Blocked work drive / threats
Discussion
So we have a semi shared drive for work which is shared with a car wash.
In red I have highlighted our gate.
The black arrows point the direction the cars come out from under the forecourt for the final dry which takes 7-8 minutes.
Usually they have 3 lines sometimes 2 lines, and naturally you end up with cars parked being dried where the black arrows are on the left. This obviously blocks our gate. It's alot tighter than the picture leads you to believe.
So we get missed deliveries from people who cba to come in as our warehouse is at the back so they need to come through the car park. It also means when people go out for lunch, room has to be made, even worse is coming into the car park, you need to sit on the main road waiting for room to be made.
We told the owner not to let cars come that way, good for a day or two then back to normal. This has been going on for around a year.
So we decided to park the van on the right side of our gate so they couldn't come onto our side of the drive to dry their cars. This resulted in the workers threatening to cause us proper hassle including acid thrown on our cars. So we retreated and are waiting for the owner to come.
What would you guys do as I am now worried / limited to ideas on what to actually do! Owner should be here soon so that will be an interesting conversation.
In red I have highlighted our gate.
The black arrows point the direction the cars come out from under the forecourt for the final dry which takes 7-8 minutes.
Usually they have 3 lines sometimes 2 lines, and naturally you end up with cars parked being dried where the black arrows are on the left. This obviously blocks our gate. It's alot tighter than the picture leads you to believe.
So we get missed deliveries from people who cba to come in as our warehouse is at the back so they need to come through the car park. It also means when people go out for lunch, room has to be made, even worse is coming into the car park, you need to sit on the main road waiting for room to be made.
We told the owner not to let cars come that way, good for a day or two then back to normal. This has been going on for around a year.
So we decided to park the van on the right side of our gate so they couldn't come onto our side of the drive to dry their cars. This resulted in the workers threatening to cause us proper hassle including acid thrown on our cars. So we retreated and are waiting for the owner to come.
What would you guys do as I am now worried / limited to ideas on what to actually do! Owner should be here soon so that will be an interesting conversation.
Park the vans there, stet up a camera, see what happens.
If the vans are damaged then report it to the police and claim back the damage from the car wash.
That or speak to the Landlord as mentioned above. Might be worth speaking to the Landlord anyway and asking them to mark up the area in front of the gate with 'no parking' signage.
ETA - I notice they don't have a lawn. This will restrict the solutions you'll receive from the PH 'massive'.
If the vans are damaged then report it to the police and claim back the damage from the car wash.
That or speak to the Landlord as mentioned above. Might be worth speaking to the Landlord anyway and asking them to mark up the area in front of the gate with 'no parking' signage.
ETA - I notice they don't have a lawn. This will restrict the solutions you'll receive from the PH 'massive'.
The Beaver King said:
Park the vans there, stet up a camera, see what happens.
If the vans are damaged then report it to the police and claim back the damage from the car wash.
That or speak to the Landlord as mentioned above. Might be worth speaking to the Landlord anyway and asking them to mark up the area in front of the gate with 'no parking' signage.
ETA - I notice they don't have a lawn. This will restrict the solutions you'll receive from the PH 'massive'.
I don't care about the van but in the car park throughout the day we have various cars parked there. During the night we have some cars also parked there of semi high value.If the vans are damaged then report it to the police and claim back the damage from the car wash.
That or speak to the Landlord as mentioned above. Might be worth speaking to the Landlord anyway and asking them to mark up the area in front of the gate with 'no parking' signage.
ETA - I notice they don't have a lawn. This will restrict the solutions you'll receive from the PH 'massive'.
ILoveMondeo said:
Definitely a job for the landlord/management company. Assuming it's the same for both properties?
Get some bollards installed?
Bolards (if you can) were my first thought too (for a permanant solution) those nasty concrete filled steel things will do the job.Get some bollards installed?
Though I would report the threats to the police (non emergency number) so that there is a crime/reference number on file just incase it escalates when a solution is decided upon.
Report to Police (if only to get your retaliation in first!) for obstruction. Add the threats into the mix.
For your information 'deliberate' obstruction is actually an arrestable offence.
Do they have all the appropriate interceptors in the ground to collect their detergent contaminated run off (doubtful in a leased premises). Does their run off leak on to the road causing a hazard. I think a visit from the local council's environmental officer might be in order.
For your information 'deliberate' obstruction is actually an arrestable offence.
Do they have all the appropriate interceptors in the ground to collect their detergent contaminated run off (doubtful in a leased premises). Does their run off leak on to the road causing a hazard. I think a visit from the local council's environmental officer might be in order.
Private road or public?
If they are "drying" their cars on the highway (back of verge to back of verge) they are obliged to make sure water run-off from their business doesn't infiltrate/contaminate storm drainage.
Also, businesses parking on a highway in such a way to block footways is frowned upon.
Either way, a phone call to the council could cause them some hassle.
Otherwise bollards. Big f
k-off yellow and black ones, they can be hit again and again. Something like this. http://www.marshalls.co.uk/commercial/street-furni...
ETA can you provide a streetview link, or let us know what local authority area you're in?
ETA2 Elanfan above beat me to it.
If they are "drying" their cars on the highway (back of verge to back of verge) they are obliged to make sure water run-off from their business doesn't infiltrate/contaminate storm drainage.
Also, businesses parking on a highway in such a way to block footways is frowned upon.
Either way, a phone call to the council could cause them some hassle.
Otherwise bollards. Big f
k-off yellow and black ones, they can be hit again and again. Something like this. http://www.marshalls.co.uk/commercial/street-furni...ETA can you provide a streetview link, or let us know what local authority area you're in?
ETA2 Elanfan above beat me to it.
Block them.
Or "DON'T PARK HERE" stickers on the windscreen with duct tape/gaffer tape/wallpaper paste.
Or pressure wash your access at frequent but random intervals, spraying the newly clened cars with st.
Or use one of your vans (have you got any?) to block their exit from the car wash, see how they like it?
Or big signs - "PARKING FOR OFFICE ONLY - NOT FOR CAR WASH USE"
Are there overhead cables? Every day, chuck a bag of quavers/wotsits/something bright and orange/yellow down, the birds will come by, and sit on the cables waiting, above the newly washed cars. Hopefully depositing their rectal contents over said cars. (Hey, it's natural, not vandalism)
It's a tricky one, no doubt.
Or "DON'T PARK HERE" stickers on the windscreen with duct tape/gaffer tape/wallpaper paste.
Or pressure wash your access at frequent but random intervals, spraying the newly clened cars with s
t. Or use one of your vans (have you got any?) to block their exit from the car wash, see how they like it?
Or big signs - "PARKING FOR OFFICE ONLY - NOT FOR CAR WASH USE"
Are there overhead cables? Every day, chuck a bag of quavers/wotsits/something bright and orange/yellow down, the birds will come by, and sit on the cables waiting, above the newly washed cars. Hopefully depositing their rectal contents over said cars. (Hey, it's natural, not vandalism)
It's a tricky one, no doubt.
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