I agree that some of the projects here take a fair sized injection of cash to get going. Eg. an average Lammas start-up cost is £75,000. To finance this, people have mostly sold houses they already own. Some have taken out mortgages with the Ecology Building Society. However, not all the projects rely on this kind of capital and building low impact houses on shared land can be much cheaper. I suppose £75,000 is still quite reasonable for a house and plot these days. What do others think?
My question is - where does all the money come from for these people to get started?
The price of land is horrific, without the additional costs of building materials, buying plant and animal stock and sustaining your family until such time as you can grow sufficient over and above your own needs to generate cash for the things I see on these videos that you can grow, such as solar panels, furniture, mobile phones, vehicles etc.
i am so inspired by what these ppl are doing . i have been trying to think of ways todo the same sot of things in canada but without the hippish types . hopefully i can gain some insite fromyall . where can i find more info on this , like governace and share development. i have 440 acres to build on already .
i think the whole point is community governance and to get away from share development. the goods you produce are you "shares" and they can be traded to others for the goods or "shares" they produce. the way humans have been doing throughout time. i like this idea and being able to do it in north america would be amazing. we've got the land and the resources, its changing the mentality that is going to be the hard work.
I agree that some of the projects here take a fair sized injection of cash to get going. Eg. an average Lammas start-up cost is £75,000. To finance this, people have mostly sold houses they already own. Some have taken out mortgages with the Ecology Building Society. However, not all the projects rely on this kind of capital and building low impact houses on shared land can be much cheaper. I suppose £75,000 is still quite reasonable for a house and plot these days. What do others think?
helenuc 1 year ago
My question is - where does all the money come from for these people to get started?
The price of land is horrific, without the additional costs of building materials, buying plant and animal stock and sustaining your family until such time as you can grow sufficient over and above your own needs to generate cash for the things I see on these videos that you can grow, such as solar panels, furniture, mobile phones, vehicles etc.
davehardinguk 1 year ago
i am so inspired by what these ppl are doing . i have been trying to think of ways todo the same sot of things in canada but without the hippish types . hopefully i can gain some insite fromyall . where can i find more info on this , like governace and share development. i have 440 acres to build on already .
sackville10 2 years ago 2
With 440 acres, just do it.
In the UK getting land is a nightmare - it's in short supply & is expensive.
siggyuke 2 years ago
@sackville10
i think the whole point is community governance and to get away from share development. the goods you produce are you "shares" and they can be traded to others for the goods or "shares" they produce. the way humans have been doing throughout time. i like this idea and being able to do it in north america would be amazing. we've got the land and the resources, its changing the mentality that is going to be the hard work.
tv0r 1 year ago