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How do you not see that you can make a curved/angled driveway into a architectural feature? Picture all the pretty landscaping you can do to the right side of the driveway to block the electric box. Why would you think you would lose 3-6% value because of this feature?
It really sounds like buyers remorse for you to be this upset because your house will actually look different and unique and probably better than your neighbors'.
read the contract in detail, It may have a provision that if a natural or mandmade feature (beyond the control of the builder) causes them to have to alter the footprint layout or exterior design but the change does not substantually impact the use of the property, or reduces the property size, the contract may say you are agreeing to that in advance and won't hold the builder responsible. Guess the key is to know exactly what you signed.
But I got to say, some may think your blowing the driveway issue way out of proportion or making it sound worse than it it because as you said "Also, we wanted to flip home because morning room will get direct sun light in the morning, but they already get approved and land elevation from the city and can not change that." If its the driveway, stick to that or you can give people the wrong impression of what is really the problem.
How do you not see that you can make a curved/angled driveway into a architectural feature? Picture all the pretty landscaping you can do to the right side of the driveway to block the electric box. Why would you think you would lose 3-6% value because of this feature?
It really sounds like buyers remorse for you to be this upset because your house will actually look different and unique and probably better than your neighbors'.
I wouldn't like the fact that the driveway will slant a good share of the way across the property. Looking at it from the street, it will look like more concrete than there is (although in my area, 3 car garages are pretty common, and that is way more concrete than you are talking here), and I think it will take a lot of nice landscaping to get back that curb appeal. Will the driveway slant past the front door? I think that would take away even more curb appeal, at least for me. I just don't like the fact that it is such a severe "across the property" angle. If there was some shape to it, it would be more appealing, but also harder to traverse.
To me, the biggest downside would be the one the OP mentioned, that the angle would make it more difficult to get to and from the garage. We have a rental with about a 10 degree angle on the driveway to get around a utility post, and tenants have backed into it 3 times, requiring the utility company to come out and repair the post. The current tenants ran it over on the day they moved in. Having an angle also makes it more likely that someone will run over a sprinkler head if you have any close to the driveway. That same unit, people have run over and broken sprinkler heads probably 20 times. We finally had to have the heads moved further in to the lawn.
So overall, I think there is a decrease in curb appeal, that may or may not be able to be overcome by nicer than average landscaping, but the inconvenience factor of having to make that angle every day would be the bigger factor for me.
As to whether or not it would decrease value, I don't think it would, but you might lose some potential buyers over it. Someone with a large vehicle might not be able to make the angle backing out of the garage. Others might just not want to deal with the angle. However, the extra nice landscaping you put in to compensate might be the reason someone else comes along to buy the property, who doesn't care about the angle. Value is different things to different people. What makes the house unlivable to one person might be exactly what attracts another person.
City will move hydrant. But you'll probably pay a high cost. I've seen people get fire hydrants moved and neighborhood/community mail boxes moved. Highly doubtful that insurance rates will be lower if fire hydrant is on property...that's not a question that agents even ask.
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