[zarzavat]

> How does a structure that's just stairs have a separate title that can be sold?

You can sell any subdivision of land. Happens all the time, e.g. a house on a large plot of land is demolished and the land divided into land for multiple new houses. Or two neighbours might exchange some land if the border is not convenient. Is this not a thing in the US?

[ksenzee]

In the US, at least in most places, you can’t subdivide your land at will. When you buy a piece of land, it’s worth more if it’s zoned such that it can legally be subdivided.

[Dalewyn]

It certainly is.

What parent is asking is whether selling just the stairs in a building, or happenstances to that effect, are common in Britain.

[zarzavat]

It’s not common, that’s why there’s a news article about it.

But they aren’t buying the stairs. The stairs are worthless. They’re buying the land underneath.

As far as I understand the stairs are disconnected from the adjacent property and unused.

edit: here’s the first article when it was still up for sale: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/30/step-to-rich...

[CPLX]

They aren’t buying the land either, it’s a leasehold.