parking outside your house
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Wills2 said:
You have a very apt username, trouble does seem to follow you around......
99% of my problems are because I made the worst mistake my life by moving to a new build estate, now house prices have dropped 40% due to it being s
t, houses get repo'd and owned by slum lords renting to people that don't give a fuvk and we also have social / affordable housing that total wasters live in. 
I've been quite lucky with parking. All of the neighbours in my cul-de-sac get along pretty well, and I have an agreement with my direct neighbours that if either of us are away for any length of time, the other house is free to use and block the other's driveway. Generally when the other returns, a quick knock on the door is all it needs to move any cars off the other drive. I do remember one funny occasion where I'd got back from a weekend away and one of my neighbours' cars was on my drive, but they were out in the other one. I simply parked to one side of their drive (both of our driveways take two cars side-by-side), they parked up next to me, this was about 11:15pm so they didn't bother knocking. The next day, I went to work, having taken my car off their driveway, and at some point by the time I got home their car had returned to where I'd parked mine. No bother although it did raise a chuckle next time we saw each other.
My neighbour on the other side is also very generous with parking - they only have the one car and a garage to store it in, but the rest of their drive can take 2 or 3 cars. He's always offering to let me park a car or two on there if I have family visiting or on the rare occasion I have a few friends over for a beer. He does get a little funny if a visitor blocks my drive and the guys opposite have a car next to their driveway as it makes the space a little narrow for him to reverse his car out of - it's never been more than a bit of a grumble and I do now reverse up against my house and ask my visitors to put two wheels on my drive to give him a bit more room; I don't see it as a big deal but it's all give and take, no need to fall out with a good neighbour (we share a whiskey often and he's got a set of keys to my house for any emergencies) over something as petty as parking across my drive.
That said, I'm currently visiting my parents for Christmas and the parking situation here is pretty friendly too. All of the local neighbours are very friendly - they were all even invited (and attended) my parents' silver wedding anniversary last year. Again there's an agreement that if anybody goes away then their drive is free to use, normally a set of keys are dropped round one of the houses in case of any issues or to feed the goldfish etc. The chap next door to my parents lets us block his garage door as he knows who's car is whose and it can sometimes get a bit messy as there's a primary school around the corner from the house.
My neighbour on the other side is also very generous with parking - they only have the one car and a garage to store it in, but the rest of their drive can take 2 or 3 cars. He's always offering to let me park a car or two on there if I have family visiting or on the rare occasion I have a few friends over for a beer. He does get a little funny if a visitor blocks my drive and the guys opposite have a car next to their driveway as it makes the space a little narrow for him to reverse his car out of - it's never been more than a bit of a grumble and I do now reverse up against my house and ask my visitors to put two wheels on my drive to give him a bit more room; I don't see it as a big deal but it's all give and take, no need to fall out with a good neighbour (we share a whiskey often and he's got a set of keys to my house for any emergencies) over something as petty as parking across my drive.
That said, I'm currently visiting my parents for Christmas and the parking situation here is pretty friendly too. All of the local neighbours are very friendly - they were all even invited (and attended) my parents' silver wedding anniversary last year. Again there's an agreement that if anybody goes away then their drive is free to use, normally a set of keys are dropped round one of the houses in case of any issues or to feed the goldfish etc. The chap next door to my parents lets us block his garage door as he knows who's car is whose and it can sometimes get a bit messy as there's a primary school around the corner from the house.
Ok off into the panto now with Bongo Jr. So far the best retort is "no obstruction, no restriction so if you want a permit only road talk to the county council highways department."
Just walked past 4 ambulance crews giving CPR with trimmings to a man in Lincoln high street. Makes you realise how petty this crap is.
Just walked past 4 ambulance crews giving CPR with trimmings to a man in Lincoln high street. Makes you realise how petty this crap is.
Mabbs9 said:
I think it is an offence if they stop you leaving your drive. Not if they stop you accessing it.
