How many cars is too many to own when parking is tight?

[aka_kerrly]

20 cars!!!!!!!

That really is taking the micky, I know a fair number of home traders who might have 1, 2 perhaps 3 stock cars kept at home or nearby and they have to work hard to maintain good relationships with neighbours. It must be worth engaging in a sensible conversation with the chap and see if this is a short term operation or if there are plans to deal with the situation. If if it turns out he is a knob then yes you can become quite awkward with minimal effort by sending details to the council, the police & hmrc..

[Chromegrill]

KTMsm said:

PurpleTurtle said:

I've got a tosser of a neighbour doing exactly the same. Complains about parking in the road but is using it to store his used stock, however he is only flipping one car at a time.

IANAL but 20 cars for sale at the same time seems to me to be a clear breach of S3 (Exposing vehicles for sale on a road) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005:

A person is guilty of an offence if at any time (a) he leaves two or more motor vehicles parked within 500 metres of each other on a road or roads where they are exposed or advertised for sale, or (b) he causes two or more motor vehicles to be so left

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/16/secti...

The "exposed or advertised for sale" bit could prove tricky, as most traders don't stick 'For Sale' signs in the windows lest they attract attention. Let me guess though: you search on FB Marketplace and or Gumtree in your locality and you will find all his listings.

Screenshot everything with time/date and go to the council.

They have to be openly advertised - IE a price in the window for that to stick

Car Dealer here

I had the opposite issue with the Council complaining that I had 6 cars on my drive - their proposed solution - was to park them on the road !

Thanks - nothing to suggest they are for sale if you walk past other than that they are parked half on the pavement (to minimise getting scraped by passing cars, though that's just as antisocial). But they are all sitting there listed for sale with price tags on a trading website.

[VSKeith]

Chromegrill said:

Thanks - nothing to suggest they are for sale if you walk past other than that they are parked half on the pavement (to minimise getting scraped by passing cars, though that's just as antisocial). But they are all sitting there listed for sale with price tags on a trading website.

If they're partially parked on the pavement, that's a good reason to report. How far you get is another matter.

I'd be pretty annoyed at 20 extra cars in the street I used to live in with no off street parking. Has anyone had a word?

[e-honda]

KTMsm said:

You would think so

The Council official even stated "It looks like you bought that property because it has a large drive"

Yes, I did !

There were no projects, no work was being undertaken etc, it was a 4 bed house so could reasonably be expected to house 5 people and hence 5 cars

Did they actually tell you that you needed to keep less cars on your drive, or was it more along the lines of can you not park so many on your drive so we don't have to deal with your neighbours complaining about ?

[GolfDragon]

I live in an area where parking is tight. Permit parking scheme is the best solution long term but I’d complain to local council

[InitialDave]

Countdown said:

This is basically the flipside of the "Public Highway innit, anybody can park there".

I think most people tend to be fairly considerate but you always get some self entitled cretins. They're no different to the types who park in disabled or P&C spaces.

In answer to the OP IMHO it should be however many cars you can fit across the frontage of your house.

I agree with the above. It's all very tragedy of the commons stuff, isn't it?

And yes, agreed. Your own land and the road across frontage of your property is, morally, the maximum area you should take up with your own vehicles.

I do think the Japanese thing of not being allowed anything except a kei car unless you can show you have a dedicated space to put it wouldn't be the worst idea.