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For those with houses with no garage - where do you keep ladders?!

mk_78
mk_78 Posts: 48 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
This may seem like a silly Q but thought I'd ask it anyway!

I currently rent a property with a garage, I'm looking to purchase but the house I'm interested in has no garage. It's quite rare for a 2 bed house round here to have a garage so I realise I've been lucky to have one but just wondering where do people keep large items such as ladders in houses with no garage? I will need to get a shed in the garden for lawnmower etc and be ruthless and chuck other stuff away that I was keeping in my garage for the sake of it.
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  • gayleanne
    gayleanne Posts: 330 Forumite
    Before we had the garage, we hung the ladder on hooks on the side of the shed, and then chained and padlocked them, so they wouldn't help anyone burgle us.
  • mk_78
    mk_78 Posts: 48 Forumite
    gayleanne wrote: »
    Before we had the garage, we hung the ladder on hooks on the side of the shed, and then chained and padlocked them, so they wouldn't help anyone burgle us.

    Thanks, were they wooden ladders or metal ones? How did they fare being exposed to the elements?
  • ACG
    ACG Posts: 24,729 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper I've helped Parliament
    I have a garage, its not something ive ever thought of but a shed, the loft, under the stairs?
    I am a Mortgage Adviser
    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a mortgage adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.
  • mk_78
    mk_78 Posts: 48 Forumite
    ACG wrote: »
    I have a garage, its not something ive ever thought of but a shed, the loft, under the stairs?

    They're really long ladders, no way would they fit in a shed, stairs are open underneath so would look really unsightly. Not sure how easy it would be to manoeuvre them into the loft!
  • laurel7172
    laurel7172 Posts: 2,071 Forumite
    edited 21 January 2013 at 6:47PM
    When we lived in a terrace, our neighbour used to shackle his long ladder to high brackets on the side of our shared "tunnel" access. Kept it out of the weather and out of the way.

    As it was our first home (and ladder!), we bought a three-piece ladder that would fit in the outhouse (former outside loo!) ...
    import this
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Sell them on ebay or similar.

    Then buy yourself (ebay again or even Freecycle?) a folding ladder in sections.
  • mk_78
    mk_78 Posts: 48 Forumite
    Thanks all, was wondering if there was an obvious solution I hadn't thought of!
  • geri1965_2
    geri1965_2 Posts: 8,736 Forumite
    I keep mine in the spare room or kitchen. I only have one ladder and it folds up.
  • gayleanne
    gayleanne Posts: 330 Forumite
    There is always a overhang of the roof on a shed we had metal and wood ladders under there, they were well protected.
  • stef73
    stef73 Posts: 545 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    I have aluminium ladders they hang on two hooks bought from a diy store which are fixed to 2 concrete fence posts,they are on a slight angle so water runs off. They are chained and fixed with a bar at both ends. These are what i have used http://www.screwfix.com/p/ladder-brackets-black-170mm-pack-of-2/48323
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