Garden building plot with shared vehicular access.

Xpander35

Hello,

We live in a two storey detached house with a side garage and a large back garden. Our property is situated in, and vehicular access is provided within, a cul-de-sac.

We recently applied for outline planning permission to develop the back garden area (in-fill) for a single dwelling and we have successfully obtained this.

The approved proposal would require the removal of our property's side garage and involve extending the 3m wide driveway part way down the back garden along that side's boundary edge to the beginning of the proposed plot, providing a shared driveway. The current property would retain a large amount of its front garden and part of the rear garden, but part of the front garden and the front patio area would be converted for use as off road parking for the current property.

Effectively, the entire site (approx 1000m2, and close to rectangular in shape) would be split in two; with half of the total area dedicated to each property. Current planning policy allows our back garden to accommodate another two storey property of slightly greater width (as the rear garden is wider).

1) How much (% wise) would such a proposal devalue our current property by?
2) Does shared vehicular access have any impact on the value of the building plot, if so approximately by how much (% wise)?
3) Is vehicular access to a building plot essential, if there is pedestrian gated access at the end of our back garden?

Please let me know if you require any further info.

Xpander35

G_M

Xpander35 wrote: »

Hello,


1) How much (% wise) would such a proposal devalue our current property by?
ask a couple of local estate agents. Loss of garden, and erection of a property in close proximity, will reduce the appeal of your property, but impossible to say by how much without local knowledge and viewing the site.

2) Does shared vehicular access have any impact on the value of the building plot, if so approximately by how much (% wise)?
Yes of course. Most people these days want vehicular access, so without it you'll have fewer potential buyers.
Again, for precise(r) figures, speak to a local agent.
3) Is vehicular access to a building plot essential, if there is pedestrian gated access at the end of our back garden?


5

No. Not unless the Planners insist on it, which they might. They are sometimes concerned about whether new properties have sufficient parking available, either on the highway or on the property itself.

eddddy

Most estate agents would be happy to do a 'market appraisal' for the building plot and answer your questions (about both the plot and your house).

They would do it in the hope that you might instruct them to sell the building plot in due course.

Obviously, pick EA firms who seem to have experience in selling similar types of building plots.

Fuzzyness

in relation to 3) you need to think about who would buy a house where they couldnt park outside it. whilst it doesnt sound far to walk to the road, the fact that every other house will have car parking on plot, may affect the attractiveness of the house you're going to build.

TBagpuss

I thin kthat not having vehicular access or parking will significantly reduce the salebility of the house, and having shared access will also put some people off.

hazyjo

I would never buy a house with a shared drive (typical set up with garages at the bottom), but I would perhaps consider something where there was an actual shared drive to another person's house behind mine. It is a huge cause of disputes - if there's damage to the drive, who pays? Are they likely to be parking on it, expecting you to keep asking them to move their vehicle? Obviously what people are meant to do, and what they actually do, are often very different things.


Hard to work out without seeing a basic plan. Could you leave a path down the side of yours, so that the access is theirs? Do you need to get a vehicle down there? Sorry if not reading it clearly!


Good luck.


Jx

Waterlily24

I too wouldn't buy a house with a shared driveway - once bitten twice shy! Especially if it's detached.

G_M

Providing the rights and obligations of each party are clear (eg
* access along drive
* parking/obstruction on the drive
* repairs/maintenance
etc

It should not be a major issue.

It helps if each property has their own parking area/garage such that the shared drive is just used for access.

Waterlily24

The problem with ours was that a car was left parked between the two houses for weeks, the neighbours were separating and the man did not live there and left the care there. The lady didn't drive and didn't have the keys. We weren't actually living at the property, we were doing it up before we got married to move into. We were there every evening working on it but not there in the daytime when the car was left. We needed access to the back because stuff was being delivered. It was really awful - the lady eventually got the husband to remove it but it was weeks later.

glasgowdan

Large individual private houses with land and a shared access road I'd be fine with. We've considered a few. Tightly packed council type housing, no chance.

Xpander35

Thanks for your replies.