Purchasing Grazing Land

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Sallyh87

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I am looking to move house in the near future and want to find somewhere with some grazing land. However when I search for equestrian properties they all seem to be 5 bed plus and being on my own, I only need (and can afford) 2 or 3.

I have found several suitable houses that are surrounded by farm land so am now wondering about separate purchases.

Has anyone ever bought a house and land in separate purchases but at the same time? How did you coordinate things? Did your mortgage cover both purchases of just your house? Did you get a loan for the house or buy with cash.

Also does anyone have experience of buying land that isn’t currently advertised as for sale? Have you approached land owners to see if they would consider selling/ renting? Any tips?

Thanks for your advice
 
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We brought a cottage that was advertised just as a country cottage but on enquiring it was surrounded by farm land .It was an x tenants cottage the farmer was selling .The farmer agreed to meet me at the cottage and agreed to let 1.5 acres be sold with it.so it was all on the same mortgage.We rented the adjoining 6 acres and 4 years later bought that. Its a bit of a risk if you are not absolutely certain you can get adjoining land or land nearby and if not sold as one lot would probably have to be financed separately though I am no expert.
 
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bought a 2 bed terraced cottage and land separately but at different times. land is close to but not next to the house.
 
Parents went to look at a 4 bed which had had some of the land sold off for development but had retained some of the land.
They didn't like the house but did like one of the new builds so bought the land from the original house and one of the new houses, which works much better as their house actually backs onto the land, the original house no longer did.
They looked at a few houses that had fields next to them but found they would have been charged a premium because of the fact they only wanted a small plot and because they were a captive audience.
No idea on the finance side of it I'm afraid.
 
It depends on the farmer! I know a house that has just been sold as the owners couldn't get the farmer to sell an adjacent field to them and they kept upping their offer until in the end it was £100,000 but he still wouldn't sell it so they have had to sell the house and buy somewhere with its own land already attached.

Unless you are extremely fortunate remember the cost of the land will be what value it puts on the house, so don't think you are going to buy some land adjacent to a house at agricultural price.
 
^ this. I have a small 1/4 acre orchard next to my house which was originally agricultural land but because it adjoins my garden it cost £25,000 over 10 years ago. It is now classified as garden so I can do more with it but be prepared to pay a premium if buying next to a house as you are enhancing the value of the property.
 
I think it will depend on the area, in many parts of the uk farmers will not sell land for almost any price so I would not rely on a purchase going through even if they seem willing to consider it.
I would not search for equestrian properties as they tend to have more than just the land and you are paying a premium for the stables etc that you may not require and it will limit your search too much.
I have sold a 2 bed property with 10 acres and equine facilities and am buying a larger house needing a lot of work to get somewhere with less land at a sensible price, I viewed plenty of 2 beds with up to 10 acres none of which were listed as equestrian properties most were classified as small holdings but many didn't use the land as a bullet point in the ads.
I found Zoopla the most useful as you can type in a keyword or two but even that missed some and a change of keyword brought up other options, smallholding/ land/ paddock can bring up different results.
 
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