That's why it's good to have two cars. Drives never empty.I have no problem with being an utter
to someone who blocks my drive. A minute or two for a delivery is fine. If a neighbour asks and it's not a problem at the time, no probs. I've even let neighbours use the drive when I am away and they have guests. It's when it is fk you arrogance that I get nasty.Legally the woman was in the right, but she didn't have to be a
. Drive just made, no dropped kerb. Clearly builders still at the house but clearly too my cars on the drive. I ask her not to park the car there. I am polite, there is space. Her reply "You can't stop me and you can't do anything about it."A bit of checking of the car (plates stickers docket on dash top) reveals it is on hire from a little local firm to the local council. I call the hire firm telling them I am having the vehicle towed that a skip truck is going to have to lift over it. It's holding up a building project, might get damaged, driver refuses to move it.
Minutes later the nasty lady is back shouting the odds about Me contacting her boss. She works for the highways dept, she's going to make my life hell. (The council - her dept -were booked in to build the drive drop kerb the week after) She's not moving the car, and she's on long term sick with a back problem and doesn't need this hassle. Which she started.
Bonus!
At the time my business partner was connected with a firm that snooped on insurance fraudsters. He gave me a contact in the council's HR department.
He was very interested to take a call about this woman, throwing her "I'm with the council and will make your life hell" weight about. I mentioned too that she seemed quick enough in her toes to me offering to get my mates firm to take some snaps snaps of their "I'll" employee. He was a very nice chap. He agreed with me that it was the sort of story the Daily Mail would love and assured me the car would be moved and that she would be spoken to. I got the impression he knew this woman and that she was trouble.
She was spotted in floods of tears moving the car a few minutes later.
Cool story Bro etc......
I did go a bit OTT to be fair.
If she'd moved the car when asked, even given some advice as a council officer about getting the dropped kerb, there'd not have been any bother.
Then there was the Christmas morning incident 2 years ago. At the place I worked I traditionally went in to work on Christmas Day. It was a media firm, a 24 hour operation and it was one way of showing people I appreciated them by making sure no one got landed with the Christmas shift.
4.30 Christmas Day and I wake to find a car across the drive. Big problem! I call the cops in the faint hope they can advise me. 10 mins later, two copper's are at the door. They see my dilemma and get quite angry on my behalf. A sense of solidarity having to work Christmas? A quick radio check and they establish the car belongs a few streets away.
One officer goes off to knock them up, while the other bloke with a torch check out the car. He finds a bald tyre. The other cop returns with the driver doing the "walk of shame" in flip flops. He arrives and before he moves gets a ticket for blocking the drive and one for the tyre.
People where I live tend to be considerate. I'm not alone with this problem and it's mainly visitors and people from other roads -which are pedestrianised - who cause the problems.
Edited by wildcat45 on Tuesday 30th December 13:49
My dad hates it when the neighbours park on the road outside our house when there is clearly space for the cars to park on their own drive. He usually parks his van right where they usually park, just to prove a point. It also makes it difficult for them to get in and out of their drive.
He even thinks that the house sale depends on whether a car is parked on the street at the front of the house. I wouldn't mind but there is a lawn and bushes between my dads front window and the street.
God my dad is an old git.
He even thinks that the house sale depends on whether a car is parked on the street at the front of the house. I wouldn't mind but there is a lawn and bushes between my dads front window and the street.
God my dad is an old git.
NRS said:
Sounds like it won't be over by next week, and will go on and on for years. So worth going and talking about it now, before it gets silly. Not worth letting it get to that point "just to show him".
as the thread was resurrected... I am well over it now, however he clearly isn't...
my car is parked behind my house, however he continues to defend his territory like a tom cat on Viagra.
MajorProblem said:
Wills2 said:
You have a very apt username, trouble does seem to follow you around......
99% of my problems are because I made the worst mistake my life by moving to a new build estate, now house prices have dropped 40% due to it being st, houses get repo'd and owned by slum lords renting to people that don't give a fuvk and we also have social / affordable housing that total wasters live in. No matter how nice a new build estate looks on the developers plans the reality is not great
I live on quite busy 30mph road and have two parking spaces. We have two cars and a VW camper but lost the garage we kept the camper in as it was being demolished. We struggled to find a garage big enough the fit the camper in as the council ones for rent are not tall enough so had to park it on our drive and every night I would park my car on the road from 6:30pm - 7am. I refused to park it on the pavement even half way as it is used by lots of people for pushchairs and I don't agree with that.
We had people constantly driving by and beeping their horns even when there were no cars coming the other way. This started at about 4:30am! I had people stop and shout and swear at me and general aggro until I found another garage for the camper.
