Bear Bones bothy?

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Bear Bones bothy?

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Anyone fancy taking on this for the rest of us to use?

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You've just paid off your mortgage - you can get another now. I'll give you a hand sprucing it up.
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They've marked that up wrong on their map, it's nearly a kilometre away. :roll:

Go on John, I'll give you a hand as well, I'm a boucher du bois.
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I'm sure there's enough tradesmen on here.

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Looks far too nice for a bothy!
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That looks amazing!

Wonder how much that would cost to turn it into a nice off grid house!

Access looks tricky!
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Aye, no mains anything. Only one step up from our dodgy Winter Event hideout. Clue's in the "Caer Hafotty" bit, summer fortress? Could be entertaining in winter :smile: . Let us know when it's ready to visit John.
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Not a bad energy efficiency rating. Would love to live somewhere like that. Not sure I could convince the Mrs though.
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Wonder how much that would cost to turn it into a nice off grid house!
150k would be my best guess unless you can do most of the work yourself. Off grid is a lovely romantic notion but pretty crap in reality.
Access looks tricky!
As long as you own the land, then 5k - 8k should cover the cost of a stone track.
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I like it. Can't say I'd be any rush to actually live there though!
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I like it. People pay good money for short duration off grid retreats.....
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Seems like John's run off :wink:
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RIP wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2020 11:49 am Aye, no mains anything. Only one step up from our dodgy Winter Event hideout. Clue's in the "Caer Hafotty" bit, summer fortress? Could be entertaining in winter :smile: . Let us know when it's ready to visit John.
Probably closer to "Summer house field", might originally have been "cae'r" = "field of" and just been mis-transcribed. Lots of dwelling in the Welsh uplands called Hafodty or Hafotty, a local form of transhumance - move the animals to higher pastures during summer so someone goes and lives close to them.
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Summer / winter dwellings were once common. Many OS maps will show two properties that share the same name within a reasonable distance of each other but one will be called something Hafod and the other something Hendre. Many of the higher Hafod dwellings are long gone but some do survive as in this case.
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2020 2:15 pm Seems like John's run off :wink:
Maybe he's at the estate agents now.
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That Energy rating chart tho!

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I own a hammer and screw driver. I'll require 10% equity.

To be honest, just being in a rural village in Wales is challenging enough, "off grid" is a whole new level of headache. The only drawback of the location is the location, you been to Bala?
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2020 2:15 pm Seems like John's run off :wink:
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Gotta get that deposit money together!
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