Keef

Thanks for the advice. I plan to log up this wood in a couple of weeks when the weather is cooler and sell in February. Another question please - is there a legal or accepted definition of 'kiln dried' when it comes to selling logs?

Advice please. I have a large amount of freshly cut ash which I want to sell. I never refuse ash from my supplier but I just don't have the time to deal with it at present. But, I would like a bigger chainsaw so I thought I would sell it to raise some cash. It's basically the useable wood from a whole tree, being 26 rings of 12 in thickness, 18-20 in diameter, 18 larger branches to cut down into smaller rings and a pallet of cordwood. All freshly cut, no rot, no rubbish. I don't know whether to try and find a log supplier to take the lot or divide it into 5/6 lots and sell to other log botherers. Question: how much to ask? Was thinking £300 for the lot or £50 a load. Note: I do not have the transport to deliver so buyers must collect from Wolverhampton.

Before retiring, I was a conveyancer for 45 years. I can tell you categorically that enquires of this nature about neighbouring land do not form part of a solicitor's remit for house purchase and you will be charged extra, perhaps now £200 per hour. If you are using one of the out-of-town 'conveyancing factories' then you may find that they will not touch it because their experience is with routine registered land titles only and you will have to employ another, local solicitor to look into things. And, in the end, although you may accept a situation your mortgage lender may not and your conveyancing solicitor will have to report chapter and verse to your lender, who will probably not want to know and may decline your mortgage. It's the old story = time v money. If you and the seller and the rest of the chain and the hungry estate agents (desperate to get paid) can all wait weeks whilst this is looked into, with no guarantee of a solution, then fine....but they won't and you may lose the sale of your own property if you go down this path because people will want to get on and won't wait while you chase a possibly lost cause. My advice would be to suck it up find another property to buy.

Unaccountable, unpredictable, uninsured...why would you want to join a fraternity like that? Think of your reputation. There is nowhere to ride a bike where you will not be a bloody nuisance to everyone around you. I don't mean this in a bad way...

This years prices at a South Staffordshire garden centre. What are like near you?