'Please do not park here'
Discussion
Bobton125 said:
JQ said:
This - unless you're planning to buy the plot, knowing who own's it is going to make zero difference, you'll still be parking on someone else's property.
It will make a difference, it means i won't have to listen to some busy-body who thinks he owns it. Bobton125 said:
JQ said:
This - unless you're planning to buy the plot, knowing who own's it is going to make zero difference, you'll still be parking on someone else's property.
It will make a difference, it means i won't have to listen to some busy-body who thinks he owns it. He might be trying to save you from a world of pain.
Bobton125 said:
Helpful response.. thanks for the input
It’s a valid point though. Someone’s likely to own it and parking on someone’s land regularly without asking them first if you can is a bit off.We’ve a guest car park across the street from our house and it gets annoying when it’s full of people who shouldn’t be in there and we need it.
How do you know the old man from down the street left the note? Did you watch him do it from behind your won curtains? Did someone tell you he left it there or did he sign it "yours sincerely, the old man that lives down the road"?
Why bother trying to Columbo this? Just go knock his door and ask if he knows who the land belongs to. Be polite, so if he says it's his you can apologise for parking on it, have a light hearted moan about the parking situation and who knows, maybe he'll take pity, think you seem like a decent chap and might let you park on HIS land. On the other hand. If he doesn't own it and doesn't know who owns it tell the old prick to mind his own business and park where you want.
Why bother trying to Columbo this? Just go knock his door and ask if he knows who the land belongs to. Be polite, so if he says it's his you can apologise for parking on it, have a light hearted moan about the parking situation and who knows, maybe he'll take pity, think you seem like a decent chap and might let you park on HIS land. On the other hand. If he doesn't own it and doesn't know who owns it tell the old prick to mind his own business and park where you want.
Ken_Code said:
It’s a valid point though. Someone’s likely to own it and parking on someone’s land regularly without asking them first if you can is a bit off.
We’ve a guest car park across the street from our house and it gets annoying when it’s full of people who shouldn’t be in there and we need it.
it's not a valid point because it doesn't help the question that I asked. I don't want to not park there due to someone who doesn't have any rights telling me not to park there.. If the land owner tells me not to park there then fair enough. Until then, I'm going to park there, if i can't park anywhere else. We’ve a guest car park across the street from our house and it gets annoying when it’s full of people who shouldn’t be in there and we need it.
Would you stop parking somewhere if a randomer who doesn't have any say tells you not to?
It's not a space by the way.. not even tarmac
nunpuncher said:
How do you know the old man from down the street left the note? Did you watch him do it from behind your won curtains? Did someone tell you he left it there or did he sign it "yours sincerely, the old man that lives down the road"?
Why bother trying to Columbo this? Just go knock his door and ask if he knows who the land belongs to. Be polite, so if he says it's his you can apologise for parking on it, have a light hearted moan about the parking situation and who knows, maybe he'll take pity, think you seem like a decent chap and might let you park on HIS land. On the other hand. If he doesn't own it and doesn't know who owns it tell the old prick to mind his own business and park where you want.
Someone saw him walk up the road, put a note under my wiper and then trott off back down the road to his house again Why bother trying to Columbo this? Just go knock his door and ask if he knows who the land belongs to. Be polite, so if he says it's his you can apologise for parking on it, have a light hearted moan about the parking situation and who knows, maybe he'll take pity, think you seem like a decent chap and might let you park on HIS land. On the other hand. If he doesn't own it and doesn't know who owns it tell the old prick to mind his own business and park where you want.
'If he doesn't own it and doesn't know who owns it tell the old prick to mind his own business and park where you want'
Exactly my thoughts here hahaha
Bobton125 said:
nunpuncher said:
How do you know the old man from down the street left the note? Did you watch him do it from behind your won curtains? Did someone tell you he left it there or did he sign it "yours sincerely, the old man that lives down the road"?
Why bother trying to Columbo this? Just go knock his door and ask if he knows who the land belongs to. Be polite, so if he says it's his you can apologise for parking on it, have a light hearted moan about the parking situation and who knows, maybe he'll take pity, think you seem like a decent chap and might let you park on HIS land. On the other hand. If he doesn't own it and doesn't know who owns it tell the old prick to mind his own business and park where you want.
