Around 70% of Britons buying UK residential property cites a garden as a major factor in their decision in buying a home, says Savills.

Large gardens are the most popular but small plots also attract interest from buyers, particularly singles and first-time buyers.

Lucian Cook, a director in Savills’ research department, said: “We looked at about 450 occupiers across England and Wales. We asked them to rank the attributes of their home or potential home, and about 70% of respondents considered their garden as either important or very important in the context of home ownership.”
Cook also added that families and working-age couples both cited size as a distinct drawback to notoriously compact new-build properties in the UK property market.