Garage in South Manchester

[Colin F]

Hi,

After much scrimping and saving I am finally nearly ready to buy a Lotus Elise for a weekend car.

I live in a terrace house with no off road parking so would like to store it in a garage during the week when I am not using it as I reckon that it will help with the insurance and keep the car safer and drier.

I have had a quick look on the net and can't see much in the way of garages near where I live. There are loads in the city centre but they seem to be very expensive and too far away to easily access the car.

Does anyone know where the best place to find garages is and how much should it cost?

Cheers
C

[kirsty-s2k]

The council usually have them available to rent - depends on if you want properly secure with power, light etc. or not. I rented one when I was in Northampton as I was working away a lot and didn't want the car just left on the street - think it was about £20 pcm.

[Colin F]

Cheers I have sent an email to the local non profit agency that runs my area to see if they have any although there aren't any mentioned on the website.

Will see if they come back to me.

C

[Atomic Gibbon]

I tried to secure a garage this year - fell flat.
You do get the odd one in didsbury area, but they go for a lot of rent as there are so many big hiuses made into flats.

Try loot, that sort of thing.

[Parabola]

There's quite a few 60's low rise blocks of flats around South Manchester with rows of garages below/round the back.
I went round some and left 'garage wanted' notes tru some doors.

Got quite a good response from a few places- now rent a garage in Withington, £35 a month. That seems to be the going rate for a council garage too (but their waiting lists are very long!)

[Kickstart]

If you are really struggling and Heaton Moor near stockport is any good then I should be able to help

Send me a PM if you wish

Kickstart

[Colin F]

Cheers for all the replies.

I did hear back from the non profit that run the housing around here and they don’t do garages any more.

Next step is to try a notice in the newsagent and drop a few fliers in the nearby flats that have garages behind them.

Kickstart thanks for the offer. I am in Northenden so will try a bit closer to home before I bother you.

Going test driving again on Sunday can wait!

C

[Eviltad]

There is a "safe storage" warehouse place by us in Leeds that seems to store cars and caravans. So have you tried that kind of place? Or would they want it locked down "long term" rather than weekly?

[ginettajoe]

Kickstart said:

If you are really struggling and Heaton Moor near stockport is any good then I should be able to help

Send me a PM if you wish

Kickstart

Hi Kickstart,

Do you still have a garage or similar available in Heaton Moor??

Regards, Howard

[JQ]

Holy thread resurrection Joe.

I'd be interested to know what impact putting such a car in a rented garage would have on insurance costs. I'd considered doing something similar myself, but was worried that my car would be far more likely to get nicked from a rented garage away from our house. I always remember a friend of my dad returned to his rented garage years ago to find his Lotus Elan completely stripped - it was just the shell left on bricks. It looked like the thief had spent several weeks stripping the car.

[ginettajoe]

JQ said:

Holy thread resurrection Joe.

I'd be interested to know what impact putting such a car in a rented garage would have on insurance costs. I'd considered doing something similar myself, but was worried that my car would be far more likely to get nicked from a rented garage away from our house. I always remember a friend of my dad returned to his rented garage years ago to find his Lotus Elan completely stripped - it was just the shell left on bricks. It looked like the thief had spent several weeks stripping the car.

Ha ha, ...... a proper resurrection!!! Needed to start enquiring somewhere!

[kirsty-s2k]

Hey Howie, how's things?

What do you need? Got a friend not that far from there who might have some garage space available. Drop me an email/pm

[Kickstart]

Hi Joe

I do have a garage suitable for a fellow pistonhead in sunny Heaton Moor if that is what you are looking for

If interested drop me a PM

[ginettajoe]

Hi Kirsty & Kickstart, apologies for the delay in coming back to you both, I was working away for a few days and didn't realise there were replies!! Anyway, I am still requiring somewhere, so perhaps you could let me know what is available? Thanks and best regards, Howard