Anyone else live on a new(ish) estate and...

RedfordML

and have a row of cars outside you're front door, none belonging to you?

I know I DONT OWN THE ROAD however this does not take away the frustration of cars outside my house, none of which I own.

What makes it worse it often people who don't live on the estate...

Rant over, anyone else faced with this on a daily basis??

AdrianC

It's a public road. EVERYBODY with a road legal car has the same right to park there. I have the same right as you do.

If you really find that so frustrating, have you considered moving to the middle of nowhere, half a mile from the nearest neighbour?

BitterAndTwisted

Yes. Where I live is very close to a tube/rail station and commuters park here instead of paying car-parking charges at the station. We've got residential parking permits now and a company that comes round and clamps on a regular basis. There are regular shouting matches and tears around tea-time every day

RedfordML

Adrian, firstly you come across a bit 'jumped up', I wonder what the Big C in your name stands for?? However thanks for your 'advice'...

As I highlighted above, I don't own the road.......

Never the best not being able to park outside my OWN house...

For me, it lacks courteous behaviour towards home owners...

MadelinesMum

My next door neighbours park two to three cars outside my house. It doesn't bother me that much, only when they don't park close enough to the kerb and I struggle to get the right angle to reverse out of my drive.

My ex used to hate it and he was a right curtain twitcher!

AdrianC

<shrug> Sometimes, the truth isn't the answer you want. I'm sorry for not bearing better news, but don't shoot the messenger.

It used to drive our old neighbours up the wall when people parked outside their house - to the point where they'd actually move a car out of their drive as soon as "their" space freed up. Strangely, they were the ones moaning loudest when parking permits were brought in (tube station at the end of the road, so lots of commuter parking)...

RedfordML

AdrianC wrote: »

<shrug> Sometimes, the truth isn't the answer you want. I'm sorry for not bearing better news, but don't shoot the messenger.

Maybe it was the arrogant delivery of said message...

RedfordML

AdrianC wrote: »

<shrug> Sometimes, the truth isn't the answer you want. I'm sorry for not bearing better news, but don't shoot the messenger.

It used to drive our old neighbours up the wall when people parked outside their house - to the point where they'd actually move a car out of their drive as soon as "their" space freed up. Strangely, they were the ones moaning loudest when parking permits were brought in (tube station at the end of the road, so lots of commuter parking)...

I don't mind when someone, might be popping in next door, across the road and they park outside. It when regulars (boyfriends etc) park outside and leave the car their for 3 days...

mrginge

Every new build estate i've seen for the last god knows how long has always been rammed with cars.
I thought it was taken as read that developers will cram in too many houses and only allocate enough parking for one Peugeot 107

carefullycautious

We lived in a street some years ago where people who did not live there were forever parking and going off to work. We were lucky that the police and traffic wardens took it seriously and did something about it.


So we ended up with only services and guests allowed plus our own cars of course.


If you are finding that people are abusing the streets outside your home and do not live there maybe have a word with your local traffic warden you will also need to neighbours to come on board as well to add support.

GwylimT

We are on a new estate and parking was very important to us, it did mean slightly less property for our money, however it is vital that my wife can actually use our pavements in her wheelchair. On the houses on this estate the driveways are very wide and shallow, this means each one is about 3.5m wide, the raised kerb between each drive is too small for most cars, driveways are also slightly staggered, this means parking a micro car would still block someone's drive as our roads like many new estates are very narrow. On raised kerb areas we also have bollards to prevent pavement mounting.

We do have visitor parking spaces, it is before our gated entrance and from witnessing it happen we do know vehicles are removed for over staying so residents cannot abuse it.