Question for Rural dwellers.

Bendy_House

Gavin83 said:

I'm not really sure it's a case of "townies" moving to the country, it's just generally entitled people.

Amen to that.

theoretica

in_my_wellies said:

I have no problem with a well timed bonfire, i.e. dry material which won't smoulder for hours, wind in the right direction, not at 2pm on a Sunday afternoon when neighbours are outside enjoying their garden, neighbours washing not on the line, no windows open (in case the wind changes direction) 

I hope my neighbour reads this

2pm on Sunday - one of the (many) times popular with barbecue loving town residents. 

jackieblack

Thumbs_Up said:

But who are the “locals” ? I am not talking about the born and bred type who live in the hamlets, the shires, and the quaint picture box villages. I am talking about the “locals” who moved to the countryside to a so called new housing estate 20 years ago and enjoyed the unspoilt countryside views from their windows, but now complain because of mission creep that the majestic views will now be spoiled by further housing estates in the very near future.

Discuss.

Indeed - we have several new big developments being built locally and many of those complaining about the area being ruined live on the huge 1990s 'commuter' development that was built on the fields where we used to fly our kites, pick blackberries, collect conkers and sled down the hill as children.  But my parents had bought a house on the 1970s development that had been widely opposed by others already living in the village.

Basically, unless you live in a cave, there's a good chance that at some point in history someone will have been irritated/inconvenienced/disappointed by your house being built

Woolsery

Thumbs_Up said:

 I am talking about the “locals” who moved to the countryside to a so called new housing estate 20 years ago and enjoyed the unspoilt countryside views from their windows, but now complain because of mission creep that the majestic views will now be spoiled by further housing estates in the very near future.

I've mentioned this before, but about 5 years ago permission was granted for 94 houses behind an existing road of detached 70s houses in our small town. The amazing view the houses enjoyed stretched 25 miles across Devon to Dartmoor on a fine day. The houses had names like Green Pastures and Valley View.

As the new estate was built, many of the detached house owners who hadn't already left at the sight of planning permission sold up, having had their view blocked and the area downgraded by the new properties, some as small as 2 bedrooms.

The final insult came when the developer reached the last row of houses in the estate, which looked across the same vista the 70s houses had enjoyed some years previously. The mischievous builder named that road 'Great View!'

twopenny

When I was little everyone had bonfires. You always told the neighbours so they took their washing in and closed the windows. Everyone happy.
The ash was used on the garden, it didn't have to be transported in in a box to be paid for at a garden centre. All very 'green'.
As for the countryside new housing estate built on farmland several have moved because there's 2 days pa muck spreading on the fields. 
A cottag by a church changes hands regularly because of the sound of the bells.
In planning I had complaints about the noise of children playing, an abattoir (that was there when they bought it) and the 14c cottage where the lady couldn't live without building 2bathrooms and a double garage.
As for the local beach huts that now sell for thousands to Londoners they wanted the farm half a mile away removed. Same smelly stuff that's spread on the fields. It's called organic and bio diversity. The stuff that they buy from waitrose
Perspective has become sanitised by tv big business. 
It's a noisy place the countryside.

maisie_cat

babyblade41 said:

Country lass here born & bred ,it's not for everyone & those coming in from town can take ages to adjust.

There aren't many  rules but as long as no one uses poisons , can accept  wildlife (especially badgers) run off with food bins , deer lay down & just look at you as you're walking the dogs & keep dogs on a lead as farmers don't like their live stock chased & will shoot them if they catch them .

Strange noises at night (it's when the countryside comes alive )

Fires aren't too much of a bother , the smoking dung heap gets a bit iffy sometimes but basically life is a lot slower & no one ever rushes 

Excellent! We sometimes have a bonfire because we have trees, we often have the aroma of slurry and freshly cut grass. We get chainsaws and hedge cutting as well as interesting sounds at night. What we don't get is the roar of the M25, bloody bbq fluid that is worse than the bbq and people burning plastic and mdf!

Woolsery

twopenny said:

 
A cottage by a church changes hands regularly because of the sound of the bells.

I don't mind the bells, but our village churchyard has a rookery and no way would I live with that!

MovingForwards

I'm lucky to live in the old village of my town, it's still got a village feel, people stop and talk, there's local independent shops a couple of churches, with bells, and it's on the outskirts of farms.

Tractors are always going by, it's been muck spreading season for a while, but doesn't stop me opening my windows. If I had the budget I would have gone full rural.

What is hilarious is there's some form of 'plant' not far away and plans have gone in for a posh estate to be built by it. Wonder how many of the 'new locals' will (a) want to buy (b) could afford to buy and (c) will start posting about the 'smell' from it.

Thumbs_Up

Woolsery said:

I don't mind the bells, but our village churchyard has a rookery and no way would I live with that!

Next door neighbour plays low frequency bass music, Can’t stand it, clearly dead heads. The thing is (I think) I would be quite happy living near a RAF aerodrome, noisy military jets don’t bother me, although I wouldn’t like to live under the flightpath at Heathrow. Maybe I need to relocate to Lincolnshire.

One advantage country dwellers have is, if you stick a flagpole with the union flag flying defiantly in your front garden you probably be seen as eccentric.

If you did that in a town or city you would be seen as odd and maybe racist.

God Save the Queen.        

Silvertabby

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In my part of the countryside, townies move in complain about the farmyard smells ..... and believe 'something should be done' to reduce it   ......... honestly, i ask you ......🙄🙄🙄🙄🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

We live between a market town and the countryside.  First time my sister--in-law came to visit she was horrified by eau-de-pigfarm, and announced that if she lived here she wouldn't stand for that!