Will neighbours complain? - too many delivery vans coming into street

ciderwithrosie_2

whodathunkit wrote: »

I have cats and if I'd bought a house in a quiet cul de sac where they might be safe I'd be livid if someone started running a business there with 4 deliveries a day

But no thought about making your neighbours 'livid' with your cats roaming about sh***ing in their gardens? Somewhat double standards.

jaylee3

whodathunkit wrote: »

You may be right but the fact is that the OP thinks he is.

I have cats and if I'd bought a house in a quiet cul de sac where they might be safe I'd be livid if someone started running a business there with 4 deliveries a day, even more so if I were a parent who'd bought somewhere that children could play safely out the front.

Are you joking? You fear for your cats lives and for your children's lives, (if you had them,) because of FOUR delivery vans a day in your cul-de-sac?!

Get a grip!

I have lived in several cul-de-sacs, and there was more danger from nutters zooming around it to their house up the corner 20 houses away, then there was delivery trucks, who are almost always going slow, because they're trying to see where the house is that they need to deliver to.

I wouldn't DREAM of complaining about four delivery vans a day, but then I have a life, and I have better things to do than complain like a sad sack about nothing!

jaylee3

ciderwithrosie wrote: »

but no thought about making your neighbours 'livid' with your cats roaming about sh***ing in their gardens? Somewhat double standards.

Good point. :T

whodathunkit

PenguinOfDeath wrote: »

Wow. Is this imaginary cul de sac a car free one too? What if someone is moving house there, would you be livid if they used a van, or even... a truck to move their possessions?!

All these things are a normal part of everyday life which obviously one has to put up with. Someone illicitly operating a business from a domestic premises which adds 4 deliveries a day to the normal comings and goings is something totally different.

"Livid" was probably too strong but I'd certainly be cross and would report the OP if appropriate.

whodathunkit

jaylee3 wrote: »

Are you joking? You fear for your cats lives and for your children's lives, (if you had them,) because of FOUR delivery vans a day in your cul-de-sac?!

Get a grip!

I have lived in several cul-de-sacs, and there was more danger from nutters zooming around it to their house up the corner 20 houses away, then there was delivery trucks, who are almost always going slow, because they're trying to see where the house is that they need to deliver to.

I wouldn't DREAM of complaining about four delivery vans a day, but then I have a life, and I have better things to do than complain like a sad sack about nothing!

You obviously live in busier (and bigger) cul de sacs than I have! Where I've lived there are probably half a dozen houses each side and no nutters in sight. Four deliveries a day, every day, would pretty well double the traffic flow outside the hours when people go to and return from work.

People buy houses in cul de sacs because they're quiet and live in residential areas to avoid people running businesses.

whodathunkit

ciderwithrosie wrote: »

But no thought about making your neighbours 'livid' with your cats roaming about sh***ing in their gardens? Somewhat double standards.

Most of my neighbours had cats, that's why they chose to live in a quiet, residential cul de sac.

esmerelda98

whodathunkit wrote: »

Most of my neighbours had cats, that's why they chose to live in a quiet, residential cul de sac.

A quiet, residential cul-de-sac, with children playing in the road? I thought gardens were for children to play in, and if you don't have one then the local park. Groups of children playing in the street is at best a nuisance to your neighbours and at worst a hotbed of antisocial activity. A very poor practice IMHO.

GwylimT

It would depend on the time really, in out old house our neighbour used to have a tesco delivery twice a week at 8am, the van driver used to block my drive and as it was just as I was leaving for work it was a little annoying. I did ask him to be mindful of where he parked but be ignored me, so on Mondays and Thursdays I had to block my own driveway. I didn't see the point of complaining to my neighbour, she needed her shopping and she had no control over where the delivery man chose to park.

dizziblonde

I'd get annoyed if they were knocking on my door expecting me to take them in for them!

yorkshire_terrier_owner

I too live in a quiet cul de sac also with 12 houses. My next door neighbour runs a business from home and also has several deliveries a day. Doesn't bother me in the slightest. And even if it did, I'd keep quiet because they are brilliant at taking in the numerous amazon deliveries for me that always seem to turn up when I'm out! Swings and roundabouts.