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How do you cope with a tandem driveway?
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The council who built my parents house obviously thought so. There was a garage and space for 3 cars on the drive, but it was only when the house was sold I discovered that a covenant stated that most of the drive was not to be used for parking!onwards&upwards said:
The drive is basically just a road to the garage.
If anyone knew this they never took the slightest notice for nearly 60 years (including the council).
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At the moment we have two cars, two motorbikes and a tandem drive (which goes right to the back garden as there used to be a garage there). We have a carport but have demolished the garage. One car is on the drive, the other on a parking space we have made at 45 degrees to the main drive. One motorbike is under the carport and the other is further down the drive with a cover on it , waiting to be sold. We have to move the car on the drive if the motorbike comes out. It's no great shakes.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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We have a shared drive and we definitely do not need to block each others cars. The gap is about 8 metres wide.Getting_greyer said:They probably mean a shared drive where it leads to two seperate garages/spaces. So you can't park on the drive without blocking one another. Don't think your picture above is a shared drive, just a tight spaced street.0 -
National house builders like bloor never offer this level of options?Silvertabby said:If you are looking at new builds, could a double width drive be added as an optional extra? On our estate, the 4 beds came with double width drives as standard, with single (some tandem, some not) for the 3 beds - but with the option of paying extra for a double.0 -
So don't then? Just take whichever car is at the front? Am I missing somethingSharkMoney said:We are both insured on each car but it just feels like a pain to have to go out and be asked to move the car.
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