Parking problem in residential street ADVICE

[scrambler95]

We live in a 3 bed council property (I still live at home its my dad house) and none of the road has off road parking. Ive got 2 cars (one company) my dads got a car and so has my brother, all taxed, mot'd and insured.
My dads been away with his car all this week so ive parked my second car (of which i normally park out of the road with it) in his normal space. Just had a knock from a new next door neighbour (who doesnt own a car and hasnt spoken to us at all bit if a hot head by all accounts) asking if I could move one from outside his house as his missus and son got wet getting out of a taxi ? I did oblige after he stopped balling at me but surely we arent breaking the law parking like we do never had any problem regarding parking with my neighbours as I try and park outside peoples houses who havent got a car.
Where do I stand with this ? i feel as though I shouldn't be parking anywhere but outside my house now. Any suggestions ?

Edited by scrambler95 on Saturday 8th September 15:15

[S100HP]

Why should the council move you? How about ditching a car and getting yourself your own place.

[Fermit and Sarah]

No one owns the space of road outside their house, as long as there are no restrictions anyone is allowed to park there. If they get arsey then tell them to bog off.

[Pica-Pica]

a) we get summer tourists parking outside our house (there are spaces for our two cars) which is near an ancient church.
b) we recognise we do not own the spaces, so we swallow our irritation.
c) it comes down to good neighbourliness. This needs to be established before issues arise, in that way it forestalls the issues.

[steve2]

So is he going to ask everyone who legally parks outside his house to not park there ?
You should stand your ground and tell him to buy his missus an umbrella

[essayer]

He’s a bully and a prick, don’t give in again.

[scrambler95]

S100HP said:

Why should the council move you? How about ditching a car and getting yourself your own place.

Why should I theyre all legal, I work 60 hours a week to fund my car hobby ? Im 22 saving for a mortgage I cant just 'move out' stupid comment that

[Pica-Pica]

scrambler95 said:

S100HP said:

Why should the council move you? How about ditching a car and getting yourself your own place.

Why should I theyre all legal, I work 60 hours a week to fund my car hobby ? Im 22 saving for a mortgage I cant just 'move out' stupid comment that

I think ‘funding a car hobby’ and ‘saving for a mortgage’ may be mutually exclusive.

[S100HP]

scrambler95 said:

Why should I theyre all legal, I work 60 hours a week to fund my car hobby ? Im 22 saving for a mortgage I cant just 'move out' stupid comment that

No more stupid than "the council won't move us"

[steve2]

So is he going to ask everyone who legally parks outside his house to not park there ?
You should stand your ground and tell him to buy his missus an umbrella

[scrambler95]

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I think ‘funding a car hobby’ and ‘saving for a mortgage’ may be mutually exclusive.

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The car cost me £900 2 years ago I can still enjoy my car and save towards a mortgage ?

[Jag_NE]

his excuse for asking you to move is hilarious!

[nonsequitur]

Fermit and Sarah said:

No one owns the space of road outside their house, as long as there are no restrictions anyone is allowed to park there. If they get arsey then tell them to bog off.

But doesn't it bottom line as consideration for others? It may be legal but is it morally correct?

[anonymous-user]

nonsequitur said:

Fermit and Sarah said:

No one owns the space of road outside their house, as long as there are no restrictions anyone is allowed to park there. If they get arsey then tell them to bog off.

But doesn't it bottom line as consideration for others? It may be legal but is it morally correct?

What do morals have to do with parking on a road outside a house that doesn't own a car?

[LudaMusser]

Ppl park in my street who live in the next street. Do I go outside and order them to move their car? No because it's parked legally

Tell him to fk off

[Fermit and Sarah]

nonsequitur said:

Fermit and Sarah said:

No one owns the space of road outside their house, as long as there are no restrictions anyone is allowed to park there. If they get arsey then tell them to bog off.

But doesn't it bottom line as consideration for others? It may be legal but is it morally correct?

Yes, of course. We're in an end terrace, we strive to park out side our house, the neighbours try to park outside theirs. Occasionally we'll come home and a visitors of theirs is parked in 'our' space, no biggy.

In the instance of the OP his neighbour doesn't drive. If I didn't drive I wouldn't care if he parked there. And if I needed a taxi an extra few metres to walk would be of no consequence.

In fact, when I bought my first house at 19 I didn't drive. it was a terrace with a space limited to one car in front of each house. When she had visitors she knew I didn't mind them parking on my space.

Edited by Fermit and Sarah on Saturday 8th September 19:20

Edited by Fermit and Sarah on Saturday 8th September 21:55

[0ddball]

Its legal so it must be right. Common decency is over-rated anyway.

[98elise]

JimSuperSix said:

nonsequitur said:

Fermit and Sarah said:

No one owns the space of road outside their house, as long as there are no restrictions anyone is allowed to park there. If they get arsey then tell them to bog off.

But doesn't it bottom line as consideration for others? It may be legal but is it morally correct?

What do morals have to do with parking on a road outside a house that doesn't own a car?

Agreed. Nobody has the moral right to the road outside their house (unless it's a private road).

[Countdown]

0ddball said:

Its legal so it must be right. Common decency is over-rated anyway.

[Countdown]

98elise said:

JimSuperSix said:

nonsequitur said:

Fermit and Sarah said:

No one owns the space of road outside their house, as long as there are no restrictions anyone is allowed to park there. If they get arsey then tell them to bog off.

But doesn't it bottom line as consideration for others? It may be legal but is it morally correct?

What do morals have to do with parking on a road outside a house that doesn't own a car?

Agreed. Nobody has the moral right to the road outside their house (unless it's a private road).

Where there is something at short supply, that everybody pays towards, wouldn't the best outcome be a bit of give and take/mutual understanding?

When I lived at home with my siblings we each needed a car for work - it was a 6 car household with space for 2 (plus one on the road). So we'd park 3 of them in garages which were about a quarter of a mile away. If we'd insisted on parking on the road it would have meant less space for our neighbours. Now people can insist on their "rights" until they are blue in the face but personally my dad's approach was that we do our best to get on with the neighbours and that selfish behaviour generates selfish responses.