600 acres, sell or keep?

[Goaty]

Everything in life is unpredictable, if not sentimentally attached get rid. Too many people hogging land because it's a recommended investment instead of using it properly, look at the acres now wasted on solar panels. Yet what percentage of suitable roof space is used for it? All it takes is for the pro green bubble to burst, negative mainstream media or change of government to name a few and overnight land could be worth a lot less.

It has happened to every industry and trend. Fashion comes and goes.

[MattyF]

Didn't really think it was any thing to do with fashion just more people on this small island wanting there own space, as the old saying goes they don't make land any more.

We brought 30 acres off the FC, kept it for 3 years and sold it keeping 8 acres for what we paid for it ... In hindsight we should of kept it longer as it was good grazing but ended up being planted for Christmas trees any way!

[Goaty]

You are right land up to now has been stable. But should farming go down, it will suck land down with it. 10-15 years ago the uk couldn't build homes quick enough. Then it went bad. Adults moved back home to parents and property market stagnated.

My personal experience of anything to do with value and investment leads me to be cautious now!

[Marko]

look at the acres now wasted on solar panels

 

Whilst I fully agree that they are a bit of an eye sore, the land isn't wasted. It is still underneath the panels, unpolluted, resting, probably being grazed. It could be reinstated to productive farmland in days.

 

We all need energy and personally I would sooner look out onto the odd field of panels rather than a power station or, worse, a fracking rig.

 

I agree with the roof space argument though; I can't understand why a solar installation in the roof of a new build isn't mandatory. The on cost is negligible if integrated into the build and it would not need to be funded by ongoing subsidies.

[Stubby]

Whilst I fully agree that they are a bit of an eye sore, the land isn't wasted. It is still underneath the panels, unpolluted, resting, probably being grazed. It could be reinstated to productive farmland in days.

 

We all need energy and personally I would sooner look out onto the odd field of panels rather than a power station or, worse, a fracking rig.

 

I agree with the roof space argument though; I can't understand why a solar installation in the roof of a new build isn't mandatory. The on cost is negligible if integrated into the build and it would not need to be funded by ongoing subsidies.

 

A farmer near me has about 28-30 acres of solar panels in a reclaimed gravel pit with sheep grazing it . Win win surely ?

[MattyF]

I was thinking about this today's and would retract my original post... if we leave the EU it would definitely loose value... On the other hand I can't see that happening.