Neighbour wants to by part of my land. odd boundary

wiltsguy_2

stator wrote: »

Honestly the area is so useless to you I would give it away for virtually nothing and have a happy neighbour who 'owes you one'

are you the OP's neighbour lol :rotfl:

carlsagen

wiltsguy wrote: »

are you the OP's neighbour lol :rotfl:

Funny !:beer::rotfl::rotfl:

carlsagen

If he was receptive to me buying his now, I'm a little stuck as i started my own company 12 months ago and need 2 years worth of accounts before i can get a mortgage or even get a decent deal on my existing... but my two employees are fine! sucks.:mad::mad:

G_M

stator wrote: »

Honestly the area is so useless to you I would give it away for virtually nothing and have a happy neighbour who 'owes you one'. He only needs to pay you enough to cover the legal fees.
Get your solicitor to add in as many covenants as you want:
No buildings
No fences over 2m
No farmyard animals
No bonfires
No compost heaps
No trees
Free access when you need to maintain the barn.
etc etc

I basically agree. It's useless to you. I'd ask for a marginal amount over and above all legal fees though.

Do you have a mortgage? If so, you'll need your lender's consent......

Hedgehog99

I knew someone who sold a strip of land to a neighbour. The neighbour initiated it and paid all the legal fees and for the new fence etc.

... but the original owners still regret selling because of the way the neighbours now use it.

Lord_Baltimore

carlsagen wrote: »

Lord Baltimore - You are right. The only purpose it serves to me is to waste my time going round and strimming the weeds, which makes me feel like I'm trespassing. It feels very intrusive as i can see right in his house.

Blue peter... Where did you pluck that from?

Sorry Carl the blue peter comment was a (silly) reference to your hand drawn map. They were always doing something with crayons and sticky back plastic.

Ignore me

jennifernil

2nd_Time_Lucky wrote: »

I would personally keep a small strip along the edge of the barn so i could repair etc without having to get someones else permission, this would also get around the party wall act if you ever wanted to develop the barn

Exactly what I was thinking too.

Argghhh

by extending into your barn it may take light from his house and he could object, equally if you sold him the land to become a garden and extended your barn he could object for the same reason.
if you chose to sell i would put in a clause that by selling it, he would not be able to object in any way shape or form to you extending

moneyistooshorttomention

2nd_Time_Lucky wrote: »

I would personally keep a small strip along the edge of the barn so i could repair etc without having to get someones else permission, this would also get around the party wall act if you ever wanted to develop the barn

The snag to that would be possible arguments with future owner of next door house - who would believe they had bought the whole of that section of land. It would probably be perceived as "That blimmin' neighbour who acts like they own a strip of my garden" by next owner of that house.

Just sell them the whole bit of land - for a back garden for themselves - and leave it at that. If access is needed for maintenance of the barn wall - then ask politely in the normal way (as its always possible to get access for "necessary maintenance" under the Access to Neighbouring Properties Act anyway).

carlsagen

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

Sorry Carl the blue peter comment was a (silly) reference to your hand drawn map. They were always doing something with crayons and sticky back plastic.

Ignore me

Its hard drawing in photoshop freehand with a mouse. I whole heartedly for my substandard work! :rotfl: