Extension - smaller garden, will it affect the price of the property in the future?

[pasok1000]

If we build an extension, there would be 14 metres long garden left, 9 metres wide. Would extension still add value, despite decreasing the size of the garden? we are in London. Thank you/.

How long is the extension?

6 metres long

That is still quite a sizeable garden, especially for London.
Completely by the way I was looking at a new build online recently, and, as usual, space was at a premium. The garden (for a 4 bed) was a small terrace, a strip of grass and a tall fence, giving about 4 metres depth of garden. Your garden sounds like rolling acres in comparison!

Thank you. It is just at the bottom of the garden there is outbuilding, so it seems that the garden is getting smaller in my eyes...

How many bedrooms will the house have? What size family would you expect to buy the house once you are done with it?

We have had two houses with large gardens. Whilst great for kids to play in, I have found that we have spent more time gardening than enjoying. In our next house we would like some grass, but a much more manageable sized garden with enough space to dry washing and to let us enjoy a sunny day/evening.

Especially if you have a park nearby, I think that you will get a lot more living out of the extension than you would out of the extra garden. I would go for it.

OP it depends not just on the size of the garden in absolute terms (14m x 9m), but the size of the house. The garden needs to be in proportion to the house, and vice versa. You absolutely can overextend a house so that it's too big for it's plot which can detract from the price.

It's really hard for randomers on a thread to comment on this - there are quite a few variables. But ask yourself, if (after the extension was built) you were looking to buy in your road, would you consider the garden too small for the house??

so currently 20m x 9m with a garden building at the bottom (how deep is it - so how much usable space do you have left?).

And reducing to 14m x 9m minus the garden building.

A 6m extension is pretty big, if the garden building is anything more than a small 6x4 foot shed then I think the garden would feel small in relation to the (presumably) kitchen extension. You might have a room that is bigger than the garden. That feels wrong to me, but it is a personal decision.

You could remove the garden building to balance things up again.

You're in London, there's no way the smaller garden will significantly impact the price, if at all. There are garden designs that can make it look bigger than it is if you're still concerned about it but the 'wow' factor of the house with extension will easily make up for a smaller garden

That’s a really good sized London garden for a normal house. Is it a terrace or semi? It seems plenty big enough even after extension. Unless you have a big detached house and then people might expect a larger garden.

You haven’t said how large the outbuilding is because this will affect the amount of usable garden space. Have you thought about how to design the garden after you have built the extension? Where is the patio going to be, how much garden space is going to be left once this is being accounted for etc..
how would the house compare to similar ones in the area, have many done extensions? 6m is very big, have you considered slightly less in order not to compromise the garden too much?

We probably lost 25% of our garden to add an extra 50% to our floor area (over 2 floors) and it increased the value of our house by roughly twice what it cost to build. So a no brainer for us. Most houses in our city have tiny yard gardens though so ours is still big in comparison.

Best thing we did was get some string and peg out the extension. You don't need pegs, just something that allows you to see the string, a rock can hold down a corner, or a willing child

It meant I could then measure in 85cm from the end of the extension as this would roughly be your view out of your kitchen window taking into account kitchen units and roughly the depth of a wall.

Then you can see what garden remains. I think with gardens how it is designed afterwards is the best selling point. If it is a family home then it is best if there is a play area and somewhere to sit out.

I would ask a local Estate Agent if you are worried about it. They will know what makes a difference and what is in demand in your area.

Unless you’re talking large detached, it sounds fine for London,
It’s seriously over-extending for the size of the plot that’s a problem. A house not a million miles from us was like this - the garden was very small to start with, so what was left was basically just a large patio for what had become a 6 bed house.
It took 3 years, and several reductions (from an admittedly over optimistic price) for it to sell.

Overextending will make it hard to sell. Especially now, I think people will be looking for better gardens.