Do you have a fenced in backyard?

gracendantho26

I am always surprised when I see a House Hunters where the backyard is not fenced in. If it's not fenced in then I guess then you can't really send your kids out to play without you being out there with them? Or am I missing something?

Jodi&Joe

Nope, you aren't missing anything.

Some people still won't send their kids out to play in the backyard --- even if it is fenced in.  I'm not one of those people! 

snickerdoodle27

We do but my daycare doesn't. Her kids are older, so she let's them outside to ride their bikes on the sidewalk or play in the yard. But she's always out if the younger ones are out there.

vtgirl

No but we live on the end of a private drive with about 2 acres of cleared land surrounded by forest, so the kids are free to run around. It's very private up here.

KrisBriMcBunny

when my older kids were little the yard was not fenced in....by the time they were 4 yrs old they knew where they could go and not go....I could see them from the kitchen window but 90% of the time I was outside with them until they were about 5-6 yrs old.

However my house is now fully fenced in both front and back yard and I will not let Michelle out by herself and dont know when I will let her out by herself.

KoriBrett

My yard is partially fenced.

A fence can easily be installed later, I don't see the big deal about buying a house with/without one.  Def. wouldn't be a deal breaker for me.  Then again DH & I are weird & like doing home improvement type stuff... 

Mominator

Our yard is fenced in. Growing up though our yard wasn't and my Mom always sent us out to play. There were tons of kids in my neighborhood and we always floated from yard to yard.

AngelaSue

We just moved and we have a good portion of our backyard is fenced in. Our old house we didn't have a fence in the backyard, but the kids were never allowed to play outside unless one of us was with them.

gracendantho26

I don't think it's "weird" to buy a house without a fence but many times the realtor will say that they are not allowed to put a fence up.

Maybe it's a California house thing, unless you have several acres, you probably have fence.

gracendantho26

We used to just cruise around the neighborhood with our friednds too when we were younger but I can't see doing that now until they are quite a bit older.

shopgirl78

Yes.   Although 97% of the time I am in the backyard with the kids.  N is still little

KoriBrett

My guess is that it's a neighborhood association thing, then, if people aren't allowed to.  I know here you have to get a permit to do it, but rarely would it be denied, whether in the city, the burbs, or bfe. 

I just meant DH & I are weird for liking home improvement projects.  lol

gracendantho26

We love home improvement projects too that's not weird to me at all. My husband and our neighbor put up an awesome custom fence along the whole back perimeter of our house. Plus our house was a huge shithole when we bought it...the amount of landspcaping and house help it needed was crazy. It still needs help...like more than one bathroom.

butterbeansmama

That was actually the very first thing that we got rid of when we moved into this house. We live an acre off a dirt road in the country. We have another acre behind us and we do have neighbors. We have a dog that stays in our yard only and our son stays in our yard as well. There is no reason for him to roam. All his toys are here, why would he go anywhere else. I do not let him out by himself (he is only 2), but next year maybe. There is too much to get into in the garage to let him outside himself anyway. A fence would not fix that problem.

Yodajo

Our yard isn't fenced.  We do have an inground pool that is cmpletely fenced in though.   The neighborhood we live in doesn't allow them.  Most of the lots are bigger and I think that they feel fenced in yards take away from the "country" feel of neighborhood.

 I'm not sure at what age I'd let DS be outside w/o one of out there with him. 

Isabella T.

Our back yard is fenced in but DD is still too young to go out there and play by herself. Plus, we'll have to keep a close eye on her (when she is able to go out) so that she doesn't fall into the fountain.

My Mom's yard is not fenced in but she has a huge screened in patio area. Still, when DD goes out there, Mom is with her.

ccm1203

No we don't have a fenced in yard.  We live half a mile up a private drive and have 10+ acres.

tammy79

We live on one acre, when we first moved in we did not have a fence, once we had DS and he started walking we fenced the yard, it was so expensive.?

WhiteOrchid.

Our backyard is huge and fully fenced in. Thankfully it was that way when we bought it. At the time we mainly needed it fenced for the dogs, but it's nice to have it up now for the girls. DD #1 is 3 years old now and I'll let her into the backyard with the dogs to play.If she gets out of my eyesight I go retrieve her. I'm sure it will be even more useful as she gets older.

UGAbride

We have a fenced-in yard, and it saves my sanity for sure!  Even though I am ALWAYS out there when DS is, it just means he doesn't wander/roam...and I can relax a bit and sit down with the baby.  We also have two large dogs, so that's the reason we installed the fence literally the day we moved in.  We have a 5 ft privacy fence around our acre backyard, so it was hella expensive.  Privacy fences are no longer approved in our neighborhood, so I'm glad we got it in before they decided that (so we don't have to worry about kids putting their hands through the fence and potential situations with the dogs).

Angela814

We have a fenced in backyard, but the fence is actually not allowed in our subdivision.  The previous owner put it up without permission.

I grew up without a fenced in yard, and we were always outside playing by ourselves.  Maybe times were just different then or it was because we lived in the country.  More likely since I actually remember it, I was old enough that my mom didn't have to worry.  Or else she could see us from the house.