Cars in the street
Discussion
Inspired by the "Vans in the street" thread ...
I live in an area where every house has a drive, and most have garages (except us ... ours is now a second living room!). Despite having off street parking, many people still park on the road - particularly the guy directly across from our drive, and the family next door. I have no problem with people parking on the road once the drive is full, but these two house particularly wind me up as most of the time they leave the drive empty. The two sons next door seem to see it as their right, or even duty, to park in front of our house, as close to the edge of our drive as they think they can get away with. We had our drive widened, even paying the council to widen the drop so we don't have to park on the road, but with the combination of the neighbours parking it can take some deft manoeuvring to get our cars on or off there.
Is there anything that can be done to encourage them to park on their drives? With the next door neighbour particularly, there is room on the drive for 4 cars in a line (it goes past the house and the garage is in the back garden), and with the dad's car, the two boys cars and now one of the girlfriends parking there regularly it's becoming an issue - more often than not, the dad's car is parked at the front of the drive and the other 3 are dotted around the street.
I've even considered filling in an application form here : http://www.anglianhome.co.uk/get-a-quote/ for a driveway widening quote in their names! The other option would be to join them, and leave our drive untroubled by cars and park across their gardens!
(before anyone says, for a rant this gets 1/10 at most ... it's more of a whine).
Andy
I live in an area where every house has a drive, and most have garages (except us ... ours is now a second living room!). Despite having off street parking, many people still park on the road - particularly the guy directly across from our drive, and the family next door. I have no problem with people parking on the road once the drive is full, but these two house particularly wind me up as most of the time they leave the drive empty. The two sons next door seem to see it as their right, or even duty, to park in front of our house, as close to the edge of our drive as they think they can get away with. We had our drive widened, even paying the council to widen the drop so we don't have to park on the road, but with the combination of the neighbours parking it can take some deft manoeuvring to get our cars on or off there.
Is there anything that can be done to encourage them to park on their drives? With the next door neighbour particularly, there is room on the drive for 4 cars in a line (it goes past the house and the garage is in the back garden), and with the dad's car, the two boys cars and now one of the girlfriends parking there regularly it's becoming an issue - more often than not, the dad's car is parked at the front of the drive and the other 3 are dotted around the street.
I've even considered filling in an application form here : http://www.anglianhome.co.uk/get-a-quote/ for a driveway widening quote in their names! The other option would be to join them, and leave our drive untroubled by cars and park across their gardens!
(before anyone says, for a rant this gets 1/10 at most ... it's more of a whine).
Andy
I'd say they all park on the street as if they were to use the drive, it may require the moving of up to 3 cars if one person wants to go out. So they're doing it out of convenience rather than deliberately trying to annoy you 
No idea what you could do short of having a polite chat and perhaps mentioning 'her indoors' isn't the best at manouvering and if they park their cars so close to your driveway they may pick up a dent or two in the near future
No idea what you could do short of having a polite chat and perhaps mentioning 'her indoors' isn't the best at manouvering and if they park their cars so close to your driveway they may pick up a dent or two in the near future
I have a garage - but there are 2 bikes in there, so it can't be used for a car.
We do have a 2 car driveway, but I leave earlier than Mrs 75 and get home earlier than her most days.
If I park on the drive, I have to de-ice 2 cars and move one to get mine out, then put it back.
Much easier to stick mine on the road outside the house.
One day I'll get around to putting in a 2nd drive on part of the front lawn, but until I get a new job, it's not going to happen.
We do have a 2 car driveway, but I leave earlier than Mrs 75 and get home earlier than her most days.
If I park on the drive, I have to de-ice 2 cars and move one to get mine out, then put it back.
Much easier to stick mine on the road outside the house.
One day I'll get around to putting in a 2nd drive on part of the front lawn, but until I get a new job, it's not going to happen.
To the OP:
So let me get this right, you had a garage and had it converted into a second livin area but you are now complaining about parking problems? If you had a dropped kerb to allow access to your old garage, it is an offence to block it regardless of if you do not have a garage anymore, is it still there?
Also a garage puts more money on the house than a second living area so my estate agents advised me last week. Nearly every family owns at least two cars now.
So let me get this right, you had a garage and had it converted into a second livin area but you are now complaining about parking problems? If you had a dropped kerb to allow access to your old garage, it is an offence to block it regardless of if you do not have a garage anymore, is it still there?
Also a garage puts more money on the house than a second living area so my estate agents advised me last week. Nearly every family owns at least two cars now.
SS HSV said:
To the OP:
So let me get this right, you had a garage and had it converted into a second livin area but you are now complaining about parking problems?
No, he is complaining because people block his drive, or as near as damn block his drive access. Nothing to do with garages.So let me get this right, you had a garage and had it converted into a second livin area but you are now complaining about parking problems?
We had a spell of it at our house, people parking all up and down the road, occasionally making it impossible to get our cars on and off the drive, even though we have a fully block paved from yard big enough for four cars. But, it was manageable, and rather than fall out with neighbours over something so small and infrequent we just work round it.
I'd recommend going round and talking to the people, as Darkslider mentiones, indicate the wife is a lousy driver etc.
BG, you wouldn't feel the same way if you were stuck on your drive every morning because some twot had parked across your drive on the 'public' road.
you could have a chat with your council about a residents parking scheme, generally if you have off street parking available you dont qualify for a street parking permit.
Beware, this generally causes more problems than it solves, for example, getting tickets for parking outside your own house. even if you have no off street parking available to you one permament permit and one visitors permit is generally standard for these schemes all over the country.
Personally I wouldnt recommend it unless its a major problem.
