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Reply ID 70428

Done it twice and found it a problem only briefly (during a temporary loss of alternative parking spot). It really depends on your lifestyle, whether you maintain your own car and where the house is. I hardly used a vehicle when living in Bengeo St, Molewood Rd, Byde St or Cowbridge, but need it more now I'm out of town a bit. Getting into a car with children, I always found to be more of a faff than walking with them.

Reply ID 70431

We lived in our old house for 10 years & there was no parking outside the house. My son is now 3 years old & during the week my wife would take him to/from the car & it was do-able & actually quite nice during the summer, as she often bumped into the neighbours. In winter just make sure you have a raincoat! Now we have a drive we could not go back to that way of parking though.

Reply ID 70454

Absolutely not would drive me nuts.

Reply ID 70465

Done it for about 7 years and wouldn't say its a huge issue.

Reply ID 70469

Been there and would NEVER go back in a million years

Reply ID 70470

Absolutely not. Quite apart from anything else, trying to sell it on would be a nightmare and half of your potential buyer pool would be instantly put off.

Reply ID 70475

Not everyone has a car, parking provision is therefore irrelevant to such people, for instance me. Life is possible without a car believe it or not

Reply ID 70511

We bought our house after being told by the vendors that each house had a space on a 'turning circle'. However, after we moved in, it turned out this wasnt the case and it was a free-for-all. Even after we had a baby, some of the neighbours refused to be charitable and let my partner park on the turning circle, taking the last space if they were back first. This resulted in her having to lug the car seat the full length of the street. During this time, I was trying to negotiate with Herts Highways for us to give up our front gardens and widen a footpath to allow vehical access. The only option they gave us was to purchase the footpath for £60,000 and then try to get change of use granted. In the end, we have succesfully managed to get vehicle access and driveways built by building a private access road and compensating neighbours & housing associations. None of this comes cheap either. So, would I buy a house without parking? NEVER AGAIN and I wouldnt recomend anyone else does either. You might think it's not a problem at the beginning, but when you have to lug shopping and any big purchase, move house etc with your car any great distance from your house, it will become an issue eventually.