Garage goes on sale for £40k as parking problems highlighted

2:39pm Saturday 29th September 2012 in News

Garage goes on sale for £40k as parking problems highlighted Garage goes on sale for £40k as parking problems highlighted

A garage in Hove is on the market for an eye-watering £40,000.

It is one of a number of parking options for sale on property website Right Move.

With parking at such a premium in the area, owners of garages are looking to make the most of demand.

The Medina Villas site, which is actually two single but linked garages in a compound of six, is next to Hove seafront and is being marketed by estate agents Goldin Lemcke of Hove.

Another garage in Compton Avenue, Brighton, is also listed for £40,000 and is described as “a rare opportunity” close to Seven Dials and Brighton Station.

Those looking to downgrade from a garage can pick up a parking spot in Rottingdean for £15,000.

The space is in Caspian Square and is described as a “central village car parking space”.

With pressure so high on parking, HoveMPMike Weatherley has backed a petition by Central Hove Conservative councillors Andrew Wealls and Adam Love, to open up Norton Road car park to residents with parking permits and the public on weekends.

It follows complaints from traders and residents who want to make use of the frequently empty multi-storey.

Coun Wealls and Coun Love want to allow residents within parking zone N to use the car park seven days a week and to offer free parking for everyone on the weekends. Local traders hope it will bring a boost in trade for the area.

Mr Weatherley said: “Opening up the Norton Roadmulti-storey is a brilliant idea that has my full support.

“It’s absolutely crazy that the car park sits virtually empty at night, when nearby residents struggle.

“I have been contacted by a number of residents who have been put off by the Green administration’s latest parking changeswhichmeanthat, for example, you now have to pay to park everywhere in Central Hove on a Sunday.”

Comments(13)

rolivan says...
3:20pm Sat 29 Sep 12

On Public Holidays and CHRISTMAS DAY.

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Nathan_Adler says...
3:35pm Sat 29 Sep 12

Whilst I am a seasoned driver and despise the snot Greens with a passion, if you move to Brighton (or any busy city) then you must expect that parking is a problem.

It is like people moving to Heathrow and complaining about the noise of aircraft.

Ridiculous.

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Steve Heenan says...
7:51pm Sat 29 Sep 12

You can't park a large motorbike anywhere in B'ton or Hove except by the pier. The bike parking bays are too small. I parked in a car space in Hove bought a "pay n display" ticket then got a parking ticket coz you'e not allowed to put a bike in a car space. I am contesting this. Wen I lived in Norton Road I tried to get a permit and was not allowed, so I had to rent a garage 1/4 mile from where I lived and pay £110 per month. This is the only town I know of that discriminates against big bikes. The
Green party suck.

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Goldenwight says...
11:24pm Sat 29 Sep 12

Nice bit of free advertising here, Argus. I'm sure that will help it sell far better than any local authority policy.

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greeg2 says...
11:47pm Sat 29 Sep 12

As much as a 3 bedroom semi in Whitehawk,I'll take the garage though.

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HJarrs says...
12:18am Sun 30 Sep 12

I fail to see what Weatherley and the rest of the nasty party are going to do to reduce the price of property. It would seem to me that he and his government are intent on stoking up the housing market again, which will lead to even higher property prices.

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Maxwell's Ghost says...
1:26am Sun 30 Sep 12

Many tradesmen buy the garages to keep tools, cement mixers, kit etc because houses with garages and driveways in the city are too expensive or houses just don't have access to back gardens.

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Plantpot says...
11:55am Sun 30 Sep 12

HJarrs wrote:
I fail to see what Weatherley and the rest of the nasty party are going to do to reduce the price of property. It would seem to me that he and his government are intent on stoking up the housing market again, which will lead to even higher property prices.
Last time I looked we live in a democracy that has a free market economy. No political party will be artificially trying to lower house prices - it would be electoral suicide.

What nasty party are you referring to BTW? I know that there is one desperately trying to resolve the mess left by the last socialist administration - is it them?

The Lib Dems complain but are in it up to their necks with the Tories. The Labour party are responsible for this mess and won't be changing any tory spending plans because there are no choices left.

Any other political parties are irrelevant.

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Maxwell's Ghost says...
12:04pm Sun 30 Sep 12

House prices are dropping in Brighton and Hove, although admittedly not at a great speed, but they are dropping.
And quite simply, it's people choosing to buy properties at over inflated prices is their own choice.
People fuelled the rise by taking out 125 per cent mortgages. Just because the cake stand is in front of you, you don't have to stuff your face.

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The Real Phil says...
12:16pm Sun 30 Sep 12

sounds more like a chancer trying to cash in on the parking misery. It does bring to mind a similar sale wher a Kemptown resident was trying to sell off the hard stand in front of their house for 30K not so long ago. That could have been interesting should they needed to have dig up the front for pipework to be replaced, they would have needed to seek permission from the new owner, and perhaps pay some form of rent or compensation. These kind of prices for garages are only ever justified if there is a chance of building a small dwelling on the site (and there have been a few already).

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olebut says...
12:31pm Sun 30 Sep 12

Having lived in Hove for many years but moved away in 1982 I was amazed at the cost of parking to the visitor when I visited again 3 weeks ago. I was equally amazed that you do not run a park and ride service from a number of points around the city. I understand that B & H albion manage it with considerable success so why has the city council not followed their lead?

I should have also thought that a tram service from Black Rock along the seafront to say Boundary Road and back along Portland Rd and Western Road North Street back to Black Rock would have been a good green option. Brighton had trams before WW2 and they would be also a good attraction

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HJarrs says...
3:21pm Sun 30 Sep 12

Plantpot wrote:
HJarrs wrote:
I fail to see what Weatherley and the rest of the nasty party are going to do to reduce the price of property. It would seem to me that he and his government are intent on stoking up the housing market again, which will lead to even higher property prices.
Last time I looked we live in a democracy that has a free market economy. No political party will be artificially trying to lower house prices - it would be electoral suicide.

What nasty party are you referring to BTW? I know that there is one desperately trying to resolve the mess left by the last socialist administration - is it them?

The Lib Dems complain but are in it up to their necks with the Tories. The Labour party are responsible for this mess and won't be changing any tory spending plans because there are no choices left.

Any other political parties are irrelevant.
Oh hello! Are you a time traveller? You must be, as the last time their was a government that might have qualified as socialist was in 1979!

I seem to remember that the previous government followed the oxymoron of free market economics (though perhaps you may wish to explain how that works). And I would agree with you that all three main political parties are wedded to an ideology that is impoverishing the next few generations.

However, I do not share you view that we should leave it to the market, whatever that is. The Labour government did make interventions through (not very) affordable housing planning policies for example and could have limited house price growth through fiscal measures, it could even have underwritten a big expansion of high quality social housing, it could have re-regulated rents. The current government could do the same. Governments cannot work miracles, but neither are they powerless. Sadly, both the last and this government seem obsessed by expanding low interest debt.

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Joshiman says...
5:47pm Sun 30 Sep 12

Everyone knows that Blair/Alistair/Mandy
's plans were to con people into believing that they were rich becaue of equities accumulating in increasing property prices..They encouraged easy but unaffordable mortgages.No checks on buyers,self certifications.125% mortgages.It was a con.Not that long ago house prices were roughly 3.5 to 4 times the average salary.Then Blairs lot in 1997 decided to change the rules.They also conned voters into believing that they were building new schools /hospitals etc.It was all done on the never never ,so called PFI'S.Only one winner and it certainly was not the taxpayer.

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