Selling House with a view but new houses may be built

lookstraightahead

Thumbs_Up said:

Surely any potential buyer should be mindful of buying a property that has ‘’green fields with a nice view’’ today, but should ask themselves what comes tomorrow.

I speak from experience, a newbuild I was going to buy (deposit paid) but fell through. A house that had green fields outlook to enjoy. I went back 5 years later out of curiosity, and yes that green and pleasant outlook turned into a housing estate.

The property I did buy, the next door neighbour was a old boy with a 200ft long garden. I did say to myself when he dies someone will build 2 houses there. He later died and they did build 2 houses there.

I only live where there are hills 🤣🤣 can be a bit inconvenient though.

Arklight

As I was explaining to my neighbours when they were moaning about the indoor sofa I have left outside, that I sit on in my pants in the summer,  and the fridge I have up on bricks next to it with 7 Ups and Bud Lites to drink, if you buy a house with a view on to land that is not your land, you have to be prepared for anything to go on it.

Today's pretty view is tomorrow's man in his pants. That is just how life works unless you are the lord of the manor.

canaldumidi

I have fields behind meand a beautiful view. For 20+ years there have been intermittant reports of a bypass for the local small town, with 2 possible routes one being across these fields.

If I sold I wouldn't mention this speculation.

Murphybear

lookstraightahead said:

Thumbs_Up said:

Surely any potential buyer should be mindful of buying a property that has ‘’green fields with a nice view’’ today, but should ask themselves what comes tomorrow.

I speak from experience, a newbuild I was going to buy (deposit paid) but fell through. A house that had green fields outlook to enjoy. I went back 5 years later out of curiosity, and yes that green and pleasant outlook turned into a housing estate.

The property I did buy, the next door neighbour was a old boy with a 200ft long garden. I did say to myself when he dies someone will build 2 houses there. He later died and they did build 2 houses there.

I only live where there are hills 🤣🤣 can be a bit inconvenient though.

We lived opposite the Exe estuary in Devon.  No chance of building on the water 

SiliconChip

Section 3 of the TA6 Property Information Form requires you to disclose the following:

"Is the seller aware of any proposals to develop property or land nearby, or of any proposals to make alterations to buildings nearby? If Yes, please give details"

If you fail to disclose what you know you may become liable for compensation to your buyer.

BigJRock

thank you for the replies so far.

We hopefully will find out more information soon about whether it will happen. It looks likely but there are final stage hearings and it depends what the inspector says. I'm hoping to get more info on timescales at some point. I'll try to find out more and report back.

If we assume it is definitely going to happen in 5 plus years what is the opinion about whether to put a fence up to take the view out of the equation. My wife is very much for this but I'm not. Any opinions on this?

youth_leader

After all the fence problems with Storm Arwen/Barra, how about a nice hedge?  You'll still have the view for the moment but something lovely will be planted and growing when they view.  

BigJRock

A nice hedge sounds good long term but my wife's thinking is block the view now so prospective buyers just see a nice big garden and not a view that they will probably lose one day. I feel this may be over the top.

I'll obviously ask estate agents what they think but it would be interesting to hear people's opinions on blocking the view now when the view will be there for at least 5 more years and maybe a lot more than that.

user1977

If one of the potential selling points is the view, it does seem a bit daft to block that years before any development actually happens. Your buyers might themselves be selling before anything is built.

(and in relation to those sorts of timescales, I could point you at potential developments which were put on hold due to the 2008 financial crisis, and still haven't happened!)

julicorn

The fence / hedge sounds a bit over the top to be honest. If you're really worried about misleading buyers, then just get the agent to photograph the garden in the a way that means the views aren't visible (e.g. taking a photo towards your house rather than away from it), and ask them to mention the potential development during the viewing. No need to take the view away from your buyer while it's still there - you can inform them of the risk if you want, but blocking the view just doesn't seem right.