vent... neighbours saving parking spot with bins

butler_helen

Arrrgggghhhh I wasn't sure where to stick this but as it's a vent...it seems at home.

A few people on our road save a parking spot with wheelie bins. :mad: There are plenty of spaces but they want one outside their house. (there are four roads to choose from!). The bays run the length of the road and there's 40 ish terraced houses in total, so not a long road.

It's highly annoying and when I have moved the bins (to park my car, when no other spaces left, this does sometimes happen). I got a note to say I was 'selfish'!

Rant over... so if you're reading this number 47 - stop it, it's selfish and irritating, you don't have a right to a space, just to a permit.

Tigsteroonie

I wouldn't even feel guilty about doing it. If spaces aren't allocated, then it's a free-for-all. If the only empty spaces are "reserved" with wheeliebins, I'd move a bin or two to park my car. I'd probably then walk the entire length of the road moving all the other bins back onto the kerb/pavement, obviously these residents left them out in error

butler_helen

Yes I would be doing a public service to put the bins back...

Now onto people thinking the disabled bays are allocated to a house - they aren't. Any blue badge holder with a permit can use them. Inc, my guests.

I'm not sure what I will do about the family who party day and night - but they aren't within ear shot, we just watch the lights and the people coming and going and pity their neighbours.

Pound

Perhaps report your neighbours for leaving their bin out on the wrong day. I think the council can issue a £110 fine to each occupant.

McKneff

and I would move the bins 6 doors down.:D

nearlyrich

I would be tempted to borrow an old landrover and knock the bins out of the way like skittles, we have an idiot neighbour who leaves a trailer chained to the fence outside his house and he also has a locking vertical bar that he puts on his drive no idea why as we all have loads of parking, we can park 6 cars without upsetting anyone.

I would hate to have to mess about looking for somewhere to park but I couldn't be bothered to move bins everytime I went out.

butler_helen

Pound wrote: »

Perhaps report your neighbours for leaving their bin out on the wrong day. I think the council can issue a £110 fine to each occupant.

OOOHhhh that's brilliant! I shall be doing that.

Although, I feel a little 'do-goody'. (not enough to stop me though!)

butler_helen

nearlyrich wrote: »

I would be tempted to borrow an old landrover and knock the bins out of the way like skittles, we have an idiot neighbour who leaves a trailer chained to the fence outside his house and he also has a locking vertical bar that he puts on his drive no idea why as we all have loads of parking, we can park 6 cars without upsetting anyone.

I would hate to have to mess about looking for somewhere to park but I couldn't be bothered to move bins everytime I went out.

I don't actually own a car. Which is where the problem is, when I have guests, or I have a car (rented or whatever), I can't park the damned thing. If I had a car, I would move, I can't cope with not having a dedicated space.

They also annoy others on the road, who do have a car, so I'd be doing us all a favour.

bluebeary

leave a note back saying you thought they were saving a space for you, its first come first served anyway is it not ?

as someone else says, tell the council they are leaving the bins out on the wrong day

barbiedoll

We live in a terraced road and one of our neighbours has two vans, a trailer and two jeeps. Yet he always manages to find a parking space for all of his vehicles, unlike the rest of us who end up having to park around the corner, including the care assistant who takes out our disabled neighbour every day. My OH reckons that all terraced houses should have one bay outside the house for the residents, if you have more than one car then park elsewhere, if you have no car then you should be able to allocate it to whoever you like. Our friend had a neighbour who used to try the wheelie bin trick, he just used to remove the bins, put them back in their garden and park there anyway. They didn't ever say anything to him but then again, he's a 6' 5" rugby player! :rotfl:

dizzybuff

I park on a residential street for work , Im as curtious that I canere be but I get there when people have left for work . They put cones in the street and bins , I get out and move them . I understand they live near a premier league stadium , but they chose to live there. I simply move the item from the road. I have been met with a barage of abuse , but when I pointed out it wasnt a permit road and im gone before the house owner returns they were quite curtious. I did however the next day remove all cones from street and take them to the council stating they must have left them there .. OOPs howwas I to know they belonged to someone .

Same goes for my street , we live in a culdesac , we have 1 car , its a public road yes , but im curtous with my neighbours and try not to park in front of their houses . However being preg and having a toddler is making it difficult for me to get out the car and lift him out , so I have blocked people in before popping a note on their window saying when u need to go just let me know.