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Developer Approaches
Read the offer before you reply.

Developers make offers all the time. Most landowners only get one or two in a lifetime. The first terms you agree to often decide how much of the upside you keep.

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Sound Familiar?

  • A housebuilder wants an option on our field by the village
  • An agent called with a 'subject to planning' offer
  • We've been asked to sign quickly
  • We don't know if we're being lowballed

What I Look At

  • What's on offer: an option, a conditional contract or a straight sale
  • Price, overage or clawback, and who carries the planning risk
  • How long the land is tied up, and what happens if planning is refused
  • What you keep: access, services, a house site, the rest of the holding
  • Land value guidance, so you can judge the offer

What You Get

  • A plain-English summary of the offer and its catches
  • The terms worth pushing on
  • Questions to put back to the developer
  • A brief for your solicitor before you sign

Who You May Be Dealing With

  • Housebuilders
  • Commercial developers
  • Land Development Agency
  • Estate agents and land agents
  • County councils (planning)

Contact

Talk to Fergus About Your Land

Tell me what's happened and I'll come back to you promptly. Everything you share stays confidential.

I give practical advice, not legal, tax or financial advice. I'll tell you when you need a solicitor, accountant or registered valuer, and help you brief them.