What would you do with land?

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Jason_Fisher

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    I have half an acre of land at the bottom of my garden that is not being used at all. I cut it every so often but thats all.

    I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to how i could make some money from it? I don't want to build a house or sell it for that purpose. Someone mentioned rent it out in sections as allotments, are these still popular? If so how much would you charge? Weekly? Monthly?

    This is not a business i am thinking of starting, just wanted to try and put the land to good use, even if i rented it out or something?

    Any ideas welcome.
     
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    Esk247

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    Crikey you come up with lots of random ideas don't you.

    The best bet is to sell it as land with planning permission, it releases the most money but you said you didn't want to do that.

    You could let it out as rentable storage space? get a few containers on there..can't really imagine how big this half acre is or what the access is like.

    Allotments would need some research as i think there are some local planning/council regs involved. I don't have a clue about it, apart from the ones near here are on some kind of long term, life lease, they have to always remain as alotments or a public area.
     
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    Jason_Fisher

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    Yeh, i always have things on my mind...but this one is purely based on the fact that there is nothing being done with the land, and the reason i brought this up is because it is wasted land. I don't want it built on as it would then over look my house which is not what i want.

    Storage sounds a good idea, not sure how many people actually buy storage mind...i also thought garages. Also thought about something for dogs, like somewhere for them to go and play on walks, and to socialise with other dogs etc.
     
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    Jason_Fisher

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    I have heard of this but like you say, i don't know any success stories apart from one guy who owns an apartment with underground parking and he rents his space out as its secure underground parking.

    I am in a local village so parking i don't think would be an option...
     
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    popunder

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    Half an acre just doing nothing "at the bottom" of your garden? Do you live in Stapleford Hall!? If it has access (presuming it does since you talk about garages and container storage) then you should be looking to get PP on it and sell it for £350k, you could get 5 decent houses on there. Mind you, you probably don't need the money if you have random half-acre plots knocking about.
     
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    Lee Jones Jnr

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    popunder said:
    Half an acre just doing nothing "at the bottom" of your garden? Do you live in Stapleford Hall!? If it has access (presuming it does since you talk about garages and container storage) then you should be looking to get PP on it and sell it for £350k, you could get 5 decent houses on there. Mind you, you probably don't need the money if you have random half-acre plots knocking about.
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    Half an acre isn't as big as you seem to think it is.
     
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    The Trading Post said:
    Half an acre isn't as big as you seem to think it is.
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    I reckon it's about 0.2 hectares, enough to fit at least* 5 modern houses depending on local planning guidance. Why, how big do you think it is?

    * "The Government expects local authorities to re-examine the standards they apply to new development, particularly with regard to road layouts and car parking standards. Development that makes more efficient use of land, built at densities between 30 and 50 dwellings per hectare, is encouraged."
     
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    Jason_Fisher said:
    I am in a local village so parking i don't think would be an option...
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    And if the local villagers are anything like where I used to live, getting planning permission to use it as anything other than grass will be a no no.

    Have you looked in to what planning permission you would need, or the legal aspects of using the land for business purposes?
     
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    popunder said:
    I reckon it's about 0.2 hectares, enough to fit at least* 5 modern houses depending on local planning guidance. Why, how big do you think it is?

    * "The Government expects local authorities to re-examine the standards they apply to new development, particularly with regard to road layouts and car parking standards. Development that makes more efficient use of land, built at densities between 30 and 50 dwellings per hectare, is encouraged."
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    It's not a large area of land is what I was saying, especially out of town.
     
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    JohnnyCash said:
    Half an acre isn't exactly a large area to walk a dog. And I doubt anyone is going to pay you to walk their dog on it, you live in a village so presumably there is plenty open spaces they can use completely free?
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    You might actually get some takers with the dog idea - from time to time people post on dogpages (oh yes, there's a forum for everyone..) asking for enclosed private land to exercise dogs off lead (for those dogs don't recall well enough to use open spaces, or dogs who are dog-on-dog aggressive, or dog-child aggressive etc).

    But I don't think it would make much money. Finding a dog trainer who wants to run obedience/agility classes would be more profitable.
     
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    bigbooklittlebook said:
    You might actually get some takers with the dog idea - from time to time people post on dogpages (oh yes, there's a forum for everyone..) asking for enclosed private land to exercise dogs off lead (for those dogs don't recall well enough to use open spaces, or dogs who are dog-on-dog aggressive, or dog-child aggressive etc).

    But I don't think it would make much money. Finding a dog trainer who wants to run obedience/agility classes would be more profitable.
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    I was thinking about aggressive dogs when I posted, but by the very nature of them you can only rent it out to one of them at a time. Hardly seems a profitable venture.

    Half an acre doesn't really seem big enough for anything that could be profitable enough to be worth doing (paintball, gokarts, quad bikes) etc
     
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    Esk247

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    Outdoor Gym? Tennis Courts?

    I can't see anything actually making much money at all to be honest. That is why people build houses on the spare land.

    A place on the other side of town recently sold their back garden and developers have managed to build a row of 3 houses with enclosed courtyards and secure entrances. Like a footballers haven. They're selling them at around 400k a piece. They do actually look rather nice tbh.
     
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    Jason_Fisher

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    Thanks for all your posts. The obvious idea would be planning permission and sell to someone to build houses, however i don't want people overlooking me and also there are many people near me who would object anyway.

    I looked into allotments and in my area i could only really get about £40 per annum per plot (8 plots). Ive also considered building an outhouse style games room, for games console, bar, pool table, dart board etc and poker table. I have allot of nights like that with the lads and with my staff sometimes too so would be good to keep it seperate from the 'home'. :D
     
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    Bowling green...nice gentle pastime:D

    All depends on the access to the plot - and whether the neighbours would object (and I am sure they would).

    All you can do is decided want you want to use the land for, and then contact the planners etc and see what they say.
    Do not expect to be greeted with open arms.

    If whatever (if anything) you use the land for, I expect you will need all the legal stuff ie insurance etc - which cuts down on profit.

    Also, do you own the house ie no mortgage, because you would probably have to check with the bank whether you could do this - if rented then obviously the landlord.

    Funny thing parcels of land, some people seem to think once they have used it for x amount of years they have some claim over it, so make sure whatever you do, is done legally.

    Good Luck

    Poppy xx
     
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    You could get a couple of pigs? We started with pig keeping three years ago in our spare half an acre, which already is home to chickens and geese. We sectioned off the top half, and divided that again into two.
    We buy three piglets (weaners) at a time and sell two. Our own one costs us nothing. Free meat, you cannot lose! ( takes me back to the Farmer sketch in That Mitchell and Webb Look!) And the kids treat them like dogs, tickle their bellies, teach them to sit etc. All in a lovely experience.
    So livestock of some kind would be my vote!!
     
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    JohnnyCash

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    michm1 said:
    We buy three piglets (weaners) at a time and sell two. Our own one costs us nothing. Free meat, you cannot lose! ( takes me back to the Farmer sketch in That Mitchell and Webb Look!) And the kids treat them like dogs, tickle their bellies, teach them to sit etc. All in a lovely experience.
    So livestock of some kind would be my vote!!
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    I really wouldn't be keen on treating them like pets if the plan was to eat them... if I done that they'd end up dying of old age and costing me a fortune...
     
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    I like the allotment idea, it is becoming more and more popular to grow your own, but people with limited space can't do this easily.

    Your idea of a dog exercise ground is lovely in theory, however, inevitably not everyone will clear up after their dogs. Do you want to end up having to do it?

    Just a thought
     
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