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garden and house valuation
I put garden first in the subject as I am wondering if the garden plays much
of a part when a house is being valued, any one know ? kate Gloucestershire |
garden and house valuation
"Kate Morgan" wrote in message et... I put garden first in the subject as I am wondering if the garden plays much of a part when a house is being valued, any one know ? kate Gloucestershire I would of thought it would , but only on its size 3 acres worth more than a back yard |
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"Kate Morgan" wrote in message et... I put garden first in the subject as I am wondering if the garden plays much of a part when a house is being valued, any one know ? kate Gloucestershire depends where you are, the current housing climate and local planning. At the moment many planning authorities are in favour of wild life more than new properties being constructed....................unless it is well worth (large BE's) their time. |
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Kate Morgan writes
I put garden first in the subject as I am wondering if the garden plays much of a part when a house is being valued, any one know ? My experience is that it pays a small part, but in a non-gardening sense - ie tidy is good, colourful is good, but the identity of the plants is irrelevant. Size is either a plus or a minus, and may be seen as "difficult to maintain but gives room to extend the house". If you have got a garden which is valuable to a gardener, you'll have to write the description yourself and not leave it to the estate agent. I suspect that it is one of these things that won't increase the value, but will make the house easier to sell to the right person. -- Kay |
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"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
et... I put garden first in the subject as I am wondering if the garden plays much of a part when a house is being valued, any one know ? kate Gloucestershire It is all about kerb appeal these days, a nice neat front garden will help to get the punters in and maybe achieve somewhere near the asking price. Back gardens will depend on the buyers needs, do they have kids or pets or an interest in gardening etc ? -- MSN WebCam http://nitromax.ww.com Location Telford, Shropshire Thou shalt not bear false witness |
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On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 09:26:33 +0100, "Kate Morgan"
wrote: I put garden first in the subject as I am wondering if the garden plays much of a part when a house is being valued, any one know ? kate Gloucestershire EA and valuers have to look at recent sales - it's probably about the size as the quality - until it comes to actaully getting a sale and then it's about how it suits the buyers. If you've got a family garden on a family house then that's great but not a tiny paved place with 5 bedrooms. -- http://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk |
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On Aug 9, 9:26*am, "Kate Morgan" wrote:
I put garden first in the subject as I am wondering if the garden plays much of a part when a house is being valued, any one know ? kate Gloucestershire Yes, it does Kate, we had about one third of an acre at our last house it was well kept and interesting with a veggie patch and a line of fruit trees. We had created two patios to the rear and erected a gazebo through which roses and Charlie's clematis, Gillian Baldes twinted their way through. The three estate agents all said that this particular area at the rear added the wow appeal and that added to the value of the house. Judith |
garden and house valuation
"Kate Morgan" wrote I put garden first in the subject as I am wondering if the garden plays much of a part when a house is being valued, any one know ? I would think a pretty garden would increase the value of a house over just a back yard but at a certain size it becomes too large for almost zero maintenance (which everyone seems to want these days) and the value goes down. A real gardener will want a largish garden and relish the maintenance. However, as no two gardeners are alike a new owner would want to stamp their own ideas on the space anyway, the plants and planting would probably be irrelevant. In my own case with half the small garden under water I would think that would detract from the value for most people. On a similar topic, if I travel on a train it amazes me how many largish back gardens are wilderness and dumping grounds. Why buy a house with a decent sized garden if you're a lazy sod? -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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Bob Hobden writes
On a similar topic, if I travel on a train it amazes me how many largish back gardens are wilderness and dumping grounds. Why buy a house with a decent sized garden if you're a lazy sod? Because you can never get everything you want. So if the house is the right size, it's on a quiet road, near to good schools, it's got its garage and parking for 3 cars, its en-suite bathroom, house bathroom and downstairs toilet, and everything else on the wish list, you'll put up with the fact that it's got a "difficult to maintain" garden. -- Kay |
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Charlie Pridham writes
But there must be people like me who just wanted a big garden to garden it! 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 |
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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 |
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Janet writes
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.... That seems to answer the question about how the garden is valued ... -- Kay |
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On Aug 9, 5:14*pm, K wrote:
Charlie Pridham writes But there must be people like me who just wanted a big garden to garden it! * 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 Your garden is lovely Kay and very interesting, in this case size does not make a difference :-) Judith |
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"Judith in France" wrote in message ... On Aug 9, 5:14 pm, K wrote: Charlie Pridham writes But there must be people like me who just wanted a big garden to garden it! 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 Your garden is lovely Kay and very interesting, in this case size does not make a difference :-) Do you have any pictures of your garden Kay , Just a nosey soing so ! :) |
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Judith in France writes
Your garden is lovely Kay and very interesting, in this case size does not make a difference :-) Thank you :-) But possibly size *does* make a difference - if it were larger, it might be a complete jungle! ;-) -- Kay |
