Sorry, this doesn't seem to fit elsewhere and is not technically DIY but I don't know another community so full of informed people...
Behind our back garden is a narrow private lane, which also backs up against the back gardens of another street. Being a new-build development, our estate butts right up against the older gardens.
Directly opposite us is a house with a long, narrow garden. The bottom third is totally overgrown and seems to effectively be separated off from the rest of the (quite neat) garden by bushes, so there's a roughly square parcel of land just sitting there, probably about 10m x 10m.
Since we have only a tiny garden with our townhouse I've wondered about trying to buy that bit of land as a separate garden. Can anyone advise me how to proceed, both in terms of what's required legally and approaching the owner? I've no idea at all how much land like this might go for but given the house is a student let, I can't see it making any difference to the house's valuation.
Is buying the best option even, or could leasing be an option?
Behind our back garden is a narrow private lane, which also backs up against the back gardens of another street. Being a new-build development, our estate butts right up against the older gardens.
Directly opposite us is a house with a long, narrow garden. The bottom third is totally overgrown and seems to effectively be separated off from the rest of the (quite neat) garden by bushes, so there's a roughly square parcel of land just sitting there, probably about 10m x 10m.
Since we have only a tiny garden with our townhouse I've wondered about trying to buy that bit of land as a separate garden. Can anyone advise me how to proceed, both in terms of what's required legally and approaching the owner? I've no idea at all how much land like this might go for but given the house is a student let, I can't see it making any difference to the house's valuation.
Is buying the best option even, or could leasing be an option?