Here it is, almost verbatum (perhaps not the right word?)
Case Number: Blah blah blah
The application blah blah blah for the Commission's consent to transfer the tenancy of the grazings shares blah blah blah, to you has been approved.
Blah Blah Blah.
The transfer of the tenancy of shares cannot take effect for at least 2 clear months after the date of our decision. You will therefore become tenant of the grazings shares with effect from 16 December 2009 unless, before that date, both parties jointly give notice to us in writing that the assignation is not to proceed. Please note if our decision is appealed to the Scottish Land Court the assignation cannot be recorded until the outcome of the appeal is known.
Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah
Yours sincerely
Blah blah blah.
Wow.
So we are THAT close. We put an offer in to buy the croft in October 2007, conditional upon being awarded shares to the grazings. In those days we were blissfully ignorant of the joys the various laws and procedures surrounding crofting. But hey. ALMOST there.
Hopefully, come December 2009, we'll get another Registered letter telling us it's all gone through. That will be a red letter day. This letter though is only an insipid shade of red.
ALMOST there.
6 comments:
Congratulations!! (Does J know yet??)
Congratulations. I didn't know about all the red tape associated with crofts and crofting until I read your blog. Well, I still don't know all about them, they seem so complicated, but I get the gist.
Thanks guys. And Jo - honestly - it's far more complicated than I can convey - and then on top of that there is all the local politics which is way over my head just now.
Ah, I'd assumed you were already living in this croft. Am I incorrect? It all sounds very convoluted.
Ah Nick you see erm its simple really. We own the house - its been de-crofted, and we own it in the sense that you would understand. We are 'owner occupiers' of the croft land associated with the croft, but that doesn't mean we own it, it simply means that effectively we've paid the rent in perpetuity, although in law it means that we are the occupiers of vacant croft land. This letter is all about the grazing rights on the miles of common land surrounding the croft - which we have now almost secured at last. But we dont live in the croft house because it's undergoing renovation, or at least it's supposed to be. We are living in a rented neighbouring cottage.
Simples.
Yes, well, glad you've made that clear then.
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