Buying a Woodland - 10 Tips
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Here's an example of this madness in regards to buying land in Scotland:
The purchasers shall not:
- do any rough or game shooting or pest control at times or in a manner constituting a nuisance or danger to any neighbour;
- use the land for any sort of racing whether with motor bikes, cars or other vehicles;
- use the land for a commercial campsite;
- use the land for siting mobile homes or static caravans. Any other structures should be faced or painted in a dark brown or green colour and should not be visible from the shared private access tracks or public roads;
- use the land for residential accommodation, unless planning permission for such use is specifically granted;
- use the land for clay pigeon shooting;
- conduct any business from the land apart from forestry or agriculture
- use the land in a way which will damage the access tracks.
The purchaser and successors in title shall not erect any signboards visible from the public highway. The purchaser and successors in title shall not sell the land except as a whole specifically not in such a way that it could be registered in separate titles or in separate ownerships.
Date: 2022-02-11
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Excellent video Mike
Just a few questions if I may:
Are there any hidden costs/yearly taxes, such as the council tax cost that is applied to houses?
If there isn t a public footpath through the woodland are there any expectations of management of the woodland?
Is it ever subject to inspections (say, yearly or bi-annually) from any woodland/environmental agencies?
Are you allowed to live in your woodland all year round, or make it your permanent residence if you wanted to?
Cheers Mike
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Excellent video Mike
Just a few questions if I may:
Are there any hidden costs/yearly taxes, such as the council tax cost that is applied to houses?
If there isn t a public footpath through the woodland are there any expectations of management of the woodland?
Is it ever subject to inspections (say, yearly or bi-annually) from any woodland/environmental agencies?
Are you allowed to live in your woodland all year round, or make it your permanent residence if you wanted to?
Cheers Mike
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SWAT
It might have been worth mentioning that there may be restrictions on what you can build within your woodland as well. From what I've read (admittedly, quite some years ago) most will allow storage facilities and shelters, but nothing that could be considered a cabin or residence. When it comes to retirement I always thought that I'd like to have a patch of woodland to call my own, with a log cabin built in the middle, but I don't think many sites would permit that.
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It might have been worth mentioning that there may be restrictions on what you can build within your woodland as well. From what I've read (admittedly, quite some years ago) most will allow storage facilities and shelters, but nothing that could be considered a cabin or residence. When it comes to retirement I always thought that I'd like to have a patch of woodland to call my own, with a log cabin built in the middle, but I don't think many sites would permit that.
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Helvete
I am very impressed by you. Well me and my friends are too joung to buy a woodland. But a very smal part of the Woodland next to out house is ours. We build a camp there. In the sommer we will hopefully sleep in it. Your videos are very helpful. Our next projekt is a little log house. Thank you for showing the people the buity of old crafts and nature.
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I am very impressed by you. Well me and my friends are too joung to buy a woodland. But a very smal part of the Woodland next to out house is ours. We build a camp there. In the sommer we will hopefully sleep in it. Your videos are very helpful. Our next projekt is a little log house. Thank you for showing the people the buity of old crafts and nature.
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Chris
Very good video. My father was a soil scientist for the department of agriculture here in the US. You can get a report on the quality of the soil on a plot of land fairly cheaply. Also, if the land you want to buy is near any current or former industrial site you want to have the soil checked for hazardous materials.
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Very good video. My father was a soil scientist for the department of agriculture here in the US. You can get a report on the quality of the soil on a plot of land fairly cheaply. Also, if the land you want to buy is near any current or former industrial site you want to have the soil checked for hazardous materials.
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Ora
Thanks for putting this together! I was reading about some legislation that said you are not allowed to construct any sort of building (cabin, shed etc) except for forestry purposes ONLY, and must not have any facility for overnight stays. Is this still in place or have I missed somethign?
Cheers
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Thanks for putting this together! I was reading about some legislation that said you are not allowed to construct any sort of building (cabin, shed etc) except for forestry purposes ONLY, and must not have any facility for overnight stays. Is this still in place or have I missed somethign?
Cheers
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James
Options for funding
Cheapest, further borrowing against your house if you have equity to spare
In the absence of this, there are one or two specialist lenders which will lend a mortgage on woodland but the interest rates aren't great
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Options for funding
Cheapest, further borrowing against your house if you have equity to spare
In the absence of this, there are one or two specialist lenders which will lend a mortgage on woodland but the interest rates aren't great
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Dominic
After purchasing the woodlands, is the property considered private property or public property. Mostly in terms of trespassers. Because you mentioned the insurance. In the US it is private property and trespassers can be removed.
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After purchasing the woodlands, is the property considered private property or public property. Mostly in terms of trespassers. Because you mentioned the insurance. In the US it is private property and trespassers can be removed.
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Simonet1309
I live in the south east and I m looking to buy a woodland. My wife thinks I m nuts
Problem is, in the SE there is good chance your wood will be surrounded by a housing estate in the (probably near) future.
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I live in the south east and I m looking to buy a woodland. My wife thinks I m nuts
Problem is, in the SE there is good chance your wood will be surrounded by a housing estate in the (probably near) future.
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AB
Wow, who knew any of this? I didn't and I'm from the UK. Found this thoroughly informative and fascinating. Not enough to want to move back to the UK but still, makes you wonder. Thanks for the great video. Tony
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Wow, who knew any of this? I didn't and I'm from the UK. Found this thoroughly informative and fascinating. Not enough to want to move back to the UK but still, makes you wonder. Thanks for the great video. Tony
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