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On 10/8/08 08:38, in article ,
"AriesVal" wrote: On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:30:16 +0100, AriesVal wrote: On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:03:28 +0100, Tony D wrote: Your garden is lovely Kay and very interesting, in this case size does not make a difference :-) Do you have any pictures of your garden Kay , Just a nosey soing so ! :) I would love to see Kay's garden too if she has any pics of course :) If anyone is interested here are some of mine taken last year between June and October http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/valeri...uneInOurGarden http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/valerie.copeland/July http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/valeri...ursInOurGarden It looks lovely, Val and full of colour with something going on all the time. AND you're growing a Cotoneaster as a standard, something I want to do here. There's a well-established one at Dartington roundabout (Shinner's Bridge) not far from here and it looks wonderful with all the berries against its dark foliage. It's only about 4' tall but standing alone on a grass verge it's a really lovely focal point in a smallish area. Which one are you growing? And have you been washed away yet? We went to friends in Salcombe yesterday to watch the Red Arrows and they did one diamond formation fly past and that was it - disappointing for everyone, including them! What absolutely appalling weather - I don't think I remember a summer this bad, especially not in August! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On 10/8/08 16:46, in article ,
"AriesVal" wrote: On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:31:43 +0100, Sacha wrote: If anyone is interested here are some of mine taken last year between June and October http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/valeri...uneInOurGarden http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/valerie.copeland/July http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/valeri...ursInOurGarden It looks lovely, Val and full of colour with something going on all the time. AND you're growing a Cotoneaster as a standard, something I want to do here. There's a well-established one at Dartington roundabout (Shinner's Bridge) not far from here and it looks wonderful with all the berries against its dark foliage. It's only about 4' tall but standing alone on a grass verge it's a really lovely focal point in a smallish area. Which one are you growing? Cotoneaster frigidus Cornubia :) It will be ironic if that's one we haven't got!! But the frigidus bit sounds about right just now. And have you been washed away yet? We went to friends in Salcombe yesterday to watch the Red Arrows and they did one diamond formation fly past and that was it - disappointing for everyone, including them! What absolutely appalling weather - I don't think I remember a summer this bad, especially not in August! How disappointing the weather was bad for the Red Arrows fly past - it was the same here yesterday, rain, rain, and more rain :( I thought last Summer was bad enough but this year has topped that! Not much comfort to be setting a record, eh? ;-(( -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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Many thanks for the comments and interest, I took a walk about the place
last evening and decided that I would keep it half tidy and not worry about it all, too many other things to worry about selling houses isnt there , thanks again kate gloucestershire |
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In article , AriesVal
writes On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:03:28 +0100, Tony D wrote: Your garden is lovely Kay and very interesting, in this case size does not make a difference :-) Do you have any pictures of your garden Kay , Just a nosey soing so ! :) I would love to see Kay's garden too if she has any pics of course :) She used to have a very good web site for the garden alongside Edward's worm site . I am fairly sure it was on the webring Janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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Janet Tweedy writes
In article , AriesVal writes On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:03:28 +0100, Tony D wrote: Your garden is lovely Kay and very interesting, in this case size does not make a difference :-) Do you have any pictures of your garden Kay , Just a nosey soing so ! :) I would love to see Kay's garden too if she has any pics of course :) She used to have a very good web site for the garden alongside Edward's worm site . I am fairly sure it was on the webring No, we've taken it down. It was beginning to look a bit dated. I don't know if Edward has still got his worm site up. -- Kay |
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AriesVal writes
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:26:31 +0100, K wrote: She used to have a very good web site for the garden alongside Edward's worm site . I am fairly sure it was on the webring No, we've taken it down. It was beginning to look a bit dated. I don't know if Edward has still got his worm site up. Oh :( If you're interested, email me and I'll send a few pics. -- Kay |
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In article , AriesVal
writes Do you have a link for that Janet ? Looking up with Google the ring still exists and the list of gardens on the UKRec gardening ring is http://www.pavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/...=urgring;sitei d=homepage -- Janet Hedgerows & lawns http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk/plants |
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On Aug 14, 7:56*pm, Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article , AriesVal writes Do you have a link for that Janet ? Looking up with Google the ring still exists and the list of gardens on the UKRec gardening ring ishttp://www.pavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/ringlink/list.pl?ringid=urgring;s... d=homepage -- Janet Hedgerows & lawnshttp://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk/plants Gosh that has evoked many happy memories of people and places, a few no longer post, I wonder what happened to them, they are missed, not least by me. Judith |
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In article
, Judith in France writes Gosh that has evoked many happy memories of people and places, a few no longer post, I wonder what happened to them, they are missed, not least by me. Judith I hear from Jill Bell and we all benefit from Kay's wisdom on here. We had such a good time at Jill's Meet and exchanged a load of plants etc. -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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