There is nowhere else to park as I used to park in the church car park but the good Christians took offence to this and left quite rude notes on my car. This culminated in me coming to my car one day to find they had put up a padlocked gate and locked me in the car park! It is a big car park as well and is never full even on a Sunday service. I know it is a private car park but still I thought a bit of Christian good will in a small village would not go amiss. They are still happy to knock on my door and ask for money for a new spire etc etc though.
We had people constantly driving by and beeping their horns even when there were no cars coming the other way. This started at about 4:30am! I had people stop and shout and swear at me and general aggro until I found another garage for the camper.
There is nowhere else to park as I used to park in the church car park but the good Christians took offence to this and left quite rude notes on my car. This culminated in me coming to my car one day to find they had put up a padlocked gate and locked me in the car park! It is a big car park as well and is never full even on a Sunday service. I know it is a private car park but still I thought a bit of Christian good will in a small village would not go amiss. They are still happy to knock on my door and ask for money for a new spire etc etc though.
Quite enjoyed reading this thread, although there are some very petty folk out there...
I guess I am lucky in one respect, as I have plenty of private parking, a barn for more parking/tinkering and great neighbours etc.
Exhibit a:
The only problem is the narrow drive and narrow road at the end of it. Its double yellow on my side, single yellow (mon-sat 8-18) on the other. You get the odd person parking in front of or on the drive when visiting the cafe next door (blue doors to the right of the pic), but a polite word, and usually no problem caused.
However, when cars park opposite (which they are entitled to do out of hours), we genuinely can't get out, nor can the other two neighbours that share the drive. The Fiesta parked there in the photo above is no problem, but if a car then pulls in behind it, we are stuck. Also, to get the camper out, the road must be totally clear, and even then it takes some shuffling!
The high-street is 50m to the right which has recently been traffic calmed, so the problem has naturally rather grown. Annoyingly, there is a free car park behind our house, but I guess people just don't think to drive to the parallel street. On a Saturday evening or Sunday, folk will park opposite us, then wonder into town for a meal for a couple of hours.
I've thought about approaching the council to get double yellow on both sides, but I know full well it will be a futile waste of time.
It's just rather annoying when we have to cancel plans on going out somewhere, or simply want to go out on impulse.
I guess I am lucky in one respect, as I have plenty of private parking, a barn for more parking/tinkering and great neighbours etc.
Exhibit a:
The only problem is the narrow drive and narrow road at the end of it. Its double yellow on my side, single yellow (mon-sat 8-18) on the other. You get the odd person parking in front of or on the drive when visiting the cafe next door (blue doors to the right of the pic), but a polite word, and usually no problem caused.
However, when cars park opposite (which they are entitled to do out of hours), we genuinely can't get out, nor can the other two neighbours that share the drive. The Fiesta parked there in the photo above is no problem, but if a car then pulls in behind it, we are stuck. Also, to get the camper out, the road must be totally clear, and even then it takes some shuffling!
The high-street is 50m to the right which has recently been traffic calmed, so the problem has naturally rather grown. Annoyingly, there is a free car park behind our house, but I guess people just don't think to drive to the parallel street. On a Saturday evening or Sunday, folk will park opposite us, then wonder into town for a meal for a couple of hours.
I've thought about approaching the council to get double yellow on both sides, but I know full well it will be a futile waste of time.
It's just rather annoying when we have to cancel plans on going out somewhere, or simply want to go out on impulse.
Edited by Utterpiffle on Wednesday 31st December 13:11
I live near a football ground and if our team is playing another local one and two lots of fans turn up the parking is horrendous. Since control of parking has been given over by the council to the police they let people park on the estate where I live, the council never used to. To make matters worse, the football fans use the estate not just as a car park but a rubbish dump and toilet as well.
Edited by Blakewater on Thursday 1st January 16:12
Utterpiffle said:
Quite enjoyed reading this thread, although there are some very petty folk out there...
I guess I am lucky in one respect, as I have plenty of private parking, a barn for more parking/tinkering and great neighbours etc.
Exhibit a:
The only problem is the narrow drive and narrow road at the end of it. Its double yellow on my side, single yellow (mon-sat 8-18) on the other. You get the odd person parking in front of or on the drive when visiting the cafe next door (blue doors to the right of the pic), but a polite word, and usually no problem caused.
