"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck) 09/10/2018 at 15:49 • Filed to: houses

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Every time I see a shared driveway access like this, I cringe as I imagine all the future neighbor squabbles — like when the guy on the left buys a Ram 3500 crew cab long bed, which of course would never fit in that garage.

shop-teacher > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/10/2018 at 15:57

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Yep. I'd never buy a place like that.

wafflesnfalafel > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/10/2018 at 15:57

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that is just stupid - the 2nd house could have had a front facing garage too solving the issue...  

fintail > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/10/2018 at 15:58

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Such thoughtful design, such attractive housing.  I predict one garage will house a Model 3, the other an X2.

ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback > wafflesnfalafel 09/10/2018 at 16:01

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I don’t know how this all works, but I’d be willing to bet there was a code issue with multiple driveways there.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/10/2018 at 16:03

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How??? Can. That. Ever. Work.

The white house probably doesn’t even have legal easement from the yellow house.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/10/2018 at 16:04

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Just extend the garage from the corner of the house to the street. Problem solved. 

Tristan > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/10/2018 at 16:05

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Wow... So intelligent.

Garages that require a hard right turn like that are always stupid.

E92M3 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/10/2018 at 16:23

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Our house growing up had a shared driveway. It sucks! When my father passed we listed it, and that was the biggest complaint from everyone that toured the home.

To make it worse there’s a creek running under it too. Everyone asked “what if the driveway needs to be repaired in the future, and the neighbor either doesn’t want to, or doesn’t have the money to pay for half? ”

OPPOsaurus WRX > ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback 09/10/2018 at 16:27

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its greed, less driveway space, more units you can stuff on the lot.  

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/10/2018 at 16:27

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On the upside, nobody in either house will probably ever store a car in those garages.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/10/2018 at 16:33

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Does the driveway impared  get an easement from the driveway holder, or does the arrangement rely on the generosity of strangers?

The Ghost of Oppo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/10/2018 at 16:37

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Yeah, but d at Mk4 Vdub is hella dope.  

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/10/2018 at 16:50

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I assume he’s relying on the faint chase his neighbor is not a big meanie

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > fintail 09/10/2018 at 16:51

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House next to the one you see me in had a Macan and Panamera. Why tho.

Stapleface > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/10/2018 at 16:52

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Wow, that’s pretty dumb.

And besides the driveway, look at the space between the houses. That’s barely  one step away from a rowhome.

Spasoje > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/10/2018 at 16:55

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T h e y t e n d t o d r a m a t i c a l l y r e d u ce setback s for new h i g her-density construction, i n n e i g h b o r h o o d s w h e r e t h e y d e s p e r a t e l y w a n t t o i n c r ease density.

Monkey B > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/10/2018 at 17:03

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it would have been a little better if the yellow house was built with the garage on the opposite side ...but this way probably saved them a few bucks or something. It’s almost a lock that there will be contact between cars, possibly people. There was zero forward thinking here.

fintail > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/10/2018 at 17:05

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More money than sense or taste , fits a lot of people in the area.

Mcmodern boxes, so unique and edgy.

and 100 more > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/10/2018 at 17:13

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I mean, a shared access easement isn’t exactly unheard-of.

Regardless, it’s still a s hit design.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/10/2018 at 17:35

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I lived somewhere that four houses shared a common drive (about as wide as the yellow house has).

My house was in the front so it was no trouble. The rear house got a spot between the two houses, I got the street, and my cop neighbor got the street in front of my house too for his cruiser . It worked 85% of the time.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 09/10/2018 at 18:46

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Yeah I don't get why that wasn't done in the first place

haveacarortwoorthree2 > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/10/2018 at 19:18

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There’s no way the title company signed off on that without an easement

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > fintail 09/10/2018 at 22:25

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That aside, these guys hire pretty good labor. One of my most pleasant accounts to work with as a result. 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Tristan 09/10/2018 at 22:27

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I'm okay with them if 1) the driveway is massively wide and long and the garage has three bays, and 2) if it's also not shared 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 09/10/2018 at 22:29

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Sword cuts both ways. Guy on the right could have 2 cars in the garage AND two cars in the driveway. Guy on left could never have any guests -- themselves -- parked on their own driveway without totally being a turd... Not all that fair.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Stapleface 09/10/2018 at 22:30

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That’s just new construction up here... pack em in, sell them for ungodly amounts.

fintail > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/10/2018 at 23:49

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Nice to know at least some in the industry are decent - as you know, horror stories are infinite.

One that comes to mind - a  co-worker paid over 12K to have wood fence set up, and the bullshit that followed blew my mind.  It ended up getting legal, over shoddy work.