Garage courts and yards wanted in Wilmslow
If you own garage courts and yards in or around Wilmslow, we would like to hear about it. We buy directly and give a free, no-obligation appraisal.
A garage court or small yard is often underused land in the middle of a residential area. Redeveloping it for a few homes can work well, provided access, parking and neighbours are handled carefully.
- Size
- About 1 to 10 homes
- Planning
- Usually without
- Areas
- England & Wales
- Ways we buy
- Outright or conditional
Garage courts and yards we are looking for in Wilmslow
Across Wilmslow, lock-up blocks that are half empty can be a better use of land as homes, with parking handled sensibly. In Cheshire, Wilmslow sits about 29 miles east of Chester; Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme are its nearest neighbours on our list.
- Lock-up garage blocks, let or empty
- Parking courts behind houses
- Sites reached by a shared drive or lane
- Courts where some garages are let on licences
Cheshire includes Chester, Warrington, the Mersey towns of Widnes, Runcorn and Ellesmere Port, the mid-Cheshire salt towns and affluent towns such as Wilmslow and Macclesfield. A large part of the north and east of the county is Green Belt, so grey belt, previously developed land and infill are important there. In the south, around Crewe and Nantwich, more edge-of-town greenfield land and farmland comes forward.
Checks we make on garage courts and yards in Wilmslow
Displaced parking
Councils often want to know where current users will park.
Overlooking
Courts are usually close to existing homes, so design must protect privacy.
Licences and tenants
Garage licences are usually easy to end, but we check the terms.
National policy in England now recognises "medium development" of 10 to 49 homes on sites up to 2.5 hectares, and asks councils to allocate at least 10% of their housing on sites of one hectare or less and a further 10% on sites of one to 2.5 hectares.
Some land in Cheshire is designated Green Belt. If your land is within it, it may still qualify as grey belt or previously developed land under national policy, subject to the Golden Rules.
We are based in Great Barr, Birmingham, around 56 miles from Wilmslow, and we travel to see sites across England and Wales.
Choosing how to sell
Option agreement
You grant us the right to buy within a set period, usually for an option premium, while we pursue planning.
Option agreementJoint venture
You contribute the land, we fund and manage planning and delivery, and the proceeds are shared as agreed.
Joint ventureThe next steps
Get in touch
Tell us where the land is and what you know about it.
Site review
We look at the land, its planning position and anything that could affect it.
Proposal
We put our proposal in writing, with no obligation to accept.
Exchange and completion
If you go ahead, contracts are exchanged and the sale completes on the agreed terms.
Garage courts and yards in Wilmslow: common questions
Some garages are still rented. Is that a problem?
Usually not. Garage lets are often on short licences. We look at the terms and allow time to end them properly.
Do you buy council or housing association garages?
We are happy to discuss sites with public bodies and housing providers, subject to their own disposal rules.
Is Wilmslow too far from our Birmingham base?
No. We are based in Great Barr, Birmingham, about 56 miles from Wilmslow, and we look at land right across England and Wales.
Do I need to pay anything to have land in Wilmslow assessed?
No. Our appraisal is free and there is no obligation to sell to us.