Parking spaces.which is correct?

[Mr Rex]

The grid just asks for Garage/Carport, not parking spaces.

BS Mr instructor:



Garage/Carport
The appraiser should indicate the type of parking and number of spaces for each type identified
for the subject property and each comparable property.
Reporting Format:
The appraiser should utilize the below abbreviations, in the order that they are listed, preceded by
the number of parking spaces without spaces or delimiters.
If there is no off-street parking, the appraiser should enter “None”.
The appraiser may include all parking types if all types are present. If all types are not present,
only the appropriate abbreviations should be included.
Abbreviated
Entry
Parking Type
ga Attached Garage
gd Detached Garage
gbi Built-in Garage
cp Carport
dw Driveway

 

[Mike Garrett RAA]

I have real heart burn with appraisers who think a three car tandem garage isn't a three car garage. Ask any builder...look at their marketing materials. Lastly, ask a buyer. The question probably is..."is a 3 car tandem worth as much as a traditional 3 car garage? I don't think so.

As far as I am concerned a one car garage has one parking spaces in the garage and one on the driveway. A two car garage has w parking spaces in the garage and two on the driveway.

 

[CANative]

People think in terms of size because in most cases garages are used for not only car storage but everything storage.

Having said that a tandem garage is not as good as a straight forward garage.

 

[Scott Brown]

This is the way I look at it: If the driveway is two cars wide and long enough to get two more in behind those two then its a 4-car driveway. It terms of utility there is room for guests to park, set up your basketball goal. Worrying that you have to move one car to get the one in front out may have some merit but I put down 4dw and move on. Here's a thought: if you park cars in the driveway you can't get the cars in the garage out.

 

[Steve Carter]

Garage/Carport
The appraiser should indicate the type of parking and number of spaces for each type identified
for the subject property and each comparable property.
Reporting Format:
The appraiser should utilize the below abbreviations, in the order that they are listed, preceded by
the number of parking spaces without spaces or delimiters.
If there is no off-street parking, the appraiser should enter “None”.
The appraiser may include all parking types if all types are present. If all types are not present,
only the appropriate abbreviations should be included.
Abbreviated
Entry
Parking Type
ga Attached Garage
gd Detached Garage
gbi Built-in Garage
cp Carport
dw Driveway

From the get-go of UAD, I've found the driveway parking to be one of the hardest issues to deal with. While in most cases, I can identify the subject's driveway parking, in many cases I cannot identify the comparable's driveway parking. The local MLS does not specify driveway parking and a large percentage of properties in my area are not visible enough to determine driveway parking. More importantly, it has virtually no impart on value/marketability, unless there is no covered parking, or in an area where there is frequently no off street parking.

So with emphasis on the word "identified" in the instructions quoted above, and the line that includes the word "may" (as opposed to must, or even should), I have just been leaving the "dw" out of the UAD secret code on the grid. Since I can't always identify driveway parking and it says "may", that was my rational for leaving "dw" out. That has been working fine, not one word from clients until last month. Suddenly one client insists I include the driveway parking for all of the entries on the grid. I got a sort of reprieve with the addition of a comment about the lack of data regarding driveway parking. But occasionally one of this client's minions rejects my report for lack of "dw".

Before I start adding "dw" to my parking grid entries, I'm wondering if this is going to fire of an inconsistency flag, if I change a comp that I've previously used to include "dw".

Thoughts?

 

[Mr Rex]

I would think that unless there is some type of covered or enclosed parking/car storage that the number of driveway spaces is almost immaterial in most markets unless you are comparing street parking to driveway spaces.

I was tickled at the report that I reviewed that indicated 50 spaces in the driveway because the driveway was about 1000 feet long, single car width. I can imagine a party when the guy closest to the house gets ready to leave and asks the other 49 folks to move and let him get out.:icon_mrgreen:

 

[Peter LeQuire]

I would think that unless there is some type of covered or enclosed parking/car storage that the number of driveway spaces is almost immaterial in most markets unless you are comparing street parking to driveway spaces.

I was tickled at the report that I reviewed that indicated 50 spaces in the driveway because the driveway was about 1000 feet long, single car width. I can imagine a party when the guy closest to the house gets ready to leave and asks the other 49 folks to move and let him get out.:icon_mrgreen:

People with 1,000' driveways probably have valet parking for their parties.

 

[Mr Rex]

Around here most have rifles with scopes.:new_snipersmilie:

 

[Peter LeQuire]

Around here most have rifles with scopes.:new_snipersmilie:

Around there I'd guess that the question about parking spaces doesn't ask about automobiles, but about Gators.

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[Terraform]

I do many appraisals on stilt homes in this area that have garage space equal to the living area. I will make adjustments based on SF and not driveway or garage door dimensions and comment in this regard in the body of the report. I usually select 3 car garage 3 gar driveway, but it doesn't really matter.