bookmarked, but most of the sites I view the price is listed as "Price on Application." I think I may email them to see if I can get a list of properties in my range.

I do have a full time job here that is 9-5, so I save what I can to put towards the purchase. Maybe I should look into leasing the land for a year for income purposes as long as I can reclaim it after the lease is through.

1chippy

An american/ cork accent. sweet.

delaval

We have the perfect climate for growing rice!!!!!!!!!!!!!

American wants to farm

1chippy,

I have no idea how a "Cork" accent sounds. Could be interesting.

American wants to farm

delaval,

It would be interesting to grow rice. I was thinking of raising livestock.

Butcher Boy

come over and have alook i have the spot for you ,down here in west cork iwill take 40 big ones any day for it.

American wants to farm

Butcher Boy wrote: »

come over and have alook i have the spot for you ,down here in west cork iwill take 40 big ones any day for it.

Do you have any pictures?