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Houses with garages seem to be in a minority in the UK. In the five years I was there, both the houses I lived in had OSP but no garage. Friends with a garage had it filled with junk and a motorcycle or two. Most of the garages I saw in the UK were so narrow that the driver must nearly touch one wall to be able to get out. Here in NZ, I have 2.5 car garaging (2 cars, 1 mini, 1 motorcycle, 3 bicycles, barbecue, workbench, garden tools etc.) When looking for another house, we will only consider those with 3 car garaging space. There's no shortage of them either. I certainly don't miss doing major repairs outside in the UK winter, either.
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The estate agent paperwork for our house stated it had a garage, and sure enough the building at the bottom of the drive certainly does look like a garage. However, its impossible to get a car down our driveway as its so narrow. It was only after talking to a neighbour who had lived in the street for many years that we discovered the so called "garage" was in fact the old laundry room. It never has been nor was it ever intended to be a garage.
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Houses with garages seem to be in a minority in the UK. In the five years I was there, both the houses I lived in had OSP but no garage. Friends with a garage had it filled with junk and a motorcycle or two. Most of the garages I saw in the UK were so narrow that the driver must nearly touch one wall to be able to get out. Here in NZ, I have 2.5 car garaging (2 cars, 1 mini, 1 motorcycle, 3 bicycles, barbecue, workbench, garden tools etc.) When looking for another house, we will only consider those with 3 car garaging space. There's no shortage of them either. I certainly don't miss doing major repairs outside in the UK winter, either.
I understand that land is a bit cheaper in NZ.
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>>>> I'd be insisting on double yellows being put down so that people were no longer allowed to park anywhere which would cause an obstruction.
teabelly.>>>>>
I`m with Teabelly on this issue and feel strongly that cars should not be allowed to obstruct busy traffic movement, particularly as many have small front gardens that could be easily converted to off road parking.
Too many people IMHO seem to forget that the road space outside their homes is not their property and should be charged for paking and obstucting the public highway.
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The R key seems to need "oiling" - that should of course read "parking and obstructing"
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"Here in NZ, I have 2.5 car garaging"
The garage under my apartment holds 90 cars
In your face!
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