Land for sale

For sale by Public Auction on 4th September 2024 at 7pm, at Strawberry Fields, Lifton, PL16 0DE. Some 57 acres of pasture land in an accessible location with good road access and useful handling pen. Mains water connected.

Description
Extending to some 57.29 acres (23.18 hectares) in all, the Land at East Thorne comprises an excellent block of gently sloping and level pasture land.

Benefitting from dual road frontage and numerous access points on its western and northern boundaries, there is also a useful collecting pen/handling facility and race with a concrete yard on the land’s western boundary.

The boundary hedges are well fenced with post, wire and sheep netting, and the land benefits from a mains water supply to troughs located throughout.

Important Information
Method of sale | The land at East Thorne will be offered for sale by Public Auction.

Venue & Date | The auction will be held at Lifton Strawberry Fields, Lifton, Devon PL16 0DE on 4th September 2024 at 7pm.Buyers are advised to attend by 6.30pm to register.

Registration | Please note ALL BIDDERS, including Kivells existing clients, will need to register with Kivells on the night of the auction in order to comply with The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (the "Regulations") – as of 26th June 2017.

Bidders will be required to provide one form of government issued photographic identity and a utility bill addressed to them at their home address, dated within 3 months of the date of the auction. Failure to do this, may prejudice your ability to bid on the night.

Online Bidding | Online bidding registration will be available 10 days before each auction and all bidders must register at least 48 hours prior to the auction. For further information, please visit or contact your local Kivells office.

Buyer's Administration Fee | All successful buyers at Kivells’ Property Auctions should note that on exchange of contracts, a Buyer's Administration Fee of £2,000 plus VAT (Total: £2,400 inc VAT) is payable to Kivells on the night of the auction. This fee can be paid by either bank transfer, personal cheque or debit card.

The successful buyer will also be required to reimburse the vendor for search fees, details of which will be available in the auction pack.  

Please note if the lot is sold prior to auction, or afterwards, these fee’s remain payable. There are no discounts for multiple lots purchased and you must consider this when bidding/offering prior.

Solicitor | Pam Johns, Coodes Solicitors, Holsworthy.

Auction Payment | A 10% deposit will be required to be paid by the successful bidder upon the fall of gavel and at this point the contract is legally binding. The deposit has to be paid to Kivells as auctioneers and can only be paid in the form of a cheque or bank transfer.

ALL bidders must only bid if they can make this payment.

Cheques must be drawn on a bank or branch of a bank in the United Kingdom, any other cheques may be rejected and it will the responsibility of the purchaser to ensure they have the correct method of payment available at each auction.

Completion | Will take place at 28 days from the auction, or earlier by agreement between the parties. On the night of the auction, 10% of the purchase price is due as a deposit being exchange of contracts.

Guide prices | Guide prices given are indications within 10% upwards or downwards of where the reserve price may be set at the time of going to print. Please note they are not an
indication of the anticipated sale price or a valuation.

The reserve price is the minimum price at which the property can be sold, both the guide price and reserve price may be subject to change up to and including the day of the auction.

Please note that all prices listed, whether prior to or post auction, are subject to contract.

The Auctioneers and sellers accept no responsibility for any loss, cost or damage that a buyer may incur as a result of relying on any guide price. It is the buyer's responsibility to decide how much they should bid for any lot. Please check with us for regular updates as guide prices are subject to change prior to the auction.

The guide price does not include the buyer's fee charged by the auctioneer or VAT which may apply to the sale or other amounts the seller may charge. The seller's Special Conditions of Sale will state whether there are other seller's charges and whether the seller has elected to charge VAT on the sale price.

Farm Plan | The farm plan is based on ordnance survey extracts, and the areas are not guaranteed and purchasers must satisfy themselves as to their accuracy.

Services | Mains water is connected. Mains electricity maybe close by and prospective purchasers must make their own enquiries as to connection and cost of same.

Tenure | The land is freehold with vacant possession upon completion.

Local Authority | Cornwall Council, Truro.

Easements, Wayleaves, Rights of Way | The property is offered for sale, subject to and with the benefit of all matters contained in or referred to in the Property and Charges Register of the registered title together with all public or private rights of way, wayleaves, easements and other rights of way, which cross the property.

Boundaries | Any purchaser shall be deemed to have full knowledge of all boundaries and neither vendor nor the vendor’s agents will be responsible for defining the boundaries or the ownership thereof. Should any dispute arise as to the boundaries or any points on the particulars or plans or the interpretation of them, the question shall be referred to the vendor’s agent whose decision acting as experts shall be final.

Stewardship Scheme | The land at East Thorne is not in any stewardship scheme.

The purchaser can take over the agreement if so desired and continue the obligations of the scheme until its termination. Details of the Stewardship agreement will form part of the auction pack.

The purchaser (and not Kivells as selling agents; unless specifically instructed in writing to do so) will be responsible for dealing with the transfer of the stewardship agreement (or subsequent proportion of it) within any necessary time frame and will bear any necessary costs. In most cases the purchaser will receive corresponding paperwork from Rural Payments Agency (RPA) which must also be completed by them or their own representative and returned to the RPA in the required time frame to continue the stewardship agreement without penalty, and without jeopardising the vendor’s previously received payments under the agreement.The Rural Payments Agency will subsequently be responsible for any apportionment of payments made under the Stewardship agreement.

Note: If the purchaser does not wish to take over the scheme, the seller will terminate the agreement with RPA.

Directions
On B3254 Red Post to Kilkhampton Road.
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Viewings
Intending purchasers may inspect the property at a time of their choosing bearing a copy of these details. Please ensure that in making your inspection you do so with due care, taking responsibility for your actions.  In particular please do not climb gates but open same and leave them shut where found shut and wear suitable footwear.

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