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The Other Side Of The Coin.

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  • neil.net
    neil.net Posts: 175 Forumite
    nigelbb wrote: »
    Of course the fundamental problem is that there is insufficient parking with older housing e.g. Victorian as the original builders never imagined cars would exist. With newer properties even those built in the 1950s or 1960s no planner ever imagined that each dwelling would have two or three vehicles.
    And councils are compounding this by only granting planning permission if there is minimal parking provision.
  • Fergie76
    Fergie76 Posts: 2,293 Forumite
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    How do you protect your house? Door with a lock?

    Why not something similar to protect your parking space - bollard and chain?
  • neil.net
    neil.net Posts: 175 Forumite
    Fergie76 wrote: »
    How do you protect your house? Door with a lock?

    Why not something similar to protect your parking space - bollard and chain?
    Alterations of that nature aren't always permitted under leasehold.
  • TDA
    TDA Posts: 268 Forumite
    Fergie76 wrote: »
    How do you protect your house? Door with a lock?

    Why not something similar to protect your parking space - bollard and chain?

    The whole you protect your door with a lock argument is not entirely analogous.

    Bollards or chains on your parking space would be more akin to gating your driveway than having a lock on your door, and I don't think many would honestly suggest that people should have to install a gate on their driveway to prevent unwarranted access.
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    10549_P

    ???

    Always seemed to work for Joey in Bread. ;)

    (Showing my age).
  • morfio
    morfio Posts: 56 Forumite
    bod1467 wrote: »
    10549_P

    ???

    Always seemed to work for Joey in Bread. ;)

    (Showing my age).

    LOL! I know someone who does this!

    Have also seen another person who got fed up with people parking outside their house near a hospital using wheely bins in the road to prevent parking, when someone moved them out of the road and parked in the space the house owner left a very rude note to the cars windscreen!
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,025 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    left a very rude note to the cars windscreen!

    I always wondered what VRN meant, I've seen it used frequently on the forum. Thanks for the enlightenment. :)
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    #Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • morfio
    morfio Posts: 56 Forumite
    Umkomaas wrote: »
    I always wondered what VRN meant, I've seen it used frequently on the forum. Thanks for the enlightenment. :)

    HA!! Anything to help! :rotfl:
  • wiltsguy_2
    wiltsguy_2 Posts: 536 Forumite
    i don't see an issue, if it is not private land and no double yellows etc then why can't anybody park there?. If someone wants their own space then it's down to them to get a property with a drive.
    Plan: [STRIKE]Finish off paying the remainder of my debts[/STRIKE].
    [STRIKE]Save up for that rainy day[/STRIKE].
    Start enjoying a stress debt free life..:beer:...now enjoying. thanks to all on MSE
  • The_Deep
    The_Deep Posts: 16,830 Forumite
    I raised this some time ago

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4819453=

    The main problem is landlords letting their properties to riff raff.

    Bollards are not always the answer. In two of my properties they are not allowed by the head leaseholder.
    You never know how far you can go until you go too far.
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