The decline of wildlife is a problem, but all the time we build pokey little places with crap gardens, it's only going to get worse.
Yep!! new builds are terrible!!
We live in one of the cheapest areas in the country yet a new build with decent sized garden is over £400k
Most have gardens around 5m x 10m (some smaller) which after a patio doesn't leave much space for grass. Grass needs two important things. Sunlight and rain. You don't get much light on a newbuild due to the height of the house blocking it from the garden.
I'm not sure many on here realise this issue. If you are in an older house where the garden is quite large, you don't have this problem. No point having grass if it dies and turns to moss/sludge.
Yet, despite all this.......every newbuild around me is sold off plan.