Is this something new: rental of driveways on top of rental of apartments?

[no_hypocrisy]

My neighbor is renting the top floor of his home. Two bedrooms, kitchen, etc. But if you want to park your car where you're living/renting, it will cost another $200 a month as opposed to parking on the street 10 feet away from the driveway.

What's up with that?

[Sanity Claws]

1. That has been going on in NYC for decades.

[madaboutharry]

2. It called greed.

I think greed is one of the 7 deadly sins.

[FarCenter]

3. Probably OK if your town allows overnight parking on the street.

[marybourg]

4. Maybe it's because I

come from NYC, but I don't see how renting an apartment in a 2family house entitles you to park in the landlord's driveway absent an arrangement to do so.

[WillowTree]

5. Wouldn't be much different with alot of rentals in Chicago.

[MineralMan]

6. Parking is expensive in many places.

If you don't park on the street, you can expect to pay for your parking space in those places, and parking on the street can be very difficult. Somehow, this doesn't surprise me much.

[Heddi]

7. Very common in every moderately sized or large city I've lived in

Charleston SC, Seattle WA, Philadelphia PA to name a few.

Some rentals came with parking (if a multi-unit dwelling), others parking was a small charge (even at multi-unit dwellings), others parking was a large charge.

in Seattle I think it was because there were many people who lived in the DT Core or nearby neighborhoods who didn't have a car, so no need for a parking space. That space could then be rented out to someone else who needed parking in the DT core or whatever during their working hours. For others, it's a premium. Street parking is dangerous for your car, limited depending on where you live, and if you want to be able to park close to your house, or in a secure area, you can pay extra for that. If you don't have a car, or are OK parking on the street, you don't have to pay extra.

We paid upwards of $25-$50 a month for secured parking when we lived in Charleston (10 trillion years ago) to an extra $500 a month for parking in Seattle.