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Straight answers on selling property and land
Practical guides from our team in Westbourne: selling a house quickly, probate and tenanted sales, what your land or garden could be worth, and how local planning rules in Bournemouth, Poole, Dorset and the New Forest affect you.
Selling landSelling land with or without planning permission: which gets you more?Getting planning first can increase the price, but it costs money and time and can fail. How to weigh it up.
Selling landClass Q explained: turning a barn into homes without full planningWhat the Class Q rules allow since May 2024, what the council can still consider, and where the right doesn't apply.
Selling landReplacement dwellings: can an old bungalow on a big plot become more homes?Why tired bungalows on generous plots interest developers, and what decides whether one home can become two or three.
Selling landPermission in principle explained: a quicker first step for small sites?A two-stage planning route for small housing sites. What it settles, what it leaves for later, and whether it's worth using on your land.
Selling landWhat is an overage clause, and should you ask for one?Overage lets you share in the upside if your land later gets a better planning permission. How it works and what to watch for.
Selling landOption agreements, conditional contracts and outright sales: which is right for your land?Three ways to sell land to a developer, who carries the planning risk in each, and how to choose.
Selling landSelling part of your garden for development: how it worksFrom the first conversation to the money in your account: how a garden plot sale works, and the choices you'll make along the way.
Selling landIs my garden big enough to build a house on?There's no magic number. Here's what actually decides whether a garden can take a new home, and how to get an honest view quickly.Get new insights by email
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