Would you dare offer to buy a field that wasn't for sale?

[welshied]

As title the field that my 2 horses are in atm is owned by YO and we are the only people there and he was saying he didn't want to have to cut grass/fertilise next year etc and now i would love to buy the field and put stables up myself etc would you dare ask? Don't want to offend but don't want to miss out either

 

[hairymolly]

I would go for it. The worst that can happen is that they say no.

 

[SFA]

I'd say something along the lines of 'let me know if you are ever considering selling' that way you let them know you are interested, put the idea in their heads, but you are not in the awkward situation of them having to respond negatively to you if they have no intention of selling!

 

[rubyrumba]

yes, i would!

 

[cellie]

yep what have you got to loose

 

[Nailed]

yes.. worst he can say is.. NO..

Lou x

 

[Puppy]

It's got to be worth a try

 

[flowerlady]

I would defo ask

 

[ttt]

Thats how we got ours. I found out who owned the field next to our house and went and asked him if we could buy it.
We agreed a price, 8 acres is now ours and we have since erected stables and a school.

 

[ISHmad]

Why not. The worst they can do is say no, and you just might find yourself the owner of a field you want.

 

[Skippydo]

Yep I have, our old house had 2 different fields owned by 2 diferent people that we would have bought, we approached both of them and both said NO.

But if you don't ask you don't get.
I'm glad they did say no cos we now live in paradise

 

[Fazzie]

def ask, like the others have said the worst they can say is no
let us no how u get on

 

[Dubsie]

Definitely ask.

(Even though we get asked on a very regular basis which can be annoying in the summer as it's about weekly someone asks about our field which is on a footpath route from the housing estate to the pub and adjacent to the edge of town, as people think they'd love to build a house/houses on it but being 'green gap' they don't realise they won't get permission.)

 

[Hippona]

I'm always offering to but things that aren't for sale......cos I am cheeky! Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt...sometimes people get back to you after a significant amount of time after they have decided they do want to sell, and as you have expressed an interest then you are usually top of their list.

Deffo worth a try IMO

 

[Fransurrey]

Do it! I ask my field owner at least once a year, as it's clearly too much for her, but she always says no. I'm bursting to yell out, 'YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU!', as she's very old and her only relatives are vulture nephews who do jack s*** to help her out.

 

[nobbster]

if you dont ask you dont get!

xx