Parking!!!

buglawton

Could you buy some official looking cones and an official looking free standing metal sign like utility companies use? Whenever you get your delivery time window (or the evening before), put these out. If the sign says something like 'goods loading' then probably no-one will object, if you don't overdo it.

wba31

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

There are a few things you can do.

1. Nothing, just suck it up and when you do need to next order a fridge or sofa, make sure you come home early and get your own car there first.
2. Speak to the couple and ask if they would mind not parking outside your house, or when you do next have a large delivery, if they would mind moving their car.
3. Buy the cheapest car you can find and park it permanently outside your house.
4. Ultimately, if it is that much of a concern, move to a house with allocated parking or a drive.

Or option 5 as a neighbour i used to live by did (terraced street with on street parking, most people either parked outside their own house or opposite on the "park" side of the road - William Street in Walsall for anyone wanting to street view it). There was one neighbour who had 4 cars, and would always try and park them on the houses side of the road, even if it meant the car was 10 doors away (!?!) one car always ended up outside this guy's house so he would arrange for a friend to deliver large random items from a garden centre he worked at, so was constantly knocking the door saying "we might have to lift x over the car, unless you want to move it, your choice..." eventually they got bored of having to move the car to protect it and parked it across the road... but more of a long winded effort but unfortunately you can ask the family but not a lot else you can do if they tell you where to go...

buglawton

But if the access is exactly as you say in OP, that sounds like a clear breach of fire regs, how can the council possibly have approved this street and parking layout? Local regs will also specify for example that stretcher access must be possible at all times.

Aylesbury_Duck

buglawton wrote: »

But if the access is exactly as you say in OP, that sounds like a clear breach of fire regs, how can the council possibly have approved this street and parking layout? Local regs will also specify for example that stretcher access must be possible at all times.

I've never heard of those regulations in this context, and I suspect getting them enforced if they do exist would be impossible. The OP can hardly argue that their own car should be exempt from regs that prevent anyone else parking there. Plus, the OP has access to and from the rear of the property but elects not to use it.

AdrianC

There is a parking space on the road outside your property.
This parking space partially obstructs your gate when it's in use.

The sensible answer would be to move the gate to where it's not obstructed.

But, no, you want to use this as an excuse to annex this parking space as your own personal parking space.

Aylesbury_Duck

minardifans wrote: »

Mainly I just think it's bloody rude when 90% of the time there is space to park outside their own house.

Just seen this. All the bluster about fridges, sofas, gates and kerbs was unnecessary. This is the nub of the problem, isn't it.

buglawton

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

I've never heard of those regulations in this context, and I suspect getting them enforced if they do exist would be impossible. The OP can hardly argue that their own car should be exempt from regs that prevent anyone else parking there. Plus, the OP has access to and from the rear of the property but elects not to use it.

Each council has similar guidelines e.g see p23 here:
http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/EasysiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=256454&type=full&servicetype=Attachment
And a council is unlikely to create a road layout that breaches them.

But I think OPs case does Look a bit suspect, looks like a case of wanting privileged parking.

Aylesbury_Duck

buglawton wrote: »

Each council has similar guidelines e.g see p23 here:
http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/EasysiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=256454&type=full&servicetype=Attachment
And a council is unlikely to create a road layout that breaches them.

But I think OPs case does Look a bit suspect, looks like a case of wanting privileged parking.

Interesting, thanks. But yes, I agree.

Biggles

I assume it's just a pedestrian gate, so only three foot or so wide, in which case you should, quietly and without making too big a deal of it, ask if they could park just a little to one side in order that you can get in and out of your gate (and, of course, won't hit their car on the occasions when you need to open it outwards and bring goods in).

unforeseen

Assuming those guidelines existed when the houses/road were built.

Terraced houses? 60 + years old at a rough guess. What guidelines, if any, were in existence then?