Neighbour Parking Signs
Discussion
Odd one. Doesn’t directly affect me anyway but....
There is a shared carpark at the end of the street. I rarely use it but noticed today the newish fence erected by the neighbour whose garden adjoins it has signs up requesting people don't park against their fence.
Thus cutting the capacity of the carpark in half
The small red signs say something like "polite notice, please don't park against this fence.
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There is a shared carpark at the end of the street. I rarely use it but noticed today the newish fence erected by the neighbour whose garden adjoins it has signs up requesting people don't park against their fence.
Thus cutting the capacity of the carpark in half
The small red signs say something like "polite notice, please don't park against this fence.
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Would just ignore if I had to park there, they have no authority behind them, I guess maybe they are worried about cars knocking into their nice new fence, or they don't want to hear exhausts right next to them while they are in the garden maybe?
Either way if I needed to park I would.
Either way if I needed to park I would.
thebraketester said:
I presume they don’t own any of the land past their fence?
No. I've seen the title deeds for the estate. The carparks are owned in common by surrounding houses. The only thing I can think that might have triggered it was that another neighbour use to reverse his works van very close to the old fence to keep his tools secure. But as I said not an issue for me. I have ample parking at the far end of the street.
Heathwood said:
Are you sure they’re not just requesting that people don’t nudge the fence / leave their car resting on the fence as opposed to not parking near it?
Exactly how I'd have read it. We have a fence that builders sometimes reverse their vans up against and had to replace a couple of panels and a post last year due to them going a bit too far. 
PistonRings said:
Heathwood said:
Are you sure they’re not just requesting that people don’t nudge the fence / leave their car resting on the fence as opposed to not parking near it?
Exactly how I'd have read it. We have a fence that builders sometimes reverse their vans up against and had to replace a couple of panels and a post last year due to them going a bit too far. Yep, I agree with above comments. I think they’re politely asking people not to drive into the fence. Parking next to it is fine. Sadly, nice polite notices asking people not to park against the fence won’t deter the kind of people who are likely to park against the fence. Such is life.
God-awful fence by the way.
God-awful fence by the way.
Shocks me the amount of people who will park their car resting against things, apart from transforming your pride and joy into a shed it's just inconsiderate unless you own both car and said other object. Most vehicles have reversing cameras/parking sensors these days so there's really no excuse and that's forgetting the most valuable parking aid - the mk1 mirror.
But yeah, I assume they're hoping for an undamaged fence, but of course with every polite request there's a spiteful bugger *sigh*, moving on...
But yeah, I assume they're hoping for an undamaged fence, but of course with every polite request there's a spiteful bugger *sigh*, moving on...
ajap1979 said:
PistonRings said:
Heathwood said:
Are you sure they’re not just requesting that people don’t nudge the fence / leave their car resting on the fence as opposed to not parking near it?
Exactly how I'd have read it. We have a fence that builders sometimes reverse their vans up against and had to replace a couple of panels and a post last year due to them going a bit too far. dundarach said:
Is everyone thinking 'bloody hell that's a f
king awful fence, I'm glad it's not mine, must be a fking nightmare putting up a st cheap fence and people knocking holes in it with their cars all the time....' and just not writing it...?
That fence is composite, possibly with aluminium posts and then the little trellis screens and screen gate. king awful fence, I'm glad it's not mine, must be a fking nightmare putting up a st cheap fence and people knocking holes in it with their cars all the time....' and just not writing it...?As a landscaper i dread to imagine how much that thing must have cost. Im pretty sure just the posts are around £100 each. Must have cost thousands.
Im doing a job now where he's ordered a gate, one panel, 2 posts and 2 little wall plate posts. Im sure he said it was £700 just for that.
And yes i agree it looks awful and ironically cheap.
m3jappa said:
dundarach said:
Is everyone thinking 'bloody hell that's a fking awful fence, I'm glad it's not mine, must be a fking nightmare putting up a st cheap fence and people knocking holes in it with their cars all the time....' and just not writing it...?
That fence is composite, possibly with aluminium posts and then the little trellis screens and screen gate. king awful fence, I'm glad it's not mine, must be a fking nightmare putting up a st cheap fence and people knocking holes in it with their cars all the time....' and just not writing it...?As a landscaper i dread to imagine how much that thing must have cost. Im pretty sure just the posts are around £100 each. Must have cost thousands.
Im doing a job now where he's ordered a gate, one panel, 2 posts and 2 little wall plate posts. Im sure he said it was £700 just for that.
And yes i agree it looks awful and ironically cheap.
I think the last wooden fence died if old age rather than damage.
The new one is part of a big spend. They had a nice garden room built complete with woodburner.
The front garden has just been cleared and turfed by landscapers.
In retrospect I agree the signs were probably prompted by the fact a neighbour used to park his van hard against the old fence.
The new one is part of a big spend. They had a nice garden room built complete with woodburner.
The front garden has just been cleared and turfed by landscapers.
In retrospect I agree the signs were probably prompted by the fact a neighbour used to park his van hard against the old fence.
m3jappa said:
That fence is composite, possibly with aluminium posts and then the little trellis screens and screen gate.
As a landscaper i dread to imagine how much that thing must have cost. Im pretty sure just the posts are around £100 each. Must have cost thousands.
Im doing a job now where he's ordered a gate, one panel, 2 posts and 2 little wall plate posts. Im sure he said it was £700 just for that.
And yes i agree it looks awful and ironically cheap.
The “frond” trellis and door are also composite and are from screenwithenvy.co.uk. They cost £55 per trellis or £70 if they bought the thicker ones!As a landscaper i dread to imagine how much that thing must have cost. Im pretty sure just the posts are around £100 each. Must have cost thousands.
Im doing a job now where he's ordered a gate, one panel, 2 posts and 2 little wall plate posts. Im sure he said it was £700 just for that.
And yes i agree it looks awful and ironically cheap.
It doesn’t look how they thought it would look…
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