However, when cars park opposite (which they are entitled to do out of hours), we genuinely can't get out, nor can the other two neighbours that share the drive. The Fiesta parked there in the photo above is no problem, but if a car then pulls in behind it, we are stuck. Also, to get the camper out, the road must be totally clear, and even then it takes some shuffling!
The high-street is 50m to the right which has recently been traffic calmed, so the problem has naturally rather grown. Annoyingly, there is a free car park behind our house, but I guess people just don't think to drive to the parallel street. On a Saturday evening or Sunday, folk will park opposite us, then wonder into town for a meal for a couple of hours.
I've thought about approaching the council to get double yellow on both sides, but I know full well it will be a futile waste of time.
It's just rather annoying when we have to cancel plans on going out somewhere, or simply want to go out on impulse.
Why are all the houses sporting 'wheelie bin blue' colour coded doors and shutter?I guess I am lucky in one respect, as I have plenty of private parking, a barn for more parking/tinkering and great neighbours etc.
Exhibit a:
The only problem is the narrow drive and narrow road at the end of it. Its double yellow on my side, single yellow (mon-sat 8-18) on the other. You get the odd person parking in front of or on the drive when visiting the cafe next door (blue doors to the right of the pic), but a polite word, and usually no problem caused.
However, when cars park opposite (which they are entitled to do out of hours), we genuinely can't get out, nor can the other two neighbours that share the drive. The Fiesta parked there in the photo above is no problem, but if a car then pulls in behind it, we are stuck. Also, to get the camper out, the road must be totally clear, and even then it takes some shuffling!
The high-street is 50m to the right which has recently been traffic calmed, so the problem has naturally rather grown. Annoyingly, there is a free car park behind our house, but I guess people just don't think to drive to the parallel street. On a Saturday evening or Sunday, folk will park opposite us, then wonder into town for a meal for a couple of hours.
I've thought about approaching the council to get double yellow on both sides, but I know full well it will be a futile waste of time.
It's just rather annoying when we have to cancel plans on going out somewhere, or simply want to go out on impulse.
Edited by Utterpiffle on Wednesday 31st December 13:11
Had a a taxi pull up outside my house blocking the drive, asked him if he could move, we was in our car trying to pull onto the road, he refused and got out the car to go to the house to chase his customers, cue me pulling the tyre valve out his front wheel.
He comes back and swears at me and calls the police, he got a ticket for obstruction, I got a telling off and had to refit his valve and blow his tyre up, result.
Idiot.
Carl
He comes back and swears at me and calls the police, he got a ticket for obstruction, I got a telling off and had to refit his valve and blow his tyre up, result.
Idiot.
Carl
C
He's not alone
C. Grimsley said:
Had a a taxi pull up outside my house blocking the drive, asked him if he could move, we was in our car trying to pull onto the road, he refused and got out the car to go to the house to chase his customers, cue me pulling the tyre valve out his front wheel.
He comes back and swears at me and calls the police, he got a ticket for obstruction, I got a telling off and had to refit his valve and blow his tyre up, result.
Idiot.
Carl
He comes back and swears at me and calls the police, he got a ticket for obstruction, I got a telling off and had to refit his valve and blow his tyre up, result.
Idiot.
Carl
He's not aloneThis thread has come at a good time, and saves me clogging up the GG front page with my mundane parking relating query...
I've just bought a house with an en-bloc garage to the rear of the property. At times, I'll be parking my car in the garage (as the previous owner had too), but when popping round earlier, there was a car parked outside it.
My neighbour didn't know whose it was, and it wasn't important today as I only had to get a fridge in and out of it, but had my car been in there, it would have been inconvenient to say the least. What's the situation with garages of this type? The access road and land outside them is unadopted, but at the same time each resident must surely be able to have access to their garage.
I've just bought a house with an en-bloc garage to the rear of the property. At times, I'll be parking my car in the garage (as the previous owner had too), but when popping round earlier, there was a car parked outside it.
My neighbour didn't know whose it was, and it wasn't important today as I only had to get a fridge in and out of it, but had my car been in there, it would have been inconvenient to say the least. What's the situation with garages of this type? The access road and land outside them is unadopted, but at the same time each resident must surely be able to have access to their garage.
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