Starting to think we may be stuck here for a bit......

[T-oddity]

We made a similar decision last year, had always intended getting somewhere a bit more remote once our lads had grown up, but came to the realisation that with the way land and house prices have gone and as the eldest is struggling to find decent work they are likley to be around for a fare few years yet, plus my parents are going to be much more dependant on us in the not too distant future, so we have decided to stay and sort the place.
Solar panels went on last year, a wood burner with back boiler and a thermal store are going in at the end of the month, then it will be upgrading the security which is woefully lacking at the moment, better rain harvesting and a polly tunnel or maybe even an underground green house if I can squeeze one in for some aqua ponics, plenty to keep me busy for the next couple of years