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What can I do with a piece of land?

GreenSophie
GreenSophie Posts: 3 Newbie
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At the back of our garden we have a piece of land, which we don't really use and don't have the money to make the most of. It's about the size of two tennis courts, perhaps bigger but doesn't have a point where anyone outside our household could access. Is there anything we could do with this? Thanks for your help! x
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  • samtastic7
    samtastic7 Posts: 1,110 Forumite
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    i know someone who built a new house th land and sold the front house to pay for it
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,622 Forumite
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    only negotiate with other people in the area to get bits of adjoining land from gardens to give you access to a road

    you could go long term and get outline planning permission for building on the plot with the removal of your property giving access
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  • hallnaomiuk
    hallnaomiuk Posts: 200 Forumite
    rent it out - for livestock, or sell it of. or getting planning permition for it and then sell it.
  • real1314
    real1314 Posts: 4,432 Forumite
    GreenSophie wrote: »
    At the back of our garden we have a piece of land, which we don't really use and don't have the money to make the most of. It's about the size of two tennis courts, perhaps bigger but doesn't have a point where anyone outside our household could access. Is there anything we could do with this? Thanks for your help! x


    Does your house completely block access to the piece of land? Could the drive / garden be re-arranged to make access possible? :confused:

    If you put the postcode up we can all look it up on google earth to have a nosey! :D
  • Trentenders
    Trentenders Posts: 1,273 Forumite
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    real1314 wrote: »
    Does your house completely block access to the piece of land? Could the drive / garden be re-arranged to make access possible? :confused:

    If you put the postcode up we can all look it up on google earth to have a nosey! :D

    I wouldn't reccommend putting your personal details on a public forum.
  • geordie_joe
    geordie_joe Posts: 9,112 Forumite
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    It will be dificult to sell it, or even get planning permission if there is no access to it. If you do want to sell it then you have to figure out the access part first.

    Personally I would be thinking of growing veg and keeping chickens. Possibly dividing it up into allotments and renting them out. You would only need a pathway then, which would be easier than a road for access.

    To be honest it would be very difficult to know what is best as we can't see it. We also don't know if you want to raise cash from it, would be happy with a smaller income from rent, or whether you don't need the income but would like to put the land to some use.
  • jackomdj
    jackomdj Posts: 3,073 Forumite
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    Would any of your neighbours be interested in buying it to increase to size of their property? Obvious thing to think about is if you do this could they then build/get planning permission - if so your price would be a lot different to if they were just going to increase the size of their land
  • real1314
    real1314 Posts: 4,432 Forumite
    laffers wrote: »
    I wouldn't reccommend putting your personal details on a public forum.

    Hence the "nosey" and the :D , however a fair few people have posted links to their homes for sale on EA sites. You can easily locate their actual property through that. :confused:
  • moneybelle
    moneybelle Posts: 125 Forumite
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    Build your self a shed to sleep in and let out your rooms in the house to lodgers.

    Now you cant do better than that.
  • Tollergirl
    Tollergirl Posts: 7 Forumite
    Renting it out is a good idea.

    I'm looking for land to rent for my dog training classes and dog walking. That would be a good way to get a bit of income but with no permanent commitment, and you wouldn't have any maintenance, and it wouldn't be used all the time.

    Don't suppose you're in Sunderland by any chance? :p :rotfl:
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