The Cottage Smallholder

Hi all,

       I am doing a college project where I have to do a business plan about an idea and I'm doing mine on establishing a smallholder only estate agents.  I'm hoping you lot will be kind enough to answer a few questions below.  Many thanks.

On a scale of 1-5 with 1 being strongly agree, 5 being strongly disagree how would you rate the following statements.

1)            I would love to farm a smallholding but I just can’t afford to get started.

2)            The cost of either renting or buying a smallholding is much too high.

3)            The government should relax planning laws for people who wish to run a smallholding.

4)            Given the opportunity I would rent a smallholding in my local area.

5)            If it was cheap enough I would rent a smallholding for the long term and consider raising a family there.

6)            With the correct guidance I would be confident of running a small holding and becoming, at least partially, self sufficient.

Also please give your thoughts to the questions below,

7)            How much would you feel is a reasonable amount to pay per month to rent a 4 acre small holding?

8)            Would you be happy that your landlord made bi-annual checks to ensure you were farming the smallholding?

9)            Apart from cheaper rents what would you look for in a smallholding estate agents?

Thanks very much for your time.

Pete