House with no parking?

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Would you buy a house that you really loved if it didn't have parking? I couldn't afford this house with parking space, I think it's reflected in the price but could maybe knock them down a small bit more.
I could probably park in a small yard space opposite as I know the people who own the yard and you can stop outside house for a few minutes (to unload shopping etc) although not too easily as its on top of a small hill so hard for other cars to then pass. I'm worried it would be a lot harder to sell on or rent out if I needed to at a later date, or if I could no longer get access to park in yard opposite.
There's no room for a drive at the front, there is a small front bit with a wall between pavement and house but pretty sure it's not big enough to park on, there is a lot of room around the back but no access, or maybe access but down next doors side drive! Any ideas that I have not thought of please? I don't need the space immediately but need there to be some possibility of creating parking one day. Don't know whether to follow my heart or my head?

I think it depends on 2 things:

1. what's typical for that area - as others have said, if locally it's really unusual for that sort of house to have parking (and esp if public transport is also good so a car not essential) then it's much less of an issue.
2. whether you can easily park on the road near your house.

Where we lived in London off street parking was as rare as hen's teeth but you could sometimes park on the road near the house: no problem. Where I live now you can't really function without a car and there's not much room to park on the road so it would be a nightmare.

I live in a cul de sac of around 75 dwellings. They are 3 bed flats, and houses with 3, 4, 5 or 6 bedrooms.The vast majority are Victorian. Only two have off-street parking. The rest of us park anywhere we can in the street. People stop outside their own houses to unload shopping, then drive off and park. In two years here I have had to park in the next street twice. There are some families with young children but they don't seem to find it a problem. The street is much sought after and a very pleasant place to live.

Properties sell for between £250,000 and £600,000. Other factors are more important than parking - mature trees, play area, proximity to good schools, very quiet but close to the city centre, bus route nearby.

Obviously area plus supply/demand has a huge bearing on this, but unless it was in central London, then I wouldn't ever be interested in a property that didn't have guaranteed parking where I wanted it to be.

There are a lot of properties here (small town) that only have on road parking and that would be ok as it's quite a quiet town and usually enough room to park on road outside house so that wouldn't be a problem but this house is on a short street where its not possible to park anywhere (too narrow, two way traffic and on small hill) only in the yard mentioned. It's semi detached but the identical house next door has a drive! Around half the houses on the street have their own parking space, then there are a few terraced with none. You would have to go to the next street where it may be awkward to park as it has its own terraced houses that use the spaces on the road there.

I will be the voice of dissent! We have a house with on-street parking only and 2 cars. It really isn't a problem! We normally park somewhere in the street, worst case you walk for 30 secs to the car. It meant we could afford a much much better house than otherwise, so it was well worth it.

This is just one of those things that is either important to you, or it isn't. We lived in a house with on-street parking for 8 years & had no problems - but - OP is describing a house where she can't even remember park on the street & that is where I would draw the line.

Sorry! Please remove the remember from that post! Christ knows how that got there. I'm not implying that the OP might forget where she left her car! .

santas

An issue for me right now....We bought a house on a wide avenue with on street parking and grass verges. Most houses on the street have at least one drive! Our house , as a semi does not. We bought it knowing that planning had been refused for a drive onto our front garden because we are in Conservation area, ruin the aspect of the road...blah blah blah.

It does not massively bother us as we are used to London and parking on the road. There are 2 or 3 times a month it bugs me. After a long journey home after a weekend away and all kids have nodded off; when I have loads of bags, or when I want to run to the car without make up on in my pj's!!

It is not a big deal but I do find it irritating that we "could" have a drive and 95% of the houses on the street do but we would "set a precedent". Grrr. Got a planning consultant coming on Friday to discuss! If we get it great, if we don't then it is not a big trade off to have the house and garden we love.