Someone saw him walk up the road, put a note under my wiper and then trott off back down the road to his house again Why bother trying to Columbo this? Just go knock his door and ask if he knows who the land belongs to. Be polite, so if he says it's his you can apologise for parking on it, have a light hearted moan about the parking situation and who knows, maybe he'll take pity, think you seem like a decent chap and might let you park on HIS land. On the other hand. If he doesn't own it and doesn't know who owns it tell the old prick to mind his own business and park where you want.
'If he doesn't own it and doesn't know who owns it tell the old prick to mind his own business and park where you want'
Exactly my thoughts here hahaha
Even if he doesn't own it, someone does and it isn't you, so you need to put some effort in to finding out who it is so you can ask whether parking on their land is OK.
My son had a flat in a block in SW17 and parking was always a problem. There was an in-house busybody who was given to installing locking posts to ensure he had a space to park, but he had no more right to claim it as his than anyone else in the block. A small but practical sized corner was on site and I discovered who owned it for four pounds in 2011 by way of the Land Registry website. It's likely to be more now but probably not a lot. The land was a car parking space in size but such is the level of detail on the LR site that it was possible to find out to that fine level.
Bobton125 said:
it's not a valid point because it doesn't help the question that I asked. I don't want to not park there due to someone who doesn't have any rights telling me not to park there.. If the land owner tells me not to park there then fair enough. Until then, I'm going to park there, if i can't park anywhere else.
Would you stop parking somewhere if a randomer who doesn't have any say tells you not to?
It's not a space by the way.. not even tarmac
You had your answer ages ago, go and knock on his door and ask.Would you stop parking somewhere if a randomer who doesn't have any say tells you not to?
It's not a space by the way.. not even tarmac
boyse7en said:
Yes, but you are keen to skip straight to Step 2 (tell him to mind his own business) with first doing Step 1 (find out if he owns it/has rights over it)
Even if he doesn't own it, someone does and it isn't you, so you need to put some effort in to finding out who it is so you can ask whether parking on their land is OK.
Call me selfish, but I don’t really care who owns it.. if the owner comes to me and says to stop parking then I’ll listen. I’m not going out of my way to find who the owner is for the occasional time I park there when it’s busy if the real owner doesn’t actually care for this unkept bit of land Even if he doesn't own it, someone does and it isn't you, so you need to put some effort in to finding out who it is so you can ask whether parking on their land is OK.
Ken_Code said:
Bobton125 said:
it's not a valid point because it doesn't help the question that I asked. I don't want to not park there due to someone who doesn't have any rights telling me not to park there.. If the land owner tells me not to park there then fair enough. Until then, I'm going to park there, if i can't park anywhere else.
Would you stop parking somewhere if a randomer who doesn't have any say tells you not to?
It's not a space by the way.. not even tarmac
You had your answer ages ago, go and knock on his door and ask.Would you stop parking somewhere if a randomer who doesn't have any say tells you not to?
It's not a space by the way.. not even tarmac
Car bon said:
Bobton125 said:
It's such a random little patch i'm not sure how he would own it, it certainly wouldn't be in his deeds as he lives down the bottom of the street so isn't attached to his property.
It doesn't have to be attached - example on this thread - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...Not sure how close it does have to be though.....
Bobton125 said:
I live down a cul-de-sac in a busy part of town where parking is very limited. There is on street parking and a few private parking spaces owned by a company that you can hire from (around£1k a year per space).
There's a block of garages across the street and next to the garages a small gravel area with bushes (approx 2 car widths wide)
I don't know who owns this tiny piece of land. Traffic wardens don't ticket on it, so i assume not council owned?
The company who owns all the parking spaces in the road doesn't own it. And the company who rents out the garages doesn't own it, so i've been parking on there when there's no where to park on the road.
Some old man who lives down the road has placed a note on my windscreen saying 'please do not park here, this is private property'
Is there any way i can find out who actually owns this piece of land as it's not a parking space, it's just some gravel full of shrubbery next to some garages, i find it hard to believe that it's privately owned by this random guy down the road
What is the relevance of the man's age?There's a block of garages across the street and next to the garages a small gravel area with bushes (approx 2 car widths wide)
I don't know who owns this tiny piece of land. Traffic wardens don't ticket on it, so i assume not council owned?
The company who owns all the parking spaces in the road doesn't own it. And the company who rents out the garages doesn't own it, so i've been parking on there when there's no where to park on the road.
Some old man who lives down the road has placed a note on my windscreen saying 'please do not park here, this is private property'
Is there any way i can find out who actually owns this piece of land as it's not a parking space, it's just some gravel full of shrubbery next to some garages, i find it hard to believe that it's privately owned by this random guy down the road
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