Sounds like its a slight pain in the arse at the moment and not worth getting too upset about.
Beware, this generally causes more problems than it solves, for example, getting tickets for parking outside your own house. even if you have no off street parking available to you one permament permit and one visitors permit is generally standard for these schemes all over the country.
Personally I wouldnt recommend it unless its a major problem.
Sounds like its a slight pain in the arse at the moment and not worth getting too upset about.
Balmoral Green said:
King Herald said:
BG, you wouldn't feel the same way if you were stuck on your drive every morning because some twot had parked across your drive on the 'public' road.
Yes I would. Blocking driveways and access is something completely different.
I live in a private close my however out on the public road a "neigbour" type person saked me to not park out side his house as its very cramped in the street for parking and after all I had a space out side my garage,WTF guess who had two empty spots outside his gagage AND three cars on the public road I asked him to explain his hypocracy the t
t,I only used to do it occasionaly so I could get my car out of the garage without moving two cars my "old truck" now lives outside his house complete with puncture!
t,I only used to do it occasionaly so I could get my car out of the garage without moving two cars my "old truck" now lives outside his house complete with puncture!We have a similar problem but I don't regard it as worth falling out with the neighbours over. You just have to be a bit more careful manouevering in and out of the drive.
Like the idea of mentioning that your wife isn't the greater driver in the world with the implied consequences!!
Like the idea of mentioning that your wife isn't the greater driver in the world with the implied consequences!!
I have the same problem with the witch next door, mothers car, fathers car, daughters car (who commutes to uni) and daughters ugly boyfriends car. They would literally park accross my drive and if they moved a car from the road they would replace it with the car off the drive, so there's an almost permanently empty drive and 4 cars on the road. Also the daughter is a complete spanner when it comes to manouvering, seen a few near misses.
Anyway, me and my partner started parking as close as possible to these cars leaving them no room to get out, and then pretended not to be in when they came round.
We also parked just slightly accross their drive and specifically the places where they like to leave their cars.
after a couple of weeks their drive was back in use and the other cars were a little more considerably parked.
However, I do hate that woman with a passion (long saga involving barking dogs and the borough concil) and did not care in the least if I upset her.
In my opinion its just plain rude. I have a garage filled with bikes and have gravelled my front garden and dropped the kerb so as I don't have to park on the road. Its so frustrating being blocked in by an inconsiderate neighbour!
Anyway, me and my partner started parking as close as possible to these cars leaving them no room to get out, and then pretended not to be in when they came round.
We also parked just slightly accross their drive and specifically the places where they like to leave their cars.
after a couple of weeks their drive was back in use and the other cars were a little more considerably parked.
However, I do hate that woman with a passion (long saga involving barking dogs and the borough concil) and did not care in the least if I upset her.
In my opinion its just plain rude. I have a garage filled with bikes and have gravelled my front garden and dropped the kerb so as I don't have to park on the road. Its so frustrating being blocked in by an inconsiderate neighbour!
Balmoral Green said:
Vans, cars, trucks? I couldn't care less.
Because I know and understand that the public road is just that, Public!
The road outside my house is not mine, it is not my responsibility, and whoever uses it, it is none of my damned business.
Precisely - if someone pays car tax then they have a right to park where they want - as long as they're not blocking the drive!Because I know and understand that the public road is just that, Public!
The road outside my house is not mine, it is not my responsibility, and whoever uses it, it is none of my damned business.
My neighbour used to go mental about me parking on 'his' spot outside his house, despite us actually using our driveway..
mvagustaobsessed said:
I have the same problem with the witch next door, mothers car, fathers car, daughters car (who commutes to uni) and daughters ugly boyfriends car. They would literally park accross my drive and if they moved a car from the road they would replace it with the car off the drive, so there's an almost permanently empty drive and 4 cars on the road. Also the daughter is a complete spanner when it comes to manouvering, seen a few near misses.
Anyway, me and my partner started parking as close as possible to these cars leaving them no room to get out, and then pretended not to be in when they came round.
We also parked just slightly accross their drive and specifically the places where they like to leave their cars.
after a couple of weeks their drive was back in use and the other cars were a little more considerably parked.
However, I do hate that woman with a passion (long saga involving barking dogs and the borough concil) and did not care in the least if I upset her.
In my opinion its just plain rude. I have a garage filled with bikes and have gravelled my front garden and dropped the kerb so as I don't have to park on the road. Its so frustrating being blocked in by an inconsiderate neighbour!
Very mature of you. I am glad I don't live next to a street with you public types.Anyway, me and my partner started parking as close as possible to these cars leaving them no room to get out, and then pretended not to be in when they came round.
We also parked just slightly accross their drive and specifically the places where they like to leave their cars.
after a couple of weeks their drive was back in use and the other cars were a little more considerably parked.
However, I do hate that woman with a passion (long saga involving barking dogs and the borough concil) and did not care in the least if I upset her.
In my opinion its just plain rude. I have a garage filled with bikes and have gravelled my front garden and dropped the kerb so as I don't have to park on the road. Its so frustrating being blocked in by an inconsiderate neighbour!
Balmoral Green said:
King Herald said:
BG, you wouldn't feel the same way if you were stuck on your drive every morning because some twot had parked across your drive on the 'public' road.
Yes I would. Blocking driveways and access is something completely different.
I too have no problem with whoever wants to drive down our street, but if they impede my drive access I do have a problem.
King Herald said:
I thought this thread WAS about neighbours parking on the road and blocking or impeding access to drives?
'ish. It was alluded to in the OP, but barely so, and this thread was following on from the van thread, which was about prejudice more than anything.
Edited by Balmoral Green on Saturday 13th December 13:44
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