Parking space problems

Boohoo

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82091505#Comment_82091505

Looking on streetview shows the close is not very wide(min legal size I assume) so if a car does park on the road makes it hard for other vehicles to pass safely.

Section62

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82091587#Comment_82091587

There are a lot of dropped kerbs and corners, so not much kerb space for parking on-street. This is typical of developments with minimal parking - the intention was the road layout makes on-street parking difficult or impossible, without the need for yellow lines everywhere.

Difficult to tell from the aerial and streetview images, but it doesn't appear the bays are obviously marked in any way.

thrifty_not_tight

Thanks for all the input.

When I first moved in and got annoyed with someone spending a whole weekend in the space I got a sign made saying Private Parking and the house no.

A neighbour from down the road came to my door and told me it wasn't my space it was a visitor's space. I told him it was on my deeds and that the previous owner told me it was his. His response was "he wanted to sell his house didn't he"

The estate has roads of terraced housing and tucked away at the end are two courtyards one is mine and the neighbour that spoke to me lives in the other one. I have since found out that one of the people that used it twice last week used it for their second car. Both these neighbours have lived on the estate since it was built.

Even if it is a visitor's space it should surely be for use of visitor's of me and the couple of neighbour's who live in the courtyard and not all and sundry.

Its such a grey area without a definitive answer I fear. Not while original owners are sitting with clear copies showing it as a visitor's space.

Herzlos

Can anyone prove it's a visitor space, in a way that overrides your deeds saying it isn't?

It sounds like all you've got saying it's a visitors space is hearsay from someone down the street.

Boohoo

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82092026#Comment_82092026

I thought the OP said the person selling the house to him said that the bay was his and another bay next to the house was also his.

This could be a rouse to sell but wouldn't it have been picked up in the searches by a solicitor?

I don't know what they do now as I haven't sold/bought a house for over 20 years.

Section62

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82092013#Comment_82092013

Even if it is a visitor's space it should surely be for use of visitor's of me and the couple of neighbour's who live in the courtyard and not all and sundry.

It depends on the specifics of the development and how these were written into the deeds.

It could define visitors as (say) people visiting the residents of number 11 and 13 Acacia Avenue, or alternatively visiting any of the residents of Acacia Avenue, or even visiting any property on the "estate".

On your road there are very few places where visitors could park on-street, so it wouldn't be beyond possible that a space in each of the courtyards was reserved for visitors. That doesn't mean there is, just that there is no obvious reason why 'visitors' would be restricted to yours and your neighbour's.

thrifty_not_tight

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82092065#Comment_82092065

So I only received all the documents the week before I actually moved in and I have a friend who used to work in the business of house builders buying land and had some knowledge so checked the documents for me.

He picked up on the part of the conditions that mentioned the visitor parking and was concerned that the copy was so faded that he couldn't see anything.

It was a bit late as we had exchanged contracts and were due to complete the following week but he told me to phone and raise it with my solicitor who was really rude to me and said he had rushed it through for me so I could complete and I didn't get any further than that.

By that time it was too late anyway.

otb666

We have 2 parking bays and only one car. We were quite generous over 10 years ago and let others use it but over time this got abused. When we wanted to use it (for visitors) neighbours got quite annoyed and as police man we left it But as soon as new people moved in we made it clear by parking on the one furthest away that this was ours. We have a shared drive and the plan is shaded on the main part where we have to allow access and not park but the 2 parking bays are not. This is all within red lines with red line going down center of shared drive. Perhaps ring home insurance if you have legal advise on that and see if they can help. There is normally a land registry person on here @Land_Registry as sure you cant have more than one owner for parking bay.

Section62

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82092258#Comment_82092258

There is normally a land registry person on here …. as sure you cant have more than one owner for parking bay.

I don't think the OP has mentioned anything about ownership of the land the parking space is on being disputed.

The issue (if there is one) is who is allowed to park in the space.

It is possible for piece of land to be owned by one person, but someone else (or multiple people) having a right to park on it.

HillStreetBlues

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82092026#Comment_82092026

To me it's as simple as that, everything else just seems white noise.