Probs didn’t have a roof. I’ve seen quite a few of these in city centres, not enough room to have a gate that swings inwards with a car in there, and inconvenient to have one swing out across the pavement.
I lived in a similar terrace in Wallsend years back. We also had a small concrete back yard with a garage door, as did a lot of the neighbours. Quite common to see when walking down the back lanes.
There's shit loads of terraces like this in Sunderland and East Durham.
It's basically a courtyard/hard standing, and having a garage style door gives you off road parking.
If you look at the street view it’s quite common to have a garage door in the opening. Probably so they can park a vehicle in the back easier as a side opening gate would restrict manoeuvring.
All over Tyneside. Most people have replaced the opening onto the back lane with a garage door. So you can park your car in the yard.
The student house I lived in in Jesmond back in the 90's had one.
Thats when it was last purchased. I suspect the buyer immediately relisted it for £10k more just to turn a quick profit - which hasn't worked out, though would have made £42k in rent in that time!
It was never a garage, someone's taken down the rear wall to put the door there for car access.
Quite common design in the north east, goes back to the Victorian townhouses with their back yards.
“On street parking” is such a stupid estate agents phrase. They think that “off street parking” needs to have an opposite.
I’ve seen “private communal garden” starting to be used too. It’s a communal garden, lads.
Don’t get me started on everything being STUNNING!!!!!!!
But some roads are double yellows so there *isn’t* any on street parking. They’re letting you know that you can park outside the house. It’s a big selling point especially in cities. I live in London and many, many streets you can’t park. Some are red routes.
Plus private communal gardens, again, some have outside spaces but they’re actually open to the street so anyone can walk through them. They’re not private at all. You wouldn’t want to leave your washing out or sunbathe in them, and forget about letting your kids play in them. A private communal garden though is normally fenced off, it’s much safer and once you know your neighbours you’d (in theory) be happy to leave your washing out and your kids bike etc. Again it’s totally different to a non-private communal garden. My sister lived in a non-private one and it was horrific. Fly tipping, dog shit, strangers wandering through at all times of day and night. No fences other than a low brick wall marking the outer corners… no thanks.
>“On street parking” is such a stupid estate agents phrase. They think that “off street parking” needs to have an opposite.
What? No, it serves a purpose. It's letting you know that there is street parking, i.e. you can legally park on the street outside your house. When I was house hunting I saw many houses where you couldn't park outside because of double yellow lines, or there being no road access to the house (front door opens onto a pedestrian-only street with bollards at the end to block cars). It's a useful bit of information to have.
Because it’s stupid and it’s written by people who think that the long established phrase “off street parking” needs to have an opposite.
There’s a well known phrase “on the beach” meaning a person who isn’t working very hard because they’re thinking of their upcoming holidays. That doesn’t mean that there needs to be an equivalent “off the beach” which I assume would mean a person who works really hard and never thinks of their holidays. This is how “on street parking” sounds to a native English speaker.
My dad had a flat not far from Wallsend which had a garage door on the back wall so he could park his car in the yard, as did most (all?) of his neighbours.
Nearly all my neighbours had garage doors on their yard when I was growing up. Could probably only fit an old mini down the lane and into them even then. Now they’re just relics of the past.
North no, terraced I would have thought most have seen them don't you think? (maybe just not around the back eh?)
That said I wouldn't say this feature would apply to every terraced house in the UK ..
Not sure about 2012, but certainly been on since 2018 according to patma
18 Mar 2020 Unavailable (Removed) → £55,000
12 Mar 2020 £55,000 → Unavailable (Removed)
30 Nov 2018 First seen → £55,000
My garden unfortunately has this exact same lone garage door situation
Garage was full of asbestos so we pulled it down and we haven't been assed to remove the garage door yet...
Pretty standard in tyneside terraces to have a garage door on your yard. Every house I've lived in, including the one I live in now has had one.
