can someone stiop me parking outside their house

Poppycat

Oh I see what you mean I can understand that.

manhattan

we have had a slight problem over the last few years.
we are an end house in a cul-de-sac and we have a driveway with dropped kerb facing straight onto the dead end road.

we keep getting neighbours and their friends and visitors parking in front of the dropped kerb leading to our driveway access.

now this dead end is meant for access,but there is room outside the access to fit two cars,but our dropped kerb is in the middle.

on many occasions we have been unable to access our drive or even park nearby due to cars blocking the drive.

we ask politely for them too move,which most of them do,but then instead of thinking right there is someones drive there they may need to use that the same offenders do the same again and again.

we can not risk parking on the drive anymore due to being blocked in by idiots.

so we park outside the dropped kerb ourselves.

northern_star

Ah this old chestnut. My understanding is that as long as your car is taxed and the road is a public highway with no parking restrictions you can park there. However, some people do get very 'territorial' regarding the road outside their property and view it as 'theirs' which it most certainly isn't!
My next door neighbour always comes round to ask if we can move any visitors cars that might 'dare' to park on his bit and TBH we comply simply to keep the peace (call me passive but, in our case, it's not worth getting into squabbles with the neighbours over). My sympathies to those of you who have this problem.

manhattan

so are you saying it is acceptable for people to block me from entering and leaving my driveway?

if so,
is it acceptable for me to park behind the cars that are blocking my access,and block them in?

derrick

manhattan wrote:

so are you saying it is acceptable for people to block me from entering and leaving my driveway

Call the police, it is obstruction and therefore part of their remit. I am having a similar problem with our "new" next door neighbours, (moved in about 9 months ago), our drives are not dropped pavements but the ones where the pavement stops,drives begin then pavement starts again, have called police on several occassions, and on the times they have managed to arrive when cars are still there, just ask them to move them, (they should ticket them as well)
Oh and the neighbour is a serving police officer, I have already escalated this to their inspector and am now waiting for a call back, but if no joy,in this instance I will be making a complaint to the IPCC.

The main culprits are visitors,(but the neighbour is aware of the problem and should make sure her visitors do not obstruct), but in all events I have witnessed there is no problem with places to park, I think it is just ignorance

manhattan

thankyou derrick.

looks like our problems are very similar

newlywed

kittykate wrote:

ok, so how would you feel if you parked outside your own house all the time, then went out in your car to do the shopping and when you got home someone had parked outside your house and you had to park down the road and lug all your shopping halifway up the street???

would you not be thinking "bloody hell" or something similar?? you telling me you wouldn't bat an eyelid?

it's like an unwritten rule that the space on the road outside your house is for you car.

I'd think "at least I got a space in the same road!!". Where I used to live it was a small one-way street with parking on one side of the road only and you were lucky to get a space anywhere.

If the space outside your house is for "your car" then what happens when you have visitors? Where do they park? In next doors' space? Then where do next door park?

Even if it's resident permit parking in my town - the spaces aren't allocated and you can still have to park the other end of the street or in another street!

ajsdoc

If a quiet street and most people tend to park outside their houses then don't do it. I don't care about the letter of the law, courtesy to others is just as important. We don't legally have to open doors, say please and thankyou, give up seats for others - doesn't mean we shouldn't be courteous to those around us (particularly our neighbours).

manhattan

well in my case the neighbours have a car park behind their houses with two spaces each. (i have the street plans)

they are too lazy too use them though as it means they have to either walk around the front or go through the rear gates.

so they park in front and block my drive!-very courteous i think not!

tomstickland

If a quiet street and most people tend to park outside their houses then don't do it. I don't care about the letter of the law, courtesy to others is just as important.

The courtesy is in obeying the law, and the law allows anyone to park outside your house and you to park outside anyone else's house.