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Want to buy some land - Help!
waddy80
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Ok, sorry if this is a long post, or in the wrong place but I'm after some advice.
We have a 3 bed semi in a lovely semi rural village, which has been in my boyfriends family since he was born. We are doing a lot of renovations to it and we are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
We are just about to start work on the conservatory, but one thing bothers me. We havent got a massive garden, and this will make it smaller. At first I wasn't that bothered as we have a public green 'space' right nextdoor to our house which can never be built on (I have checked), but now it is starting to bother me.
Now to the bit where I need help - The house whose garden backs onto ours was sold at auction a few months ago, and I would rather like to buy the end porton of the garden from them. The portion I want is triangular, but would really increase our space. Our house is a 1970's development on an old farm and I think this was the old boundary, because there are dry stone walls all around the gardens. That portion of the garden has not been used in years and is rather overgrown. So do I:
Write a letter and pop it through the letter box? (and what should I write?)
Find out from the land registry who owns it?
And does anyone know what the going rate for gardens are these days and how much it would cost to change deeds etc.
Not that much has gone on with the house, but I think there was a planning application for a rear extension recently declined. I have asked locally, but no-ne seems to know who owns the property. I'm guessing if it was a developer it would be welcome ready cash for little work.
Think i'll do some dectective work on the net...but any advice is greatly appreciated.
Waddy
We have a 3 bed semi in a lovely semi rural village, which has been in my boyfriends family since he was born. We are doing a lot of renovations to it and we are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
We are just about to start work on the conservatory, but one thing bothers me. We havent got a massive garden, and this will make it smaller. At first I wasn't that bothered as we have a public green 'space' right nextdoor to our house which can never be built on (I have checked), but now it is starting to bother me.
Now to the bit where I need help - The house whose garden backs onto ours was sold at auction a few months ago, and I would rather like to buy the end porton of the garden from them. The portion I want is triangular, but would really increase our space. Our house is a 1970's development on an old farm and I think this was the old boundary, because there are dry stone walls all around the gardens. That portion of the garden has not been used in years and is rather overgrown. So do I:
Write a letter and pop it through the letter box? (and what should I write?)
Find out from the land registry who owns it?
And does anyone know what the going rate for gardens are these days and how much it would cost to change deeds etc.
Not that much has gone on with the house, but I think there was a planning application for a rear extension recently declined. I have asked locally, but no-ne seems to know who owns the property. I'm guessing if it was a developer it would be welcome ready cash for little work.
Think i'll do some dectective work on the net...but any advice is greatly appreciated.
Waddy
Money, money, money, must be funny....in a rich mans world.
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Your position is similar to mine.
If the house to which the garden is attached was sold a few months ago, you might find details of the owner on the Land Regsitry. Might be worth checking online to see if the recent sale has been registered yet. Or do you know the auctioneer that sold it? If so, approach them and see if they'll pass a letter on.
Going rate for land? In this situation, there isn't a going rate as that particular piece of land is unlikely to be sold on the open market. So it's down to negotiation. Why not ask a local EA what that land would add to the value of your property if you added it on? That will give you an idea of its worth, to you.
If you agree a price with the neighbour, you can simply register the transfer of land with the LR for a fee. No need to involve solicitors - but watch for any easements over that part of land. If there are any, then get a solicitor involved - a few hundred quid
Warning ..... I'm a peri-menopausal axe-wielding maniac
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Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »Your position is similar to mine.
If you agree a price with the neighbour, you can simply register the transfer of land with the LR for a fee. No need to involve solicitors - but watch for any easements over that part of land. If there are any, then get a solicitor involved - a few hundred quid
Thanks for the info. Maybe I'm being blonde, but what are easements?Money, money, money, must be funny....in a rich mans world.
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Thanks for the info. Maybe I'm being blonde, but what are easements?
A right to something. Commonly, a right to access. I have an easement giving me the right to use my neighbour's drive - pretty essential, in my case, as it's the only way to get to my property
Just watch for any easements that might apply to the piece of land you want to buy - as those easements transfer with ownership.Warning ..... I'm a peri-menopausal axe-wielding maniac0
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