were putting our house on the market soon, we have two fish ponds in the back garden one is quite large 10ft x 6ft x 3ft deep and is home to ghost Koi,the other is a lot smaller and just has goldfish, do you think this will put prospective buyers off, if so what is the solution apart from filling them in

Perhaps it would put someone off, especially if they had kids. You could always cover them with a metal grid and you could still see the fish through them.

Definitely wouldn't put me off - but I'm not a typical buyer - no kids.
Depends what your target audience is really I guess!

it would me only because ive got 3 young children and also my friends grandson drowned last year in one.I wouldnt do anything to it just yet and when showing anyone around mention that it can be filled and you would be prepared to do it,after all some people do like ponds.good luck!

no i fink it wud luk nyc x

Wow! What an asset!!! Play it up- not fill it up! I think that could be a major asset! How fun to have such a feature in your backyard! Maybe some people with small children wouldn't like it, but what about all the people that would?! I think describe it as a huge asset and raise the price of your home!

You know, it depends on people. However, ponds are very popular right now, so it may be a turn on to people. If you have enough plants surrounding them, they will not have that much to do with them, unless you fed your Koi and goldfish something special, since the plants should be producing enough to feed them. I think people will ask how hard it is to take care of them, and just get telling them, the plants are the most important part. Again, right now, ponds are very very popular. So it could towards your favor.

Just so you know people who are saying the small kids thing...do you see TallPaul, bought the house anyway? And you can't tell me, if you really liked it, you couldn't put a nice rod iron fence or something around it. Does a swimming pool stop a family with kids from buying a home ? NO! Most of the time it is a turn on. So I would play it up as much as possible. Again, they are very popular right now.

If you're really worried about it, you can say in the descrpition that it is ideal for a small fish farm or Koi. People are always looking for morgage helpers and maybe farm tax rates, they save a great deal of money. hope this helps =)

at the end of the day its a hole some do some don't.You may have just spent £10,000 on a new kitchen but when Mrs Jones moves in 6 weeks later she may have it changed because she don't like the handles don't worry

Not at all, I think ponds should attract buyers.