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Crofts and crofting

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A croft is not a house but a unit of agricultural land. Traditionally, crofting tenants rent their crofts from a landowner, but some crofters may also have bought their crofts. This means it's now possible to buy a croft, or the tenure of a croft, on the open market. This section looks at what you can do if you're interested in renting or buying a croft.

About crofts and crofting

This page explains what a croft is, who crofters are and how croft land is used. It also looks at how crofting laws work and what the Crofters Commission does. Read more

Becoming a tenant of a croft

This page looks at how you can become a crofting tenant. Between 400-500 crofting tenancies change hands each year, but most pass between family members or to people the retiring crofter knows personally. However, tenancies do occasionally come up on the open market. Read more

Inheriting a crofting tenancy

This page looks at what you need to do if you are left a crofting tenancy in someone's will. The situation will differ depending on whether the person who bequeathed you the tenancy was a member of your family or not. Read more

Buying a croft on the open market

Around 150 owner-occupied crofts come up for sale on the open market each year. This page explains how to go about buying a croft and what your rights and responsibilities will be. Read more

Getting consent from the Crofters Commission

This page explains what you need to do to get approval or consent from the Crofters Commission, for example, to assign or sublet your tenancy, or rent out an owner-occupied croft. This page also looks at what you can do if you aren't happy with the Commission's decision. Read more