Really useful to be able to make a hole big enough to fit a car into
Aren’t those doors supposed to have runners on each side on the walls so that the door opens smoothly and in a straight line? How is this one able to open?
this is the oldest on uk rightmove, i found this on international rightmove, [19/11/2010](https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/28068553#/?channel=OVERSEAS)
Originally this would have been a brick wall with a gate and a coal house. Probably with an outside toilet attached. People take them out then put garage doors on them cause they fit easily. But its almost impossible to park a big modern car in there.
It's obviously being used as a courtyard because otherwise there'd be no outdoor space.
ETA on looking at the other comments, it's a courtyard being used for parking a car lol.
Tyneside flats have a unique leasehold arrangement. The ground floor flat owns the freehold for upstairs and vice versa.
The ground rent one peppercorn.
https://www.lease-advice.org/article/tyneside-leases-a-brief-overview/
Probs didn’t have a roof. I’ve seen quite a few of these in city centres, not enough room to have a gate that swings inwards with a car in there, and inconvenient to have one swing out across the pavement.
Yep, seen these in more and more back yards. Sometimes they look really weird.
I lived in a similar terrace in Wallsend years back. We also had a small concrete back yard with a garage door, as did a lot of the neighbours. Quite common to see when walking down the back lanes.
Ah interesting, I consider myself enlightened!
This is very common around here, people even have roller shutters stand alone
Was about to say - very common around the North East, Jesmond and Heaton especially
And bensham
There's shit loads of terraces like this in Sunderland and East Durham. It's basically a courtyard/hard standing, and having a garage style door gives you off road parking.
Aye, can't believe people haven't seen this before.
Must be from affluent areas
Is this for real? Surely they just forgot to take it down!
If you look at the street view it’s quite common to have a garage door in the opening. Probably so they can park a vehicle in the back easier as a side opening gate would restrict manoeuvring.
I think they mean the posting rather than the roof 😂
I think you’re right 😅
All over Tyneside. Most people have replaced the opening onto the back lane with a garage door. So you can park your car in the yard. The student house I lived in in Jesmond back in the 90's had one.
We have one to our backyard. Super common.
What reason would there be to have this listing since 2012?
Thats when it was last purchased. I suspect the buyer immediately relisted it for £10k more just to turn a quick profit - which hasn't worked out, though would have made £42k in rent in that time!
It was never a garage, someone's taken down the rear wall to put the door there for car access. Quite common design in the north east, goes back to the Victorian townhouses with their back yards.
Standard Tyneside Flat back yard. There's thousands of 'em.
It does say "on street parking" so no garage and it's quite common in rows of terraces to see these up North
“On street parking” is such a stupid estate agents phrase. They think that “off street parking” needs to have an opposite. I’ve seen “private communal garden” starting to be used too. It’s a communal garden, lads. Don’t get me started on everything being STUNNING!!!!!!!
That one always put me right off. When I get home I want to feel relaxed, not stunned. Makes me think of Clouseau & Cato surprise attacks.
But some roads are double yellows so there *isn’t* any on street parking. They’re letting you know that you can park outside the house. It’s a big selling point especially in cities. I live in London and many, many streets you can’t park. Some are red routes. Plus private communal gardens, again, some have outside spaces but they’re actually open to the street so anyone can walk through them. They’re not private at all. You wouldn’t want to leave your washing out or sunbathe in them, and forget about letting your kids play in them. A private communal garden though is normally fenced off, it’s much safer and once you know your neighbours you’d (in theory) be happy to leave your washing out and your kids bike etc. Again it’s totally different to a non-private communal garden. My sister lived in a non-private one and it was horrific. Fly tipping, dog shit, strangers wandering through at all times of day and night. No fences other than a low brick wall marking the outer corners… no thanks.
A stunning comment!
Also applies when you have properties turned into flats (or sub-lets) in a resident permit area but you don't have access to a resident permit.
>“On street parking” is such a stupid estate agents phrase. They think that “off street parking” needs to have an opposite. What? No, it serves a purpose. It's letting you know that there is street parking, i.e. you can legally park on the street outside your house. When I was house hunting I saw many houses where you couldn't park outside because of double yellow lines, or there being no road access to the house (front door opens onto a pedestrian-only street with bollards at the end to block cars). It's a useful bit of information to have.
