Parking

TheBanker

I used to live in a lovely terrace house. I say lovely house, but parking was a nightmare. Sometimes had to park 2 or 3 streets away. Got very good at parallel parking into the tightest space when I lived there.

Sometimes our bins did not get emptied as the wagon could not get through if people double parked at the bottom of the road.

I also remember one of my neighbours having a problem when his car failed its MOT. This meant he couldn't renew the road tax (this was in the days of tax disks). He couldn't afford the repairs straight away but couldn't SORN the car because he had nowhere off the road to keep it.

I'm afraid I'd never buy a house without a driveway in future based on this experience. It's not just parking but as another poster said, washing the car can be awkward as can carrying out minor maintenance tasks.

I do believe your insurance will cost more if you have to declare that the car is kept on the street, too.

TBagpuss

I think insurance is more for on-street parking than for of street parking in the same street, but it's only one of the factors.

OP, ultimately you have to decide whether having dedicated parking is a 'must have' for you. If it is, don't buy this property.

If it isn't, go ahead, but recognise that you may not necessarily be able to park outside your own house, or even close to it.

Rambosmum

Please remember that on a pubic road the space outside you house isn't 'your' space and can be legally parked in by anyone, your neighbours, their visitors, work me, general public (unless it's permit holders only, even then it's still not 'your' space).