The end of the private back garden? AIBU to think this is a crap idea?

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www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/architects-hope-to-tear-down-garden-fences-of-englands-future-homes/ar-BB18huJd

Reported in the Guardian this morning. The shortlist of developers drawn up to attempt solve our housing crisis by new design
includes the idea of communal back gardens that have to be booked in advance to use privately!

Oh yes I can see that going down really well on Mumsnet future AIBU

"My next door neighbour overstayed their time"
"I hate sharing and want peace and quiet"
"Cynthia has just repotted all my begonias"
"Can I put a swing up in the communal garden, the neighbours are complaining"

AIBU to think that this is just a really crap idea?

Hmmm … social engineering by architects? Can't see this ending well. But let's spaff a few million on it anyway.

And yet lots of blocks of flats have communal gardens without their residents flooding FB with complaints.

There are a few places around here that have private patios and then a communal garden beyond. They have about it because the kids can all play together safely in a space big enough for ball games and chasing games.

Sorry "rave" about it, not "have" about it.

@Localocal but again this is not what is being suggested

They rave about it because the kids can all play together safely in a space big enough for ball games and chasing games

A courtyard garden is hardly likely to be big enough for ball games . And no , no private space not even a patio. That is the point.

What an appalling idea.

There's no way I would be happy sharing the garden with my next door neighbours kids who seem to scream and cry all the time.

Although, if you have to book to use the garden I suppose we wouldn't be out there at the same time.

So on a lovely summer's day when I've booked the garden her children wouldn't be able to use it I assume. How bloody stupid.

So what would happen about all the children's swings and toys that they leave out all the time. Would they have to take them in so that other people could have the garden free of them.

Also I have a dog who loves to be out in the garden every day. And needs the garden to wee/poo in. Although, I clean it up immediately, I can't see my neighbours being happy with that, I wouldn't be if I had children.

The main reason I bought a house and not a flat was because I needed a closed in garden for the dog and I like the privacy that a fence allows.

I live in a new build estate and the front gardens are all open plan. Some people have put fences up or high hedges but none of the children play in the front gardens. I imagine like me people like their private space.

Really can't see that catching on.

@Localocal

And yet lots of blocks of flats have communal gardens without their residents flooding FB with complaints.

There are a few places around here that have private patios and then a communal garden beyond. They have about it because the kids can all play together safely in a space big enough for ball games and chasing games.

That's not the suggestion here though. The proposal is for a small number (say 4) houses clustered around what is a normal sized garden, so no private space at all. Basically everyone's back door opening into the same "normal sized" garden. If the houses are orientated NSEW, you'll have direct views into each others rooms just maybe 20/30 feet away.

@MiniMum97

It's bad enough having neighbours. Fuck sharing my garden.

I would like to live next door to you - I think we would get on well . . .

( . . . my isolated home in the centre of at least an acre abutting your isolated home in the centre of at least an acre . . . )

We could raise a New Year's glass to one another from the front steps of our homes.