Neighbour parking EVERYWHERE!

Pink_Fairy_2

Running_Horse wrote: »

Strange how aggressive people get about parking spaces. I have reread the OP and can't find anywhere where it says he is blocking anyone in or causing a nuisance. Perhaps you just don't like commercial vehicles in your road?

Whilst I agree there are more serious issues, is there a hint of NIMBYism here? Can we assume that you have plenty of parking yourself, driveways, garages etc? I apologise if this is not the case.

I do not have a drive and can't park at the kerb outside my house as there are boulders put there, alongside the grassy area, by the council. There are parking spaces at the rear of my house, laid out "chevron" style. The "younger" resident/drivers have obviously not dealt with parking when learning to drive, so regularly take up two of these limited spaces each. My immediate neighbour has 5 cars to his household (5 residents, but only 4 driving - he has a weekday and a weekend car!!!), he rents a garage (with reserved space in front, obviously) but has told me himself that it's full of junk, so doesn't use it or the space, preferring to fill up the parking bays. There are a couple of other neightbours who park Renault Master sized commercial vehicles in the bays, which overlap the spaces, and we have other neighbours who park on the pavement (which I understood was illegal).

Yes, there is an element of sour grapes here when I cannot park close to my home, but I wonder how many would agree with my opinion over that, and the blocked pavements, if they had to assist a 6' 1", 11 stone, 16 year old in a wheelchair to get around the various obstacles.:mad:

DGJsaver

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

Last thing I would do is knock it! You know the card with the old woman, 90 odd in the shade and with all things headed South chatting up a young bloke on the internet .....

I am that woman ....

And i`m the bloke :eek:

matimage

Since I moved into my house 2 years ago 3 vans and a car have 'moved' in. It is a cul-de-sac with 9 houses, only 3 have parking including myself.
Yes, it is annoying. Yes I do think it makes the road look crappy. Yes, the way they park sometimes is very annoying and it take some careful driving to get in/out.
No, I don't think you can do anything about it. Even if you proved an emergency vehicle couldn't get through and yes, I think you have to grin and bear it...
2 houses without parking don't own cars. Be interesting when they move...

Careful_with_that_Axe

DGJsaver wrote: »

And i`m the bloke :eek:

Dammit Cover's been blown. :cool:

consumerpower

Our neighbour use to park on our drive, yes your reading this right, our parking is at the front of our house, and our joined neighbour use to park his car on our half when we didnt have a car.

Then we got a car, and he use to continue to park on our drive, for example we'd go away for the weekend and he'd be parked there, wwe'd pop out to the supermarket and he would park there! We had to have a really polite chat with him about it! Even though I was ready to key his car, and he stopped.

I'd advise the having a chat with him route first, ask him why he doesnt use his drive. And it is annoying that general vistors can't park there. Explain how when your old grandma has to walk from round the corner. He might not have realised how much he is annoying you all?????

Careful_with_that_Axe

slipp_digby wrote: »

i dont think just anyone can enforce covenants

aren't they just enforcable by the original developer and to stop people making the area look like a slum before the developer has sold all the lovely new houses they have built?

Back to the matter in hand....

I have no idea whether they are enforcable or who by, but it being drawn to the attention of the offender in a letter on a "no names, no pack drill" basis may help things for the OP

calleyw

With out being funny it can get you down when you have to deal with things like this day in and day out.

I too have problems with parking in my street. I had to park across the street the other day and the person who lives in the house came and parked next to me giving approx 6 inches to get in my car. My husband asked in nice manner could they move the car so I could go to work and we got moaning and even asked why did you park there. When he told me I was like :mad: I live in the street too and park where the hell I want. Think the car owner did not like having to get out of bed.

The same car owner often parks on the pavement outside my house and sometimes even on my dropped kerb. But as I only have grass down I can't park on there due to the weather.

I even put my dropped kerb down the side of the house rather than in front and loose two car parking spaces. But might just to spite them all have a disabled space put outside the front as my husband is a blue badge holder. And I can't even park in front of my house.

And yes we do have the saddos in the street who think that certain spaces are their's. I have watched from my windows someone leave and person who think it is their space go and move there car to get their space back.

Now that's off my chest I will get back to work :rotfl:



Yours


Calley

Vaux-Hall

Lotus-eater wrote: »

One of the worst things you can do is to fall out with your neighbours, once you do it, its very hard to get back to talking normally.

Especially if you want to sell the property, as you have to detail any disputes you've had with your neighbours for the other side. That's often why people get away with bad behaviour, as it's simply not worth complaining about.

slipp_digby

i have noticed that "second car syndrome" seems to have got worse in direct proportion to house prices.

the more outrageous house prices become the closer to their own front door people want to park, even if that is the pavement/ someone elses access.

the only solution I can think of is the below.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CVRT-Spartan-Army-Tank-APC_W0QQitemZ330203282900QQihZ014QQcategoryZ122307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

trust me, you turn up in this baby and no ****er will even consider going in YOUR parking space. or for that matter within about 200 yards of it.

this would own any offending taxi

RabbitMad

jwruk wrote: »

Or watch it being removed when it gets reported as an uninsured vehicle. The vehicle would need to be insured in its own right.

In that case insure it too 3rd party as cheap as possible (just being a money saver I thought if you were insured to drive any car the car didn't need insurance in its own right.)