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- Product code: 15972
- ISBN: 0953348911,
ISBN13: 9780953348916,
160 pages, paperback
Published by Stonepound Books on 1998
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Description of How to Find and Buy a Building Plot |
How to Find and Buy a Building Plot is the first and only comprehensive book specifically about buying land on which to build a house. It gives you all the essential information you need to locate, assess and purchase a plot. With over 65 illustrations, tables and examples, this book tells you:
- 12 sources of plots for sale - and how to get the best out of them
- Successful methods professional property developers use to find land
- Essential items to organise - before you even start plot hunting
- 10 vital points to look out for when inspecting a plot
- How to value plots, make an offer, and negotiate your purchase effectively
- The right way to pin down the specification of your dream home and ideal location
- How to work out a realistic budget and the price you can afford to pay for a plot
- Key factors you must check before buying a plot - especially planning permission
- The best ways to find out who owns land
- How to succeed in sales by auction and tender
- Critical points to investigate about services, access, planning and legal restrictions
- How three families found and bought their plots - and the key points they learned
Finding and buying land is the most difficult task faced by people who dream of building a house. More would-be selfbuilders, or would-be small developers for that matter, fail at this point than at any other stage. It is simple and obvious - if you cannot find and buy a plot, you will never build your own home. Getting it right is the key to the whole process. Getting it wrong is at best, a severely frustrating, massive waste of time - at worst, a horrendously expensive disaster.
Many thousands of prospective home builders start with a vision of their ideal home, overlooking the most fundamental part - finding somewhere to turn that dream into reality. With the tremendous growth and interest in selfbuild, the problem of finding the right site becomes ever more acute.
This book is the first and only one to deal with this key subject head on, although written in unequivocally clear and accessible style, it is of as much benefit to professionals as it is to the tens of thousands of families who begin land-searching each year.
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Reviews"Every selfbuilder needs a plot, and this book is a splendid guide to finding the right one. Essential reading for everyone thinking about the selfbuild option for a new home."
- Murray Armor, Author of 15 Editions of Building Your Own Home
"This is a refreshing jargon-free approach to the subject from experts who really know what they are talking about. Thoroughly recommended."
- Rosalind Renshaw, Editor, Build It
| Contents of How to Find and Buy a Building Plot |
INTRODUCTION
PART 1: DEFINING YOUR REQUIREMENTS
1. The house
Design ideas
Professional advice
Detailed requirements
House types
Layout options
Organising construction
Construction methods
2. The plot
Size of plot
Plot characteristics
3. The location
The countryside
Towns and villages
Area of search
Influences on choice
4. The budget
The draft budget
Finance options
Build cost
Plot price
Adjusting the figures
5. The price
Planning permissions
Effects on value
Price guide
Check list
PART 2: FINDING THE PLOT
6. Where to look
Estate agents
Auctions
Property professionals
Local network
Local newspapers
Magazines
Selfbuild package companies
Builders merchants
Shows and exhibitions
Builders and developers
Councils
Major landowners
Plot finding services
7. Hidden opportunities
Planning records
Local Plans
Ordnance Survey maps
Identifying potential plots on the ground
The plot in your garden
Sub-standard property
Conversions
Finding the owner
Agricultural dwellings
Check list
PART 3: ASSESSING YOUR PLOT
8. First considerations
Fitting the house on the plot
The lie of the land
Ground conditions
Trees and vegetation
Obstacles
Orientation
Boundaries
Adjoining uses
The property market
9. Acccess
Legal considerations
Verges
Common land
Ransom strips
Highway standards
10. Services
Foul drainage
Surface water drainage
Water
Other services
11. Planning permission
Studying the planning permission
Planning officer
Professional advice
12 Planning restrictions
Agricultural ties
Article 4 directions
Tree preservation Orders
Conservation Areas
Other designated areas
13. Legal considerations
Planning obligations
Covenants
Easements, wayleaves and private rights of way
Footpaths and bridleways
Check list
PART 4: VALUING YOUR PLOT
14. Factors determining value
16. Your valuation and offer
Check list
15. Valuation methods
PART 5: BUYING YOUR PLOT
17. Buying Land
Key players
Private treaty sales
Contracts
Purchase and taking possession
18. Making an Offer and Negotiation
Negotiating
Informal tenders
Dutch auctions
Contracts races
Changing your offer
Gazumping
19. Auctions
20. Tenders
Buying a plot in Scotland
Formal tenders
Check list
PART 6: CASE STUDIES
21. Three case studies
Sharon and Geoff Jones, Suffolk
Mike and Sarah Cowling, Essex
Peter and Karin Skinner, Sussex
INDEX
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