Off Road parking and House Value

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I thought the local authority had to install drop kerbs? I was suprised at how cheap it was, I have heard prices of £300 per kerb replacement from some LA's

Is your qoute from a LA or just a builder.

Originally Posted by graemepaterson

I thought the local authority had to install drop kerbs? I was suprised at how cheap it was, I have heard prices of £300 per kerb replacement from some LA's

Is your qoute from a LA or just a builder.

LA's dont do it here any more....

Its a quote from a builder or driveway ppl rather.... £2.5k is too much, ill do it myself if needed ad use slabs or gravel or something simmillar. thats for the whole job and there is some retaining of the garden to do aswell...!

I moved in September this year and the road i`ve moved into is a small cul-de-sac, the road is extremely narrow the houses having been built in 1893. Cos of the problem with parking i wouldn`t even have considered buying my house if it hadn`t have had a driveway. The lady i bought the house from paid the council £53 to have markings put across the driveway to prevent people parking across it and i`ve never had any problems. There were 2 houses for sale in the road when I first looked... the one without a driveway tho not as nice a house was also £12,000 cheaper than mine. When mine was valued the valuer spoke to me and said that in situations like this with the road being narrow you could expect to add on about £4,000 to £5,000 to the value of the house in this area if it had off road parking. Hope that helps and best of luck

I think it probably depends on the buyer as to how much value it adds to the house. To someone with an old banger that they don't care about, who loves gardening, I can imagine it wouldn't add anything. To a couple with 2 nice cars, I can imagine it'd more than pay for itself in terms of added value. When adding a drive, not only are you allowing for the parking space in your front garden, but also reserving another space directly in front of your house (across the entry to the drive).