Three strips of lawn for sale to ‘shrewd investor’

For $2000, you could buy a patch of grass the size of a picnic blanket. 

Three tiny strips of turf in the Scottish city of Aberdeen are up for auction, with a guide price of £1,000 ($AU1,989). 

The patches of grass are directly beside the road, forming part of the kerbside nature strip. 

One of the strips of grass is actually a median strip in the middle of the road. 

The listing has been baffling househunters, who are at a loss to work out what purpose the sections of lawn could serve. 

“Someone with a better imagination than me please tell me what this could possibly be used for,” a Reddit user begged. 

One commenter joked that the land could be used as “a small track for turtle races” or “a paddock for a single ferret”. 

The listing by Future Property Auctions Glasgow describes the property as a “land investment opportunity in the affluent suburb of Kingswell” that is “sure to appeal to [a] shrewd investor”. 

“Buyers may wish to consider this site for development potential for parking and/or storage (subject to investigating and gaining necessary consents),” the listing suggests. 

The patches of grass are being sold without planning permission. 

Social media users have suggested that the owners of the neighbouring houses may be interested in purchasing the grass strips as an extension of their gardens. 

“I’m sure the market is the people whose houses it is in front of only,” someone wrote on Reddit. 

“Bundling them together makes sense. If just two homeowners care about owning their closest one, they’ll bid against each other for the whole parcel.” 

Another commenter noted that the land parcels could become hot property in the case of a neighbourhood dispute. 

“If I had the opportunity to purchase, for a modest fee, the strip of land immediately outside my mortal enemy’s home then I would indeed consider that a ‘shrewd investment’,” they joked.