People parking in your own driveway
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Gandahar said:
No, more like they parked it on my drive
I should have crashed the Yaris into both cars and doing a small mercy for both.
How can anyone think it is ok to park like that on someone elses property without asking?
From the angle the photograph was taken, without the context of the house/entrance/gate etc, it doesn't look particularly drive-like, and I wonder if they have mistaken it as a communal space? Do you have a photograph of what it looks like from the road that would quash this theory? I should have crashed the Yaris into both cars and doing a small mercy for both.
How can anyone think it is ok to park like that on someone elses property without asking?
Whilst I was away on business the gas pipes on the entire street were being replaced. My Fiancee came home from work in the afternoon to find that someone had parked a digger on our driveway.
We live in a rented property and unfortunately the brick driveway looks to have been done by some local do-as-you-likeys and is therefore really uneven. Now it's even worse in one patch! The heavy digger must've only been there a few hours at most, but it's sunk one part of the driveway.
Then on the following day, my fiancee found she'd been blocked on the driveway by yet another digger.
She had to lock the two kids in the car and go off to find someone to move it so she could go to work. When she approached one they simply said "Sorry love, we've got a job to do". Much animated gesticulating later and honking of the horn and eventually they moved it for her.
I'm just miffed that I was out of the country at the time.
Our neighbor was similarly peeved with their antics, so wrote a letter of complaint, which I fear was probably ignored. When an inspector came by from the same company the following week (I was now back home) I approached him and told him of the 'fun' we had with the workers the previous week. His response?
"Well, many of them are Irish"
...
We live in a rented property and unfortunately the brick driveway looks to have been done by some local do-as-you-likeys and is therefore really uneven. Now it's even worse in one patch! The heavy digger must've only been there a few hours at most, but it's sunk one part of the driveway.
Then on the following day, my fiancee found she'd been blocked on the driveway by yet another digger.
She had to lock the two kids in the car and go off to find someone to move it so she could go to work. When she approached one they simply said "Sorry love, we've got a job to do". Much animated gesticulating later and honking of the horn and eventually they moved it for her.
I'm just miffed that I was out of the country at the time.
Our neighbor was similarly peeved with their antics, so wrote a letter of complaint, which I fear was probably ignored. When an inspector came by from the same company the following week (I was now back home) I approached him and told him of the 'fun' we had with the workers the previous week. His response?
"Well, many of them are Irish"
...
Wasn't there a thread on here ages ago about a chap who's garage got blocked loads and he once dragged an offenders car into the local park with his 4x4?
I have a long gravel drive (about 100m) through some trees. You can't see the house from the road at all and, at a push, I could see how someone might mistake it for the entrance to a track you could drive down although god knows what as there is nothing nearby and the fencing, gravel and planted borders are far too neat for it to be just a track (the house name post and letter box at the gate are a give away too).
Anyway, came home a few weeks back having left the gate open as I was only going up to the village shop, swung in and was met with a couple driving back up my drive. Somewhat perplexed, wondering if maybe they were delivering something I just sat there dumbfounded momentarily then the bloke started gesticulating and getting wound up that I wasn't reversing back (blind onto a moderately busy 50 limit road) as opposed to him reversing a few feet onto the wider bit of the drive in front of the house where I could get past and then have a word about not driving onto other people's property.
So, I thought "well I'm home, I'l just leave the car here". Got out, locked it and the gate then walked up to the house and went in. They just sat there and about 10 minutes later the wife came along and tapped the door and asked if I'd move the car. Yes of course I would, if they told me what they were doing on my drive. Made a wrong turn apparently. So, he reversed and I drove past so they could get out (only after I also unlocked the gate of course) and he would not give me any eye contact whatsoever.
No fear that they were dodgy or casing the joint, looking for places to tie up gypsy dogs or anything like that, just incompetent and I'd have chuckled and shook my head and waved them on their way if the chap had just held his hands up and said "whoops, sorry" then reversed 10 feet in the first place.
I have a long gravel drive (about 100m) through some trees. You can't see the house from the road at all and, at a push, I could see how someone might mistake it for the entrance to a track you could drive down although god knows what as there is nothing nearby and the fencing, gravel and planted borders are far too neat for it to be just a track (the house name post and letter box at the gate are a give away too).
Anyway, came home a few weeks back having left the gate open as I was only going up to the village shop, swung in and was met with a couple driving back up my drive. Somewhat perplexed, wondering if maybe they were delivering something I just sat there dumbfounded momentarily then the bloke started gesticulating and getting wound up that I wasn't reversing back (blind onto a moderately busy 50 limit road) as opposed to him reversing a few feet onto the wider bit of the drive in front of the house where I could get past and then have a word about not driving onto other people's property.
So, I thought "well I'm home, I'l just leave the car here". Got out, locked it and the gate then walked up to the house and went in. They just sat there and about 10 minutes later the wife came along and tapped the door and asked if I'd move the car. Yes of course I would, if they told me what they were doing on my drive. Made a wrong turn apparently. So, he reversed and I drove past so they could get out (only after I also unlocked the gate of course) and he would not give me any eye contact whatsoever.
No fear that they were dodgy or casing the joint, looking for places to tie up gypsy dogs or anything like that, just incompetent and I'd have chuckled and shook my head and waved them on their way if the chap had just held his hands up and said "whoops, sorry" then reversed 10 feet in the first place.
