Car parked outside my house
Discussion
18 houses. 3/4 is double yellows on one side, theres drives and drop kerbs.
The other side is all double yellows.
Residents insist on parking outside their door which loses 3 car spaces. The rest are people going to the shop, by the time you park elsewhere and then walk back there is spaces.
The other side is all double yellows.
Residents insist on parking outside their door which loses 3 car spaces. The rest are people going to the shop, by the time you park elsewhere and then walk back there is spaces.
pits said:
18 houses. 3/4 is double yellows on one side, theres drives and drop kerbs.
The other side is all double yellows.
Residents insist on parking outside their door which loses 3 car spaces. The rest are people going to the shop, by the time you park elsewhere and then walk back there is spaces.
How do they loose three parking spaces? Do you mean each, or in total?The other side is all double yellows.
Residents insist on parking outside their door which loses 3 car spaces. The rest are people going to the shop, by the time you park elsewhere and then walk back there is spaces.
anonymous said:
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People will always want to park as near as possible to their house and where every body in a road does it, the neighbours all get on and their is harmony.Sadly all the negativity on here comes from people who have to endure some form of competition with their neighbours to park in their road.
You are angry at the wrong people.
mehball said:
I still don't understand how some people get so defensive over a public road that they do not own outside their house. Anyone can park there for as long as they like. It's legal!
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You must be on of the few to live in an area where crime does not exist. To those of us who live in the real world, it's less stress to park outside your home ,and be able to check your car with a glance as these days there's no such thing as a beat officer ,and those on patrol are getting areas that large that a car is the only feasible method of transport. .
For those with suspect abandoned cars , this site gives data on the cars VED and MOT status --https://www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/Default.aspx
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For those with suspect abandoned cars , this site gives data on the cars VED and MOT status --https://www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/Default.aspx
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If only someone would actually deal with vehicles reported it'd be handy.....
Got a van parked in our cul-de-sac (so limited spaces) that's been used up until recently and belongs to a visitor to a house here, but who doesn't live here. No particular issue with that as it's an adopted road, but it's been untaxed since August and since they introduced the Beta version linked above it turns out the MOT expired in March! Been in regular use up until end of Oct when it appears it's now no longer insured either.
Reported half a dozen times via local pound, plod, council, DVLA all to no effect. Meets all the requirements for being towed and scrapped and given owner's other vehicles are all SORN'd but in use clearly paying the bills is not top of the list of the owner's priorities.
For those with suspect abandoned cars , this site gives data on the cars VED and MOT status --https://www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/Default.aspx
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If only someone would actually deal with vehicles reported it'd be handy.....
Got a van parked in our cul-de-sac (so limited spaces) that's been used up until recently and belongs to a visitor to a house here, but who doesn't live here. No particular issue with that as it's an adopted road, but it's been untaxed since August and since they introduced the Beta version linked above it turns out the MOT expired in March! Been in regular use up until end of Oct when it appears it's now no longer insured either.
Reported half a dozen times via local pound, plod, council, DVLA all to no effect. Meets all the requirements for being towed and scrapped and given owner's other vehicles are all SORN'd but in use clearly paying the bills is not top of the list of the owner's priorities.
Lawbags said:
xstian said:
Lawbags said:
xstian said:
What an a
hole. Car was parked perfectly legal, but you didn't like it so had it towed.
Yup. Damn right.hole. Car was parked perfectly legal, but you didn't like it so had it towed. Would you want to leave your car in a pay and display overnight where cars regularly get broken into?
Sleepers said:
This mentality is why we now live in the middle of nowhere.
Park one inch to far forward so you are in someone's perceived space on a public road and all hell brakes loose even if they have a driveway that can take many cars! Every housing estate seems to be the same... I dread parking in Wimpey type schemes, when visiting, as hell freezes over if you so much as park outside someone's house or across the road from their driveway!
Society seems to have turned into a bunch of moaning intolerant jenny's. It's a public road!!!
Anyway rant over
You've created a false dichotomy.Park one inch to far forward so you are in someone's perceived space on a public road and all hell brakes loose even if they have a driveway that can take many cars! Every housing estate seems to be the same... I dread parking in Wimpey type schemes, when visiting, as hell freezes over if you so much as park outside someone's house or across the road from their driveway!
Society seems to have turned into a bunch of moaning intolerant jenny's. It's a public road!!!
Anyway rant over
You either don't want anyone else to park 1" into the area outside your house or you're happy for anyone to park their car permanently outside your house.
I'd suggest that rather than these being the only options, these are the extremes of the arguement.
