I have agreed to buy a site with the aim of building a house.Who pays for fencing the site-is it me the purchaser or the vendor?Can anyone tell me what is normal practise?Thanks
I bought a site last year from a local farmer and the first time the issue came up was when the draft contract from the vendor's solicitor quoted that we should build and maintain a stock proof fence with concrete posts within 6 weeks of completion.
As this was never discussed before we refused saying that if we built and maintained a fence then we would choose the style and materials ourselves and built it at our leisure.
The auctioneer and solicitor insisted that this was normal practice in Ireland but we stood our ground until the farmer agreed to build it himself.
I conclude that like everything else to do with land and property sales its up for negotiation......and its a buyer's market so you should get your way
Many years ago my late father had to sell a family farm which had a dwelling house as part of the original property. In order to sell off the arable land and retain the dwelling, he had to purchase and install fencing to delineate the new boundaries, do new maps, etc. at his expense before the property went on the market.
The reason why a farmer selling a site will usually insist that the buyer be responsible to put up and maintain a stockproof fence is so that if cattle subsequently break through it, the buyer, not the farmer, will be responsible. This is indeed normal (and sensible) practice.
The reason why a farmer selling a site will usually insist that the buyer be responsible to put up and maintain a stockproof fence is so that if cattle subsequently break through it, the buyer, not the farmer, will be responsible. This is indeed normal (and sensible) practice.
I can understand this viewpoint but my counter argument is that it is up to the landowner whether he continues to keep livestock and his responsibility to contain them. If I had erected a fence and the cattle broke through it and injured themselves then I presumed the farmer would try and seek compensation.
In the end the farmer agreed with my viewpoint and therefore we closed the deal.
My advice to the original poster remains that the property buying process is a negotiation and now the position of strength is with the buyer they have every right to reset the "rules".
I am recently after selling a site and it was in the contract that the buyer must have the site fenced within 4 weeks,and maintain it to a stock proof level.This was the soliciters recomendation.