On Aug 9, 5:14*pm, K wrote:
Charlie Pridham writes
* We had a dreadful time trying to find a house with a garden that wasn't
so small as to be a joke. Our garden is small, but I lost count of the
number of houses recommended to us by estate agents as having a 'large'
garden which were no such thing. One was on a corner and had a
reasonable front garden (assuming you're not going to do anything in the
front) - but the back fence was almost within touching distance of the
back door! Another 'half acre' garden was about 30ft wide and 100 ft
long.
--
Kay

We had a struggle trying to get a large garden too! One agent sniffily
told me that "madam wants land, not a garden"
I have to say that at all the houses I looked at, I would gallop
through to view the garden before the house.
Yoiu can add rooms to a house, even knock it down and start again but
you can't get more land!
Strangely I have a recurring nightmare that I have bought a house but
when I look out of the window the first day the garden has either
dispaeared or isn't as big as I thought it was! I always wake up
stressed out
I know of houses that are now built around here where the house is
HUGE but the garden is minute yet the price is n o cheaper than the
lagrer houses with decent gardens....

Janet