Parking spaces not wide enough to open car doors

diystarter7

p00hsticks said:

KC14 said:

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. 

You say there are two parking spaces that come with the property you are interested in. are they adjacent ?  Do you actually have two cars ? If not, can you not just do the same as the neighbour and park across both spaces ?

Hi

If there are 2 spaces, and not together, possibly ask for move/exchange, even if its an informal understanding a tempory one?

Thanks

sheramber

How many spaces does your sister have?

Does she park in them?

Do you need two parking spaces?

KC14

Yes I could do as the neighbours do and park across the 2 spaces as I don't have 2 cars. I suppose I was just wondering if anyone has challenged this before and had the visitor space removed as it would make the parking much better. 

There are no houses opposite us so it wouldn't affect anyone else if we parked on the street.
I haven't measured the parking spaces but I will do later.
Most of the houses on here only have 1 parking space as the developers said the garage was another parking space and obviously most people use the garage for storage and not parking.

Thanks for all of your comments!

[Deleted User]

diystarter7 said:

[Deleted User] said:

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.

Hi

In defence of the builders, it is not "shear inco..." but sheer greed.  The smaller the so-called garage, the more room in the house
and less to build a house as if a wider longer garage the house itself may have to be bigger. Parking spaces, land costs loads of money so the smaller the space the cheaper it is

Thnaks

I meant the people making that planning rules and requirements for space. They sound require the garage to be a minimum size suitable for a car, and also the rest of the house should meet the minimum requirements for human habitation.

theoretica

[Deleted User] said:

diystarter7 said:

[Deleted User] said:

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.

Hi

In defence of the builders, it is not "shear inco..." but sheer greed.  The smaller the so-called garage, the more room in the house
and less to build a house as if a wider longer garage the house itself may have to be bigger. Parking spaces, land costs loads of money so the smaller the space the cheaper it is

Thnaks

I meant the people making that planning rules and requirements for space. They sound require the garage to be a minimum size suitable for a car, and also the rest of the house should meet the minimum requirements for human habitation.

Or find some way to require more cars to be a suitable size for existing garages.  I just looked up the Fiesta and in 40 years it got 30cm wider and 40 cm longer...

user1977

theoretica said:

[Deleted User] said:

diystarter7 said:

[Deleted User] said:

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.

Hi

In defence of the builders, it is not "shear inco..." but sheer greed.  The smaller the so-called garage, the more room in the house
and less to build a house as if a wider longer garage the house itself may have to be bigger. Parking spaces, land costs loads of money so the smaller the space the cheaper it is

Thnaks

I meant the people making that planning rules and requirements for space. They sound require the garage to be a minimum size suitable for a car, and also the rest of the house should meet the minimum requirements for human habitation.

Or find some way to require more cars to be a suitable size for existing garages.  I just looked up the Fiesta and in 40 years it got 30cm wider and 40 cm longer...

The typical occupant of the car has probably got wider in 40 years as well...

Section62

theoretica said:

Or find some way to require more cars to be a suitable size for existing garages.  I just looked up the Fiesta and in 40 years it got 30cm wider and 40 cm longer...

Some of that is due to improvements in passenger protection, particularly for side impacts.

We are also in a much better place in terms of deaths and serious injuries suffered by vehicle occupants than we were 40 years ago.

There's also a lot more equipment to fit under the bonnet than there was for the typical family car 40 years ago.

theoretica

Section62 said:

theoretica said:

Or find some way to require more cars to be a suitable size for existing garages.  I just looked up the Fiesta and in 40 years it got 30cm wider and 40 cm longer...

Some of that is due to improvements in passenger protection, particularly for side impacts.

We are also in a much better place in terms of deaths and serious injuries suffered by vehicle occupants than we were 40 years ago.

There's also a lot more equipment to fit under the bonnet than there was for the typical family car 40 years ago.

All true - yet manufacturers do manage to make cars the same size as the old ones - just not many models - so maybe they have little incentive to do so.

Norman_Castle

theoretica said:

Section62 said:

theoretica said:

Or find some way to require more cars to be a suitable size for existing garages.  I just looked up the Fiesta and in 40 years it got 30cm wider and 40 cm longer...

Some of that is due to improvements in passenger protection, particularly for side impacts.

We are also in a much better place in terms of deaths and serious injuries suffered by vehicle occupants than we were 40 years ago.

There's also a lot more equipment to fit under the bonnet than there was for the typical family car 40 years ago.

All true - yet manufacturers do manage to make cars the same size as the old ones - just not many models - so maybe they have little incentive to do so.

They make what customers will buy, buyers want the most car for the money. Test drives should include garages and parking spaces.

Parking spaces could be doubled in size but then people would complain there's less of them and no where to park.

KC14

I measured the width of the parking space - The width between the white lines is 2.2m. I believe a standard space is 2.4m wide?