On Sun, 04 Oct 2015 19:30:10 +0100, wrote:

On Sunday, 4 October 2015 19:02:22 UTC+1, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
Why not pull into your driveway?
Many houses don't have them.
Why would anyone buy a house with a part missing?

Because a lot of very nice houses in towns date from a time when the hall-boy would whistle up a hansom as required, which negated the requirement to keep a carriage.

Doesn't change the fact it's inconvenient in the 21st century. Plenty houses like that have been given a drive.

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