Asking about your ideal house/land in a hypothetical situation, not what you currently have… but feel free to share both!
As both a city and country person, I personally like privacy, so would ideally have 50+ wooded acres and neighbors that aren’t visible but within a half mile or so.
I live on two acres in the suburbs of DC, 1/2 grass 1/2 woods. Neighbors have fences and trees to block the views to each other’s homes. The best part of living here is that I can pee outside wherever and whenever I want and… I do.
Five acres I think is our ideal. Big enough to do stuff with ie garden, play area for the kids but not so large it’s a maintenance time suck. Also neighbors are close enough but also not right on top.
I know I’m going completely against the grain here, but I prefer a smaller lot! We have a little under a quarter acre and it’s absolutely perfect! I like not having huge spaces between neighbors because then I can be closer to everything.
Dimensions matter. We have 27 acres but only 175’ wide and over a mile deep. I love it but I’d love it more if it were a big square so my nearest neighbors were further away.
Years ago I tried getting fiber cable at my house and the ISP gave me an installation quote of $88,000 to come build 5 more utility poles needed to extend their lines… so yeah it’s expensive.
We have one acre of waterfront and it’s amazing. The neighbors on one side still a bit close but we bought the lot in between so we’re not right on top of each other.