Off Road parking and House Value

Actually i've got me fleece on and am quite warm,sat inside at the computer.

instead of tarmac why not use that sort of mesh that you can get in plastic or concrete then the grass or a tyme lawn will grow through making the garden appear to be complete and not just a car park

Originally Posted by RAPTOR

Actually i've got me fleece on and am quite warm,sat inside at the computer.

excellent

If it doesn't increase the value, at the very least it'll improve your house's sellability.

Says she who now has a garage Out looking today and it seems offstreet parking at least £5k extra and £15k for a garage and drive

Go for it !.. I have just had ours done...also when you have an official drop kerb done no one can park infront of your drive so you are always sure to get that parking space as well ...it will be a good selling point if you decide to sell in the future.

Sod the value thing - do it for your sanity. Parking is one of those freaky things that gets people so wound up, park in your neighbour's *spot* (even though they don't actually own the road) outside their house and people get grumpy quickly. For £1600, I'd say it's worth it even if you don't re-coup the money in resale, besides £1600 is the sort of value that's likely to fluctuate on a monthly basis if house prices crash / rise as normal anyway.

Personally, and we've been looking for a year or so now, off street parking for at least one and a half cars (ie. car + bike) is a total necessity, don't know what it's worth as such, but we ain't even looking at houses without it.

£1600!! That's madness! Is this doing the work yourself?

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

£1600!! That's madness! Is this doing the work yourself?

Well i got a quote for £1000 + vat plus the extra bits i was going to do, roughly £1600 but i had someone come around tonight and quote me £2500 for the lot...

So guess ill get th eother chap back and make sure he has his sums right...

I will be doiong some of the work and the worst case is ill get them to but the drop kerb in then ill do the rest myself.!

That seems like someone is making a lot of money out of this, it can only be 2 days work. Hire some Polish guys instead!