Size of the building plot

Hello dear community :)

My girlfriend and I have the following problem:

We are currently looking for a building plot for a single-family house.
We have found a plot where actually everything (location, orientation, infrastructure, etc.) fits. The only point we are unsure about: the size of 1,090m2.

We are wondering whether the plot might be too large for us in terms of maintenance effort. Neither of us has any experience with garden or property maintenance except for various plants on the large balcony :)

It should be possible to create a relatively low-maintenance garden even on such a large plot, right? For example, mostly laying lawn areas. It is clear that mowing 500m2 of lawn takes longer than 300m2.

Did you have similar concerns when buying your plot?

Who can give me tips, ideas, or opinions?

Thank you.

Best regards

Chris

We have a similar "problem". Due to a lack of alternatives (none at all!!), we have now set our sights on a plot of land of almost 2500 sqm. However, this could be an advantage for us, as we might plan a ground source heat pump with trench collectors for heating. Drilling is not permitted. The plan is to create a lot of lawn area. I'm not really into gardening.

Get yourselves some sheep, they will mow your lawn ;)

We have a similar "problem". Due to lack of alternatives (none at all!!) we have now set our sights on a plot of just under 2500 sqm. However, this could definitely become an advantage for us, as we might plan to use a geothermal heat pump with trench collectors for heating. Drilling is not permitted.

The plan is to create a lot of lawn area. I'm not really into gardening.

Hi,

of course such a plot also has advantages. But you don't want to bind yourself to endless gardening work by buying the plot.

I don't mind mowing the lawn once a week and doing a bit of work in the flower bed, but I do want some free time after work :)

Who here has a similarly large plot and can tell me how much work the garden usually requires on a daily basis?

Thanks and regards

Get yourselves some sheep, they will mow your lawn for you ;)

I wouldn't buy sheep; shearing them can be very time-consuming. I would rather put a horse in the garden. :D

We both have no experience with garden or property maintenance apart from that

You always grow with your tasks :)

It should be possible to create a relatively low-maintenance garden even on such a large property, right? For example, mostly laying down lawn areas.

It’s clear that it takes longer to mow 500m2 of lawn than 300m2.

The plan is to create a lot of lawn area. I’m not really keen on gardening work.

*ahem* You might not believe it, but lawn is not low-maintenance. It has to be mowed at regular times (not the weddings) about twice a week. If it gets too tall, then you’ll have to go over it twice in a row with the mower because the mower can’t handle the blade past a certain length. Then the grass needs to be raked together, unless you’re mulching. You should also scarify twice a year. Then fertilizing now and then – not to mention the watering.

If you plant bushes, shrubs or trees, you’ll hardly have any work with them: the roots usually go so deep into the soil that hardly any watering is needed. I don’t want to start talking about garden design, but plants serve, among other things, as visual and wind protection: they are not meant to create work. Surely there are shrubs you have to or can prune back, but that’s usually done in one day per year. One or two flowerbeds by the terrace can be covered with foil (or bark mulch) at the beginning so that no weeds grow. After two years, when everything is grown over, no weeds will grow anymore.

Towards the back you can let it be a bit wilder anyway: two trees that give structure and whose leaves don’t have to be collected. Weeds usually don’t bother here as well. Personally, I wouldn’t mind sowing a sunflower field every year :) You want to have something pleasing to the eye in the garden as well.

Not to forget the value of a house: a used property is usually bought because of the established garden and/or mature plants.

Therefore, in your place – when the time comes – I would simply consult a gardening expert. They know which plants are low-maintenance and with which you’ll have the least (i.e. no) work. The pleasure will come eventually and also the willingness to happily rake through the beds. And if the lawn still has to be maintained by you, then there’s the dream of men: the ride-on lawn mower :)