A rare opportunity to buy a group of farm buildings and additional pastureland - James Hickman, Rural Property

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For sale by Informal Tender closing Friday 11th December 2020.

A group of farm and livestock buildings extending to just under about 6000 sq feet (about 550 sq metres) of covered space. Set back from a country lane with an agricultural access over a private roadway shared with 3 other properties.

There is also the opportunity to purchase about 0.60 acre of adjoining pastureland.

About 0.60 acre

Guide Price: £150,000 to £175,000



Situation

The buildings are located in a rural location between Grafty Green, Ulcombe and Headcorn with easy access to the north to Maidstone, the A20 & M20.

Method of Sale

The property is offered for sale by Informal Tender closing at 12.00pm on Friday 11th December 2020. Your offer must represent your ''best and final offer'' and only offers submitted on fully completed tender forms and accompanied by ALL the information requested will be considered.
The tender form is attached to the rear of these particulars.

Description

A group of farm buildings being the main farmyard to the former Mansion House Farm. Ownership includes the majority of the entrance roadway (see Right of way below) and an area of verge to the east and a small area to the south of the cattle shed. The buildings all lie to the east of the entrance drive and briefly comprise;
1) Former Parlour about 11.80m x 4.65m of rendered block and divided into 3 separate parts.
2) Stable of timber to the side of former parlour.
3) Cattle Shed about 15.4m x 8.0m of steel frame.
4) Cattle Shed about 13.50m x 8.0m of concrete frame.
5) Hay Barn about 13.50m x 5.6m of concrete frame.
6) Cattle Shed about 17.15m x 11.15m of mainly timber frame with part block wall.

Additional Land

The sellers are be prepared to sell the successful purchaser, for a fixed price of £15,000, a small area of land to the west of similar width and size, approximately coloured blue on the plan. This is part of their adjoining field and the buyer will be responsible for erecting and thereafter maintaining a standard livestock fence along the new boundary shortly after completion.

Right of Way

Please note that the first section of the entrance drive as coloured brown on the plan attached is part of another property and the farm buildings have the benefit of a right of way over it which is worded as follows on the Land Registry Title : Full right and liberty at all times and for all agricultural purposes only to pass and repass with or without agricultural or horticultural plant and vehicles or animals over and along the road or way coloured brown on the said plan Subject to the Grantee being responsible for one half of the cost of repair and maintenance of such road or way."

Footpaths

A footpath (No KH328) runs from Crumps Lane along the concrete road to the front of the buildings out into the field to the south of the property.

Basic Payment Scheme

The seller claims Basic Payment but the BPS Entitlements are strictly excluded from the sale.

Plan/Acreage

The plan on these sales particulars and the acreage quoted are strictly for identification and for guidance only. Interested parties are reminded that the land is sold in accordance with the owners Land Registry ownership Title plans and must satisfy themselves as to the boundaries and the quantity of land being purchased.

Services

Water & electricity have both been connected to the buildings in the past. Interested parties are advised to carry out their own investigations with the relevant company to ascertain as to the availability of these services and the cost of reconnecting.

Planning

All planning enquiries relating to any future use of the property should be directed to Maidstone Borough Council (maidstone.gov.uk).

Our Ref: FAL200157