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Originally Posted by green van man
Please do not mention developers.
Every new house has to have parking for 2 cars, usually one on the drive and one in the garage. My site was biult 16 years ago and no one parks their cars in the garage, why? Because they are too damn small. You will struggle to park a smart car in them and open the door.
I have no garage and was expected to park 2 cars on the drive, again smart cars maybe but a landrover discovery ano an xc70 no chance.
I widened the drop curbs and tarmaced most of the front garden, can now park a sprinter, the landrover and the xc70 side by side and get in and out of them.
Paul.
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Same with my house (2yrs old) I have a garage & a drive, I could get the XC60 in the garage but no way would I get out of it, a) too narrow to open the doors & I suspect b) not tall enough to be able to open the tailgate.
I would say though it's better now that maybe 10 or so years ago when I lived in West Berks, 1 development got away with providing either zero parking or having a shared parking space or rear garden. The developers argument being 'If we don't provide parking people won't have cars & use public transport as we're so close to the station'