Considering a house with no parking - more of a wwyd!

[asnugglysnerd]

I'm in a position where, after the break up of my relationship, I have enough money to buy a gorgeous house in South Wales - the house is ideal... lovely big garden for my dogs, close to the beach, 3 good size bedrooms, great kitchen etc etc... the only downside is that there is no off street parking, and no scope to create a parking area either.

My girlfriend owns a house where we live (about 3hrs from South Wales) and she believes that the no parking would be a huge problem as I plan to use the house occasionally (as I work in London it'll be more of a weekend away type place, not somewhere I live as that's where I work) and then use it as a holiday let at other times...

Has anyone bought a house with no parking? I've never lived in a house without a drive way, not even as a student, so I don't feel like I have a fair opinion!

Thanks :)

DS2 lived with a couple of colleagues for a year in North Wales in a house with no parking. It wasn't a problem for them as there was plenty of off street parking. It all depends on the set up.

The downside is someone wants to buy a rural holiday home when locals can't afford homes themselves .The Welsh government should stop people buying holiday homes- it would be a win-win- locals would have affordable houses and outsiders wouldn't have to agonise about their investment!

We bought without a drive on a quiet road and we put the drive in. DH would not be without a drive and we bought knowing planning would be approved. On weekends with visitors our road also fills up. We took the estimated cost of the drive off the asking price when we put our offer in. Ended up costing more overall though.

Silvershroud, good point

@BarbaraofSeville

If there genuinely is no parking and its not safe and/or legal to park on the road, eg narrow and double yellow lines, where will the delivery drivers park?

Genuine question - they won't want to be lugging crates from the car park for several trips it takes to unload a weekly shop.

They park quickly on the double yellows / half on the pavement etc.

It's common in villages the land over, and also narrow London streets.

As a holiday let, no parking will be a significant deterrent to customers who would arrive by car.

As a home it might be less of an issue. But as Britain's car fleet electrifies, properties without off street charging are going to see a greater impact to their value.

The nearby carpark also has me sceptical. Even if it's fine now, what prevents in future the landowner starting to charge or/and getting the parking enforcement scammers in?

If there are loading restrictions, or loading would not be possible without obstructing the road, it would be a hard no from me. That would mean even moving in would be problematic, and appliance deliveries and such.

@Silvershroud

The downside is someone wants to buy a rural holiday home when locals can't afford homes themselves .The Welsh government should stop people buying holiday homes- it would be a win-win- locals would have affordable houses and outsiders wouldn't have to agonise about their investment!

I mean, it is not a 'holiday home'... it'll be the only home I own, and I'll live there when I'm not working... and occasionally I'll have people from Airbnb...

Ditto what the previous poster said. Please live there permanently and be part of the community. Wealthy londoners buying homes in Wales makes it impossible for locals and just puts prices up. I'll be devastated when my child is priced out of his home town because of rich people buying investment properties. The Welsh Government should ban it before we turn into Cornwall and the language dies.

I'd just like to clarify that I'm not a 'rich Londoner buying a second home'

I think wales is beautiful and I want to live somewhere enjoyable that I love. I work in London in a rota position so every other week or weekend depending on work I'd head down there... I'd also use Airbnb occasionally

Thank you for all the replies - lots of different opinions for sure! I'm going to view it a few more times and just get a feel for the area, as well as do some more research on the parking etc

You plan to use it as a ‘weekend away type place’ so effectively it’s a second home. How much it’ll bother you if you visit it occasionally depends on how you time when you arrive perhaps, but I wouldn’t rent it for a holiday.

@Spermysextowel

You plan to use it as a ‘weekend away type place’ so effectively it’s a second home. How much it’ll bother you if you visit it occasionally depends on how you time when you arrive perhaps, but I wouldn’t rent it for a holiday.

But I don't own another home? It'll be where I live when a) not at work or b) not staying with my partner... how can it be a second home when I would only own 1?

If it’s not your main residence it’s your second home, regardless of whether you own your main residence. ‘Home’ isn’t necessarily a property that you own. Something to bear in mind for council tax & maybe tax purposes (though I have less knowledge of the latter).

We live in a house with no parking - and we have a baby - and it’s fine! Our house is very old and in the centre of town and those things are worth more to us than a driveway.

Depends on your priorities, OP!

how can it be a second home when I would only own 1?

Because you live with your partner. You aren't just sleeping over at hers, are you? That's your home and this is where you'll get away to, not where you'll be living for work or with your partner. I'm not being judgy, it's just the reality of it. You're not moving to Wales and settling there.