"Generous" Parking Provision?

westv

I sometimes see this mentioned on EA info for average sized houses. Just curious to know what others would consider as generous. I would say parking for at least three average size cars.

casper_g

Depends on the area. If most houses in an area have a postage-stamp front garden and on-street parking only, the one house with a garden big enough to park a car off road could reasonably be described as having generous parking provision!

agrinnall

To me it could imply not enough - if there's enough for 2 cars or 3 cars, why wouldn't they just say that?

phill99

agrinnall wrote: »

To me it could imply not enough - if there's enough for 2 cars or 3 cars, why wouldn't they just say that?

Because 2 or 3 bentleys requires a different amount of space to 2 or 3 smart cars.

[Deleted User]

It usually means small. Some new builds have garages so tiny you can only just fit a small car in with no room to open the doors, making them useless. Generous just means they gave you slightly more than the bare minimum.

As agrinnall says, if there was room for two or three cars they would say that.

littlelost

Ours has room for four cars and the EA has described it like this "whilst the frontage has been block paved to create off road parking for approximately four cars." I would call ours generous as the majority only have space for two.

westv

I suppose I 'd have to agree that if there was parking for several cars the EA would say so.

nzseries1

If "generous" meant anything less than two, I'd be wanting to call them out on false advertising.

moneyistooshorttomention

I regard mine as generous, as I have enough for 4 cars (too much then, as I'd rather have standard amount and more "garden"). Just having a drive sufficient for one car and the rest of my garden as "garden" would have done me fine, but it was one of the compromises on buying this house.

TBagpuss

I think it is just one of those phrases - whether there is space for 2,3 or 4 cars depends very much on the size of your car and on your parking skills.

I agree with the PP who said it is also very dependent on the area and what is the norm.

For instance, my house might be described as having generous parking because the I have a lot more parking space than any of my neighbour, because the previous owners chose to tarmac the front garden, and to extend the drive into the back garden (both things I shall, in time, reverse ) so I could fit at least 6 vehicles on, if I wanted to, whereas my neighbours mostly have space for 2 or 3, depending in whether they have opted for a garage or for a shed.

I think I would expect it to be space for 2 or more, but if most houses had no off-street parking at all then a single space suitable for a large car might qualify.

Liverpool85

Yes it depends on the area & size of house. I'm sure one large parking space in areas of London would be generous!
We have a single garage and long driveway down the side of our house.

We could park one smaller sized car in the garage and upto 3 on the driveway. Being a long driveway you have to move cars to allow one further down out which works fine as it's a family home. I like that the cars are tucked away out of sight of the front windows and it's easy to unload shopping and children straight in the side door.

I would call this generous as many other houses on the estate have just a single garage and one space, or allocated parking. It's not as good though as the houses that have a double length double garage but for the size of our house it's generous.

In the surrounding older houses many have no parking at all or often just one or 2 spaces if semi, one at the side and a more awkward space the front by the lounge window. The 3+ bed houses that have 3+ parking spaces I would say are generous, as it allows for e.g. 2 adults to have a car each, plus a guest or grown up child.

The new build parking is better compared to the older streets and all the 3+ bed houses do have space for at least 2 cars, albeit one in a smallish garage.

We are a small 4 bed detached and I would describe having one space as just 'off road parking', 2 spaces as 'Good/ample off road parking for 2 cars' & 3+ spaces as 'generous parking for 3+ cars'.


It's all estate agent adjective & option.. Having it listed as rough number of cars is maybe better.