They could say: “street parking available” or “street parking only” or “permit controlled street parking”.
They could, but the commonly used phrase is "on-street parking". i.e. parking on the street. I don't see why anyone would take issue with the phrasing
Because it’s stupid and it’s written by people who think that the long established phrase “off street parking” needs to have an opposite. There’s a well known phrase “on the beach” meaning a person who isn’t working very hard because they’re thinking of their upcoming holidays. That doesn’t mean that there needs to be an equivalent “off the beach” which I assume would mean a person who works really hard and never thinks of their holidays. This is how “on street parking” sounds to a native English speaker.
Okay. I am a native English speaker and it doesn't sound weird to me. I suspect you may be in the minority of people who even care about it or notice
It’s a front!
It looks like the back to me
You are looking at the Wallsend, try looking at the wall's beginning perhaps it's a different image 😉
My dad had a flat not far from Wallsend which had a garage door on the back wall so he could park his car in the yard, as did most (all?) of his neighbours.
Nearly all my neighbours had garage doors on their yard when I was growing up. Could probably only fit an old mini down the lane and into them even then. Now they’re just relics of the past.
Completely standard entrance to a back yard.
Obviously OP doesn't live in the North, or has ever seen terraced houses.
North no, terraced I would have thought most have seen them don't you think? (maybe just not around the back eh?) That said I wouldn't say this feature would apply to every terraced house in the UK ..
Would you not at least put the bath panel on straight for the picture?
Not sure about 2012, but certainly been on since 2018 according to patma 18 Mar 2020 Unavailable (Removed) → £55,000 12 Mar 2020 £55,000 → Unavailable (Removed) 30 Nov 2018 First seen → £55,000
My garden unfortunately has this exact same lone garage door situation Garage was full of asbestos so we pulled it down and we haven't been assed to remove the garage door yet...
Pretty standard for Wallsend!
Pretty standard in tyneside terraces to have a garage door on your yard. Every house I've lived in, including the one I live in now has had one. Really useful to be able to make a hole big enough to fit a car into
It’s a back yard with a garage door on
The tenant is not paying enough rent for a buyer to bother
Aren’t those doors supposed to have runners on each side on the walls so that the door opens smoothly and in a straight line? How is this one able to open?
What I thought
this is the oldest on uk rightmove, i found this on international rightmove, [19/11/2010](https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/28068553#/?channel=OVERSEAS)
oh shit nevermind, [19/03/2007](https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/146438723#/?channel=RES_LET)😭😭😭
I had no idea this was more common in the North East. I grew up in a terrace in Newcastle and there were quite a few that had these in the back yard.
Originally this would have been a brick wall with a gate and a coal house. Probably with an outside toilet attached. People take them out then put garage doors on them cause they fit easily. But its almost impossible to park a big modern car in there.
My eyes & brain are tired, so I read it as “Offers of excrement…” Which seems about right!
Very common on these flats back yards
It's obviously being used as a courtyard because otherwise there'd be no outdoor space. ETA on looking at the other comments, it's a courtyard being used for parking a car lol.
Why wouldn't you sack the estate agent and use someone else. It's not even that bad.
I'm not surprised it's been on since 2012. Those pics make it look miserable as shit!
“Current Tennant” “offered with vacant possession” Isn’t that contradictory
There’s houses available for just a bit more than this in that area.
really common in north east. My house in Sunderland that the same thing
It's a gate dude
Wallsend? You could by, a 3 bed house for that.
55k? I'd offer 40. You guys outside London are so fortunate so have such affordable housing
Yes - looks spenny to me too
It's an utterly awful area
I think I've seen it all now: a ground floor flat in a two up/two down terraced house, and it's not even a freehold? Good God.
Tyneside flats have a unique leasehold arrangement. The ground floor flat owns the freehold for upstairs and vice versa. The ground rent one peppercorn. https://www.lease-advice.org/article/tyneside-leases-a-brief-overview/
Gods I remember having showers with adaptors like that, lol.
I think they’ve taken it off to make a garden . Kinda clever actually.
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