inconsiderate parking - should I forget it and move on?
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We had a similar thing when buying ours, first house which fell through for other reasons in the end had allocated parking. We ended up buying a house with a drive a few roads down, however driving out that way to work every day I see what a nightmare it now would have been.
If parking is high on your agenda, make sure this is completely sorted before you move in. Nobody will change their habits and you will become 'that' neighbour who moves in and complains about everything...
Saying that shortly after we moved in, we discovered we had chavs nearby who used to endlessly park over our dropped kerb causing us hassle getting in and out. A few chats on their level finally sorted that
If parking is high on your agenda, make sure this is completely sorted before you move in. Nobody will change their habits and you will become 'that' neighbour who moves in and complains about everything...
Saying that shortly after we moved in, we discovered we had chavs nearby who used to endlessly park over our dropped kerb causing us hassle getting in and out. A few chats on their level finally sorted that
You've just won the jackpot. Golden rule of housebuying - spend a day sitting outside the place reading the paper before you buy it.
Option 1: you do legal due diligence, absolutely confirm that you have right of access, and buy the place. You're walking into a neighbour dispute which will be hell for your entire time there. Even if they move the car, they will hate you for making them do it. It will corrode your soul, and you'll be on here in 2 years complaining about inconsiderate neighbours. So will the neighbours.
Option 2: get the existing owner to sort it out. Say you like the house, but this needs sorting. Get them to do the dirty work. They'll still hate you for enforcing it.
Option 3: walk away.
I'm with Option 3. You've had a close call, well done for spotting it.
Option 1: you do legal due diligence, absolutely confirm that you have right of access, and buy the place. You're walking into a neighbour dispute which will be hell for your entire time there. Even if they move the car, they will hate you for making them do it. It will corrode your soul, and you'll be on here in 2 years complaining about inconsiderate neighbours. So will the neighbours.
Option 2: get the existing owner to sort it out. Say you like the house, but this needs sorting. Get them to do the dirty work. They'll still hate you for enforcing it.
Option 3: walk away.
I'm with Option 3. You've had a close call, well done for spotting it.
We recently just moved in to a new house, I am lucky I wasn't reported to the police as some sort of pervert stalker.
It took me a good two weeks of random appearances and sitting inside my car outside the house and the local area before I committed.
Funnily enough the house we were moving from was a semi detached and our neighbour was a recent sale, they left the place empty for a while then did it up and I was fearful a constant stream of tenants I had no relationship with may be attached to me.
As people have said if there is anything that has the potential to cause you to be nothing but on best terms with your neighbour look elsewhere.
Edited to add:
We now live next to a vicar and despite the odd religious conversation he is the perfect neighbour.
It took me a good two weeks of random appearances and sitting inside my car outside the house and the local area before I committed.
Funnily enough the house we were moving from was a semi detached and our neighbour was a recent sale, they left the place empty for a while then did it up and I was fearful a constant stream of tenants I had no relationship with may be attached to me.
As people have said if there is anything that has the potential to cause you to be nothing but on best terms with your neighbour look elsewhere.
Edited to add:
We now live next to a vicar and despite the odd religious conversation he is the perfect neighbour.
Edited by Moonpie21 on Friday 23 February 09:09
Another vote for walking away. Will only cause hassle in the long run if not resolved.
Unless the guy parking the car maybe doesn't realize he's causing trouble? Maybe he thinks the neighbor doens't use the garage so whats the harm? Maybe he would park elsewhere if asked? - unlikely though. I guess if you talked to him it would answer your question just by his attitude.
We have a similar busy parking area outside our house, but there is a rule not to block anyone's access which thankfully is adhered to most of the time.
Unless the guy parking the car maybe doesn't realize he's causing trouble? Maybe he thinks the neighbor doens't use the garage so whats the harm? Maybe he would park elsewhere if asked? - unlikely though. I guess if you talked to him it would answer your question just by his attitude.
We have a similar busy parking area outside our house, but there is a rule not to block anyone's access which thankfully is adhered to most of the time.
The biggest issue with any house is neighbours. You never find out until you move in - luckily you have. There are some locations where people, park inconsiderately, put their rubbish out on the wrong day and leave it there all week. You have found a neighbour issue in good time. Pull out.
Surely he cant just obstruct access to the garage permanently ?
I would first politely ask, appealing to his better nature, if he does not capitulate then he is a nutter, that would perhaps then influence my decision on whether I want to live next to a nutcase.
I am not sure on what grounds he could block access to someones garage they have paid for ?
I would first politely ask, appealing to his better nature, if he does not capitulate then he is a nutter, that would perhaps then influence my decision on whether I want to live next to a nutcase.
I am not sure on what grounds he could block access to someones garage they have paid for ?
Having previously lived in a house with a very similar situation (had the rear most garage, person immediately next to it parked in front of garage, could never get car in or out of my garage) and having to park on the road "somewhere near" the house most of the time as a result, I would say run, run now.
People are muppets, and however nice or nasty you get I can guarantee that person won't change their behavior.
People are muppets, and however nice or nasty you get I can guarantee that person won't change their behavior.
ciege said:
andrewparker said:
alorotom said:
The Crack Fox said:
You'll never solve it. Find another house.
This. Massively this.By all means, you could find the chap parking there and have a constructive conversation... then move in and find that nothing has changed and he doesn’t like his alternative option.
You might like to let the vendor know that their neighbour's inconsiderate parking has cost them a sale.
andrewparker said:
My wife and I once came very close to buying an idyllic country cottage with a shared cobbled area at the front. It had recently been renovated by an interior designer, it really was lovely. In the excitement I decided to pass by one day, only to find half a dozen cars clogging up the area to the front of the house. Bizarrely they hadn’t been there on both occasions we viewed the property. By chance there was an old woman tending to some plants on her doorstep so I asked her about the situation. Cue getting back into the car, calling the wife and telling her it’s off!
Do you mean “there was a lady tending to some plants...” ?Or if you're a 6ftX director:- Lower your offer price based on owner's unwillingness to resolve parking situation. Move in, park car in front of garage. Have polite word with neighbour to move. I can't see why they wouldn't move if you explained the situation - otherwise obstruct their vehicle. Just saying ..
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