Who's to blame? (Mis-selling land with property)

martindow

If this is this a house with a paddock, could it be that the house and garden are on the missing 0.9 acres with the paddock being 1.1 acres?

G_M

PartTimePete wrote: »

1) Yes
2) Yes
3) No

Then I fail to understand your complaint.

But daftyduck (post 9) seems to have summed up well.

PartTimePete

G_M wrote: »

Then I fail to understand your complaint.

But daftyduck (post 9) seems to have summed up well.

With point 3 being key here (in my opinion) surely the £900 I paid the Woolwich for their survey, the same survey that mentions that we have just under 2 acres on 3 occasions, bears some merit?

PartTimePete

martindow wrote: »

If this is this a house with a paddock, could it be that the house and garden are on the missing 0.9 acres with the paddock being 1.1 acres?

Afraid not Martin
The whole plot is 1.1 acres

DaftyDuck

So, 60 feet by ~¼mile is ~ 79,000 square feet. Two acres is ~ 82,000 feet squared... not far off... Obviously I don't know the shape, so opted for below half the width... Now to check my math with a calculator....

Post a plan/layout and we'll argue about size like REAL men

Edit: 1320 X 60 = 79200 = 1.82 acres.... not a bad guestimate... OK, for an unknown actual shape...

Two acres is 87120 square feet....

Google Earth link, maybe? You can PM me if you don't want it webified to the World

G_M

PartTimePete wrote: »

With point 3 being key here (in my opinion) surely the £900 I paid the Woolwich for their survey, the same survey that mentions that we have just under 2 acres on 3 occasions, bears some merit?

As dd says, your only possible come-back is against the surveyor. Forget the seller, the agent, or your solicitor.

If your survey says: "just under 2 acres" you are then into the question of
* exactly what size is the plot and
* what is a legal definition of "just under"
* and hence does the plot fall within that definition

But I still say
* you saw the land
* you knew what you were buying
* it met your needs
* you lived there happily for 8 odd years without feeling cramped by an unexpectedly small plot-size

Move on.

poppysarah

http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-area-calculator-tool.htm

That'll measure it. Although hard on tree covered boundaries to get the right line sometimes.

PartTimePete

G_M wrote: »

But I still say
* you saw the land
* you knew what you were buying
* it met your needs
* you lived there happily for 8 odd years without feeling cramped by an unexpectedly small plot-size
Move on.

You have made me smile today; thanks :beer:
In the spirit of blokes comparing things I would have liked to upload a link, but as a new user I am restricted in that respect.

I did see the land
It did meet my needs
I have lived here happily for 8 very odd years
Move on......I feel like I've had my pants pulled down on plot size, thinking that I'm buying one thing and getting something else. If I'd gone to a car dealer and 'bought' a 911 only to find later on that it only looked like a 911, underneath it was built on Lego running gear. I would feel, you would feel 'cheated'. No?

Your earlier point about definitions of 'just under' being a vague description you are spot on. I'd like to think that 1.1 does not mean or even roughly compare to 2.0 of any metric.

I have enjoyed this thread a lot more than I expected. Thank you all :T :rotfl:

ian103

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre

bebewoo

Maybe you should change estate agents and use the one who sold it to you originally, and hope your buyers don't measure like you didn't.