How Much Land/Garden is Too Much?

MazyMo

I was speaking with a couple of auctioneers about rural houses, (not farms - no outbuildings etc).

I asked, if a rural house had too much land with it, would this make it difficult to sell. They seemed to think that if a rural house did have over a certain amount of land, then it might reduce the number of interested persons when it came to resale; - again, I'm not talking about farms.

One said if a house had over an acre then this might start to reduce the number of people who might be interested; though another auctioneer said it might be more like over 2 acres.

Anyone have any thoughts about this?

woolymammoth

2 acres, you're buying land there. the price goes up and if people don't need the extra land then they won't want it.

1/4 acres is plenty for a house and garden.

if a rural house does have over half a acre, or one acre, then its an asset of sorts. you could sell a plot of it at some stage to someone wanting to build a house.