parking outside your house
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Jaldi said:
Soir said:
Jaldi said:
dave123456 said:
recently moved..chap over the road is clearly riled by my parking outside his house, sandwiches my car in, moves his car the moment I vacate the spot...
why do people think they own the road outside their house? or do they?!
I sandwiched someone in when they parked in front of my drive. A bit petty perhaps but it made me laugh ...why do people think they own the road outside their house? or do they?!
I get people parking on the run up to my drive quite often. It hasn't inconvenienced me yet, and the one time someone parked across the drive I just reversed to their car, sounded the car horn and they came out, apologised, I accepted, then went to work. They haven't parked across my drive since.
A few months after I'd started going out with my current girlfriend I had to park outside the neighbours house one day when there was another car outside hers. I came back to find a note on the windscreen saying:
"the street is not a car park, park somewhere else. Regards Number 10"
Um, what? Yes it is.
It's not like they didn't know I was next door either.
s.
"the street is not a car park, park somewhere else. Regards Number 10"
Um, what? Yes it is.
It's not like they didn't know I was next door either.
s.Oakey said:
A few months after I'd started going out with my current girlfriend I had to park outside the neighbours house one day when there was another car outside hers. I came back to find a note on the windscreen saying:
"the street is not a car park, park somewhere else. Regards Number 10"
I HATE the "I own the space in the road outside my house " crap !"the street is not a car park, park somewhere else. Regards Number 10"
I live quite close to the centre of a small, but busy market town. The local council office is 200yds away. Council workers park all along my street despite their own car park being half empty, not to mention they all seem incapable of parking considerately so there are 2/3 sized spaces wasted up and down the street. Add to this the shoppers who park there too, despite the NCP car parks, bang in the centre of town, now being free for two hours. This means that I can't park outside of my house between 8:45am and 5pm any working day. Deliveries, shopping, etc all made much more difficult than they need to be.
I was outside the house at 5pm one day when I challenged a council worker returning to their car as to why they park on my street and not in their employer provided car park. They told me it's because everyone leaves at 5pm and it can take 10 minutes to get out whereas if she parks outside my house she can get away much quicker. I told her that seems a pretty poor excuse to inconvenience me all day, but she got in and drove off and still dumps her car on my street all day.
I don't own the road outside of my house and there's nothing I can legally do to stop them, but it is a mighty pain in the arse. I have a workshop and a garage at the back of my property for my two cars, but the girlfriend's car lives on the street and quite often she has to park 500yds away outside someone else's property. All for the sake of a small convenience to a council chubber. Sometimes a little consideration is all that's needed instead of shouting "It's my right to park where I want."
I was outside the house at 5pm one day when I challenged a council worker returning to their car as to why they park on my street and not in their employer provided car park. They told me it's because everyone leaves at 5pm and it can take 10 minutes to get out whereas if she parks outside my house she can get away much quicker. I told her that seems a pretty poor excuse to inconvenience me all day, but she got in and drove off and still dumps her car on my street all day.
I don't own the road outside of my house and there's nothing I can legally do to stop them, but it is a mighty pain in the arse. I have a workshop and a garage at the back of my property for my two cars, but the girlfriend's car lives on the street and quite often she has to park 500yds away outside someone else's property. All for the sake of a small convenience to a council chubber. Sometimes a little consideration is all that's needed instead of shouting "It's my right to park where I want."
BrewsterBear said:
I don't own the road outside of my house and there's nothing I can legally do to stop them, but it is a mighty pain in the arse. I have a workshop and a garage at the back of my property for my two cars, but the girlfriend's car lives on the street and quite often she has to park 500yds away outside someone else's property. All for the sake of a small convenience to a council chubber. Sometimes a little consideration is all that's needed instead of shouting "It's my right to park where I want."
Could you ask the council if they could make the street a permit-holders only one (assuming that doesn't have hidden pitfalls).Although one potential issue is that the request is handled by someone who currently parks in your street...
Nick M said:
Could you ask the council if they could make the street a permit-holders only one (assuming that doesn't have hidden pitfalls).
Although one potential issue is that the request is handled by someone who currently parks in your street...
That makes it a massive PITA for everyone though, not just visitors to my house, etc. If people need to pop to the shops or the dentist then fine, but using the street as a works car park 9 hours a day when they have one available is taking the piss.Although one potential issue is that the request is handled by someone who currently parks in your street...
I have considered sending the head of that council office an email, seeing if it will do any good, but legally they're doing nothing wrong and I don't want to be the type of person who emails council management.
