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Glis glis

Buying land

Can 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
tahir

Any preference on location, what kind of acreage, what's your budget, what do you intend to do with the land?
judith

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.
tahir

Round our way it usually goes up for sale just like houses, certain agents specialise in it though
Glis glis

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
tahir

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.
Glis glis

What kind of rules are there on land usage, apart from the obvios planning permission rules
Glis glis

What kind of budget would you think for Shrops?
tahir

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.
tahir

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.
Glis glis

Cool thanks, I 'll log in later to see what comes up!
Nick

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.
woodsprite

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 Very Happy
wellington womble

have a look at primelocation.co.uk, under farms, estates and land - good for window shopping and getting an idea.
James

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.
woodsprite

I agree James, trouble is work for myself and hubby is here Rolling Eyes .
Jb

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.
Chick-pea

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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