Buying a flat with difficult parking

r4and0mno5

RobM99 said:

You'll struggle to sell as the market is limited. I wouldn't consider it as I play in a band and have equipment to carry to and from a car. In the rain in February, that's not fun. 

I've noticed there are some similar properties in the area that have been lingering on the market for a while. This one is bigger and the charges are lower though so who knows what it will do?

RobM99

r4and0mno5 said:

RobM99 said:

You'll struggle to sell as the market is limited. I wouldn't consider it as I play in a band and have equipment to carry to and from a car. In the rain in February, that's not fun. 

I've noticed there are some similar properties in the area that have been lingering on the market for a while. This one is bigger and the charges are lower though so who knows what it will do?

Not I, not you, not the Pope, not the Man In The Moon!

Skiddaw1

There'll be a non car driver that'll snap it up eventually I imagine.

I quite agree with your decision OP. I hope that you find somewhere else very soon (and bet you'll be glad you walked away- or drove away in fact - from this one).

Brie

we used to live in a neighbourhood with no off road parking, narrow roads and easy walking distance to a football ground.  On game days you'd have to be desperate to move your car as it would be hours before you'd get a spot again.  I even came home from a night class and there was a game on and I couldn't find a spot to park within a few blocks of ours until gone 10 pm when the sports fans started to leave. 

We moved a few years back and one Saturday were horrified to realise there was a sports ground down the road - we could hear the fans cheering and looked out to see the parked cars lining the street.  And then remembered that we now have ample off road parking so could come and go as we pleased.  Such a nice feeling!

r4and0mno5

Skiddaw1 said:

There'll be a non car driver that'll snap it up eventually I imagine.

I quite agree with your decision OP. I hope that you find somewhere else very soon (and bet you'll be glad you walked away- or drove away in fact - from this one).

If they end up dropping the price I'll be glad that I did the right thing. If it does sell for more I'll be wishing I bought and sold it immediately to lock in my rate

r4and0mno5

Brie said:

we used to live in a neighbourhood with no off road parking, narrow roads and easy walking distance to a football ground.  On game days you'd have to be desperate to move your car as it would be hours before you'd get a spot again.  I even came home from a night class and there was a game on and I couldn't find a spot to park within a few blocks of ours until gone 10 pm when the sports fans started to leave. 

We moved a few years back and one Saturday were horrified to realise there was a sports ground down the road - we could hear the fans cheering and looked out to see the parked cars lining the street.  And then remembered that we now have ample off road parking so could come and go as we pleased.  Such a nice feeling!

That does sound like a real pain. The more you all say, the more I think I did the right thing, even though it feels so uncertain now.

Gavin83

I too wouldn’t buy a property without off-road parking. I’ve lived in houses with street parking before and it’s hard work. It’s amazing the amount of people who believe they have an entitlement to park outside their own house and get difficult if you dare park there instead. They always tend to be the people with multiple cars as well who have no problem parking outside someone else’s house.