Help please! New Build Garage Problem

glen8

Robert_Sterling wrote: »

It must be a small house to be able to do that.

:rotfl: I liked that

poppysarah

What a nightmare.
If you need shared access of their drive to park you should have it in your deeds. Easier to resolve if they've not sold the showhouse yet.

glen8

Just heard from them. The contracts manager wants to come out and see us.

Wonder what he'll think

BettiePage

Get him to put hi car into your garage without using the neighbours driveway.

BTW how long have you been in the house?

glen8

a few months, I always wondered if it would be tricky but only actually decided to stick the car in earlier this week due to the snow (that and finally clearing the garage out)

glen8

BettiePage wrote: »

Get him to put hi car into your garage without using the neighbours driveway.

BTW how long have you been in the house?

Yeah, he's coming on Thursday morning so I'll stick our car in the show homes driveway and ask him to get his car in the garage

zone

From that diagram it would seem they have designed the garage just for storage and not parking. But there maybe a way round it with some alteration especially if the developers are still on site.

mrs_deadline

Yes, you really need to hold out for a bricks and mortar solution on the ground - don't be fobbed off with variations to the deeds, because no amount of "rights of way" or "open plan covenant" will realistically stop the future show house owners parking outside their own house in front of their own garage.

Be interesting to know what the explanation is!

tomstickland

With your diagram it looks like the neighbour would not be able to turn into their space either. I assume that in reality it's not quite how the diagram shows.
It's not clear which direction you enter the site from. Is it the bottom?


Since the show home hasn't been sold yet, they could provide you with a turning space next to the showhome's parking space.

planning_officer

silvercar wrote: »

It could be a planning issue. If the development was granted planning permission on condition that there were places for X parked cars and the planning officer accepts that is not possible to park in the garage, the development could be in breach of planning laws.

I would check what was granted planning permission first - if the garage is in the wrong place, or orientated at a different angle to how it was shown on the approved plans, then they would be in breach of their planning permission, and if so, the entire development (i.e. all the houses) would not benefit from planning permission - so it could be quite a major issue for the developer. Although if it is correctly positioned, then there's not much the Council could do about it, as they should have spotted it did not have sufficient manoeuvring space when assessing the application - you'd have to rely on the developer!

Most Councils have plans available online - if you need any help searching you can always pm me the address and your Council's name?