Visitor Parking Bays

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Hey all,

Looking for a second opinion really on a house we are looking to purchase on a new development. Its a really nice estate in the perfect location and everything about the house and plot ticks all the boxes we just have a niggling feeling regarding the visitor parking bays outside the house.

Its the only south facing plot on the development of this house type and isnt on a shared drive which was a big no go for us after a previous bad experience so we could just be overthinking this but wanted your thoughts.

So its plot 19 we are looking to buy, all houses have double drives and as you can see there is plenty visitor parking around the estate but if everything else was perfect would those two visitor bays outside put you off.

Thanks, Sam.

 

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The front of the houses are just open driveways with some grass and a low level bush so the cars would be visible from the living room window but at least they are not directly outside the house. Also the rear of the property has a large kitchen diner and the reason we want the south facing plot is because this is the room we will use the most.

 

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Thanks for the thoughts guys, pretty much what we expected. We totally expect these spaces to be in use at all times and if not it's a bonus.

 

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I've actually been following your progress on the nervous wait to exchange post and wondered where in Newcastle you were looking.

We actually sold our house in Dunston last year in preparation to reserve off plan on this development, it's a.small world!

So we know the area pretty well and although we would get much more value for money on an older property especially with the way the market is going we have our heart set on a Hewson with Story Homes. I agree they are certainly pushing their luck with the pricing but we are fully committed at this point and are pretty set on the area it's just a shame this plot has those bloody parking bays outside!

Where did you end up buying, reading on the other post you had one hell of a ride with your sale! We ended up using first mortgages in Dunston rather than the mortgage broker they recommended and offer extensions are high on our list of priorities with everything going on right now.

 

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Yeah we were initially set on the smaller Sanderson after viewing the show home at Durham however they changed the layout to make it open plan which was no good for us having two cats. We then viewed the Hewson show home at Callerton and were immediately sold but it was going to be a stretch on our budget.

We viewed 22 houses between March and July last year after our house sold within a week between Whickham, Dunston, Lobley Hill and even Low Fell but just couldn't find the one. We had been following the Highfields estate for a while but as things got delayed over and over it became clear if we wanted one we would have to take the gamble and allow our sale to go through otherwise risk losing our buyers as their mortgage offer was also running out. We started looking and committed to a rental property in June then a week later our daughter arrived 6 weeks early! Never the less we pushed on with our sale and im pleased we did looking at the market now and after more visits to the Hewson show home we are pretty much set on that house even with the inflated prices as we really love that area. Its a shame plot 19 is the only south facing one on the development but we feel we will use the back of the house so much it would be a shame to be in constant shade so it feels the visitor parking bays at the front are the only compromise.

Bloody hell you had one hell of a ride but i'm glad it worked out in the end, which house type were you going for with Story Homes and i'm very jealous of that mortgage rate!

 

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The front garden is just a low hedge straight from the front right corner of the house to the pavement. I believe the small area of grass to the right of the house with the spaces directly in front is just cut and managed as part of the development but I would find this out if we decide to reserve.

 

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So does that mean anyone can basically toutch the side of your house from the mangered area ?

No not quite that close, if you take another look at the plan you can see after the bay its about the length of the drive to the closest point of the house.