Bus parked on residential cul-de-sac

[task]

I came home after a weekend away to find a bus parked on my road, half on the pavement half off. It's a cul-de-sac and not very wide, certainly not the sort of place I'd park a bus.

The vehicle in question is sign written up as a "party bus" so is obviously being used for hire/reward. The owner of the bus also has other vehicles he occasionally brings home such as a large pink stretched limo.

What can I do about this? My neighbours all seem to be pretty hacked off about it, so it's not just me.

When I purchased my house there was a caveat in the deeds that would allow me to park a sign written van on my drive or in the street, I was also not to run a business from the property. It would seem like this person is doing both? However the property they live in I believe is rented and recently converted from a community hall so perhaps the same laws don't apply?

[rb5er]

task said:

The vehicle in question is sign written up as a "party bus" so is obviously being used for hire/reward.

When I purchased my house there was a caveat in the deeds that would allow me to park a sign written van on my drive or in the street

Alls good then?

[V8forweekends]

task said:

When I purchased my house there was a caveat in the deeds that would allow me to park a sign written van on my drive or in the street,

Bloody hell - what sort of place is this? Snob terrace?

[Slidingpillar]

Not an unusual thing to have a covenant or deed condition to ban signwritten vans in a residential area. Mine doesn't and it's a good thing too as I have parked a signwritten van in my drive.

[Drumroll]

If it is a commercial vehicle then as part of his operators licence he has to declare where the vehicles will be parked. Speak to the traffic commissioner and or the council licensing authority.

[task]

Who would I report a breach of the covenant too? The property the bus belongs to doesn't have a drive, so no chance of them parking it on one.

A sign written van is OK down the side/out the back of the property, just not in front.

I'm looking to sell soon and I don't really want the place looking like a chav rental company with limos and party buses littering the street, I don't think that makes me a snob? The way it's parked must make it hard to get a fire engine past too.

[FiF]

List of Traffic commissioners and contacts is your starting point. If running a business using commercial or passenger vehiles you do NOT want to ps off these people.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/traffi...

[RobinOakapple]

V8forweekends said:

task said:

When I purchased my house there was a caveat in the deeds that would allow me to park a sign written van on my drive or in the street,

Bloody hell - what sort of place is this? Snob terrace?

Nice bit of uncalled for OP bashing

[AGK]

task said:

Who would I report a breach of the covenant too?

Do you have property factors that maintain the communal areas/grass/tress etc?

I got a snobby letter from mine when a neighbor was upset with my track car sitting on my driveway.

[V8forweekends]

RobinOakapple said:

V8forweekends said:

task said:

When I purchased my house there was a caveat in the deeds that would allow me to park a sign written van on my drive or in the street,

Bloody hell - what sort of place is this? Snob terrace?

Nice bit of uncalled for OP bashing

Sorry Op - I didn't mean to be "bashing" just a bit astounded - this means no plumbers, electricians etc allowed to live there - seems a bit much, is all. I sympathise about the bus - hence the OT tag on my post.

[task]

there's a caveat that doesn't allow a caravan out the front of the house too, but they're all fine up the side or behind the house.

[V8forweekends]

task said:

there's a caveat that doesn't allow a caravan out the front of the house too, but they're all fine up the side or behind the house.

I get the thing about not having large objects about - it's the specific reference to signwriting that seems daft and snobby - surely a big go-away van is as much of an obstruction whether or not it has anything written on the side?

[un1corn]

task said:

there's a caveat that doesn't allow a caravan out the front of the house too, but they're all fine up the side or behind the house.

Good.

In fact, this needs to be put into a party manifesto.

[V8forweekends]

un1corn said:

task said:

there's a caveat that doesn't allow a caravan out the front of the house too, but they're all fine up the side or behind the house.

Good.

In fact, this needs to be put into a party manifesto.

[PAULJ5555]

Thought you were not allowed to drive up on a pavement to park. Can you get a wheelchair/double buggy get past.

[Barkychoc]

I lived in a David Wilson house - caveat was no vans allowed at all - everybody ignored it but I guess someone somewhere could enforce it if they were so inclined.

[Don]

PAULJ5555 said:

Thought you were not allowed to drive up on a pavement to park. Can you get a wheelchair/double buggy get past.

Indeed you are not.

And it is anti-social as your wheelchair and double buggy users now have to use the road exposing them to unnecessary danger.

[Hooli]

FiF said:

List of Traffic commissioners and contacts is your starting point. If running a business using commercial or passenger vehiles you do NOT want to ps off these people.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/traffi...

This.

I used to take coaches home occasionally when I drove them, because it saved time the next morning with a pickup around the corner or similar. I made sure I parked them out of the way though, there was a nice empty street with loads of space to park 1/4 mile away (except on days when the footy team were home).

[Starfighter]

When you say "party bus" are we talking about a vehicle being used to transport people or one of the these large buses used as a mobile (typically kid's) party venue?

[talksthetorque]

Party Bus