Money Moral Dilemma: Should I park outside someone else's house to avoid paying?

JayD

Sadly, there are no winners in this situation - except the greedy railway car park owners.

If you have a legal right to park in the street, then of course you can continue to do so. It is very hard for those living in that street when commuters do this but they currently have no legal way to stop you.

However, they do have the right to petition for resident only parking and if/when they do, maybe YOU will feel more inclined to petition for cheaper parking at the station, or find another way to get to it that doesn't require car parking..

Mercdriver

jgriggle wrote: »

I haven't chosen to inconvenience anyone.

You must have taken a bit of time to complete your post as I edited my post as deliberately inconvenienced was too strong, though you deliberately had no consideration for their concerns, which is similar but significantly different.

jgriggle wrote: »

However, I am prepared to compromise. Send me a cheque for £2000 and I'll park in the car park. It's right opposite where I work so that would be brilliant.

Thanks for the opportunity, but I'll decline on this occasion. Nothing stopping you asking those responsible for your employment though. Perhaps you could have looked for a job that had onsite free parking.

schiff

All this makes me so grateful that the car parking at my railway station two miles away is free and usually there are spaces. In the same general area there is a Park&Ride. I travel free on buses and on local trains, don't commute and I live in a house with a wide drive with no commuters around. Seem to have struck lucky

anita116

Of course it's fine. People buy/rent the property not the road outside. I never understand why people complain about this type of thing - they would have known about the station/school/airport when they chose to live in that property.

stmartinsdiver

Out of principal I never pay to park my car and will walk or take a bus to avoid doing so. As long as you park considerately and legally parking in a road with no restrictions is fine. However, some local residents feel they own the bit of road outside their house so there may be a risk of vandalism.

Marvel1

happyinflorida wrote: »

Saving £1000 a year is not to be sniffed at, so yes, I'd do it.

:T moneysavingexpert

Wadders11

To think this from the residents side for a moment. I used to park in a similar manner. The residents complained to the council, who said that they would convert the streets to residents only permit parking, but they would have to pay for their permits. They all refused to pay , so the council walked away and the problem goes on..:cool:

TeaRex

Havent read all the thread but I live in a very popular seaside town and none of the houses/flats in our street have driveways. Its free to park, no restrictions and is about 5-10 min walk to the beach. You can parallel park both sides of the road. During summer we also have a big carnival in our town so for two weeks surrounding this (and all summer really), its really really difficult to park in the street and I have to park one or two streets away most of the time. We also have some BnBs in our street with no private parking.

When you have been shopping or on a day out and have two tired kids with you, its quite frustrating! I end up dropping my partner, shopping and kids off blocking the whole road for a few minutes while they all pile out then go and find a space. I always see the neighbours cars parked streets away too!

For the first time ever last week I circled a few times not finding a space so had to park in the main car park 10 mins walk away and pay £8 for the privilege!

Once summers over its fine, and in the winter you have the pick of the street really! But I love living where I do so a couple of weeks of stress isn't too bad. If I could rent a place with a driveway I would but thats not common around here.

I would never dream of vandalising a car because its parked in my street. Its obvious which ones are 'tourists' because they are usually the biggest and shiniest or expensive makes, or you see them all get out and unload their beach stuff for the day and walk off! But I wouldn't damage anybodies car.

(Edited to add, if we ever go out to another town or another seaside place etc, Im more likely to pay to park as I know how frustrating it is not to get a space outside my own house! i know if I don't park there someone else probably will but at least I will have a clear conscience!)

fozzeh

motorguy wrote: »

Do we have to have these cheesy moral dilemmas posted by mods?

They're naff and made up.

If they were real the people would just post themselves rather than email a mod

Silly comment. I have this exact 'dilemma' every day and ensure I never park in front of a drive, inconsiderately...or 90% of the time in front of a house! Saves me around £500 a year.

thriftyemma

I live on a road where every house has a driveway for at least one car. But in an age where so many houses have two cars (including my own), parking was becoming a problem. So many people would park inconsiderately, across driveways, on grass verges etc. Or would park like a slalom, so the local bus had to endure a black diamond run down our road!

We decided we'd had enough of bashed wing mirrors and blocked driveways, so had our unused front lawn dug up, and a full width driveway laid. We can now accommodate three cars with ease. Even though we were doing something to ease the congestion, we still managed to find grief with the neighbours!

We had one of these imprinted concrete type driveways, and on the evening before they laid the paint powder down, they recommended I didn't park outside the house. They would need access very early, and the powder paint would be very dusty and messy.
I parked roughly 10 metres down from my house, on a public road, outside a neighbour's large side garden. The neighbour came bashing on my door around 10pm, demanding I move the car. I wasn't blocking his driveway, I wasn't even directly outside his house, but as he put it, I was parking on his "bit of road!" I politely told him our driveway was under construction, explained why I couldn't park outside my own house, that I was on a public road, and my car would be moved by the following evening. He stormed off, and retaliated by parking his car outside my house.
Early next morning, the driveway people came, and after informing them the car was not mine, proceeded to throw down their powder paint. The neighbour was incredibly unhappy that his car was covered in a fine "York Stone Yellow" dust. I should point out, the paint powder was not damaging or staining in any way. It washed off after a good soaping :rotfl: