Think dh and I want different things in a property...sigh...wwyd??

[Becaroooo]

Dh basically wants the house we have here (space wise) but in our ideal location in a village which is nicer and therefore more expensive than here.

I have seen a lovely 3 bed 3 storey late victorian end terrace....2 recp rooms, kitchen, cellar, bathroom and 2 bedrooms and loft room.

Walled garden at back which we could work on (not much there atm) but no off street parking which dh is really bothered about, me not so much.

I just think its silly to base your future happiness on the basis of whether you have a designated spot for your car if the house is great and ticks every other box?

Atm he is being very difficult about even viewing it...wwyd?

It is also no chain!!!

Sounds lovely laguerta Wish it was near us!!!

How difficult is it, really, to park outside houses in your area that don't have off-road parking?

And how much would it in fact add to your car insurance?

We don't have off-road parking which doesn't add anything to the insurance now the car is considered so crap that scrapes wouldn't make it worse, and invariably manage to park within 10 yards, except for a couple weeks when they dug up half the road. But in our old house you were lucky to park within 5 minutes walk!

Could you persuade him to have a look on the grounds that it would be useful background for you both thinking about what are must-haves versus nice-to-haves and what you each might compromise on? And just general nosiness! You could then ask the sellers/their neighbours what the parking is like (neighbours more likely to be honest!)

We don't have driveways on our street, wasn't a problem when we first moved in as neither of us drove - now we have a car each and a baby it's a big pain. Even had a clash with our neighbours recently as they thought we left too big spaces between our cars when we parked (I'm a rubbish parker and can not get into tiny spaces the way some of the neighbours can!). We're moving soon and a big consideration for us was off street parking as it'll be nice to know where I'm parking when I come home.
However everyone has to compromise somewhere when buying a house - if everything else about the property looks good then surely it's worth a view, even if your other half still won't agree then at least you can judge other houses against it for value etc.

Good luck! (and everyone knows it's women who buy houses....) :)