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Davesnave

nicd75 said:

Da0vesnave said:

Why go to the expense of moving a wall when you could simply plant up the land with appropriate shrubs and stick a low hedge around 3 sides?  (assuming there are no restrictive covenants forbidding planting.

We have a relatively small garden and our land on the other side of the wall is twice along as our garden.
We want to incorporate this in our plans for the garden.
As for taking green space, its my land so in theory should be enclosed anyway.
The whole of the front of our street is grassed areas and small trees which aren't owned by the buyers but owned and maintained by the council, so its a very green area anyway

Why do you think the developer gave this house such a relatively small garden then? Normally, developers will give a property maximum appeal by incorporating as much garden as possible , but councils often impose constraints: for example, by designating green spaces as wildlife corridors or visibility protection for road users.

stragglebod

There's a reason it was done this way. It may not be a particularly good reason, but you need to find out what the reason is first. Check for any covenants.

Spinybif

Friend had same problem,  bought some large rocks off local quarry and put them down edge of land.  Looks nice, stops cars parking

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It always confuses me why people with for example 3 cars will buy somewhere with a driveway that only fits 1 small car. All you see in these new build estates are cars parked in every nook and cranny.

Mistral001

Deleted_User said:

It always confuses me why people with for example 3 cars will buy somewhere with a driveway that only fits 1 small car. All you see in these new build estates are cars parked in every nook and cranny.

I see your point.  One possible reason is that at one time many people who bought a house for the first time would buy a small "starter home" expecting to move on to a bigger house with more parking  a few years later, when the children started to buy cars of their own.  Now, with he Credit Crunch and now Corona Virus, they are not moving up so much.    Three or four cars outside smallish houses looks like the new normal.