It’s really a horses for courses matter in my view, the fact that you have two wildly differing views in your own marraige would show that. Some people couldn’t live without a decent sized garden (myself included) whereas others couldn’t give a fiddlers about the outside space as they spend their time inside only. As per the previous poster take your time and discuss throughly with your wife. You have a 1700sq ft house in south dublin I wouldn’t be worrying over % if potential profit in a random number of years and just settle on what will suit your family going forward most.
1 - what is the value of the garden v extension in Dublin come resale in 10 years? what % of purchasers would be put off by such a small garden?
2 - what do you think is the average ratio of garden sq footage to ground floor house sq footage in Dublin? obviously older houses have much bigger gardens than new builds
3 - we have 3 multi stemmed west Himalayan silver birch trees against back wall and new proposed extension would be about 3-4m away - would this have any impact on the extension - could the tree roots cause issues?
I forgot to say my garden is east facing too, so limited use
1,700 square foot for 2 adults + 2 children is more than enough....I would get a good architect and see what you can do with your existing footprint. That way the whole house could be brought up to a high / new standard rather than the "new" extension (glass box) and the "old" rest-of-the-house which so many people end up with....
For what it's worth, a decent garden was probably our 2nd most important factor after the location itself, so I would be slow to end up with something too small....
Would you consider moving house?
Not sure if it's forever home, id be fine it if was but there's the possibility of moving in 10 years time so my wife wants to know:
I personally think it's our forever home but my wife would prefer the OPTION of possibly selling in 10 years.
Well I suppose, in a way, you have answered your own question there.Don’t want to move house now as I love my home, just want second living room
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