It's really more expensive unless we're using a different definition of rural. Or rather, it's either impossible or expensive. Land with planning permission fo

It's really more expensive unless we're using a different definition of rural. Or rather, it's either impossible or expensive. Land with planning permission for dwellings is expensive. If there are fields as far as the eye can see, land will be cheap but you won't get permission to build on it. I am unsure if the same applies to very remote areas (e.g. Scottish Highlands) but I've not seen evidence to the contrary. Ignoring work entirely and assuming you can keep place with inflation via investments, 250K GBP would likely be enough to buy a home in a poor urban neighbourhood and exist there in perpetuity, reading or coding or doing whatever non-profitable activity you desire. Home would cost 50-75K, 3% on the rest would keep your utilities and food going. This might be doable in a remote village (not within commuting distance of a major city) but not rural proper like some of the pictures that have been posted of farmhouses out in the middle of nowhere here. The land and property alone would be hundreds of thousands.