Sell or partner on the land behind your house
If you want to keep your home but not build yourself, you can sell part of your garden to us, agree a sale that only completes if planning is granted, give us an option, let us promote the plot through planning, or go into a joint venture. Neighbours can also combine gardens. Every route starts with a free appraisal.
Sell part of your garden
Sell the end or side of your garden as a building plot, with or without planning, and keep living in your house.
Learn more about sell part of your gardenSell subject to planning
Agree the price now, complete only if planning is granted. If the council refuses, the land stays yours.
Learn more about sell subject to planningGarden plot option agreement
Give us the exclusive right to buy your plot once planning is granted, while you keep the land and we do the planning work.
Learn more about garden plot option agreementPlanning promotion for your garden plot
We seek planning at our cost, the plot sells with permission, and our costs and fee come from the proceeds. Nothing upfront.
Learn more about planning promotion for your garden plotJoint venture on your garden plot
You put in the garden plot, we fund and run design, planning and the build, and you share in the new homes or their sale.
Learn more about joint venture on your garden plotCombine gardens with your neighbours
Neighbours join adjoining back gardens for one shared access and a better layout, with value shared fairly by agreement.
Learn more about combine gardens with your neighboursHow the sell and partner routes compare
| Route | Who takes the planning risk | When you’re paid | Legal costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outright sale | Us, if we buy before planning; already settled if planning exists | On completion of the sale | Agreed in heads of terms |
| Subject to planning | Shared: we normally fund the application; if it’s refused you keep your land | When planning is granted and the sale completes | Agreed in heads of terms |
| Option agreement | Us — we work on planning during the option period | If and when we exercise the option | Reasonable legal fees covered (cap in heads of terms) |
| Planning promotion | Us — nothing to pay upfront; costs come from the sale proceeds only if a sale with planning happens | When the plot sells with planning | Reasonable legal fees covered (cap in heads of terms) |
| Joint venture | Shared, as set out in the agreement | From the sale of the new homes, or a home back | Agreed case by case |
| Neighbours together | Depends on the route each neighbour chooses | Depends on the route | Each owner has their own solicitor |
This is a summary. The exact position on any plot is set out in written heads of terms before anyone signs anything, and your own solicitor advises you.