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Knowing how much to offer for a small strip of land?
Would really losing just 4 foot from the end of a garden really reduce the value of a property that much where it would be reflected in the asking price of said property upon going on the market for sale??
you would be surprised how protective people can get over the smallest of things. rationally i would agree that say 5k for a 4 foot strip of land would be a good deal but your neighbour may not agree.
I once met someone who had a semi detached house with a side garden. His neighbour (not the one he was joined to) also had a similar side garden. One day the neighbour in conversation offered to sell his bit of side garden for £3K so this bloke ended up with a very much larger side garden.
He then got PP to build a new house on his enlarged garden. The neighbours have not spoken since.