I'd accept that on a public road anyone can park where they want and if I came home and a neighbours car was outside of my house i'd be fine with it. However I would not be happy for a car to be parked up indefinately. I accept that this may be completely legal but I don't think i'm unreasonable for feeling like this. There may for example be a day when I require the space outside my house for a delivery and with some dicussion with neighbours this could be achieved. However if someone unknown to me simply leaves a car therelong term then it is impossible.
I have read all the comments and opinions, and it comes down to this:
It all depends how 'neighbourly' it is where you live, as well as 'how much space there is'.
If there is enough space for one car outside each house and at least on other on the drive, then in most communities, reasonable people will usually park their second car/work vehicle outside their own house as a preference as it benefits everyone.
Therefore when someone buys lots of cars - it breaks the harmony and people get upset.
But, if physical parking space is a premium in your road, due to road restrictions and/or terracing, then people will just find 'a space', no matter where and park there. Everyone does the same and nobody gets upset, unless somebody decides they want to reserve a 'neighbourhood' space.
Views from both sides are equally valid, but both sides are basing their arguments on how their own community works - one size not fitting all.
It all depends how 'neighbourly' it is where you live, as well as 'how much space there is'.
If there is enough space for one car outside each house and at least on other on the drive, then in most communities, reasonable people will usually park their second car/work vehicle outside their own house as a preference as it benefits everyone.
Therefore when someone buys lots of cars - it breaks the harmony and people get upset.
But, if physical parking space is a premium in your road, due to road restrictions and/or terracing, then people will just find 'a space', no matter where and park there. Everyone does the same and nobody gets upset, unless somebody decides they want to reserve a 'neighbourhood' space.
Views from both sides are equally valid, but both sides are basing their arguments on how their own community works - one size not fitting all.
Hol said:
I have read all the comments and opinions, and it comes down to this:
It all depends how 'neighbourly' it is where you live, as well as 'how much space there is'.
If there is enough space for one car outside each house and at least on other on the drive, then in most communities, reasonable people will usually park their second car/work vehicle outside their own house as a preference as it benefits everyone.
Therefore when someone buys lots of cars - it breaks the harmony and people get upset.
But, if physical parking space is a premium in your road, due to road restrictions and/or terracing, then people will just find 'a space', no matter where and park there. Everyone does the same and nobody gets upset, unless somebody decides they want to reserve a 'neighbourhood' space.
Views from both sides are equally valid, but both sides are basing their arguments on how their own community works - one size not fitting all.
But this doesn't address the OP does it?It all depends how 'neighbourly' it is where you live, as well as 'how much space there is'.
If there is enough space for one car outside each house and at least on other on the drive, then in most communities, reasonable people will usually park their second car/work vehicle outside their own house as a preference as it benefits everyone.
Therefore when someone buys lots of cars - it breaks the harmony and people get upset.
But, if physical parking space is a premium in your road, due to road restrictions and/or terracing, then people will just find 'a space', no matter where and park there. Everyone does the same and nobody gets upset, unless somebody decides they want to reserve a 'neighbourhood' space.
Views from both sides are equally valid, but both sides are basing their arguments on how their own community works - one size not fitting all.
This thread isn't about neighbours arguing over parking spaces. It's about someone who doesn't live on the road using it as a long term parking spot.
Devil2575 said:
Hol said:
I have read all the comments and opinions, and it comes down to this:
It all depends how 'neighbourly' it is where you live, as well as 'how much space there is'.
If there is enough space for one car outside each house and at least on other on the drive, then in most communities, reasonable people will usually park their second car/work vehicle outside their own house as a preference as it benefits everyone.
Therefore when someone buys lots of cars - it breaks the harmony and people get upset.
But, if physical parking space is a premium in your road, due to road restrictions and/or terracing, then people will just find 'a space', no matter where and park there. Everyone does the same and nobody gets upset, unless somebody decides they want to reserve a 'neighbourhood' space.
Views from both sides are equally valid, but both sides are basing their arguments on how their own community works - one size not fitting all.
But this doesn't address the OP does it?It all depends how 'neighbourly' it is where you live, as well as 'how much space there is'.
If there is enough space for one car outside each house and at least on other on the drive, then in most communities, reasonable people will usually park their second car/work vehicle outside their own house as a preference as it benefits everyone.
Therefore when someone buys lots of cars - it breaks the harmony and people get upset.
But, if physical parking space is a premium in your road, due to road restrictions and/or terracing, then people will just find 'a space', no matter where and park there. Everyone does the same and nobody gets upset, unless somebody decides they want to reserve a 'neighbourhood' space.
Views from both sides are equally valid, but both sides are basing their arguments on how their own community works - one size not fitting all.
This thread isn't about neighbours arguing over parking spaces. It's about someone who doesn't live on the road using it as a long term parking spot.
It only (just) explains why some responses (50%?)viewed his plight as null and void, as 'the road directly outside his house, was not his to worry about'.
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