How do you find a site?

BailMeOut

Hello

Been renting just outside a small town since 2010 and have not been able to find anything suitable to buy for my family since moving here. Architect mentioned that we are in a good position to build as we can clearly show we have a housing need and have liven in area long enough. Talked to a couple of local farmers with frontage land and they said they'd be more than happy to sell us sites but they have exceeded their site quotas.

How many sites is a farmer allowed to sell or would this rule be be specific to each area?

For other possible locations how do I find out who owns land so I can contact the landowners to see if they are interested in selling sites?

Any other tips on how to find a site to build on?

Thank you

kurtainsider

I would suggest a bit of old fashioned legwork. Drive around and spot a few places where you would like to build and then go into the nearest farmers house and ask them who owns the land. The chances are that they will know. It mightn't be any harm to have an idea of what sites sell for currently in the area as someone arriving into your yard asking about a site might cause the dollar signs to appear.

Gruffalo22

Try https://www.landdirect.ie/