Glis glis
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Buying landCan anyone give advice on buying land? How do you go about getting a piece of land-where should you look to find land for sale etc. Any advice greatly appreciated.
Also I have to move out of my yurts and am looking for temporary storage for them, can anyone give me any suggestions on finding something affordable?
Thanks
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tahir
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Any preference on location, what kind of acreage, what's your budget, what do you intend to do with the land?
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judith
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Decide where you want to live, and then buy the local paper or visit any estate agent that also acts as a land agent. In our paper, the land ads come after the house ads.
Land can be sold by private treaty (i.e. you make your offer to the seller and they decide whether to accept it) or by auction - tends to be about half and half in this area.
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tahir
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Round our way it usually goes up for sale just like houses, certain agents specialise in it though
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Glis glis
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Location: probably South Shrops
Intend to put on a yurt and grow food and perhaps some kind of sustainability project eg courses etc.
Am looking for 1-3 acres
Not sure about budget, I guess around 10, 000
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tahir
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Budget is not a lot for shrops (don't think so anyway), also you'll need to speak to the local council to see where they stand on temporary shelter.
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Glis glis
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What kind of rules are there on land usage, apart from the obvios planning permission rules
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Glis glis
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What kind of budget would you think for Shrops?
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tahir
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Glis glis wrote: | What kind of rules are there on land usage, apart from the obvios planning permission rules |
Not loads really, they're unlikely to agree to any kind of construction, temporary or permanent (incl polytunnels in our area) so you really need to find out first.
Of course there are people that just move in and start living there, just found out one of our neighbours did that, built a little place (no permission) no one objected, 9 yrs later they sold up.
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tahir
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Glis glis wrote: | What kind of budget would you think for Shrops? |
There are some shrops locals about here, hopefully one of them'll have a better idea.
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Glis glis
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Cool thanks, I 'll log in later to see what comes up!
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Nick
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Herefordshire, next county down. 3 acres went for £15,500 this summer, near us. 4.5 acres for £21,100. Larger plot had water, smaller didn't, and both have road access and are liable to (partial) flooding. Just a price guide.
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woodsprite
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Believe me I speak from bitter experience you wont get anythin g for 10,000 in South Shropshire.
We went to an auction recently, looking at 1.8 acres on a nasty busy A road crossroads and it went for 32,000.
We've been looking to do exactly the same thing as you for a couple of years now, it ain't easy.
Best of luck
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wellington womble
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have a look at primelocation.co.uk, under farms, estates and land - good for window shopping and getting an idea.
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James
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I come from South Shrops, although I don’t live there now.
In my opinion, If you’ve got £10,000 head a few miles further west, over the border. Most of my friends who I grew up with in Shropshire are now living in Wales, having been pushed westward by wealthy incomers. I can’t afford to move back to where I grew up You cant get a brick sh*t house for under £100,000.
And the local development plan basically says “no development outside pre-exisiting development”
Head towards Welshpool, some nice land around there. Good people too.
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woodsprite
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I agree James, trouble is work for myself and hubby is here .
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Jb
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Glis glis wrote: | Location: probably South Shrops
Intend to put on a yurt and grow food and perhaps some kind of sustainability project eg courses etc.
Am looking for 1-3 acres
Not sure about budget, I guess around 10, 000 |
For that area of land you will get caught by the fact that the smaller the land area the higher the price per acre. Ag. land typically goes for about 3-5k per acre, but for 1-3 acres don't be surprised if its going for 10k+ per acre. Also if there is the slightest possibility of putting anything even as residential as a yurt there the price will promptly go up again.
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Chick-pea
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I was told (by my local planning office) that if a building is there for more than three months it counts as a permanent structure and is bound by planning permission regulations. Dunno if you could get around it by moving the yurt by 20 feet or so every couple of months.
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