Yahoo Finance 9 houses with great-looking gardens
Can it really be a year since the last RHS Chelsea Flower Show? Even if all those perfectly manicured plots highlight the shortcomings of your own garden, you can take comfort in the fact that it’s a valuable asset and could help your home to sell. "Green space continues to be highly sought-after, with searches for homes with gardens seeing almost a 50% increase year-on-year nationally," says Jason Tebb, president of Onthemarket. "Contrary to recent research outlining how bad weather affects the housing market, it appears that the rain isn’t impacting the demand for gardens." Check out these houses for sale if inspiring outside space tops your property wish list.
1. Lasswade, Midlothian, offers over £390,000
The front garden of this detached villa, situated on a small development, gets full marks for kerb appeal. Inside it’s similarly well-presented, including four bedrooms, a family room, study, a Shaker-style kitchen/breakfast room and a large living/dining room with a log burner. Double doors open out onto the patio of a well-stocked, child-friendly garden with several seating areas that catch the sun throughout the day. Available from Warners via ESPC
2. Pheasant Cottage, Marlborough, Wiltshire, £795,000
A grade II listed chocolate box cottage in an area of outstanding natural beauty. Refurbished by the current owner, it has a new kitchen, a breakfast room, a sitting room with an inglenook fireplace and wood burner, a snug, three bedrooms, two first floor bathroom and plenty of exposed beams. There’s a pretty courtyard garden at the front and the west-facing back garden is reached via an arched iron gate. The mature borders are filled with flowers, and stepping stones lead to recently-renovated office that could be used as a fourth bedroom. Through Winkworth.
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3. Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, £850,000
With a spacious all-in-one kitchen/living/dining area fitted with two sets of wide bifold doors and a first floor Juliet balcony, this contemporary four-bedroom house makes the most of its lush landscaped garden. This contains shrub borders, shingled pathways, a raised patio and seating areas, beds, water features and a garden room, and the property comes with four acres of paddocks and equestrian facilities. Contact Cheffins.
4. Capel Dewi Uchaf, Carmarthen, £950,000
This Grade II listed, 17th century farmhouse has been sympathetically updated and is full of charm. It’s spread over four levels and has five bedrooms, three reception rooms and three bathrooms. The well-maintained grounds run down to the banks of the river Towy and include six across of paddocks, a vegetable garden, a summerhouse and lawns looking out over the surrounding woodland. Via Country Living Group.
5. Bristol, £1.25m
Stepping into the walled garden of this six-bedroom Georgian house is like going back in time, as it’s based on an original 18th century design. Flagstone paths are lined with fragrant blooms and meticulously trimmed hedges and the lawn’s ideal for hosting summer parties or soirees. The Grade II listed house, owned by the same family for over 120 years, has been tastefully restored and retains original features such as sash windows, shutters, fireplaces and floor tiles. Find out more from Fine & Country.
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6. Tring, Aldbury, Hertfordshire. £1.35m
There’s no time to waste if you don’t want to miss out on this 17th Century Grade II listed cottage as, along with 7,000+ other homes nationwide, it’s taking part in the UK’s largest open house event on May 11th and likely to attract the interest of more potential buyers than usual. Fully restored and extended, it’s packed with character and includes four bedrooms, a handmade farmhouse kitchen, fireplaces in the living and dining rooms, and a secluded landscaped garden with views of the National Trust’s Ashridge Estate. Through Brown & Merry.
7. Leigh Barton, Churchstow, Kingsbridge, Devon, £2m
900 years of history are contained within this small estate, consisting of a Grade I listed four-bedroom house and attached 15th century buildings, a pair of two-bedroom holiday cottages, a gatehouse, a glasshouse and outbuildings. It was once within the grounds of an abbey and the three acre garden incorporates plants cultivated before the dissolution the monasteries, raised beds and a lake. Get in touch with Marchand Petit.
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8. Moor Hatches, West Amesbury, Wiltshire, £4.5m
Eight-time Chelsea Flower Show gold medallist Tom Stuart-Smith designed the extensive garden of this seven-bedroom country house, originally a separate farmhouse and chapel. The garden is in three distinct and equally gorgeous sections: a formal courtyard area in front of the house that’s a sea of tulips in the spring, a two-tier walled garden and an open lawn and wildflower meadow stretching down to ponds and the River Avon. From Strutt & Parker.
9. Bath, Avon, £4.895m
Bath is renowned for its classic Georgian architecture and, according to the selling agent, this is one of the city’s finest examples of a complete Grade I listed townhouse. Behind the classic façade, 6,000 square feet of accommodation is arranged over four floors, with four bedrooms, a library, dining room, drawing room, gym and cinema. The delightful landscaped garden is from the lower ground floor main kitchen and a second, garden kitchen in the basement. Via Savills.
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