parking outside your house
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9mm said:
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.
Come to Hounslow where people think it's completely acceptable to plonk their car in your drive, and walk off.
I had this a number of times, and when confronting them, they always try to justify it by saying that it's valid because they're visiting someone who lives on that road! Needless to say my charm and decorum soon disappears.
Live in Bayswater now , so have the traffic wardens doing the job for us here, but my Mum still gets the odd attempt, and gives them short shrift.
I had this a number of times, and when confronting them, they always try to justify it by saying that it's valid because they're visiting someone who lives on that road! Needless to say my charm and decorum soon disappears.
Live in Bayswater now , so have the traffic wardens doing the job for us here, but my Mum still gets the odd attempt, and gives them short shrift.
My Dads friend lives in a road with a private school. The mumsies picking up Little Johnny decide they can't possibly park anywhere less than 100m walk from the school entrance, so they would use his drive. Only they would park so awkwardly (effective abandonment of vehicle) that he couldn't get in when he finished his shift and got home at 3pm. He used to ask them to move to be met with abuse or them simply getting into their cars and ignoring him.
Most of the residents in the road had written collectively to the school, who would send a letter home with the children reminding them of consideration for residents blah blah. The day after nothing changed. So he arrived home, parked on his drive blocking them in, and started drinking. When the mumsies knocked on his door he refused to move saying he would be drink driving and he wasn't prepared to move the car. He wasn't prepared to let them drive his car saying that their driving was appalling. And he repeated the statements to the PC who attended whilst drinking from a can of Bud. He refused to allow the PC to move his car and the PC could probably have enforced his argument for his keys but probably knew that the mums needed to be taught a lesson and that they should get taxis and return the next day for their cars.
A few years on and he's known as the drunken man whose drive you never park on by the mumsies. But they still use his neighbours drives.
Most of the residents in the road had written collectively to the school, who would send a letter home with the children reminding them of consideration for residents blah blah. The day after nothing changed. So he arrived home, parked on his drive blocking them in, and started drinking. When the mumsies knocked on his door he refused to move saying he would be drink driving and he wasn't prepared to move the car. He wasn't prepared to let them drive his car saying that their driving was appalling. And he repeated the statements to the PC who attended whilst drinking from a can of Bud. He refused to allow the PC to move his car and the PC could probably have enforced his argument for his keys but probably knew that the mums needed to be taught a lesson and that they should get taxis and return the next day for their cars.
A few years on and he's known as the drunken man whose drive you never park on by the mumsies. But they still use his neighbours drives.
Jaldi said:
I sandwiched someone in when they parked in front of my drive. A bit petty perhaps but it made me laugh ...
To be fair you can easily use both sides of your drive even with them parked there can't you ?They probably realise it was wrong but not really causing you major issue.
I'm as petty as they come but even I'd have ignored that and not been a dick for the sake of it. Maybe I've matured in my old age !
Where I used to live it was a free for all, about 50% of the time I came home somebody was parked outside my house, so I found the next available parking space and got on with my life. It never annoyed me in the slightest. Then I found out that the neighbour across the road was annoyed when I parked outside his house (despite him parking outside mine when his "spot" was already taken 
) The neighbour next door was a horrible piece of work, she blocked in my girlfriend as she'd parked outside her house.
I saw this from the window of an upstairs bedroom and had a small rant involving "pathetic b
h" and a few other unpleasantries. She heard the rant because as I got downstairs to put my shoes on I heard her car start up, she moved it back a couple of metres and went back in her house.
What a toilet
) The neighbour next door was a horrible piece of work, she blocked in my girlfriend as she'd parked outside her house.I saw this from the window of an upstairs bedroom and had a small rant involving "pathetic b
h" and a few other unpleasantries. She heard the rant because as I got downstairs to put my shoes on I heard her car start up, she moved it back a couple of metres and went back in her house.What a toilet
vikingaero said:
My Dads friend lives in a road with a private school. The mumsies picking up Little Johnny decide they can't possibly park anywhere less than 100m walk from the school entrance, so they would use his drive. Only they would park so awkwardly (effective abandonment of vehicle) that he couldn't get in when he finished his shift and got home at 3pm. He used to ask them to move to be met with abuse or them simply getting into their cars and ignoring him.
