Garden

GJB1954

Have seen on various threads on here , news and other forums. That people want gardens. I know this will  depend on perhaps requirements of buyer.
Just wondering what others class as a garden. 

Would others class a garden say as width of semi detached house plus length. So approx 8 mtrs x 6mtrs. 

Garden on my semi is approx 10 mtrs width and approx  23 mtrs long. 

Opinions please. 

Cash-Cows

For new builds you will typically see houses are built back to back with a separation of around 25m. Some authorities might have a bit more or less than this. This therefore makes a garden around 12m long to be the minimum. However, if there's no house at the back then a different garden size would be possible and planners would have a minimum garden size of 10m long possibly shorter if it was a wide house. 

RelievedSheff

The garden on our new build is 10m long x 7m wide. There is an extra square behind the garage that is about 3m x 3m  but that is going to house the shed when we can go out and buy one.

Scotbot

I would class a garden as an outside space that belongs to the property owner that you can put plants in and sit in. I  wouldn't define it by size. Like the inside some people will discount it because it is too small or too large , wrong aspect,  issues with right of access or whatever.

MovingForwards

Scotbot said:

I would class a garden as an outside space that belongs to the property owner that you can put plants in and sit in. I  wouldn't define it by size. Like the inside some people will discount it because it is too small or too large , wrong aspect,  issues with right of access or whatever.

This is the answer.

In addition it's personal preference. Some would be happy with a yard to sit out in the evenings with a glass of wine. Some want something bigger to see colour while sitting with their wine. Other will want bigger.

I'm happy with my 8x11m garden and patio.

eve824

It depends on the person I think. We wanted a very large garden (would love an acre) but have settled on 0.3 acre which is a good size (buying at the moment). Our current house has quite a small garden for a 5 bed detached but the buyers are happy with it, plenty of other viewers rejected it on the garden size alone.

Mickey666

This is probably not going to be too helpful but my view is that UK housing is generally too dense and 'gardens' are too pokey. 

I want a home where I can get away from people.  I want peace and quiet and space and privacy.  I don't want to see my neighbours and I certainly don't want to hear them because we're only a few metres apart and only separated by a wooden fence.   It's not that I'm unsociable, more that I simply want the choice. 

To that end, my view is that a 'garden' needs to be measured in acres, not a scrap of ground the width of the house extending back about 10m.  In fact, I don't even WANT a 'garden' in the sense of a highly artificial, labour-intensive environment, but something a bit more natural and needing less maintenance.  More like a small park I suppose.

Of course, such 'gardens' are impossible to afford in most towns and cities because of our housing density, where many people with a large 'garden' are more likely to divide it up and sell it off for building another house, thus further contributing to the housing density problem.   Fortunately it is still possible to find houses set in a few acres in rural areas, often for less money than an equivalent sized house in a town or city with a postage stamp 'garden'.

lady1964

A garden size/type is personal preference and will depend on what an individual wants from it.
When we bought our current house 18 months ago, we wanted a very low maintenance garden, not large but private. That’s what we got; it may be slightly small for the size of the house but for us, it’s ideal. That said, our garden project has started today, removing an old, leaking , falling apart conservatory, removing all the patio slabs which are being replaced with decking, a smaller patio area with retractable pergola and a small grassed area for our grandchildren.

We’re both looking forward to spending time in our garden, fire pit on, glass of something cold to drink and relaxing.

maisie_cat

Having had "traditional" gardens for years we now live in an acre plot, half of which is wooded and very little of which is traditional lawn and beds. It's mostly natural, at present we have hundreds of daffs & snowdrops and will soon have thousands of bluebells Apart from managing trees and sorting out overgrown bushes we've not had to do much in the way of manicured lawn type gardening & I much prefer this type of outdoor space, lots of places to sit and drink wine while looking out to sea, barbeque & firepit spot, polytunnels.
Our last house had 35mx8m garden and the previous one 4mx11m, both 1930s houses which were fine for our lifestyle at the time, but I must admit I love having so much space.

GJB1954

Thanks for replies. I put this on here after reading on another forum. There was a  thread about buying house and size of garden. This due to storing sports equipment. Most wanted either garage , shed etc and yes somewhere to sit outside . Most did not want even a say medium garden / lawn. This due to upkeep, cutting grass etc. Disposal of garden waste. Local council charge extra for this or have to take to local refuse tip. 

Now new house builds have small gardens is this the new normal and having a medium / large garden would put buyers off. 

AdrianC

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