Extrending driveway width to proerpty line on both sides, can't find old trhead

[killramos]

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Front drives are trash, that's the hill I'm going to die on.

Agree to disagree I guess.

[npham]

Not everyone has Iginla money to have front attached, below grade parking.

[speedog]

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Front drives are trash, that's the hill I'm going to die on.

Oh man, you need a bungalow in a very established community. I get where you're at, most front drive homes are a soulless wall with huge garage doors facing the street and the problem is that in many of these enclaves, the homeowners come home, drive into their front drive garage and disappear into their home with absolutely no interaction with their neighbors.

Now I'm not saying this is absolutely the norm but it is very common place and why I chose the word enclave above instead of community. Now regular homes with front drive garages can be attractive if quality garage doors are used but that is not the norm either and still doesn't address th pe enclave issue.

Undrives, well that's a whole other issue - they are not attractive by any means IMO. IF you like the look of a sea of concrete then move into the core into a condo. In those blocks where there's multiple unidrives side by side, what exactly do they do with all of the snow during the winter?

Btw, 1955 bungalow here with a rear drive double garage - most of the block is rear drive garages and the new infills are rear drive garages as well. A lot of the homeowners park a vehicle or two out front and are always interacting with neighbors - we like that but many don't.

Back to unidrives, I believe the discussion is around why - why do homeowners not want a bit of greenery?

[killramos]

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Not everyone has Iginla money to have front attached, below grade parking.

We all need goals.

[killramos]

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Back to unidrives, I believe the discussion is around why - why do homeowners not want a bit of greenery?

I’m on board with your entire post.

But to answer this one, people are lazy AF and don’t want to take care of it. Whether that be paying someone to do it or doing the work themselves.

[88CRX]

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Oh man, you need a bungalow in a very established community. I get where you're at, most front drive homes are a soulless wall with huge garage doors facing the street and the problem is that in many of these enclaves, the homeowners come home, drive into their front drive garage and disappear into their home with absolutely no interaction with their neighbors.

Rear garage homes force people to interact with their neighbors.... that's a new one! haha

I've lived in both. And the layouts and natural light in a rear detached garage home is nice but holy crap dealing with a rear lane (especially if its unpaved) is literally the worst.

[ercchry]

How the hell is my chauffeur going to pick me up AT my door without some sort of concrete/brick work out front???

[ExtraSlow]

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But do you have a front attached garage, rear detached garage, and a pool?
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/70+...4d-114.1174215

RV parking makes up for it. Nice spot. Cheap too.

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This property has been transacted 2 times

DATE VALUE
Jan 2019 $530,000
Jun 2006 $407,500

[killramos]

Front drives are trash, but RV parking isn’t?

[ExtraSlow]

glad I got some jimmies rustled.

[speedog]

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Rear garage homes force people to interact with their neighbors.... that's a new one! haha

I've lived in both. And the layouts and natural light in a rear detached garage home is nice but holy crap dealing with a rear lane (especially if its unpaved) is literally the worst.

Nice cherry picking.

[mrsingh]

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Don't ever let your wives talk you out of a 3 car garage

This, I still bang my head over this decision everyday.

[Tik-Tok]

Front driveway is fine, so long as the house is large enough that you can actually see the house. Unlike this place with zero curb appeal.

[speedog]

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Front driveway is fine, so long as the house is large enough that you can actually see the house. Unlike this place with zero curb appeal.

But that would be great curb appeal for a lot of home owners.

[Thaco]

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Front driveway is fine, so long as the house is large enough that you can actually see the house. Unlike this place with zero curb appeal.

looks good to me, just need to make the center door taller to fit my RV/truck

But then again, I dont give a shit what other people think... i care what is functional for me.

[revelations]

We went through the city planning committee, bylaw and a mentally challenged neighbour (who kept calling B/L) when dealing with this.

- lot width matters (at front), if your lot is over a certain number of metres (14.5m I think?) then you can unidriveway concrete your house (we had this option).
- newer areas have slightly different laws then older areas
- you can throw down gravel or paving pads as the B/L states parking is not allowed over GRASS (this is what we did, gravel and concrete pads). Neighbour down the road just has concrete pads.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

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Front driveway is fine, so long as the house is large enough that you can actually see the house. Unlike this place with zero curb appeal.

This looks like my dream home. Is it for sale?

[Tik-Tok]

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This looks like my dream home. Is it for sale?

It was. I think it's pending at the moment. Im surprised so many of you like it. There's far better looking triple garage homes around.

[rx7boi]

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Front drives are trash, but RV parking isn’t?

The trifecta has to be

1) garage full of junk and no room for car(s)
2) DIY widened driveway
3) RV on the front driveway

There's also never just one house that's like this. Usually several in a row.

[Thaco]

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It was. I think it's pending at the moment. Im surprised so many of you like it. There's far better looking triple garage homes around.

not everybody cares about how it looks.