How to sell a house with good size of land, but....

[NearlyCondemned]

So - what is the best way to sell a house with a good piece of land, but no maintenance for MANY years... add to this external flooding, internal flooding, hoarding, no heating, no boiler, no hot water, needs new kitchen, new bathroom x 3 .....

any thoughts?

We've been looking for a plot of land for years. We built our current house on a plot we bought. Land is hard to find. It sounds like the best way forward. I think we found our current one on plotfinder.

@NearlyCondemned

Have you done background research ? Looked up the property boundaries/house deeds ? Costs about £3 using this government website. Does the relative who owns it have clear title to the property ? No little surprises like a deceased spouse's or anyone else's name still on the title deeds or a (long forgotten) financial institution having an interest in it ?

This link/website address might be useful.

www.gov.uk/get-information-about-property-and-land/copies-of-deeds

Also

Land registry:
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registry

Also, BroadOak is one of the property companies that will pay cash for any property anywhere in Britain in any condition.

Discuss the process of "doing up" the property in the hope that relative realises how big a challenge this will be. Once that seed has been planted, perhaps they will be more amenable to having a builder/developer round to talk about how they could help to get the place ready for sale. The hope would be, of course, that any such person would advise that selling in the current state would be preferable....

You should speak to an agent who is a chartered surveyor (RICS after their name) rather than an estate agent. They are competent and much more knowledgeable.

Alternatively you could speak to a planning consultant and pay for a desktop appraisal. This would cost a few hundred pounds. They would tell you the potential of the site and what you could realistically achieve.

If you want to check the flood situation look here. Flood risk

If you want to check whether the house has planning permission still, then go to your local council website, click on planning and then view planning applications. You then type in the address and all previous applications should be displayed.

Don't just believe any old estate agent or developer as they will just see the £££!

If you do your homework first, you will have a better idea.

Just approach a couple of local estate agents and ask them about the land , you don't have to know them.
As others have said , let your relative try , surely they'll soon realise renovation is beyond them ? Do they have capacity?