Blocked in daily by same two cars

Brookside88

If I were you, I'd go into the school every time they block you in and request that the car/cars are moved immediately. Their employer will soon get tired of them having to leave the premises to move their cars and you may find they start leaving you more room

DottieDam

almillar wrote: »

Isn't there a rule in your deeds sometimes that you're not allowed to park work vehicles at your home? Does this apply here? Are you being seen as taking up too much precious parking space with a van (size unknown) as well as a car?

Van (Trafic, so not large) isn't a work vehicle nor are there any parking rules. Maybe residents might be annoyed with us having two vehicles (although we certainly aren't the only ones and there is no parking issues in evenings) but not sure how this is the school staffs problem as they have a dedicated car park that they don't use. Plus, our car is normally gone by time school starts.

My partner did think that the staff might assume as van is still there it isn't going out for the day

Brookside88

rach_k wrote: »

Just go and speak to the head at the school. They've probably dealt with it before, and may even know who it is. The head at my kids' school is always very keen to solve parking issues and won't tolerate bad parking from parents or staff.

If it happens again, go to the school office, preferably during teaching hours, give them the car reg numbers and insist that they move the cars as you have an emergency. I doubt the school would tolerate them doing that more than once!

cross posted - completely agree

DottieDam

rach_k wrote: »

Just go and speak to the head at the school. They've probably dealt with it before, and may even know who it is. The head at my kids' school is always very keen to solve parking issues and won't tolerate bad parking from parents or staff.

If it happens again, go to the school office, preferably during teaching hours, give them the car reg numbers and insist that they move the cars as you have an emergency. I doubt the school would tolerate them doing that more than once!

I think this and the advice above is a good call. I was pretty angry at first so didn't feel in the right frame of mind to write a letter. As I'm not currently trapped with having car I'm feeling calmer so going to pop over now and say I need to move my van and can't because of these two cars (does mean I'd have to go gym though I guess!)

Hope they are nice!

Ant555

As someone with experience of something similar, I would definitely go into the school to ask.

Go to the office/reception at first and give the car details and pics on your phone - they will probably sort.

Do this every time and if it happens again then ask to see the head. If its a primary school then you will probably get to see the head, if a larger secondary then you will probably get a deputy.
In my experience the heads do not want any aggro with neighbours.

You probably have a situation where the staff have been used to parking in 'their' spot and you are now in the way with your van! They probably get there early to grab that plum spot.

It is ridiculous to park as close as you describe - however if asked to move EVERY time then they will soon either leave more room or park a tiny bit further away.

Herzlos

Brookside88 wrote: »

If I were you, I'd go into the school every time they block you in and request that the car/cars are moved immediately. Their employer will soon get tired of them having to leave the premises to move their cars and you may find they start leaving you more room

This. You're blocked in and entitled to ask the offending drivers to move. If that means harrassing the head and dragging teachers out of class every morning then that's their problem not yours.


If they don't, threaten to report it to the police and have them towed (you likely can't get them towed, but they probably don't know that).

Ganga

You could always park your car infront of the car in front so that they are boxed in and go out in the afternoon/night,they will not like it if they finish teaching at school and cannot go home.

happybiker

Hi
As many people have said, talk to the school, best way of keeping things civil.


If contacting the police, they may well spout the rubbish about it not being their concern as it's a civil matter and needs to be dealt with by the local authority.


It is a criminal police matter to immobilise a vehicle in the way in which you are describing. Please refer them to the 'Protection of Freedoms Act 2012' section 54, paragraph 1(b).
The maximum fine is £10,000 but guidelines will place it much lower.


Hope that helps

AndyMc.....

happybiker wrote: »

Hi
As many people have said, talk to the school, best way of keeping things civil.


If contacting the police, they may well spout the rubbish about it not being their concern as it's a civil matter and needs to be dealt with by the local authority.


It is a criminal police matter to immobilise a vehicle in the way in which you are describing. Please refer them to the 'Protection of Freedoms Act 2012' section 54, paragraph 1(b).
The maximum fine is £10,000 but guidelines will place it much lower.


Hope that helps

It’s an unnecessary obstruction at the most. Unlikely to be a policing priority.

Herzlos

Not a priority, but they might still be able to do something especially if it's persistent.