BrewsterBear said:
I live quite close to the centre of a small, but busy market town. The local council office is 200yds away. Council workers park all along my street despite their own car park being half empty, not to mention they all seem incapable of parking considerately so there are 2/3 sized spaces wasted up and down the street. Add to this the shoppers who park there too, despite the NCP car parks, bang in the centre of town, now being free for two hours. This means that I can't park outside of my house between 8:45am and 5pm any working day. Deliveries, shopping, etc all made much more difficult than they need to be.
I was outside the house at 5pm one day when I challenged a council worker returning to their car as to why they park on my street and not in their employer provided car park. They told me it's because everyone leaves at 5pm and it can take 10 minutes to get out whereas if she parks outside my house she can get away much quicker. I told her that seems a pretty poor excuse to inconvenience me all day, but she got in and drove off and still dumps her car on my street all day.
I don't own the road outside of my house and there's nothing I can legally do to stop them, but it is a mighty pain in the arse. I have a workshop and a garage at the back of my property for my two cars, but the girlfriend's car lives on the street and quite often she has to park 500yds away outside someone else's property. All for the sake of a small convenience to a council chubber. Sometimes a little consideration is all that's needed instead of shouting "It's my right to park where I want."
It seems very easy to deal with. She's parking on your street because its more convenient and quicker than parking in her work provided car park. You just need to make it inconvenient and slower to park on your street.... I'm sure you can come up with plenty ways to do that without getting arrested or causing any lasting damage.I was outside the house at 5pm one day when I challenged a council worker returning to their car as to why they park on my street and not in their employer provided car park. They told me it's because everyone leaves at 5pm and it can take 10 minutes to get out whereas if she parks outside my house she can get away much quicker. I told her that seems a pretty poor excuse to inconvenience me all day, but she got in and drove off and still dumps her car on my street all day.
I don't own the road outside of my house and there's nothing I can legally do to stop them, but it is a mighty pain in the arse. I have a workshop and a garage at the back of my property for my two cars, but the girlfriend's car lives on the street and quite often she has to park 500yds away outside someone else's property. All for the sake of a small convenience to a council chubber. Sometimes a little consideration is all that's needed instead of shouting "It's my right to park where I want."
Unfortunetly I made the mistake a few months ago buying a house on a private road. Each house on the road owns the part right outside their house. When we first moved in me and my partner on the odd occasion if we knew the other person would be going out would park our car outside our neighbours house for a couple of hours. The next time I was pulling my car into the drive the owner stopped me and told me not to park there any more. A week or so later we had an electrician in who parked on the drive so when I got home rather than blocking him in I parked my car outside the next house up for a couple of hours.
When he went I walked up to move my car on the drive to be met by the owner of the other house telling me not to park there and that im pretty much parking on their garden.
I really dislike petty crap like this and wouldnt have bought the house if I knew living on a private road could be such a ball ache.
I found out the other day one of the neighbours has been doing petition against me because I work from home so have 1-2 deliverys come to the house mon-fri.
When he went I walked up to move my car on the drive to be met by the owner of the other house telling me not to park there and that im pretty much parking on their garden.
I really dislike petty crap like this and wouldnt have bought the house if I knew living on a private road could be such a ball ache.
I found out the other day one of the neighbours has been doing petition against me because I work from home so have 1-2 deliverys come to the house mon-fri.
identity_crisis said:
Unfortunetly I made the mistake a few months ago buying a house on a private road. Each house on the road owns the part right outside their house. When we first moved in me and my partner on the odd occasion if we knew the other person would be going out would park our car outside our neighbours house for a couple of hours. The next time I was pulling my car into the drive the owner stopped me and told me not to park there any more. A week or so later we had an electrician in who parked on the drive so when I got home rather than blocking him in I parked my car outside the next house up for a couple of hours.
When he went I walked up to move my car on the drive to be met by the owner of the other house telling me not to park there and that im pretty much parking on their garden.
I really dislike petty crap like this and wouldnt have bought the house if I knew living on a private road could be such a ball ache.
I found out the other day one of the neighbours has been doing petition against me because I work from home so have 1-2 deliverys come to the house mon-fri.
Although it may be petty to you, the fact that they own the land means that you parking there is the same as parking on their drive. Just because they have gone out doesn't mean its fair game either When he went I walked up to move my car on the drive to be met by the owner of the other house telling me not to park there and that im pretty much parking on their garden.
