Buying land off local council

Cash-Cows

andythedog said:

TELLIT01 said:

£600 seems a lot just to get a price out of them, but if that's what they are demanding there is nothing you can do apart from pay up or give up on the idea of owning that land.  As others have said, it's almost impossible to say what the valuation figure will be.

That's my concern. If they're prepared to overcharge for the admin fees, god knows what price they could put on the land 

You cannot really expect taxpayers to subsidise the cost it takes to prepare the quote which for most queries I suspect never go anywhere. 

Apodemus

Cash-Cows said:

andythedog said:

TELLIT01 said:

£600 seems a lot just to get a price out of them, but if that's what they are demanding there is nothing you can do apart from pay up or give up on the idea of owning that land.  As others have said, it's almost impossible to say what the valuation figure will be.

That's my concern. If they're prepared to overcharge for the admin fees, god knows what price they could put on the land 

You cannot really expect taxpayers to subsidise the cost it takes to prepare the quote which for most queries I suspect never go anywhere. 

Quite so!  I would suggest that the OP looks at how much it would cost for private legal time to do a title search and initial conveyancing work and a private surveyor to visit and assess the property value before complaining about the public purse overcharging!