Most of the residents in the road had written collectively to the school, who would send a letter home with the children reminding them of consideration for residents blah blah. The day after nothing changed. So he arrived home, parked on his drive blocking them in, and started drinking. When the mumsies knocked on his door he refused to move saying he would be drink driving and he wasn't prepared to move the car. He wasn't prepared to let them drive his car saying that their driving was appalling. And he repeated the statements to the PC who attended whilst drinking from a can of Bud. He refused to allow the PC to move his car and the PC could probably have enforced his argument for his keys but probably knew that the mums needed to be taught a lesson and that they should get taxis and return the next day for their cars.
A few years on and he's known as the drunken man whose drive you never park on by the mumsies. But they still use his neighbours drives.
If this is true, it's brilliant. If it were me though, I'd have made sure to speak to the PC afterwards to ensure them that I'm usually reasonable (though it sounds as if they realised what the score was)!Most of the residents in the road had written collectively to the school, who would send a letter home with the children reminding them of consideration for residents blah blah. The day after nothing changed. So he arrived home, parked on his drive blocking them in, and started drinking. When the mumsies knocked on his door he refused to move saying he would be drink driving and he wasn't prepared to move the car. He wasn't prepared to let them drive his car saying that their driving was appalling. And he repeated the statements to the PC who attended whilst drinking from a can of Bud. He refused to allow the PC to move his car and the PC could probably have enforced his argument for his keys but probably knew that the mums needed to be taught a lesson and that they should get taxis and return the next day for their cars.
A few years on and he's known as the drunken man whose drive you never park on by the mumsies. But they still use his neighbours drives.
SkinnyP said:
Were you not worried about them shunting your nice car out of the way?
If I was enough of a dick to park across someones drive, then that's what I'd do.
If I was enough of a dick to park across someones drive, then that's what I'd do.
I wouldn't want my cars damaged. - If the knob is too impatient to park further away and walk, you might find that they're also too impatient to wait to be "released".No you don't own the space outside your own house.
However.
You either haven't thought this through fully or you are being a bit of a muppet. Parking outside someone else's house operates on a give and take basis. The rule allows you to use the space outside someone else's house every now and again, and that's the give and take we all live by. From the sound of your post, you have nothing to give, you just expect to be allowed to take. Park a street or two away where you aren't inconveniencing anyone. You must have known the facts of the situation before you moved in. Yes, there are no laws that say you can't do what you are doing. But in my opinion, what you are doing is a piss take and it would annoy me as well. (All based on my imagination of what this situation looks like, having read your post, of course.)
However.
You either haven't thought this through fully or you are being a bit of a muppet. Parking outside someone else's house operates on a give and take basis. The rule allows you to use the space outside someone else's house every now and again, and that's the give and take we all live by. From the sound of your post, you have nothing to give, you just expect to be allowed to take. Park a street or two away where you aren't inconveniencing anyone. You must have known the facts of the situation before you moved in. Yes, there are no laws that say you can't do what you are doing. But in my opinion, what you are doing is a piss take and it would annoy me as well. (All based on my imagination of what this situation looks like, having read your post, of course.)
I'm confused. Do people leave the house buying to their wives that just look at the quality of the bathrooms when deciding?
To me it's a high priority and I managed to get a decent amount when finding one after splitting up with my ex.
Red Box is my drive for a large or 2 small cars.
Blue boxes are my garages.
Big orange square is a residents car park for my horseshoe shaped street. But everyone has drives on the fronts of their houses so 3 cars in that car park at the rear is classed as busy!
Behind my conservatory is space for a car on my patio but currently has my car trailer.
To me it's a high priority and I managed to get a decent amount when finding one after splitting up with my ex.
Red Box is my drive for a large or 2 small cars.
Blue boxes are my garages.
Big orange square is a residents car park for my horseshoe shaped street. But everyone has drives on the fronts of their houses so 3 cars in that car park at the rear is classed as busy!
