I think I was a bit naive as to quite how bad it would be. Same for noise and working shift work whilst they're building. Until you've experienced it you just don't quite realise how godawful the experience is!!!
I lived in a nice concrete haven nearly all my life so was used to a few puddles and a bit of occasional dirt but not this relentless filth.
Eww!
The car is garaged but the modern garages are still built to accommodate Austin A30's not modern bloated cars. I have to fold the mirrors in to get through the opening, and one of the reasons, if not the only reason, I went back to a 5 door was to make it easier getting in and out within the garage confines. The cheapest house with a double garage on the estate was about £80k dearer, and when you're getting to that sort of money I'd want a fair bit more land and value. House prices in my neck of the woods are at Home Counties levels but wages are third world. Besides, my house is as much as I'd spend on any house and 30 miles up the road it would be tens of thousands cheaper. It's ridiculous.
I did consider staying in my old house and buying a bit of a mad car for a year or two but that would have been wasteful really.
In fact my old house's 1960's garage was bigger than I have now and that wasn't exactly a cavern.
Grrrrrrrr!
Maybe that's your answer. Follow Simon's example - buy a big (GTI) caravan, move yourself and the family into that and park the car in the house.
On a serious note, I can only imagine your frustration with all the building dust. I don't think I could cope with that. It's bad enough here with the hockey club irrigation spray nuisance I mentioned the other day. Constant building dust would push me over the edge. Must be a nightmare if you work night shifts and trying to get some kip during the day.
And yes, when are new garages going to built to dimensions that take account of today's fatter cars! Still at least you got one to moan about.
