Plot of land lists for just $1000 – but there’s a big catch

A narrow strip of land with a public footpath running through it has hit the market in England. 

The site in the small city of Norwich is less than 10 metres wide and less than 50 metres long. 

However, buyers will be limited as to what they can do with the site. 

The plot is part of Haworth Way, a 320-metre-long public footpath that runs parallel to a local park.

In England and Wales, a ‘public footpath’ is a historic right of way that members of the public have a legal right to use. 

Landowners cannot block people from walking on a public footpath. 

The Norwich site will go to online auction on 29 October with a guide price of £500 to £1000 ($1017 to $2035). 

The successful buyer will also be required to pay fees totalling £1764 ($3590). 

The property consists of a worn tarmac path bordered by shrubbery and ivy-covered trees. 

It is located close to Eaton Golf Club. 

This is not the first time a tiny strip of lawn has been listed for sale in the UK. 

Three tiny patches of grass came onto the market earlier this year in the Scottish city of Aberdeen. 

One of the parcels was a median strip in the middle of a suburban road. 

The three sections were listed together for £1000. 

A rectangle of shrubbery near a stream was listed for sale in the rural town of Romsey, Hampshire. 

The plot was just big enough to fit a small garden or row of advertising boards.

Patches of grass have also found their way on the market closer to home.

In June, a patch of grass in Toorak quietly hit the market for $40 million.

In March, a stretch of grassed area, barely larger than a parking space, was selling for $60,000 on Sydney’s lower north shore.