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Originally Posted by dowshill
We purchased land on Rattlesnake last winter after looking at island property for 30 years and we love it. Have been out there just about every weekend since April. There is so much to learn about island living but it is all worth it. The new challenges (as well as the climb up the hill) keep us young. We are camping out there while we figure out what we want in a cottage and even that has been fun, although a real bathroom is sounding pretty good right now. We had to put a dock in and get a boat, most people out there have pretty utilitarian boats for hauling stuff out there; pontoon boats or Easterns or c-dories. Now we are in the process of planning a breakwater, something you will probably want if you are on the Broads side. The views cannot be beat.Overall I would strongly recommend island living, that getting away feeling is surreal.
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That's awesome! Camping however must be quite the ordeal. I'd say don't wait too long to start in on putting a building up.
Having a utility boat is a no brainer, I'm partial to a beater barge since it seems like that would be by far the most inexpensive and useful platform for hauling junk back and forth. Good luck building your place, it is fun to start with a clean slate. It's also hard to keep to a bottom line too. It's the little stuff that'll blow the budget.