Property Searches for Double Garage
Property Searches for Double Garage
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mat205125

Original Poster:

17,790 posts

235 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Anyone know of a Rightmove type app that allows us to filter only home with double garages?

Whilst maybe a niche interest to a petrolhead, I'm surprised it's not a fundamental consideration to filter by.

Also irritated that Autotrader doesn't let me filter by "tow bar", but that's another thread wink

Schwarz930

84 posts

40 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Just add "Double Garage" into the keyword section, it will bring all those with double garages to the top of your search.

Happy Jim

1,070 posts

261 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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No sadly,
Just been through this for the past 3 months driving me mad! If you add in “double garage” you’ll miss out on triples, car ports (that might convert), outbuildings (Lazy ea’s) and of course all those where the ea is just lazy and didn’t think it important.

Arse

crossie

224 posts

259 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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mat205125 said:
Anyone know of a Rightmove type app that allows us to filter only home with double garages?

Whilst maybe a niche interest to a petrolhead, I'm surprised it's not a fundamental consideration to filter by.

Also irritated that Autotrader doesn't let me filter by "tow bar", but that's another thread wink
same line of thinking as me!

snotrag

15,471 posts

233 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Count me in for the personal hatred towards Rightmove on behalf of petrolheads.

Went through this rigmarole myself. No 'garage' tick box. No dimensions on the garage in the floorplans (even when its internal to the house). No photos of the garage.

And the number one, top of the tree, get in the f*cking sea criminality, is when the house is listed as having a garage yet the up and over door swings open to reveal... a 2 foot deep bin store, with an awkawrdly shaped and badly lit 'playroom' / 'home gym' / 'useful office space' behind it.

mat205125

Original Poster:

17,790 posts

235 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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snotrag said:
Count me in for the personal hatred towards Rightmove on behalf of petrolheads.

Went through this rigmarole myself. No 'garage' tick box. No dimensions on the garage in the floorplans (even when its internal to the house). No photos of the garage.

And the number one, top of the tree, get in the f*cking sea criminality, is when the house is listed as having a garage yet the up and over door swings open to reveal... a 2 foot deep bin store, with an awkawrdly shaped and badly lit 'playroom' / 'home gym' / 'useful office space' behind it.
I'm glad I'm not the only one with this frustration. wink

Simpo Two

91,020 posts

287 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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snotrag said:
And the number one, top of the tree, get in the f*cking sea criminality, is when the house is listed as having a garage yet the up and over door swings open to reveal... a 2 foot deep bin store, with an awkawrdly shaped and badly lit 'playroom' / 'home gym' / 'useful office space' behind it.
The idea being that you will sell your beastly planet-destroying motor vehicle and buy a nice eco bicycle instead...

craigjm

20,385 posts

222 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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snotrag said:
Count me in for the personal hatred towards Rightmove on behalf of petrolheads.

Went through this rigmarole myself. No 'garage' tick box. No dimensions on the garage in the floorplans (even when its internal to the house). No photos of the garage.

And the number one, top of the tree, get in the f*cking sea criminality, is when the house is listed as having a garage yet the up and over door swings open to reveal... a 2 foot deep bin store, with an awkawrdly shaped and badly lit 'playroom' / 'home gym' / 'useful office space' behind it.
Apart from the tick box for garage none of that is really rightmove fault. It is the fault of the agents being lazy, vendors being lazy and willing to sign off the estate agents lazy crap and builders building garages that are not wide enough or deep enough for a modern car so people fill them with crap.



Timbo_S2

655 posts

285 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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I too am on the search for a new house, with garage space a priority.

What i'm also finding is that those who have a nice garage are understandably not keen on having photos taken in it. Which makes it doubly hard...

Abdul Abulbul Amir

13,179 posts

234 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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mat205125 said:
Anyone know of a Rightmove type app that allows us to filter only home with double garages?

Whilst maybe a niche interest to a petrolhead, I'm surprised it's not a fundamental consideration to filter by.

Also irritated that Autotrader doesn't let me filter by "tow bar", but that's another thread wink
I think you may be me.

Dashnine

1,650 posts

72 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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I think the Rightmove website (via PC or other OS browser rather an app) is better than nothing, as it allows the keyword search but nothing's going to show you properties with the opportunity to create a double garage.

The website tends to throw up more properties with a double garage than not, be they not a full double garage, half converted, triangular, etc.

alscar

7,904 posts

235 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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It’s Estate Agents as a whole who I’ve always found appear to have no interest in matching your needs up as far as Garages are concerned.
We were looking a while back and made it clear that we needed existing stables and garages or at least the ability to build them so that would possibly rule out listed or conservation areas. I was impressed when said EA asked how many horses and cars do I need to sort for you and given the answer was then less impressed when they said “ oh I assume an old car port for one car and room for one stable behind wouldn’t work ?”
For us searching via Equestrian properties often throws up garaging or at least barns but never the other way round.

Dynion Araf Uchaf

5,039 posts

245 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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search by parking, normally throws up those abodes with garages.

drmotorsport

930 posts

265 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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crossie said:
mat205125 said:
Anyone know of a Rightmove type app that allows us to filter only home with double garages?

Whilst maybe a niche interest to a petrolhead, I'm surprised it's not a fundamental consideration to filter by.

Also irritated that Autotrader doesn't let me filter by "tow bar", but that's another thread wink
same line of thinking as me!
+1

Also in the same boat and have just listed my house - practically had to drag the phototgrapher into the garage to take a pic of the space and garage (integral large single and a half) was missing altogether from the first floorplan draft.

Percy.

1,070 posts

96 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Currently in a situation where we are looking to move from our city centre terrace out to the countryside, also looking for a house with big drive/garages.

I've found that OnTheMarket is the best website for keyword searching, you can select up to 5 keywords and they're usually quite good results compared to RightMove where it's just a choice of detached/semi/bungalow etc

Slow.Patrol

4,092 posts

36 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Abdul Abulbul Amir said:
mat205125 said:
Anyone know of a Rightmove type app that allows us to filter only home with double garages?

Whilst maybe a niche interest to a petrolhead, I'm surprised it's not a fundamental consideration to filter by.

Also irritated that Autotrader doesn't let me filter by "tow bar", but that's another thread wink
I think you may be me.
And me.

In fact, I want a developer to build a two bedroom house with a double garage.

Surely there is a good demand. Bring back the chalet.


mat205125

Original Poster:

17,790 posts

235 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Slow.Patrol said:
Abdul Abulbul Amir said:
mat205125 said:
Anyone know of a Rightmove type app that allows us to filter only home with double garages?

Whilst maybe a niche interest to a petrolhead, I'm surprised it's not a fundamental consideration to filter by.

Also irritated that Autotrader doesn't let me filter by "tow bar", but that's another thread wink
I think you may be me.
And me.

In fact, I want a developer to build a two bedroom house with a double garage.

Surely there is a good demand. Bring back the chalet.
That's our search criteria ...... two bedroom, 1/4 acre garden, big kitchen, double garage, large driveway.

craigjm

20,385 posts

222 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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mat205125 said:
That's our search criteria ...... two bedroom, 1/4 acre garden, big kitchen, double garage, large driveway.
You are looking for a needle in a haystack. If you want something like that then you really need to go the self build route

Mr Whippy

32,157 posts

263 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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It’s bad enough on random square footage/no square footage declarations.

No solution except looking at everything, which is tiresome.

Rightmove is designed for the seller, not buyer.

anonymous-user

76 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Schwarz930 said:
Just add "Double Garage" into the keyword section, it will bring all those with double garages to the top of your search.
Couldn’t see that
Got a screenshot please?