Is a 3,000 sqm plot sensible?

So I would say: always bring on the square meters. The entire area doesn’t have to be in great condition by any means. I would plant trees all around as visual and sound protection – or better yet, there are already mature trees growing on it. It’s enough to really keep just a fraction of the area well-maintained.

Of course, it all depends on the surroundings. I would like that. But here, 12 houses are going to be built on such an area.

Thank you very much for your quick responses!

So far, it sounds more like my husband sees all this more realistically than I do...

At the moment I am not working, but whether and for how long that will remain so is not yet foreseeable. My husband works full-time and I could take care of the garden. But I will certainly need his help from time to time – especially with bigger projects and necessary tasks. Suburban chic is not really my thing anyway.

Yes, it is a building plot and partially developed. It’s not so concrete yet that we have to decide tomorrow. I just wanted to hear some opinions and experiences here and see if it would even be doable, as I imagine/dream it.

Knallkörper, you are right: once you have the plot, you have no choice anymore. Then you have to get through it... ;)

86bibo, thank you very much for your detailed answer.

You have already made me think a lot. Before, I had hoped that my husband sees it too pessimistically...

Elina & sirhc, thank you very much for your positive comments :)

My wife also always thinks that everything will do itself and somehow work out. But as soon as we start doing something in the garden, after 5 minutes it's "back pain." In 4 weeks, we haven't even roughly raked through 300 sqm of flat ground (distributed with a mini excavator) so that we can sow grass. But she wants so many great and playful things and this and that. But even 350 sqm of garden is already 1-2 hours of work every day in the height of summer (watering). 2700 sqm (300 sqm for the house, driveway, garage, etc.) is another matter. You definitely need a ride-on mower or a very good robotic mower (expensive for such an area). I come from the countryside; we had such a property. My parents both wanted the gardening work; both spent every evening after work and the whole weekend doing something in the garden. If you're not already a full garden enthusiast now, such a garden will become a fiasco. And if I already hear that the husband sees it more realistically, he'll end up stuck with the work, and a divorce will happen someday because he can't handle it anymore. 3000 sqm is of course doable if you leave most of it to take care of itself. But that only works if you don't have neighbors nearby who are bothered by it. Otherwise, the public order office will gladly come by :) (at the old apartment, the neighbor got visits from them every year and was ordered to have a landscape gardener fix everything properly).

I would plant trees all around as visual and sound protection – or even better, there are already fully grown trees there.

However, the trees also need to be maintained and eventually felled. In autumn, you’ll have 20 cm of leaves lying in the garden if the trees are really big. And: More bushes and trees also mean that mowing the lawn is significantly more time-consuming. Half a day per week is quite realistic – but then you obviously can’t expect perfectly sharp lawn edges. Overall, it’s true that a lot depends on how "well maintained" you want the property to be. Of course, you don’t have to mow the lawn – but then next year you’ll have a dense thicket and two years later a 3,000 m² wild hedge that can only be restored with heavy machinery. One thing I would always keep in mind: Nature quickly takes back the area if you do nothing. During the growing season, you’d be surprised how much a garden can change if you’re on vacation for just 2 weeks.

Sheep are not a solution if you want to have trees. The trees won’t survive that for long.

I am not really a fan of such large areas. What if you lack the energy when you get older? Of course, you also have more time, but you still have to bend, stretch, etc., for example to harvest...

My family also lives on a huge plot right by the forest, and there used to be a football field with 2 goals there. Maybe an idea for you too ;)
Are smaller plots also available in that development area? How much does the sqm cost?