I really dislike petty crap like this and wouldnt have bought the house if I knew living on a private road could be such a ball ache.
I found out the other day one of the neighbours has been doing petition against me because I work from home so have 1-2 deliverys come to the house mon-fri.
If you have a driveway and the bit in front of your house, why go against the grain and park on other peoples property?
I'm not being arsey towards you but I would be pretty pissed off if some newbie turns up with his bird and started parking where they fancied. If you are using your spaces but need more you should not make your problem somebody else's
identity_crisis said:
Unfortunetly I made the mistake a few months ago buying a house on a private road. Each house on the road owns the part right outside their house. When we first moved in me and my partner on the odd occasion if we knew the other person would be going out would park our car outside our neighbours house for a couple of hours. The next time I was pulling my car into the drive the owner stopped me and told me not to park there any more. A week or so later we had an electrician in who parked on the drive so when I got home rather than blocking him in I parked my car outside the next house up for a couple of hours.
When he went I walked up to move my car on the drive to be met by the owner of the other house telling me not to park there and that im pretty much parking on their garden.
I really dislike petty crap like this and wouldnt have bought the house if I knew living on a private road could be such a ball ache.
I found out the other day one of the neighbours has been doing petition against me because I work from home so have 1-2 deliverys come to the house mon-fri.
You are in the wrong.When he went I walked up to move my car on the drive to be met by the owner of the other house telling me not to park there and that im pretty much parking on their garden.
I really dislike petty crap like this and wouldnt have bought the house if I knew living on a private road could be such a ball ache.
I found out the other day one of the neighbours has been doing petition against me because I work from home so have 1-2 deliverys come to the house mon-fri.
I have this issue where I live. We just bought a house after it has been sitting empty for 4 years.
There are 7 houses in our close and enough parking for all houses (each house has 1 car with the exception of number 2)
The houses are in a corner shape with 3 on one edge and 4 on the other, starting with the row of three as number 1,2 and 3 etc.
All houses have a space outside except the corner houses (3+4, mine is number 4).
We have a first come first served thing with the occupants of number 3 where if the space is there and they aren't we park there and vice versa.
The problem is house number 2. They own 3 cars and they have somehow come to believe that the space outside there house is theirs. They own it, you can't park there etc.
My OH would park there when the space infront of our house was full and one of the people from number 2 would box her car in. We tried talking to them about it but because they are Hungarian, they just walk off as if they can't understand us.
There are 7 houses in our close and enough parking for all houses (each house has 1 car with the exception of number 2)
The houses are in a corner shape with 3 on one edge and 4 on the other, starting with the row of three as number 1,2 and 3 etc.
All houses have a space outside except the corner houses (3+4, mine is number 4).
We have a first come first served thing with the occupants of number 3 where if the space is there and they aren't we park there and vice versa.
The problem is house number 2. They own 3 cars and they have somehow come to believe that the space outside there house is theirs. They own it, you can't park there etc.
My OH would park there when the space infront of our house was full and one of the people from number 2 would box her car in. We tried talking to them about it but because they are Hungarian, they just walk off as if they can't understand us.
I get this all the time. I live in a cul de sac at the bottom, mine is the only house to have a driveway and gates. Even if there are no other cars around, people come to visit next door and just chuck their car right front of our gates meaning every time we have to knock on next door to get their visitor to move. Sometimes it's just there bonnet overlapping since they like to park to they line up their door with her pedestrian gate out of sheer laziness but as our drive gate open outwards, we can't fully open ours to get the cars out. Bleedin infuriating, but low on our overall list of problems so once they've moved it's soon forgotten about.
Edited by PaulG40 on Sunday 14th September 09:12
I lived in a ropey street in Nottingham when I was a student. You had to park where there was a spot. A guy from 4-5 doors down took exception to me parking outside his house (using "his" spot). He came round & told me to shift, I politely explained about public roads. Five minute later knock knock at the door. I opened it in time to see crow bar swinging, I ducked and it stuck in the wall. I hastily agreed that he was absolutely correct about his parking space & moved.
That same night somebody smashed all the windows & lights on his car. Next day he came round & asked if it was me!? I asked if I looked that stupid, he thought about it, said I probably did, shrugged & went away.
I've believed in karma ever since
That same night somebody smashed all the windows & lights on his car. Next day he came round & asked if it was me!? I asked if I looked that stupid, he thought about it, said I probably did, shrugged & went away.
I've believed in karma ever since
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