ME! On Mar 28, 2009, at 5:27 PM, Tuck Langland wrote: > Stephan and all, > > Lining up some friends is indeed the way to go. First of all, owning > another house in a distant land, romantic as it may seem, has certain > drawbacks. One is that's where you go every time you travel. So much > for France, Spain, Italy, etc., it's always to the same house in > Orkney. > > Second, when you get there you will probably spend most of your time > working to repair any deterioration since the last visit. Fun. > > Third, no matter where you are, one of your houses is sitting empty, > prey to burglars, water damage, fire etc. > > So the trust is a good idea, because you share cost, work, and time. > Know of anyone? > > Tuck > On Mar 28, 2009, at 2:37 PM, stephen davie wrote: > >> Tuck....You can't put a price on yer heritage and food fer yer soul. >> I will probably end up with jist enough property there for a cairn. >> Indeed, there was a lovely 50 acres with an old rickpile of a house, >> on the water not far >> from Finstown. Some Italian duckhunter bought it! >> Paid enough to buy about a hundred thousand ducks. >> >> I have the solution to your formula problem. >> Ya line up some relatives or friends, and form a trust. >> I call it my "share the pride" program. >> >> cheers...Stephen >> >> On Mar 28, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Tuck Langland wrote: >> >>> All, >>> >>> Several years ago, while visiting in Orkney and lusting after >>> buying a >>> small house there, I spoke to a local and said, >>> >>> "New let's see if I've got this straight. I buy a house for a >>> hundred >>> thousand, spend a second hundred thousand fixing it up all nice, and >>> now I own a house worth a hundred thousand. Is that right?" >>> >>> And he replied, "You've got it exactly right." >>> >>> So perhaps now I can knock those numbers down a bit, but the >>> principle >>> remains the same. >>> >>> I guess I'll wait. >>> >>> >>> Tuck >>> On Mar 27, 2009, at 9:51 PM, stephen davie wrote: >>> >>>> I noticed this evening, that there seems to be quite a raft of >>>> properties floating on the market in Orkney. Perhaps it is just >>>> that >>>> I found a website with the bulk of the listings, or perhaps it is >>>> this new economy speaking to people. Lots of "doubling up" going on >>>> here in Canada, with family members merging their housing, as the >>>> economy continues to shrink faster than GM's bailout money. >>>> >>>> One add which was cute, suggested that if you moved to Stronsay, >>>> you >>>> could avoid traffic jams! haha. Over to you Bruce. Bin stuck in the >>>> rush hour traffic lately? >>>> >>>> Then the Balfour Castle is for sale, and comparing it to a Muskoka >>>> Estate near my place, the price at 2.7 million pounds is virtually >>>> justifiable, in an economy with some long term prospects that >>>> aren't >>>> so unholy scary. Indeed, the photos are just lovely, and the 14 >>>> bedrooms and 10 baths are a delight. To ever replace the stoney >>>> lofty >>>> structure would be virtually unthinkable. I further did not know >>>> that >>>> the property is indeed one that affords world class >>>> waterfowling. It >>>> would be the ultimate b and b. >>>> >>>> All the places posted seem to reflect a drop in price. There did >>>> not >>>> seem many with acreages a few years back, and indeed the prospects >>>> below two hundred thousand pounds, were few and sketchy. >>>> >>>> Indeed two of the places for sale are priced at thirty five and >>>> forty >>>> five thousand pounds respectively. One of these has six acres, on >>>> Sanday in think, and the other little place, only six miles from >>>> Kirkwall in Tankerness.... a wee rocky fixer-upper. >>>> >>>> It will be interesting to see how things fair in Orkney in the new >>>> world economic storm. I suspect, that like farming communities >>>> here, >>>> people will do better there than in the big cities to the south. >>>> Farmers near here say that in light of the fact that they live >>>> within >>>> a budget, and have no propensity for unrestricted spending frenzies >>>> on borrowed money, that their lives will be the same, basically. >>>> That >>>> frugality is evident in Orkney, and will shortly prove it's value >>>> methinks. And the expatriated Orkney families of yesteryear, will >>>> continue to return and explore their roots, and in some cases >>>> invest >>>> in their heritage with a property there. Orkney is indeed a world >>>> class attraction. >>>> >>>> So, not much news from the green isles these days. I still have two >>>> feet of snow some places in my yard, but that will soon disappear. >>>> Spring here, as in Orkney, is a tonic for the soul. >>>> >>>> Cheers....Stephen in central Canada >>>> >>>> ( the doonies in 2009!) >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >>>> request@rootsweb.com >>>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>>> the body of the message >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >> request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >