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Neighbour claiming parking space
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In our first flat there was parking for 2 cars with 3 flats in the block. I took the plans and drew a red line around our flat and the closest parking space and showed it to the other flats. They fell for it and never parked there.
Yes I feel a bit guilty now but it was 24 years ago.Pants0 -
On the other hand it might actually be her space - I'm constantly having to get my house plans out to prove my space does belong to my property, because the original builders didn't make it obvious which space belongs to which house :mad: Even then one neighbour disputes it......[0
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Thanks guys, i don't want to purposefully rattle her cage, i know its a pain when someone parks in 'your' spot...but if we need an extra space and its not hers to claim permanently then it doesn't seem fair to park up the kerb and penalise the pedestrians.
If your visitor parked in your neighbours "spot", then wouldn't that simply increase the likelihood of your neighbour being parked up the kerb instead?
So except pointlessly antagonising a neighbour, what are you really achieving?
Personally, I would settle for having the visitor park on the road adjacent to my driveway. I'm not a fan of taking up residential (clearly allocated or not) parking space when I'm not resident to that area unless there's no alternative.:www: Progress Report :www:
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I'm achieving having our car/relatives car parked in a legit spot. I don't mind if she parks up the kerb opposite our house, i don't own the road. At least if she caused an accident by being up the kerb its not on my conscience.0
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Since it's a new estate, look up the Site Plan in the planning application on your local council's website.
This will show if the layby is a Visitor Space (usually helpfully marked 'V' on plans I've seen) or within the curtilage of the neighbour's plot (shown by the outline around their house).
Let us know the result.0 -
Well that provides a simple solution. Whenever you park there, tuck a sign under your wiper that states "private car".One of the houses has put a sign on her front fence claiming the opposing parking space as "private parking".Tell them your road tax is your parking permit .
That hasn't been a valid reason since 1937!
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Someone in our road put up no parking signs outside their house and put up pictures of parked cars on Facebook to complain to fellow residents. The person who used to park there stopped, but someone else saw the FB fuss and took it as an advert for a space no one else would want the hassle of using. Parking seems to be a modern curse and battle ground.Been away for a while.0
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PenguinJim wrote: »That hasn't been a valid reason since 1937!
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Road tax entitles the car to use the public highway.
This space is part of the public highway.0 -
Road tax entitles the car to use the public highway.
This space is part of the public highway.
Are you sure? It may technically be "off road".:www: Progress Report :www:
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Road tax entitles the car to use the public highway.
This space is part of the public highway.
Errr... not quite (first link that came up for me in Google).
"...aggressive motorists justify their behaviour on the basis that they alone pay "road tax". But there is no such thing."
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