New neighbours don't get the etiquette

Barny1979

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Yes so suitable for people who cannot afford cars :-)

Not everyone who owns a car, will afford to buy a property.

Blackpool_Saver

OK, let me try another way as you don't seem to be understanding me. If you don't have a car, a property without car parking is suitable.
If you do have a car, then a property without car parking it is likely to be a constant source of worry and frustration.
Whether the property is owned or rented is of no consequence.

Mercdriver

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

OK, let me try another way as you don't seem to be understanding me. If you don't have a car, a property without car parking is suitable.
If you do have a car, then a property without car parking it is likely to be a constant source of worry and frustration.
Whether the property is owned or rented is of no consequence.

Sorry but that is not the case. What if you don't own a car but at some point you plan to? If you own a place, you are more likely to stay in it longer so you could move in not needing or wanting a car, but then find that either your wishes change, or your circumstances change? Being forced to sell up and move on would be using a jackhammer to crack a peanut.

Blackpool_Saver

Mercdriver wrote: »

Sorry but that is not the case. What if you don't own a car but at some point you plan to? If you own a place, you are more likely to stay in it longer so you could move in not needing or wanting a car, but then find that either your wishes change, or your circumstances change? Being forced to sell up and move on would be using a jackhammer to crack a peanut.

Indeed, see my comment on post 28.
I would not entertain it.

photome

LADYXXMACBETH wrote: »

The parking dispute isn't really the problem. I'll park there if I have to but I wanted advice about how to not annoy the neighbour by doing it.
So I will park on the road, it will and apparently does !!!! her off. I don't want to cause parking wars so how do I approach it so she accepts that it's alright and she should learn to drive properly so she can get out of her driveway. What bothers me is annoying the neighbour not having nowhere to park.

I do think there is a way of not annoying her if she really can’t get out if you park opposite her drive.

If she can get out then that’s a different story, maybe buy her a driving lesson for Xmas

gozaimasu

I had a neighbour like you, parked right outside on a piece of land that was neither the highway, nor is private land. I parked there cos it was right outside my house and everytime I did that he parked in such a way that was extremely difficult to get out. Never once did he put a note on my car or speak to me, just deliberately obstructed me access to the highway without hitting his vehicle or having be directed out by another person. He didn't own the land, he just had a brain problem whereby his 25 years on the horrible council estate meant that space was "his".


"Etiquette" or not, it's public road. Anyone can park there so you're a nasty piece of work trying to cause trouble. You're making it hard for this person to get out of their driveway and get onto the highway. That's an offence.

diggingdude

Does sound like you need to move

parking_question_chap

There is no point getting to a neigbour dispute about parking so long as they are parking legally. Unfortunately you cannot expect new neighbours to follow previous agreements.

warby68

OP, does it obstruct their drive or not?

If it does its difficult as she is in the right.

If its tight but doable, what you need is for her to put up with a bit of inconvenience for the sake of the neighbours. Her initial reaction was negative but perhaps over time when she realises that someone will always use that space and they will be commuting strangers who she can't ask to move for a delivery etc, she might come to realise its better to have the neighbours there who are at least approachable.

You could just try another chat - explain your parking options are really limited. She might not give a stuff but then again might see reason if you start to get along. If the others did the same, it might be persuasive.

However some people are incredibly territorial and will try to maximise their convenience relative to others just because they can.

Sea_Shell

Just out of interest, how much space is there between the end of her driveway and the side of the cars parked opposite?

Is there a sort of extra layby area, or is it just standard kerbside parking, encroaching into the width of the road?

Is her (drive) parking for two cars, double width or double length parking?

Does she have a point....or is she just a bad driver?

As a new resident, she's probably just trying to test the boundaries, and excerpt some authority, so show they won't be pushed around by the "old-timers"