Someone wants to buy a small chunk of my garden

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Hi,

well looks as though once the shed is tucked into that area, there is going to be a bit of wasted ground anyway, so doesn't look as though OP is going to lose too much.

So, OP, decide what size of shed you want, 6x4, 8x6, decide where you want it sited, allowing for your neighbours request, tell your neighbour what your thoughts are.

Now, if he accepts that, ask him if he will pay for a shed of your choice, (within reason), get it erected, whilst or after the building work, reinstate the fence, leave things tidy, and if happy with that arrangement and felt pleased with things, if he wanted to show his appreciation with a little 'thank you' then everybody's happy.

That way your getting your shed, getting it erected, and the useless (to you) ground behind it is gone, you were going to buy a shed anyway and erect it.

ormus

he will offer anything between 500 quid and 5k is my best guess.

Steve_xx

You need also to consider that in selling the land to him that you have to have your boundaries redrawn and details of the change lodged at the Land Registry. There will be a fee for getting someone to redrew the boundary and for lodging the change at the Land Registry I would think.

christine_chris_chrissy

Is your flat leasehold or freehold not sure if it will make a difference ? but it may mean you can't sell any land,I hope not good luck.

moggylover

If the neighbour is the ONLY person interested in obtaining this piece of land then the intrinsic value is really not affected.

It could, however, be argued that if it makes his extension better (even if it only gives a bit of clearance around it) then it does very minimally benefit his property price.

However, the loss of it is hardly going to affect your own property price.

Thus, I think I would be most inclined by asking him to make you an offer, but being willing to settle for the groundwork and shed idea and them doing the legal paperwork costs (minimal, you can do the land transfer yourself).

Course, another deciding factor would be how nice a neighbour he is;)

loates123

ormus wrote: »

he will offer anything between 500 quid and 5k is my best guess.

i would guess for somethink that size 500 quid max

sablade

christine_chris_chrissy wrote: »

Is your flat leasehold or freehold not sure if it will make a difference ? but it may mean you can't sell any land,I hope not good luck.

if it is leasehold he will need to speak to the freeholder

sablade

going off target now

moggylover

mealticket wrote: »

it's not just a useless pointy corner of soil, it's the key to someone else's successful development. it's worth thousands, not hundreds.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Wherryman

telsokari wrote: »

He asked me if i would be willing to sell him 6 square foot right at the back of the garden in order to make his building work for his extension easier.
He said he needs it to have a good sized room in his extension. No access will be needed from my property.

It's just not quite the same reason, is it?
Just remember that if you do sell the land the plans could easily be changed to something you might not be so happy with ie. much bigger which may block out light to your garden.
Do you have an outstanding mortgage on your property? if so, I would doubt your lender would allow any such sale to take place.