In 1986 my parents bought the home that my father still lives in today. The slope of the entire property goes down away from the road. Therefore the driveway goes down from the road. I can't say that it's 90 degrees, but there have been many people who feared driving down it.
My father believes he will have difficulty selling because there is a problem with the septic. I am unsure what the cause of the problem is, but when they originally purchased they house, they were told that a sewer system would be put in, which is the only reason why my father agreed to this.
Additionally, in the 90's at some point my parents put in a meltaway system in the portion of the driveway that goes to the garage, it's a u shaped driveway with two entrances to the road. This way the snow actually melts off the driveway and he doesn't have to worry about shovelling it.
It is difficult to shovel the other portion, and mow the lawn, but no one has every had any problem with their car scraping the driveway, and we've had many different makes and models from large truck and SUV's to little cars to my aunt's cadillac gigantic car.