Behind my conservatory is space for a car on my patio but currently has my car trailer.
An old acquaintance of mine had fun and games on this one way road that was adjacent to the town. This thereby offered free parking for shop workers. He often returned home to find no spaces available and often too um-bridge to this. I cannot condone his behavior but most would have been classed as criminal damage. Parking on any public road is free game as far as I'm concerned if your car is abiding to the highway code and the car is legal. It used to get my goat coming home to my previous property whereby I often had to drive around the town a few times until a space became available. I moved in the end and now have a drive for 3 cars.
Doesnt bother me of someone parks outside our house, what does annoy me is when the bloke up the road does it, this is because he has plonked some rocks on the grass verge outside his own house, and then painted them white so nobody can park outside his, but then when he is having work done and has a skin on the drive, he parks in front of everyone else houses.
J4CKO said:
Doesnt bother me of someone parks outside our house, what does annoy me is when the bloke up the road does it, this is because he has plonked some rocks on the grass verge outside his own house, and then painted them white so nobody can park outside his, but then when he is having work done and has a skin on the drive, he parks in front of everyone else houses.
I think if someone drove into those rocks he could potentially find himself in all sorts of trouble.KFC said:
J4CKO said:
Doesnt bother me of someone parks outside our house, what does annoy me is when the bloke up the road does it, this is because he has plonked some rocks on the grass verge outside his own house, and then painted them white so nobody can park outside his, but then when he is having work done and has a skin on the drive, he parks in front of everyone else houses.
I think if someone drove into those rocks he could potentially find himself in all sorts of trouble.kambites said:
KFC said:
I think if someone drove into those rocks he could potentially find himself in all sorts of trouble.
Surely that rather depends on who owns the verge? Have been tempted to mount a midnight raid and nick them
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
I would never buy a house without considerable off road/driveway parking for my own cars and those of visitors.
The number of threads that crop up on this topic are justification enough!
I do however appreciate this isn't possible in certain parts of the country, or certain parts of some cities or towns.
I would never buy a house without considerable off road/driveway parking for my own cars and those of visitors.
The number of threads that crop up on this topic are justification enough!
I do however appreciate this isn't possible in certain parts of the country, or certain parts of some cities or towns.
PaulG40 said:
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.
Be a shame if the wind caught your unlatched gate....Edited by PaulG40 on Sunday 14th September 09:12
Not having proper parking at home would be a huge issue for me. Mainly 'cos the wife can't park for toffee
I read on another forum of a house share of four guys who had the a neighboor who regarded the public road outside his house his own even though he had no car. He was a major pain to the neighboors with the enforcement of his parking space.
The four guys each threw in some money and they bought an old shed of a Metro that was road legal with a years MOT and Tax, arranged a basic insurance policy and then parked it directly outside said neighboors house. Queue an entire years satisfaction at the annoyance of the neighboor at the shed parked in his spot.
The four guys each threw in some money and they bought an old shed of a Metro that was road legal with a years MOT and Tax, arranged a basic insurance policy and then parked it directly outside said neighboors house. Queue an entire years satisfaction at the annoyance of the neighboor at the shed parked in his spot.
NinjaPower said:
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
I would never buy a house without considerable off road/driveway parking for my own cars and those of visitors.
The number of threads that crop up on this topic are justification enough!
I do however appreciate this isn't possible in certain parts of the country, or certain parts of some cities or towns.
Me too, a double garage (or somewhere to build one) and reasonable off-streat parking was an absolute must for me when I bought a house. I simply didn't consider anything without one, even though it significantly restricted my choice in other ways and probably meant I ended up with one less bedroom. I would never buy a house without considerable off road/driveway parking for my own cars and those of visitors.
The number of threads that crop up on this topic are justification enough!
I do however appreciate this isn't possible in certain parts of the country, or certain parts of some cities or towns.
Fortunately, I get on well enough with my neighbours that it's become the norm to park on each others' land and no-one thinks twice about it as long as people don't block other people in.
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