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Would you buy a house without off street parking?

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buddhasbelly · 13/12/2021 20:18

We've been looking at a house without off street parking. A car is essential to get about in this area - the road itself isn't too busy for being able to park BUT

We're wondering about being able to charge an electric car in circa 10 yrs time and if it would put future buyers off not being able to charge their car in a driveway.

Would you be put off buying it?

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GoodTid · 13/12/2021 22:09

Would depend on the street. I don't have off street parking but in 15 years I've never had any problem in parking - mostly because loads of others have driveways !

My near by friend has off street parking for 3 cars but the road is permit holders, and even if you had one it is very limited parking.

sageandbasil · 13/12/2021 22:13

Deff a deal breaker for me

Clymene · 13/12/2021 22:15

@Solasum

I think on-street charge points will become ubiquitous. They are already appearing in central London, In some cases just with extra connections on current lampposts
What is to stop kids walking down the street and unplugging all the cars? That's what I've always wondered.

And as to OP, no I wouldn't. I'm having some work done and my contractor has just ordered a skip to go on my drive. If I didn't have a drive, I'd be looking at trying to cone off the street outside my house while waiting for the skip. Been there, done that, it's a pain in the arse.

Quite apart from the electric car issue.

Fiddlersgreen · 13/12/2021 22:19

I wouldn’t.
The electric car thing hasn’t even occurred to me but the road a live on only has a few driveways and mainly street parking.
Today I arrived home from work, just after 5pm and there was no where to park (I assume because everyone else is now working from home!) so I’ve had to leave my car a 5 min walk away as that was the nearest place i could find (awkward small windy roads)
This happens often if I go out in the evening and then have to walk back in the dark

steppemum · 13/12/2021 22:20

On our street, some of the front gardens are really not big enough for off street parking, but some houses have removed the front wall, and created a sort of sideways parking space.
Not ideal, but doable
Our neighbours did it because he bought an electric car and put in a plug.

Is there anyway that it woudl be possible to do that?

FestiveMelts · 13/12/2021 22:20

No, in our recent search it was a deal-breaker.

Scarby9 · 13/12/2021 22:30

I did buy a house like that!
My car is curreny three spaces down the road from my front door. The furthest I have ever had to go is 6 spaces up. Not too bad.
My next door neighbours have recently bought an electric car and are charging it at his mum's and at charging points. It seems to be working for them for the time being.

userxx · 13/12/2021 23:11

I'm too precious about my car, I like her parked on a drive.

RobinPenguins · 13/12/2021 23:18

Ours doesn’t have off-street parking but we have 1 car and none of the 3 neighbours nearest to us have cars (there’s a car club point about 50m away and good public transport links) so there’s always loads of room. Off-street parking is rare in my area as it’s mainly Victorian and Edwardian terraces.

RobinPenguins · 13/12/2021 23:18

Ours doesn’t have off-street parking but we have 1 car and none of the 3 neighbours nearest to us have cars (there’s a car club point about 50m away and good public transport links) so there’s always loads of room. Off-street parking is rare in my area as it’s mainly Victorian and Edwardian terraces.

TheFairyCaravan · 13/12/2021 23:23

We’re house hunting now. One of our must haves is off street parking. I’m disabled so can’t be parking miles away but even if I wasn’t I’d still want my car on the drive. DH wouldn’t be able to settle if the cars were up the street.

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buddhasbelly · 14/12/2021 07:59

@steppemum we've been looking at exactly this

Thank you so much everyone, if we can't fit a drive in front for a wee car then it's a no.

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Yants · 14/12/2021 09:29

@sophie - I really think you're kidding yourself if you honestly believe that you bought a house for less than £200k that would be worth £500k simply if it had off street parking!

CasperGutman · 15/12/2021 06:53

Depends on the area.

We used to live somewhere with no off-street parking, and it was a nightmare: near a town centre and a hospital, and half the houses were jammed full of students with an old Fiesta (or new Mini) each. We semi-regularly had to park two or three streets away.

Now we have off road parking and would happily do without it - there is always a space free on the street right outside!

rrhuth · 15/12/2021 06:57

If it was in an area of housing where the norm was no off-street parking: yes

If it was in an area where most houses have drives: no

I don't own a car but would be wary due to resale if the house I bought was not similar to the type of house a buyer in that area would be looking for.

pilates · 15/12/2021 07:05

No

emmathedilemma · 15/12/2021 08:57

I wouldn't but then my experience of on-road parking is marred by Edinburgh's permit parking scheme and paying for a permit but never being able to actually park in my street! Thinks like bringing supermarket shopping in, unloading anything big / heavy just become a hassle if you can't get a space outside your house and if you've got small kids it's always that easy to make multiple trips. Now it also feels like it's restrictive for electric car ownership.

Pamsresearch · 15/12/2021 09:02

Yes, it will put some buyers off, but that should be reflected I the price your paying so shouldn't concern you re resale values.

I wouldn't buy it now I can afford not to but my first home had no parking because that's what I could afford.

FurierTransform · 15/12/2021 09:06

Personally it would put me off ,and I think you're right to think about the EV future - it looks inevitable that houses with off road parking are going to become more desirable.

TheCreamCaker · 15/12/2021 11:27

I wouldn't. Husband and I have a car each, so one parks on the drive, the other on the road outside.

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