Garage courts and yards wanted in Exmouth
If you own garage courts and yards in or around Exmouth, we would like to hear about it. We buy directly and give a free, no-obligation appraisal.
Garage courts are blocks of lock-up garages, often behind houses, that are now too small for many modern cars. They can make good small housing sites, and we buy garage courts and small yards across England and Wales.
- Size
- About 1 to 10 homes
- Planning
- Usually without
- Areas
- England & Wales
- Ways we buy
- Outright or conditional
What garage courts and yards we want near Exmouth
Across Exmouth, lock-up blocks that are half empty can be a better use of land as homes, with parking handled sensibly. Exmouth lies about 9 miles south-east of Exeter in Devon. We also cover Exeter, Newton Abbot, Torquay and the villages between them.
- Parking courts behind houses
- Small service yards and compounds
- Sites reached by a shared drive or lane
- Land with or without planning history
The A30, A38 and M5 corridors and the main line from Exeter to Plymouth carry most of Devon's planned growth, including new communities east of Exeter. In coastal towns, flood risk and coastal change can affect sites, while nutrient neutrality advice has applied in the River Axe catchment on the Dorset border.
What usually makes or breaks it
Access rights
Neighbours may have rights to pass over the court to reach their own land.
Displaced parking
Councils often want to know where current users will park.
Ground conditions
Old fuel or asbestos garage roofs need sensible handling.
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.
Devon has no designated Green Belt, so the main policy questions near Exmouth are usually the settlement boundary, landscape and access.
Though we are based in Birmingham (roughly 148 miles away), distance is no barrier: we look at land across England and Wales.
Choosing how to sell
What happens after you get in touch
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 Exmouth: 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.
Who else might have rights over the court?
Neighbours sometimes have rights of way across garage courts. We check the title and any deeds for this.
Is Exmouth too far from our Birmingham base?
No. We are based in Great Barr, Birmingham, about 148 miles from Exmouth, and we look at land right across England and Wales.
Do I need to pay anything to have land in Exmouth assessed?
No. Our appraisal is free and there is no obligation to sell to us.