Selling off part of garden

Clutterfree

If he genuinely only wanted the land for his children to play on then he'd have happily taken up the offer to keep it well maintained in order to use it.
The fact that he declined should set alarm bells ringing for you.

2tired2tango

Clutterfree wrote: »

If he genuinely only wanted the land for his children to play on then he'd have happily taken up the offer to keep it well maintained in order to use it.
The fact that he declined should set alarm bells ringing for you.

Sorry i was misinformed, i thought my mother had offered him that option but after speaking to her she said she didn't discuss that with him. just the option to buy. I think she is so !!!!ed off with the garden now its making her ill and not thinking straight, so she just wants rid of it

moneyistooshorttomention

2tired2tango wrote: »

Sorry i was misinformed, i thought my mother had offered him that option but after speaking to her she said she didn't discuss that with him. just the option to buy. I think she is so !!!!ed off with the garden now its making her ill and not thinking straight, so she just wants rid of it

...and that's what he is probably bargaining on imo.

He sees her as "vulnerable old woman and bit of soft touch".

2tired2tango

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

...and that's what he is probably bargaining on imo.

He sees her as "vulnerable old woman and bit of soft touch".

You could be right she always sees the best in everyone and has a heart of gold and would help anyone out if she could, the trouble is the world doesn't work like that anymore, im just glad i was around to get more advice about it as it would have been sold by now, because she shook hands on the deal she believes the deal was all done and dusted

moneyistooshorttomention

He's not going to be very happy when he realises he's been sussed.

You'd better make sure you are around when he finds out that little fact...:cool:

2tired2tango

Anyways its all sorted now, i know what i will be advising my mum to do, having read the replies and spoken to some people,
Thanks everyone for your replies

ProDave

If she DOES sell it for peanuts, make sure it's with a legally watertight no building without an uplift payment clause.

I came across a similar case, the guy I bought my scaffold from.

He owned a semi detached house with about 3 metres of side garden. So did his neighbour. One day the neighbour offered to sell his side garden for £3K. So the the guy I bought the scaffold from now owned 6 metres in between 2 houses and got permission to build a house on it. The neighbour that sold the garden was livid and never saw that coming.

Davesnave

2tired2tango wrote: »

Anyways its all sorted now, i know what i will be advising my mum to do, having read the replies and spoken to some people,
Thanks everyone for your replies

Meanwhile, you still have the problem of how to prevent the land going totally wild.


Maybe head over to Greenfingered, where you will get some suggestions, some of them even practical!

Bass_9

2tired2tango wrote: »

We did actually put out that idea but he wasnt interested in that, only to buy

Alarm bells! :eek:

2tired2tango

ProDave wrote: »

If she DOES sell it for peanuts, make sure it's with a legally watertight no building without an uplift payment clause.

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I have spoken to him today and he ensures me that it is only wanted for a play area for his kids, i explained i would be putting a legally watertight no building without an uplift payment clause in the contract and he wasn't bothered about it, He has no intention about building on the plot bu,t i suggested it will be best to do that in case he ever sold up and the new owners decided to build on it, we also discussed a better deal on the property which has been accepted so i think everything will be ok in the end, At least it wont be a worry for my mum anymore and it will be kept tidy and put to good use