Buying some extra land
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Hi thanks for any help you can give.
behind our house there is a patch of land with some trees on it and an old potting shed and a corrugated sheet structure.
anyway we have been thinking we would like to buy it. BUT i have no idea how to go about it or the sort of costs it may involve. I know there isnt a fixed price for land like this opposed to agricultural land so its down to a figure that would make them sell rather than what it really costs.
but any ideas or suggestions ? yellow is the area im interested in. it has a dropped kerb infront of the access
anything else please ask oh google earth measures it at roughly 630sqm
behind our house there is a patch of land with some trees on it and an old potting shed and a corrugated sheet structure.
anyway we have been thinking we would like to buy it. BUT i have no idea how to go about it or the sort of costs it may involve. I know there isnt a fixed price for land like this opposed to agricultural land so its down to a figure that would make them sell rather than what it really costs.
but any ideas or suggestions ? yellow is the area im interested in. it has a dropped kerb infront of the access
anything else please ask oh google earth measures it at roughly 630sqm
Edited by Trustmeimadoctor on Thursday 17th April 13:03
I can't help you with the details, but go into this fully appreciating the cognitive bias of "endowment effect"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endowment_effect
In other words, they will think the land is worth twice what you think, simply because they have it :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endowment_effect
In other words, they will think the land is worth twice what you think, simply because they have it :-)
http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/
Like everything else (passport, tax etc) make sure you use the .gov.uk site as there are lots of shyster sites above it in Google. You may well be able to find out who owns it from there. I used it to find lock up garage owners - very heavy going as it is less precise when one's got a row of lock-ups to try to separate from each other, but you may find it easier with a plot of land like that.
Like everything else (passport, tax etc) make sure you use the .gov.uk site as there are lots of shyster sites above it in Google. You may well be able to find out who owns it from there. I used it to find lock up garage owners - very heavy going as it is less precise when one's got a row of lock-ups to try to separate from each other, but you may find it easier with a plot of land like that.
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