Owain wrote:
On 24 Nov, 14:57, Neil Williams wrote:
... If floods are predicted, the car can
be removed to higher ground,

Why can't cars float? On second thoughts, thousands of cars floating
out to sea might be a liability.

then everything else should be safe (so
long as it isn't used for junk storage).

Decent attics, maybe mansard roof.

Owain

And therein lies the problem. Increasingly houses are three-storeys
because that is the only way to get a big enough house and the density
that the planners demand. Planners also specify a height limit so that
these new three-storey houses are in keeping with their neighbours so
that means that the top floor is in the attic which would otherwise be
used for storage. So the only available storage is the garage which is
probably too small for a car anyway but was built because it was a
planning requirement with the aim of keeping cars off the road. The
driveway is probably too short to park a car on.

Andrew