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Octothorpe

I have no experience of this but in your situation I'd ask an experienced solicitor and then approach them in person rather than through written correspondence.  Good luck!

AdrianC

Of course you can approach them and ask.

They may very well say no.
How much would you be prepared to pay?

greatcrested

Good grief! Go and have a chat!

Pointless talking to a solicitor till you know if they are interested in selling.

Bake a nice cake, take it round, and explain your dilemma and proposed solution.

Incidentally, quite rightly, you should drive out forwards- but you could always reverse in so you are facing the right way ready to exit.

SDLT_Geek

greatcrested said:

Bake a nice cake, take it round, and explain your dilemma and proposed solution.

What kind of cake would suit this occasion do you think?  I am verging on suggesting an upside down cake, to symbolise that the land ownerships are now the wrong way around, but could be corrected. 

Mickey666

I've had neighbours approach me to buy bits of land and I've not been offended in the slightest, so I wouldn't worry too much about someone thinking you were rude for asking. If you don't already know the people involved then I would suggest writing to them rather than knocking on their door as a way of starting the discussion.

I suspect pricing will be the biggest issue.  In my case the neighbour I did sell to made a sensible offer and 'got my attention'.  In the cases where I didn't there was simply no incentive for me to bother because they didn't want to offer a decent amount and spent more time trying to tell me the piece of land was worthless anyway, even though it was clearly worth a lot to them.

If you can agree on a price and any conditions required by either side (eg fences etc) then the transaction itself should be very easy.  In my case the neighbour paid all the legal fees and as in your case there were no complications of mortgages.

Personally, I like the maxim "if you don't ask, you don't get" and have many times discovered how a simple, polite approach can open doors.  Good luck

SpiderLegs

Off topic, but I am beginning to think that a certain poster has an undeclared financial interest in some kind of flour, eggs or sugar company. Possibly a vanilla frosting salesman or maybe a jam distributor.

my investigations will continue so be warned.

AdrianC

SpiderLegs said:

Off topic, but I am beginning to think that a certain poster has an undeclared financial interest in some kind of flour, eggs or sugar company. Possibly a vanilla frosting salesman or maybe a jam distributor.

my investigations will continue so be warned.

Icing, this side of the Atlantic, if you don't mind...

greatcrested

I'm no fan of upside down cake myself.

(and especially not tinned pineapple!)

SDLT_Geek

More of a fruitcake, I think?

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SDLT_Geek said:

greatcrested said:

Bake a nice cake, take it round, and explain your dilemma and proposed solution.

What kind of cake would suit this occasion do you think?  I am verging on suggesting an upside down cake, to symbolise that the land ownerships are now the wrong way around, but could be corrected. 

I would bake a sponge cake and cut it to the shape of the grass verge then hide a toy car inside and decorate with green icing. It would be a nice way to open the conversation and you can cut into it to reveal your issue!