Parking spaces not wide enough to open car doors

Titus_Wadd

There might be a management company.  Check what they charge for maintenance etc if there is a management company before you decide to buy.  They might also control any changes the freeholders want (assuming you could get everyone to agree).

35har1old

KC14 said:

Hi,

My sisters neighbour has approached me about buying her property... I am interested but have a concern over the parking. They have 2 allocated parking spaces but if you park in the 2 spaces you can't open the car doors. There are 5 spaces in a row and the 5th space is a visitor space that isn't really usuable for the same reason. I was wondering if anyone has approached the Management company about having a visitor space removed to make the other spaces fit for purpose?

TIA

Might need to invest in a self parking car

diystarter7

35har1old said:

KC14 said:

Hi,

My sisters neighbour has approached me about buying her property... I am interested but have a concern over the parking. They have 2 allocated parking spaces but if you park in the 2 spaces you can't open the car doors. There are 5 spaces in a row and the 5th space is a visitor space that isn't really usuable for the same reason. I was wondering if anyone has approached the Management company about having a visitor space removed to make the other spaces fit for purpose?

TIA

Might need to invest in a self parking car

Hello OP

Or have your car adapted to sliding front door passengers side via an accredited outfit that is aware of the rules and regulations of what can and can't be done

As another said cars are getting bigger and our main car a GLS, its pretty wide and long and I rarely park in multi car parks as spaces narrow and in supermarkets i park away from people as quite a few could not care less and willfully damage other peopels cars by smashing their bangers door inot it.


I'm not sure what the regulations ay about the bay sizes but there must be some for public and private developments

Thanks

eddddy

KC14 said:

All of the properties are freehold so there wouldn't be an issue with leases.

The issues and the complexity will be exactly the same.

Instead of leases, each house owner will have a deed and/or a title relating to the parking area. Those deeds will probably all need to be changed.

And somebody will own the freehold of the parking area and/or the visitor's space. So that freeholder will need to be persuaded to change the parking arrangements.

If your sister owns one of the freehold houses, maybe start by looking at her deed and/or title to see what they say. (She would have got copies of them when she bought the house.)

  

Norman_Castle

KC14 said:

There is on street parking for visitors. The parking in question is in a private courtyard that is accessed through an archway under a coach house. I looked on the local council's planning portal last night and couldn't see anything about the parking.

Often when properties or built or developed adequate on site parking is a planning requirement. The original planning permission will give the information needed. Permissions often state X amount of parking which cannot be changed or used for any other purpose.

How have people parked there for the last 13 years?

goater78

Can you park slightly off centre so you can open one sides doors?

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Norman_Castle said:

KC14 said:

There is on street parking for visitors. The parking in question is in a private courtyard that is accessed through an archway under a coach house. I looked on the local council's planning portal last night and couldn't see anything about the parking.

Often when properties or built or developed adequate on site parking is a planning requirement. The original planning permission will give the information needed. Permissions often state X amount of parking which cannot be changed or used for any other purpose.

How have people parked there for the last 13 years?

It's shear incompetence, the same as mandating garages that are too small for most cars.

zagubov

We're getting like Hong Kong where large cars signal status but parking spaces are too small for fully-loaded cars to disembark when parked.

My car's slim and compact but even so I can only just fit in new parking spaces. My employer has a huge empty bicycle park no-one uses as we're at the top of a steep hill.

We need to send our town planners to the Netherlands where they understand things that work.

35har1old

KC14 said:

Hi,

My sisters neighbour has approached me about buying her property... I am interested but have a concern over the parking. They have 2 allocated parking spaces but if you park in the 2 spaces you can't open the car doors. There are 5 spaces in a row and the 5th space is a visitor space that isn't really usuable for the same reason. I was wondering if anyone has approached the Management company about having a visitor space removed to make the other spaces fit for purpose?

TIA

What is to either side of the five bays? As you look from the road is the visitor slot to the left or right? counting the visitor slot as five what numbers would you slots be? Can you reverse into the bays easily ?

KC14

There is an elderly lady in number 1 and she doesn't have a car so her spaces are empty. My neighbour parks one car at the front of their house and one in the middle of their 2 parking spaces at the back so you can get in and out easily. 

If a family was to move in to number 1 in the future it would cause issues with parking as they wouldn't be able to park 2 cars in their spaces or another at the front as its a dead end outside their house.

I'll have a look at my sisters deeds and see what they say.

There is a 1.8 fence to the left of the bays and a gate which gives access to number 1 and a low fence to the right which surrounds a high flower bed. You can reverse into the spaces but you still wouldnt be able to open the car door to get out if another car was parked next to you. It is an issue across the whole development and mostly visible on shared drives where people can only park 1 car on the oppiste end of the drive to their neighbour.