Part 1 of four
The ground the car stands on
Land near a field is worth what land near a field is worth, and that is the floor under every quote anybody gives you. It is also the part nobody itemizes.
The two entries in this part
- Part 1 of 4, the ground the car stands onThe Part of the Ground Nobody MentionsThree standing charges land on the same rectangle every year and none of them appears on a quote. They are the reason a lot's price moves in years when nothing about the lot has changed.
- Part 1 of 4, the ground the car stands onWhy the Ground Costs What It CostsEvery quote anybody gives you has this underneath it, and nobody itemizes it. It is the least interesting part of the price and the one that explains the most.
The four parts
- Part 1 of 4, solid ruleThe ground the car stands onLand near a field is worth what land near a field is worth, and that is the floor under every quote anybody gives you. It is also the part nobody itemizes.
- Part 2 of 4, dashed ruleThe roof over it, or the lack of oneA structure has to be built, lit, drained and maintained. Open ground has to be plowed. Both cost money and they cost it in different months.
- Part 3 of 4, dotted ruleThe person who moves it or watches itSomebody parks it, somebody drives the van, somebody is there at two in the morning when a flight lands late. Labor is the part of a parking price that moves fastest.
- Part 4 of 4, double ruleGetting between the space and the doorA vehicle, a driver, fuel and a schedule, running whether or not anybody is aboard. In this city the field is far enough out that this is never a rounding error.