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Would You Buy A 4 Bed House With A Tiny Garden
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literally 2m x 3m
We want to buy our first house.. its the only one we can afford.. its a dooer upper.. so we would like to make some money on it eventually.. but the tiny garden is the only downside..
Any thoughts would be very gratefully received (its three bed atm.. but we were going to convert the loft...)
We want to buy our first house.. its the only one we can afford.. its a dooer upper.. so we would like to make some money on it eventually.. but the tiny garden is the only downside..
Any thoughts would be very gratefully received (its three bed atm.. but we were going to convert the loft...)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.What town is it near? What rail links are there? Converting the loft is well worthwhile. I had a house in Fulham which I did that to, and that increased the appeal and price far more than the cost of it. Mind, around there the buyers wanted the loft for the au pair ! Yours may be the same; young professionals with small children aren't fussed by the size of a garden, and that one had only a postage stamp walled yard, so long as they've got the bedrooms. With four bedrooms they'll probably use one as an office, doubling as a bedroom occasionally, one for the au pair, one for themselves, and one for the child/ren.
I wouldn't want such a tiny garden - we're busy career people but I still love my outside space, even though most of it's down to paving and gravel for low maintenance. The size of outside space you mention is more like what's attached to a basement flat. That's not a garden, it's a storage area :-(
elvis, if you have a big area and don't like gardening you have to do something to keep it tidy, even a lawn needs mowing and paving or hard landscaping is expensive and likely to be off putting to people who do want a large garden and will be put off by a paved over one. All in all, the OP's house is not going to be the most valuable one in the street but, depending on what they pay for it and how they do it up, it does have potential to sell, especially if its in a good school catchment area.
There are areas where you can sell a 3 or 4 bedroom house with a small garden. If it is close to a college it would appeal to student sharers. If it is near a railway station with a fast service to London it would appeal to young professionals. People will sacrifice a garden in exchange for being in the heart of a thriving city. It sounds like none of these apply in your case. That is why it is affordable. You will only be able to sell it on if you ask significantly less than the typical price for a 3 or 4 bedroom house in the area. There isn't much point in expanding the interior.
No, not in a million years. The size of the house is out of proportion to the size of the garden. A 4-bed house is a family house and is most likely to be sold to one but not necessarily so of course. But you are losing at least half your target market in my opinion because of the garden size as many people who are looking for a 4 bedder won't bother viewing when they see it has such a small garden. If it's in a University city you might get parents buying it for their student child and his/her mates. Of course if it's in Mayfair or Knightsbridge then things could be very different.
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