which is better? cul-de-sac with no offstreet parking or a busyish road with driveway for 2 cars

NameUnavailable

End terrace in a quieter location seems preferable but it depends how important parking is and how many cars you have?

If there's plenty of on road parking on the roads adjoining the cul de sac then that would be OK too. Your own driveway is nice though, easy to wash and hoover the cars and for loading/unloading stuff.

user1168934

Mickygg said:

Parking is a major defo for me. When you come home you want to know where you can park. What are the alternatives if you get home and there is no parking?

however I also wouldn’t live on a main road.

Are there in your area houses not on a main road with driveway parking? I would keep looking 

To be clear it is not really a main road, but it is a somewhat busy residential road which is on a bus route as well. The garden at the back had no traffic noise so I feel fine in that aspect.

Parking is a difficult one to decide for me which is partly why I asked the question. On one hand I have a terraced driveway with guaranteed parking vs end of terraced in a cul-de-sac with no parking. Rightly or wrongly, somewhere in my mind I have an opinion that people perceive end-of-terraced better than terraced (they go for a lot more) and also that people prefer quiet cul-de-sac over busy roads.

I don't really have anyone to seek advice from so I thought let's see what people think.

ToxicWomble

Probably depends on if you have a car or not and if so how many.
No point worrying about lack of parking if you dont actually own a car

NameUnavailable

Some will prefer the cul de sac location and EOT, others will prefer to have off road parking. No 'right' answer. If you had a survey of 100 people and the responses were 50/50 which house would you prefer?

user1168934

theoretica said:

What are the parking alternatives if the cul de sac is full when you come home?  Could the kids walk places equally well from either?  If one has been extended, does that leave it with less garden?

There are accompanying roads where I should be able to find a parking within 5 minutes walking distance. Kids are old enough to not use prams so I guess they could walk if needed. Garden is decent size on both of them so not an issue at all.

Are cul-de-sacs safer to live in and walk in and out of say for an daily commuter in dark winter evenings?

user1168934

ToxicWomble said:

Probably depends on if you have a car or not and if so how many.
No point worrying about lack of parking if you dont actually own a car

I own a car ... I thought it was obvious, silly me!

tweet86

I would probably prefer parking but I wouldn’t want to live on a main road. I lived on a road with no parking on the drive and it was a free for all with parking spaces. I’d drive by a few times in the next few days, particularly during the evening when most cars are at home to see what the parking situation is like when it’s busiest 

user1168934

Mickygg said:

Parking is a major defo for me. When you come home you want to know where you can park. What are the alternatives if you get home and there is no parking?

however I also wouldn’t live on a main road.

Are there in your area houses not on a main road with driveway parking? I would keep looking 

I could keep looking but these two are ticking some major boxes which I havent mentioned here because they are common to both.

davidmcn

user1168934 said:

ToxicWomble said:

Probably depends on if you have a car or not and if so how many.
No point worrying about lack of parking if you dont actually own a car

I own a car ... I thought it was obvious, silly me!

Sometimes buyers come here fretting about the hypothetical people they'll be selling to at an unknown point in the future.

JustJane101

I currently live somewhere with no off street parking. I'm between a pub and a dentists, parking is horrrrrendous! I often end up parking 200+ meters away. lol. is there a front yard you could change to off street parking? I think you can pay the council to put in a drop curb.