Would you choose a garden or location?

Torry_Quine

From what you wrote I would say that you are very attached to the area and that would be my choice.

racing_blue

Go for location. You can't change that.

Whereas you can easily create a garden by buying up and levelling your immediate neighbours' houses. :beer:

Money_saving_maniac

Everyone is different, but for me personally it would be garden over location

Davesnave

I like fish & chips.

I also like gardening.

To get decent fish & chips here, I must do a 26 mile round trip. However, I can garden and never run out of space.

I'm obviously not the best person to advise, but how many others have a skewed viewpoint?

The only person who can answer your question, is you!

Kynthia

It's very individual. As you already have some outside space how many times a year do you think you would really appreciate having a bigger garden, and for how long as children get older and don't play in the same way? How many times a year do you appreciate being near schools and friends, in your local community, and in a Victorian style house? I think it sounds like you'd appreciate the location more but only you can decide.

AnotherJoe

Go for the location, and look at taking up an allotment.
(and as said it wont be long before the kids outgrow a sandpit and similar anyway so you get your small back yard back for BBQ's.

Another way of looking at it, if you go for the garden, you've just paid at least fifty thousand pounds so you can have a few BBQ's !! It would be cheaper to rent somewhere a few times a year !

Sianybaby82

I'm in the process of buying a house and have found unless you have an infinite pot of money or enough to build your own house you are highly unlikely to find a house that fits everything in your wishlist.

I have also compromised on garden space, the main reason being I am not a gardener, the idea of a good garden space I like, doing the work to get it that way and maintain it I just haven't got the time or inclination.

A good thing to do would be to write a list of features and order them in terms of essential and desirable. Then score the properties you like against it.

tiernsee

I always thought I would want a big garden. Moved to a new build with a garden but smaller than my heart said and I have now found out I really dont enjoy gardening and am thinking of paving/chipping and getting rid of all the grass. To be honest we never really go outside and BBQ or anything either, so for me location (which I love where I am) would now totally rule over garden. As everyone says though it is a very individual choice.

Waterlily24

It would be garden for me but you sound like you love the place where you live so think you'd be better stick with that.

padington

You know what they say...

Garden, Garden, Garden.