Nice period home but badly overlooked - yes / no

keithmac

We've got a field at the back of our 60+ meter long garden, can't imagine getting looked over by the 3rd storey of someone's house!.

Only a 3 bedroom terraced house but 3 car drive and decent sized back garxen sold it for us..

Davesnave

keithmac wrote: »

We've got a field at the back of our 60+ meter long garden, can't imagine getting looked over by the 3rd storey of someone's house!

Fields can be built on, you know. Ten houses in our town, built around 1970, had a fantastic 25 mile view to Dartmoor.

Last year they built an estate of 95 houses. No view now!

The only way to be certain of your view is to own the field.

keithmac

That's always a worry but it is used for one crop or another and has been since the houses were built in 1950's.

Sun comes around at noon and we have it until dusk, lovely sitting out in the back garden with a glasss of wine after the kids have gone to bed!.

I know quite a few people who have chosen the house due to the garden.

RocketRonnieRadox

Well we are viewing what my mother would call 2 normal properties tonight and will see how we feel about them.

One is a 4 bed semi with a long garden and a garage.
Garden is easy facing and garage has been converted to an office.

The other is an Edwardian 5 bed but has a gravel town garden with no grass.

Let's see how we feel after seeing those.

Bet my wife would say yes to either but I am the picky one

RocketRonnieRadox

Oh well saw the normal house - amazing garden 120ft long but as much character as a shoe box inside although easier to heat.

Saw another Edwardian which felt very nice and homely had no garden but it did have a nice gravel yard with a table and chairs and west facing so very sunny. Felt more at home in that but needs work and no parking.

Still on square 1

Davesnave

keithmac wrote: »

I know quite a few people who have chosen the house due to the garden.

My point was that it can be a dangerous choice if the situation will allow future development. We see development woes frequently on this board.

At least in an urban situation, where development has happened, it's easier to assess what might, or might not, happen next. In my last house with a much longer garden than Ronnie's, but a similar situation, I knew there was no realistic potential for change.

Even in the depths of the countryside, there is no certainty about what might happen at the end of the garden. My friends had a nice field view, which had been with the house since some time in the 18th century. Then a local farmer decided to put up a long barn.....

Davesnave

RocketRonnieRadox wrote: »

Oh well saw the normal house - amazing garden 120ft long but as much character as a shoe box inside although easier to heat.

Saw another Edwardian which felt very nice and homely had no garden but it did have a nice gravel yard with a table and chairs and west facing so very sunny. Felt more at home in that but needs work and no parking.

Still on square 1

I'm not sure the two of you really know what you want when it comes to outside space.

Most people who'd relish a 120' garden, wouldn't contemplate a gravelled yard, and vice versa.

A large garden represents a significant commitment of time and energy, so unless it is valued, it becomes a millstone.

Someone who appreciates archtectural features is probably not going to accept setting them within an unkempt, overgrown context, although there are obviously a few exceptions to this, mainly where people have bitten off more than they can chew!

RocketRonnieRadox

Davesnave wrote: »

I'm not sure the two of you really know what you want when it comes to outside space.

Most people who'd relish a 120' garden, wouldn't contemplate a gravelled yard, and vice versa.

A large garden represents a significant commitment of time and energy, so unless it is valued, it becomes a millstone.

Someone who appreciates archtectural features is probably not going to accept setting them within an unkempt, overgrown context, although there are obviously a few exceptions to this, mainly where people have bitten off more than they can chew!

Wise words and appreciated.

The small ish garden and period house would be ideal if it wasn't for the north facing aspect and being so heavily overlooked from the west side thus blocking more of the little sun it would receive.

I do wonder if the south facing front garden would compensate but let's face it a front is never as private as a back unless it is less overlooked than the back. Hmm now there is a thought....