Now that spring has sprung and the days are growing longer, many of us want to spend more time outdoors.
But for lots of people, spending enough quality time outside is proving particularly difficult in the current lockdown period.
So it’s perhaps not surprising that searches by renters looking for a garden are the highest they’ve been this year – and are now almost double the level compared to the first week of lockdown.
That’s because many renters don’t have direct access to a garden, or even their own private balcony, and so are restricted to just one form of outdoor exercise a day, as permitted by the government.
Over the longer-term, rental searches for gardens are now 16% higher compared to the average seen in January and February, and are also up 26% on the same week last year.
Will I have to relocate to find a garden?
Having a garden is often a rarity for many rental properties in larger cities, and so it may be that during lockdown people are rethinking their needs and location and are searching for some outdoor space and tranquillity.
That allure may draw them further away from where they have habitually lived and travelled to work from, however.
Original source: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/news/articles/property-news/rental-searches-for-homes-with-gardens-hit-record-high-for-the-year/