I'm now keeping my car in a lock up

[scottishpedro]

£50 a month sounds a bargain, remember insurance should be a bit less if garaged too

Interestingly my insurance is more if I keep the car in the garage (£50 or thereabouts)

[Simeon]

I asked my insurance company why it wasn't less if I garaged my car and they said it's because they get a lot of claims from people bashing their car getting it in and out of their garage

[scott-o]

£80 more for me on insurance because it's kept in the garage, £50 more on driveway too than if it's on the street :| I'm too honest though, r32 lives on the street and the mk2 in the garage keeping clean and dry

£50 a month is a good price, especially if it's a good size. The garage mine is in is tiny but it's still great popping in there on a night and cleaning the bay up or doing little odd jobs as a de-stress. Plus you could de-clutter your house abit my chucking stuff in the garage haha

[jmsheahan]

If it's just for storage then fair enough but another thing to consider is do you want to work on the car?

I rent a garage for £47 a month from the council the other side of town to me to store my Beetle in. It does the job but it's a nightmare if I want to work on it. Not enough room (Beetles are pretty small - I suspect the Golf would only just fit) and no light or electric is a right pain.

It's there just to keep the weather away from it at the moment but it's not really that cost effective.

Do you have a drive? I purchased one of these second hand last year and it's great. No higher than a normal garage so doesn't annoy the neighbours too much and doesn't need planning permission etc.

[tony_ack]

Agree that a storage garage does not make a good work space, especially since they tend to be in residential areas and you sometimes get complaints from the residents  :embarassed:

I paid £55 per month for my garage on the other side of town, and stored a project car in there initially, but when I sold the project it was wasted money so I asked to cancel the lease. The lady who owned the garage wanted me to stay though, and offered me free rent!! I said I couldn't have it for free so now give her £10 a month.