I lived opposite a primary school and this happened regularly, particularly one lady in a C class, I spoke to her pointing out it was my private property and she shouldn't be parking there, had the response "I was only there for a couple of minutes" as to which my reply was "length of time is irrelevant your on my property"
Couple weeks later after returning from a terrible day at work she was parked there again so I parked as close as I could, ensuring she couldn't get out and went indoors. She knocked at my door about 10 minutes later saying I was blocking her in. My response was pretty much "I know, I warned you about parking on my property but you chose to ignore me" I owned a run around Fiesta at the time so really didn't care if she did anything to it. Said I would move the car when I was ready, 40 minutes later, I went out and she was still sat in her car waiting, needless to say, she never did it again!!!
Couple weeks later after returning from a terrible day at work she was parked there again so I parked as close as I could, ensuring she couldn't get out and went indoors. She knocked at my door about 10 minutes later saying I was blocking her in. My response was pretty much "I know, I warned you about parking on my property but you chose to ignore me" I owned a run around Fiesta at the time so really didn't care if she did anything to it. Said I would move the car when I was ready, 40 minutes later, I went out and she was still sat in her car waiting, needless to say, she never did it again!!!
Over the years I've had several ... mine's the only drive on a street in a resident's parking zone. There were several Friday's on the bounce when there'd be someone parked up; turned out they were visitors to the mosque down the road for Friday prayers. There's been Virgin vans, visitors to the hairdresser who works from home next door, builders, all sorts. Ended up buying another car to fill the space 
I have a lady neighbor who drives up the road from a few doors down and uses my gravel driveway to turn into, then reverses out into the road in order to turn round. The issue being that she always over revs it in reverse and sprays gravel around and digs holes in the driveway.
So the last time I saw her I mentioned to be a little careful as I had dropped a box of wood screws on the driveway and wasn't sure I'd picked them all up
problem solved
So the last time I saw her I mentioned to be a little careful as I had dropped a box of wood screws on the driveway and wasn't sure I'd picked them all up
problem solved
Walking home last Summer and as I entered the access road saw someone parked on my drive, between my car and the Dive clubs RIB, door was open (rubbing against the boat) and driver sat on the bonnet on phone with fag on the go.
The back gate is beyond were he was parked and he had no idea it was my drive so gave him a friendly nod as we passed, he smiled, nodded aback and continued on the phone.
Took my son in and left him with my wife, checked she hadn't invited him to park there then took the spare wheel clamp for the aforementioned boat's trailer out of the garage and onto my drive... needless to say he got in and left a considerable hurry. No apology though, the feckless little tosser.
Occasionally Mum's dropping kids at the local school block the access road, but its reduced considerably since one neighbours bonfire got out of control and the Fire Brigade arrived at school kicking out time to find the road blocked, being rural they have a 4x4 tender with huge ground clearance and lots of winches and stuff... a few fireman took hand-held gear up the lane but when the neighbours shed started burning the tender driver just shunted 3 cars up the kerb with the bull bars and drove up to the fire :-) The crowd of neighbours applauded.
The back gate is beyond were he was parked and he had no idea it was my drive so gave him a friendly nod as we passed, he smiled, nodded aback and continued on the phone.
Took my son in and left him with my wife, checked she hadn't invited him to park there then took the spare wheel clamp for the aforementioned boat's trailer out of the garage and onto my drive... needless to say he got in and left a considerable hurry. No apology though, the feckless little tosser.
Occasionally Mum's dropping kids at the local school block the access road, but its reduced considerably since one neighbours bonfire got out of control and the Fire Brigade arrived at school kicking out time to find the road blocked, being rural they have a 4x4 tender with huge ground clearance and lots of winches and stuff... a few fireman took hand-held gear up the lane but when the neighbours shed started burning the tender driver just shunted 3 cars up the kerb with the bull bars and drove up to the fire :-) The crowd of neighbours applauded.
I'm another who has blocked people in, my old driveway was wide enough for cars to park and me to get past. The situation had been like that for years and never bothered my family or then me when i had the house. Newish neighbour decided he would park however he liked and i would have to deal with it. A couple of gentle hints were ignored and then his parking meant i was blocked out of my drive and a couple of our other neighbours were blocked in.
I left my car in the narrowest part of the drive, blocked everybody and when i needed to go out i walked to the parents house and took her car.
After two days the wife of the neighbour asked me to move. He was going to try to wait me out until others started to complain and then one pointed out i had another car parked 2 minutes away.
You have never seen a more considerately parked car than he managed consistently until they moved out.
I left my car in the narrowest part of the drive, blocked everybody and when i needed to go out i walked to the parents house and took her car.
After two days the wife of the neighbour asked me to move. He was going to try to wait me out until others started to complain and then one pointed out i had another car parked 2 minutes away.
You have never seen a more considerately parked car than he managed consistently until they moved out.
Mac. said:
Gandahar said:
No, more like they parked it on my drive
I should have crashed the Yaris into both cars and doing a small mercy for both.
How can anyone think it is ok to park like that on someone elses property without asking?
From the angle the photograph was taken, without the context of the house/entrance/gate etc, it doesn't look particularly drive-like, and I wonder if they have mistaken it as a communal space? Do you have a photograph of what it looks like from the road that would quash this theory? I should have crashed the Yaris into both cars and doing a small mercy for both.
How can anyone think it is ok to park like that on someone elses property without asking?
Happens all the time for me, a few times a week. I was nearly stabbed last year for the cheek of saying something to a van driver who parked in my drive. I've given up, nearly 20 years of this problem, no one cares, police, council etc. No one gives a sh*t around here. Last year my dad was very ill, In a bit rush to get out. Someone dumped there car on the end of the drive. I found them in the barbers getting a hair cut.......
Edited by Noesph on Thursday 7th July 19:11
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