Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

Aberdeenangarse

lostinrates wrote: »

davesnave,

does it have any worth as an allotment? The idea of people not them coming in daily to garden it might even see neighbours up offer or other neighbours bid. They don't need to know you'd rather sell it if you are prepared to merket it as such......

Better still, tell them you've had some interest from the Residents of Dale Farm

lemonjelly

Davesnave wrote: »

And I'm grumpy!:mad: The folk who live behind our old garden have started negotiating with us for it......and at the moment they're offering less than half what we'd consider it's worth.

Somehow I don't see any meeting of minds here. We have to weigh up the pros of selling it now and doing something useful with the money, like putting solar panels on our barn, or toughing it out, by which time the FiTs will be much lower.

Decisions!

Be clear to them that they're nowhere near a realistic offer price.

as silvercar says, the only way is up from here...

Good Luck!

Davesnave

Aberdeenangarse wrote: »

Better still, tell them you've had some interest from the Residents of Dale Farm

Funny you should have said that; it's what I'd written before I changed it to scrap cars, realising that approach wouldn't be a great plan for us either! :eek:

They're still there, aren't they?

Davesnave

lemonjelly wrote: »

Be clear to them that they're nowhere near a realistic offer price.

as silvercar says, the only way is up from here...

Good Luck!

Thanks.....we might just get the good luck. These guys think there is no one else serious, and as we can't move the plot, they have a bit of a monopoly.....

...But there is someone. :A

tomterm8

Davesnave wrote: »

Thanks.....we might just get the good luck. These guys think there is no one else serious, and as we can't move the plot, they have a bit of a monopoly.....

...But there is someone. :A

Put a pig and it's muck heap on the spot.

Nice bacon, and a nice price

StevieJ

lostinrates wrote: »

davesnave,

does it have any worth as an allotment? The idea of people not them coming in daily to garden it might even see neighbours up offer or other neighbours bid. They don't need to know you'd rather sell it if you are prepared to merket it as such......

I bet you are a tough negotiator

Davesnave

StevieJ wrote: »

I bet you are a tough negotiator

That's why I stay on the right side of her!

Davesnave

tomterm8 wrote: »

Put a pig and it's muck heap on the spot.
Nice bacon, and a nice price

Yer, but it's 200 miles there & back to do the swill....:(

Anyway, I had those lined up for my noisy neighbour with the dogs here, but he's behaving atm. I've been growing comfrey all season too, just in case the pigs don't happen yet. You'll know what for!!! :rotfl:

tomterm8

Is there any road access? Could always apply for planning permission for a garage, then rent it out. You can make quite a nice income that way.

lostinrates

StevieJ wrote: »

I bet you are a tough negotiator

I dunno.

I tend to be reasonably frank. I enjoyed negotiations for the house. In fact, dh was more excited about the house, but what I enjoyed most was the negotiating. They kept trying to move us up and I just kept telling the truth ''I won't be heartbroken if we don't get it''.

If you are making a fair offer than you can stand by it and know you won't be sad if you lose out because the alternative was not fair/right.

In this case, if 1/2 the asking price is not reasonable then Davesnave has to think of alternatives to make his investment in that land make sense, and an annual rent might be more prudent than a sale for 50% of what he thinks its worth.

Davesnave, is it on the right side of the City for me, or not? I have an annoying habit of pottering about with a radio...not too load, but audible.