Parking vans at home

latecomer

to be honest comments like that should be reported even of they are amended later.

Primrose

There are often restrictive covenents on properties limiting parking to private cars or vans the same size as a car. If you are on a complex with all the properties are very similar and built by the same builder, check your own deeds. If your deeds prohibit parking of large commencial vehicles it's a good bet that your neighbours will have similar restrictions placed on them. However, having read that their premises have been damaged by fire, they could well be stressed out by related financial difficulties for their business which may explain the why your neighbour flew off the wall. Maybe the best bet would be to go over with a peacemaking bottle of wine, apologise for not having understood the situation they are in, and hope that things cool down.

janey_uk

sad_dog_lady wrote: »

its annoying to pay a premium to live in a nice area only to let someone turn it into a buisness estate.

Sorry but I think this sums up what people are avoiding coming straight out and saying; people who pay for middle class areas don't want to see those untidy working class vans cluttering up their suburbia. I think it's sheer snobbery.

No doubt the anti-van class would find it ok if a travelling executive parks his 'business' car outside his house because it's probably a lexus or an audi and it doesn't trigger people's snob-ometers. This would be no more breaking the rules than someone who parks a van, and I imagine that if you pryed into whether they were allowed it under their lease and told them you didn't like looking at it they would just as quickly tell you to get lost.

Sorry, but I think people have lost the plot when they object to seeing a working man's van on his own drive.

Clive_Woody

janey_uk wrote: »

Sorry but I think this sums up what people are avoiding coming straight out and saying; people who pay for middle class areas don't want to see those untidy working class vans cluttering up their suburbia.

I think you have hit the nail on the head there. We live in a very nice little cul de sac of large detached houses, parking is not an issue as we can get at least 5 cars on our private drive way.

The problem is a gentleman who lives further up the street, he drives a large white van, which he brings home from work with him. He is also often seen out the front of his house in tatty blue overalls which look desperately in need of ironing. Many of the residents have suggested he smarten himself up a bit, maybe even wear a tie and look a little more business like, but to no avail. I poped a few Audi and Mercedes brochures through his letter box so he could look for a more suitable vehicle to park in front of his house, but to date he has not taken the hint.

At our resident committee meeting last night I proposed that we hire a hitman and have him shot. They were all in agreement. The problem I now have is finding a suitable hitman (with good references, must be discreet) who will also dispose of the body and the horrible white van.

Any advice would be much appreciate (in particular any discount codes for hitmen working in the southeast would be most welcome).

janey_uk

You might want to look on quidco. It's bound to be costly and you might get valuable cashback.

pollypenny

Errata wrote: »

I'm appalled at the discourtesy in some posts on this thread. Calling the OP a fool is rude and unecessary.

I agree wholeheartedly. No one wants to looks out of their windows at a car park, let alone a van park. The back of a van is not pretty sight.

Be nice, eh?

Clive_Woody

janey_uk wrote: »

You might want to look on quidco. It's bound to be costly and you might get valuable cashback.

Hadn't thought of that. I wonder if I can pay him with my Tesco points?

pollypenny

janey_uk wrote: »

no one can object to a working man parking his van outside his house.

Agree, but emo is objecting to FOUR vans.

( I think that's right, Janey)

janey_uk

pollypenny wrote: »

janey_uk wrote: »

no one can object to a working man parking his van outside his house.

Agree, but emo is objecting to FOUR vans.

( I think that's right, Janey)

I actually quoted another MSE-er, not emo, as the sentiment from some posters was snobbery about vans full stop. Having said that, emo said all the vans were on the neighbour's own property, so I still think it is not their business. You might not like something your neighbour does but it doesn't mean you automatically have the right to make a fuss about it.

I also disagree with whoever it was that said people didn't want to look at car parks... millions of us who live in flats and terraced streets do
My road is full of vans belonging to residents, and I haven't met a neighbour who would dream of complaining about it. I guess that's what prompted me to reply... in an area full of builders, plumbers and other manual tradespeople it is accepted. There's something whiffy to me about the idea that certain areas somehow 'deserve better'.

bordercars

Clive_Woody wrote: »

I think you have hit the nail on the head there. We live in a very nice little cul de sac of large detached houses, parking is not an issue as we can get at least 5 cars on our private drive way.

The problem is a gentleman who lives further up the street, he drives a large white van, which he brings home from work with him. He is also often seen out the front of his house in tatty blue overalls which look desperately in need of ironing. Many of the residents have suggested he smarten himself up a bit, maybe even wear a tie and look a little more business like, but to no avail. I poped a few Audi and Mercedes brochures through his letter box so he could look for a more suitable vehicle to park in front of his house, but to date he has not taken the hint.

At our resident committee meeting last night I proposed that we hire a hitman and have him shot. They were all in agreement. The problem I now have is finding a suitable hitman (with good references, must be discreet) who will also dispose of the body and the horrible white van.

Any advice would be much appreciate (in particular any discount codes for hitmen working in the southeast would be most welcome).

I'd love to help out. i accept tesco vouchers and you can go via quidco. only problem i see at the moment. i would require at least 28 days survelliance and it would be in a white van, unmarked of course, apart from one or two crude remarks in the dirty back doors. give us a call