Parking problems - cars blocking our driveway

abankerbutnotafatcat

Thank you to everyone for taking the time to help. There are lots of useful suggestions that we'll be trying out.

toffeegirl

I think that you need to clairfy how your own council 'interprets' (aka applies) the law.

As we can see, Hillingdon are very clear in their approach. Lewisham however are in complete denial they they should be giving clear guidance. They will happily charge money for dropped kerbs / white lines but fail to clearly communicate what the legal implications of these are. Even the local police give inconsistant information.

Good luck in reaching an amicable solution....

One more thing - maybe others have become accustomed to being able to park outside what is now your property - they may just need to learn to readjust now that you are there.

Loganfire

I see bad driving all the time, but this would make my blood boil if some one blocked my drive.

mummyroysof3

we have this problem at our house, its shared access with next door, who doesnt have a car but has regular visitors and carers come who for some reason dispite there being spaces in front of her house and ours park in front of the dropped curb, i even saw one carer once pull in front of our house then drive forward to park in front of the curb. hubby has started parking on our front garden rather than the back so he doesnt get blocked in but means he has to reverse over the pavement if they there. its very annoying and what makes it worse is that it not the neighbour herself doing it and she proberly doesnt even know they do it but i dont like to mention it as she has enough on her plate without worrying every time her carer come(not always same one) that she blocked us in, but at the same time its not ideal if we cant get out and need to and her carer cant move car cos she bathing her or something. i once did knock on the door though as it was the same carer who did it everytime even when i was stood looking at her out the window and hubby had to get out for work

sorry that turned into a rant there lol

my advise would prob be speak to the council re a line on the road or put up a sign if you can and see if it makes a difference, not ideal though when it all differnt people doing it. hope you get it sorted, it seems to me that people are just very inconciderate towards others

abankerbutnotafatcat

The strange thing is that the previous owner had a car he used daily so people should be used to there being a car there - he advised us that it sometimes happened but we didn't think it would be so often.

Our council is Reigate/Surrey - we'll contact them and see what their policy is. If the white line costs in the region of £50 as one poster mentioned for their council it might be worth it for the long term convenience.

One day we may get a second car in the household though (the current car is my sister's, we house-share) and if there is a white line we wouldn't be able to park in front of our own drive so that might back-fire!!!

WLM21

getmore4less wrote: »

Get two cars to block them in really tight.

I did that, with two cars each having a tow bar, backed close to the car. That way, they couldn't damage your bumper.

Leave the house for a while.

If they have to walk home ... they seem to learn faster

diable

I find that 4 trolley jacks and leaving the offending vehicle in the middle of the road usually works a treat.

abankerbutnotafatcat

I have now checked the local council's (Reigate) website and it was rather unhelpful. It referred users, in order to read the parking rules, to a national website for councils other than those in London called PATROL. This site seemed geared towards people who want to appeal against parking tickets for parking on yellow lines or bus lanes. I sent the council an email instead and will wait and see!!!

Dippypud

abankerbutnotafatcat wrote: »

I have now checked the local council's (Reigate) website and it was rather unhelpful. It referred users, in order to read the parking rules, to a national website for councils other than those in London called PATROL. This site seemed geared towards people who want to appeal against parking tickets for parking on yellow lines or bus lanes. I sent the council an email instead and will wait and see!!!

Your not used to sites like PATROL, are you?

If you plough, struggle and generally plod your way round the site you come across this:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/18/section/86

hope this helps :cool:

scrummy-mummy

OP, I also live in Surrey. It is Surrey CC who get the funds from parking fines.

My local council (Runnymede) interprets the law very keenly in favour of the landowner.
HTH