Why do new houses have such small gardens?

poppysarah

chickmug wrote: »

But if there were minimum garden sizes it would push the price of a house up and significantly!!!! Is that what you would want?

If people refused to buy new build boxes with silly tiny gardens then they wouldn't. And most new builds are insanely priced to start with.

Is there any research showing deprivation index in relation to size of gardens in an area?
Is it that wrong for houses for families have family sized gardens?

Strapped

ISIOTB wrote: »

It's really p*ssing me off!

Is it the govt, the property companies, or both?

No, it's because people still buy them!

Sore point for me at the moment - next door is doing a demolish-and-rebuild and are putting a ridiculously huge house onto a tiny plot (will leave a strip of terraced grass at the front), in fact that plot used to be the garden of our house I'd love a huge garden but people buy what they can afford

Running_Horse

chickmug wrote: »

But if there were minimum garden sizes it would push the price of a house up and significantly!!!! Is that what you would want?

Round here the new builds with tiny gardens cost £50,000 more than older houses with big gardens. We bought an extended 70s house with big rooms and a garden big enough for my little girl to run around. Blame John Prescott who decreed so many houses per acre, but naturally lives in a mansion with huge gardens.

bryanb

I hate gardening!

BlondeHeadOn

When we bought our 1960's end terrace house (14 years ago) I thought it was a major disadvantage that it had such a huge garden! It's double plot width because of being on the end, and really long. I thought it would be too much work, but we loved the house so bought it anyway.

Now I realise how lucky we are! I very quickly became passionate about gardening, and it is fabulous to have so much space.

Don't dismiss older-style end-terrace houses - they can have a deceptive amount of garden!

Strapped

BlondeHeadOn wrote: »

When we bought our 1960's end terrace house (14 years ago) I thought it was a major disadvantage that it had such a huge garden! It's double plot width because of being on the end, and really long. I thought it would be too much work, but we loved the house so bought it anyway.

Now I realise how lucky we are! I very quickly became passionate about gardening, and it is fabulous to have so much space.

Don't dismiss older-style end-terrace houses - they can have a deceptive amount of garden!

Quick, divide that garden and slap another house on it! :lipsrseal Oops

chickmug

poppysarah wrote: »

If people refused to buy new build boxes with silly tiny gardens then they wouldn't.

But it is free market forces and people will make their own decisions and so they should.

Significant numbers of people like brand new homes and do accept the compromise - smaller garden - smaller rooms. In return they get brand new without the ongoing problems of maintenance with older houses for many years.

Rikki

Is it because kids like to hang about on the streets rather than playing in the back garden?

BlondeHeadOn

Strapped wrote: »

Quick, divide that garden and slap another house on it! :lipsrseal Oops

You are not the first person to suggest that, believe me! It's big enough.

And the answer is always the same - no [EMAIL="bl@@dy"]bl@@dy[/EMAIL] way!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

BlondeHeadOn

chickmug wrote: »

Significant numbers of people like brand new homes and do accept the compromise - smaller garden - smaller rooms. In return they get brand new without the ongoing problems of maintenance with older houses for many years.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Sorry, but I know some friends who moved into a new build 3 years ago, and so far have had more ongoing problems and maintenance issues than we have ever had in 14 years of our 1960's house. And yes, 'someone else' was supposed to fix the new build problems, but our friends are still ahiving problems chasing them to get the work done!

New builds are not necessarily problem-free, it would seem....?...?