ratcatcher wrote:once your woodland was bought, apart from perhaps yearly insurances, or tools/stuff that you want to add/use in your woodland, are there any yearly/monthly payments you need to make that you didn't account for at the start?
Changing the car, twice, then fitting more appropriate tyres. The first change was planned as we knew our first car would ground merely coming off the main road. The second after we learned that there's four wheel drive and decent four wheel drive. With what we have now, we can get into our woodland at pretty much any time of the year, take our tools or whatever gear in with us if we're camping, as well as use it as a work-horse to move wood around and bring it home with us. For us, the woodland's almost an hour's drive from home so there's the cost of fuel for the car with every trip.
I can't think of anything else along the lines of insurance/fees/taxes that we've had to pay out regularly. Most of our spend is a choice.
We have spent a fair bit over the years buying tools and associated stuff - chainsaw, bars, chains, training course, protective gear, levers, winch, straps, shackles, splitting wedges, etc. And if I spend long enough looking, I can usually find something else that I absolutely need
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The chainsaw 'consumes' fuel and oil which needs to be bought and I had it serviced by a dealer last year.