Joining two plots of land

breadturbo · 18 Oct 2013 at 19:30

I own a plot with my house on it a tad over one acre,
The house next door has collapsed and being sold as land,
Can I just buy the land (another acre), remove the boundary hedge and join the two? or are there some laws preventing it?

My google-fu is failing me :rolleyes:

ci_newman · 18 Oct 2013 at 19:33

I see no reason you couldn't do that

Tom_ed1987 · 18 Oct 2013 at 19:34

Yes you can. We bought a council owned plot adjacent to our property and just pulled the fence down.

breadturbo · 18 Oct 2013 at 19:59

excellent thanks

Werewolf · 18 Oct 2013 at 21:09

If you want to do it perminantly you may need to advice the Land registry and update the deeds etc.

Iamzod · 18 Oct 2013 at 21:14

breadturbo said:
The house next door has collapsed

It just fell down or was demolished?

mjd · 18 Oct 2013 at 22:12

Nothing preventing you from doing this. In its simplest form you buy the land, and your solicitor will register you as the owner with the LR. If you want to merge the two titles then this could be a bit more complicated and include some additional costs. However, the LR are notoriously difficult when it comes to making changes (I speak from bitter and expensive experience), so I would be inclined to keep two separate titles and just remove the hedge. Leave a fixed marker at the each end of the hedge line just in case you (or any future owner) decide to sell the land in future.

Hagar · 18 Oct 2013 at 23:29

With a previous building on it you could obtain outline planning for a dwelling on the property or just part of it. In case you later sold.

Derek W · 18 Oct 2013 at 23:38

nothing stopping you but buying the land and x amount of pounds, go to planning and get permission of a new house and sell the plot on for y seems like the better way of doing things?

Raumarik · 18 Oct 2013 at 23:42

nkata said:
With a previous building on it you could obtain outline planning for a dwelling on the property or just part of it. In case you later sold.

This, it's nice to get it arranged before you decide whether to sell. You could even cut the plot up and sell of a small amount of it with planning permission for a small house.

Apopcalyptic · 18 Oct 2013 at 23:52

mjd said:
If you want to merge the two titles then this could be a bit more complicated and include some additional costs. However, the LR are notoriously difficult when it comes to making changes

Rubbish. If you are the registered proprietor of both Titles, then it is simply a case of applying in Form AP1 to 'amalgamate Titles' (merging is something different) with the fee of £40. If you submit the application yourself, you will need certified identification, preferably in Form ID1. If you have your solicitor or conveyancer apply for you, they will certify your identity as a matter of course.

Dealing with 2 Titles when you come to sell however will add minimal expense. Assuming you sell both Titles in the same transaction, the new owner can have the Titles amalgamated free of charge at registration of the transfer, so there is no practical advantage to amalgamting unless you are dealing with many Titles with extensive duplicated register entries.

breadturbo · 19 Oct 2013 at 02:30

Well, it was a two story house, one wall has collapsed into the basement and the property used to belong to an old fellow who passed away.
His son lives abroad, no house insurance, there is a large 3 car garage in the front with a four post lift separate to the main house (this is mainly what i want)

Please excuse these dodgy paint skills, but it makes it easier to explain.

My idea is to remove the boundary hedge (long red line)
join up the two tarmac bits and have one gate.