Sprout

Essentially this is our initial plan unless we can get an improved return by doing 'something' Yep - parking at the rear. Definitely been considering the above. Only downside is that my wife is a big veg / greenhouse gardener and this would remove the area she has created for this over the last 10 years... A hard sell! Thanks for the comments Sprout Ps anyone in the market for a project bungalow just outside York ?

Hi All Thanks for your responses: We have considered it but as we have already extended our property, formed a discrete brick built office and have lovely mature garden the 'pull' isnt really there I understand what you are saying - my point was that based on what we have spent on the 'bungalow' is over the odds and taking the garage will lose value from it and I consider that even building a new 4 bed house may not realise what we have spent The point about pain is noted (and not something we had fully considered) I have attached an image of the properties near the access, and lettered them: A - Our property B - the property we are buying with the double garage at the Southern boundary (with two parking spaces infront of the garage) - these are explicitly owned and do not form part of the 'access road' C - the vendors property (access onto the 'access' is blocked off D - other property owned by the vendor - has garage and one parking space parallel to site E E- Double (linear) garage with one parking space in front F- Single garage - no parking space in front Pink hatched area is the access which is owned by the vendor and I understand maintenance liability falls on them Properties B,D,E and F have covenants stating: "FULL and free right and liberty to the Purchasers and their successors in title agents visitors licensees and servants and the owners and occupiers for the time being of the property hereby conveyed and of the messuage or dwellinghouse known as "REDACTED" aforesaid to pass and repass at all times hereafter by day or night for all purposes with or without vehicles mechanically propelled or otherwise over and along the roadway delineated on the plan annexed hereto and thereon marked "right of way" and coloured brown leading from the property firstly herein described to the highway known as "REDACTED" aforesaid."" We will be bricking up one of the garages and using the area in front to form the access to the rear of the property we are buying so the number of spaces / parking provision should not change in the eyes of the planners Have I missed anything? Sprout

Hi all. Great forum and have been reviewing posts with great interest. We are in the process of completing on the bungalow that borders our property with a view to gaining the benefit of its garage (which is serviced by a shared access owned by one of the other neighbouring properties (who is actually the vendor of the bungalow)) as well as slightly realigning the boundary to our benefit. We are conscious that we are paying over the odds but the opportunity to gain a garage / workshop for our 'forever home' could not be passed up (we currently only have a small driveway) The bungalow itself is in ramshackle conditon so we then need to decide the best process to dispose of it... From creating it a new rear access as a minimum (we won't be changing the volume of parking simply splitting it between the properties), refurbishing to a minimum spec, major works or demolish and rebuild. In an odd way, this is less about making money and more about losing the least (of course our property will hopefully gain value on the basis of having a garage etc) Location is a village outside of York. Sprout