Would you buy a house without a garden?

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Excellent area, new build so no need to do much work, close to a park and a Main Street. But no garden? (Two kids 4&8)? On a new estate with a small park and plenty of kids.

I live in Scotland so whilst the garden is nice for bbqs etc we don’t actually get the opportunity that get out and sit.

For the same price you can get a house with a garden but you sacrifice location.

Nope. And I'd examine the idea that there is not a lot of work to do with a new build. Depending on the developer you could spend the next two years living in a building site while they drag their feet rectifying the bits they bodged.

I would be happy without a garden if there was a park close by but British people are very intense about gardens and the perceived need for them so I wouldn't go for a house without one as it would be so hard to sell

No,never.
I'm in Scotland and make good use of our garden.When DC we're younger it was a safe place for them to play without needing an adult around all the time.When DC were too old to play in the garden we created a lovely patio area and planted flower beds.
Also, if I didn't have a garden I would miss not being able to hang out my washing😊

A house without a garden ? Is that not a flat or maisonette

Never in a million years. Our garden is tiny but I wouldn't be without it and especially with children the age that yours are.

I'd buy a house without a garden.
We have a large garden and it is a pain.
Endless hours cutting the bloody grass and keeping it tidy (we do not enjoy gardening). DC whining it's taking ages and they want to actually go to a park or the coast not be sitting in the garden (despite us having encouraged them to use it- trampoline, goal etc).
Then repeating the task 2 weeks later...
We never, ever sit out in summer either and on lovely days we visit parks and local woodlands.

Eh what do you mean no garden? What is there then and who owns the land immediately surrounding the house.

@Notfeelinggreattoday

A house without a garden ? Is that not a flat or maisonette

Yes generally it’s a flat or maisonette.

There is a small cottage near me that has no garden. It has the village green right behind it though.

I know the lady who lives there and she hates it. Nowhere for the bins and nowhere to hang your washing out, even on a scorching hot day. Nothing worse than drying your sheets indoors when there's a lovely warm wind blowing outside.

Not if I had two small children.

Surely, there will be times when you want to let the kids play outside unsupervise? They might like a paddling pool or sandpit. You might want to hang out washing.

You would find it hard to sell as a family home, or to anyone with a pet.

I can't even imagine what a house with no garden would look like . And no I woundt buy one

I live in a flat with no garden and it doesn't bother me. It enabled me to afford a larger flat with an extra bedroom. I wouldn't buy a house with no garden though.

Im having a hard time understanding why people are so confused about th3 concept of a house with no garden. Have people not heard of back to back terraced houses?

@greygardens no I've never heard of back to back terraces

@GreyGardens88

Im having a hard time understanding why people are so confused about th3 concept of a house with no garden. Have people not heard of back to back terraced houses?

Terraces usually have a back yard which could be a garden if they choose.

No, definitely not.

No way. I love having my own garden to sit in & we use it loads. I’d find it really depressing to have a house with no garden.

If there was a yard - like back to backs have - where you can put washing up and have a seat or a few plant pots or store bikes - that might work especially as kids get older.

Nothing at all I wouldn't.

There are a few new buids here 4-6 bed rooms and the tiniest 1m out by 3m across -outside space you can't dry washing in due to covenant and right next to busy public pavement and very hard to put any privacy into they sold and some to families but not for us.

@Notfeelinggreattoday

A house without a garden ? Is that not a flat or maisonette

Well no. There is a house near me on the high street, massive 6 bed house. The front door opens directly onto the street, there are other buildings either side and directly behind the house is a car park. Very much a house.

No, but a small space is fine, our new house has a patio big enough for a six seat table and grass enough for a washing line and some pots etc, enough space for a toddler slide and paddling pool sort of size. That's the minimum

New build houses in our village went up, five beds, tiniest little garden possible.

And they wonder why children sit on devices all day! Where are they supposed to play?

Back to back terrace houses do not have a back yard. The back wall of the house joins to the back wall of the house behind. No windows in the back and no back yard or back door.
What we now call back to back terraces, with a yard and back ally are through terraces.

Some back to back terraces still stand in Leeds

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-to-back_house

I am also intrigued as to how there is NO garden! Is it semi-detached in 3 directions?!
Even if you're not gardeners, having a safe outdoor space is a huge deal for your children. (what if the local bullies or stray dogs frequent the local park? What if it closes? What if we have total lockdown again?).
I can't imagine not having some outdoor space (although you don't have to do what I did and buy a ramshackle old house just because it had a lovely garden).
As others have said re-sale will be really difficult without a garden.

I live in Scotland so whilst the garden is nice for bbqs etc we don’t actually get the opportunity that get out and sit

I live in Scotland too and sit out in my garden loads. It doesn't have to be scorching weather to sit out I'd never go back to living somewhere with no garden

@FlamingoAndJohn - interesting never seen housing like that.

I've seen the through terraces with small yard with alley at back or just alley way described as back to backs.