Nusiance Parking Advice

Faith177

Hi


Not sure if this is the right place to post but looking for advice


I live in a small residential road where parking is pretty much maxed out.


We have a neighbour we're not sure where he actually lives as we are in a block of houses with 3 roads running round but he keeps parking a big transit type van right opposite mine and my neighbours house causing an obstruction to my neighbours drive meaning she struggles to get on and off the drive.


I have called the company on the van but got the impression they really didn't give a monkeys but said they would speak to him


Is there anything else we can do if this doesn't work? I feel it's not going to be too much longer before someones car gets hit in the process of someone trying to get passed him.There has been a couple of close calls already

Aylesbury_Duck

If he's not preventing access on or off the drive and is only making it difficult then there's nothing you can do to force him not to park there, unless the police were convinced he was parking in a dangerous manner. If the van is parked and stationary and someone drives into it or into another car whilst trying to negotiate it, that would be the driver's fault, not the van owner's.

Sorry it's not what you want to hear, but it's the state of play in hundreds, probably thousands of residential streets. A polite conversation asking him to move a foot or so in the appropriate direction to make access easier is the best bet, but he can't be forced to do anything as long as he's parked legally.

Edited to add: the only other thing you can do is to work together to make sure one of you parks there first, perhaps taking turns. That might escalate things, though. On an estate close to the station in my old town, the residents finally realised that working together could solve the problem of commuter parking. On a randomly selected day each week, they would all park their cars on the street instead of their drives, making commuters late when they drove to the estate to find no parking available and the drive "across the tracks" to the station car park was a two-mile round trip in rush hour. It reduced the numbers of commuters parking there.

Faith177

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

If he's not preventing access on or off the drive and is only making it difficult then there's nothing you can do to force him not to park there, unless the police were convinced he was parking in a dangerous manner. If the van is parked and stationary and someone drives into it or into another car whilst trying to negotiate it, that would be the driver's fault, not the van owner's.

Sorry it's not what you want to hear, but it's the state of play in hundreds, probably thousands of residential streets. A polite conversation asking him to move a foot or so in the appropriate direction to make access easier is the best bet, but he can't be forced to do anything as long as he's parked legally.

Edited to add: the only other thing you can do is to work together to make sure one of you parks there first, perhaps taking turns. That might escalate things, though. On an estate close to the station in my old town, the residents finally realised that working together could solve the problem of commuter parking. On a randomly selected day each week, they would all park their cars on the street instead of their drives, making commuters late when they drove to the estate to find no parking available and the drive "across the tracks" to the station car park was a two-mile round trip in rush hour. It reduced the numbers of commuters parking there.

Thank you as you said wasn't quite what I wanted to hear but at least I know what is ok so thank you for that


The annoying thing is it's not just the drive he's causing difficulty getting to the two other roads that join ours and he cant move over any further as he's already on the kerb which is not allowed down our road but he is always gone before the ticket warden comes round.


I can't talk to him personally as we don't know who he is just know he lives nearby but no idea where



I might have a look at that other option but we work late and he's home before us it's just generally annoying because once's he's parked there we're all stuck and he doesnt even live in our row of houses

Tokk

Could someone leave him a (polite) note, letting him know he's causing problems?

Is his parking on the kerb causing any problems for pushchairs or wheelchairs?

Aylesbury_Duck

If he's parking on the kerb and it's against the rules there, then take a few photos and send them to the local authority (assuming it's them that enforce the rules).

However, I think the suggestion to post a polite note under the wiper with a request to call in or ring so you can explain how it's causing a problem should be the first step. If he takes umbrage or gets daft about it, you won't feel guilty trying to get the rules enforced.

custardy

Is the company on social media?

Faith177

Tokk wrote: »

Could someone leave him a (polite) note, letting him know he's causing problems?

Is his parking on the kerb causing any problems for pushchairs or wheelchairs?

It would do if any tried to get passed yes

Faith177

custardy wrote: »

Is the company on social media?

Possibly I’ll have to take a look hadn’t actually thought of that as dumb as that sounds

Ozzuk

First thing I'd do is talk to him - if it is happening daily then it can't be that difficult to find out when he is leaving. Failing that leave a note (but very easy to ignore).

Once I'd tried that, if he carried out then I'd go down the public shaming route (if access really is that bad), photo on his company FB page, leave reviews etc - underhand but if you make enough trouble they may take the easy route and tell him to shift it.

It is a shame if you have to go down that route, and certainly I wouldn't without trying to engage with him first, but sometimes people just don't care and need incentives...

Scrapit

Faith177 wrote: »

Possibly I’ll have to take a look hadn’t actually thought of that as dumb as that sounds

After you've checked that they are in the wrong, then maybe consider that. companies like to protect an image so make certain your position first.

Missyajt

If the vans parked with 2 wheels on the pavement and that is not allowed then report him to the council, we had a similar issue on our road with a random car parking in between mine and nexts doors driveways he was bumper to brim of dropped kerb at both sides, made it so awkward for either of us to get on or off the drive as there’s a central reservation, dispite numerous polite notes under the wiper (that he threw in my garden)
one day he parked with 2 wheels on the pavement so I called the parking team at the council, they were outside within half hour clamping his car. He doesn’t park there anymore