Neighbour parking EVERYWHERE!

CYBERCIDERSAVER

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(hope that helps)

Lotus-eater

Tea3 wrote: »

I fully sympathise. Our neighbours visitors always parked in front of our house taking hubbys parking space (my car on drive in garden). They have space for 2 cars in front of their house and space for another 5-6 cars with no house on left of their house yet they always park in front of us. Some youths vandalised hubbys car on road (again) and we had no proof of who did it as our cctv only caught neighbours car in front of our house until 4am and hubbys car was further down the road. We then got permission from roads dept at council etc and had a 2nd drive put in front of house with seperate gate/drive etc for hubbys car - now neighbours visitor blocks drive so we cant get in or out when he's there - again when he has two spaces in front of house he's visiting AND empty driveway AND loads of car paking on other side of house!!!! We're now ready for operation 'block him in' - just waiting on him parking there again and we're gonna sandwich him in and switch on cctv to ensure no damage to cars or us and then we will be in bath or have headphones on etc so dont hear him knocking for ages - maybe him being inconvenienced a bit might make him realise what he's doing but to be honest I think he's just a git and if he found another brain cell it would give him a pair!

Why don't you just tell him or ask him not to park in front of your house if he has his own space to park? Tell him its because you have cctv and your car has been vandalised.

Why is it people want to start a war with a neighbour without even talking to them?

WTF?_2

It boils down to this when it comes to on-street parking, I reckon:

* Anyone can park their vehicle anywhere they like on a public road so long as they aren't breaking any laws

* But ... you should show some consideration for others if parking spaces are at a premium. eg. If you have some off street parking and multiple cars then don't put all your cars on the street preventing other residents from parking near their own homes.


Unfortunately not too many people give a flying fig about others these days so you get lots of trouble and strife when it comes to parking. Quite often it's the most inconsiderate people who are first to gripe (and gripe loud) when they get inconvenienced by someone else.

melancholly

Tea3 wrote: »

I fully sympathise. Our neighbours visitors always parked in front of our house taking hubbys parking space (my car on drive in garden). They have space for 2 cars in front of their house and space for another 5-6 cars with no house on left of their house yet they always park in front of us. Some youths vandalised hubbys car on road (again) and we had no proof of who did it as our cctv only caught neighbours car in front of our house until 4am and hubbys car was further down the road. We then got permission from roads dept at council etc and had a 2nd drive put in front of house with seperate gate/drive etc for hubbys car - now neighbours visitor blocks drive so we cant get in or out when he's there - again when he has two spaces in front of house he's visiting AND empty driveway AND loads of car paking on other side of house!!!! We're now ready for operation 'block him in' - just waiting on him parking there again and we're gonna sandwich him in and switch on cctv to ensure no damage to cars or us and then we will be in bath or have headphones on etc so dont hear him knocking for ages - maybe him being inconvenienced a bit might make him realise what he's doing but to be honest I think he's just a git and if he found another brain cell it would give him a pair!

i thought that if someone blocks you from leaving your driveway (but not entering?), you could call the police and have the vehicle towed. we had trouble on one occasion as i needed to take a housemate to hospital and some idiot had blocked us in our drive. after 10 mins of ringing every doorbell we could find, the stupid visitor was found and moved their car!

i have recently had to be witness in court over a horrible arguement about blocking driveways that got a bit ugly between some neighbours. i don't know what it must be like for them now being next to eachother.... try and find a better way!

nsp1274

This thread has made me laugh!

Parking is such a problem everywhere, on our local forum there is always a thread about it! I have had problems with parking myself and I don't think that people who haven't had any such problems, or who are just so much more laid back than others would understand just how frustrating/annoying it can be.

We live on a new estate and there just isn't enough parking for the number of houses. Luckily we live on the 1st part to be built and there is enough parking for everyone in our street f people park in their spaces/garages. But lets face who does?!?!

Everything was fine until we had 3 girls move in next to us. They have a garage and 3 parking spaces infront - and 3 cars. 1 girl parks infront of the garage, on parks in the road opposite and the other was parking infront of our house (making people walking past have to walk on our property). We tried parking our car out the front so she would realise that there is enough space for her to park infront of her house (and also making her walk less), but as soon as we weren't parked there she would be back parking outside our house. So I had a nice friendly word with a different one of these girls and she has started parking outside her own house now.

I would suggest starting by having a nice friendly word, if this doesn't work then block them in or like others have said park in all the spaces they park in (is there anyway you can park to make it difficult for them to park in their drive?)

As far as people parking so the other person couldn't get their bin out etc. I would have tried my best to drag bin up the side of their car, or maybe over it? If it had scratched it tough - obviously not the thing to recommend, but it would have made me feel better (for a while anyway)

Badger_Lady

nsp1274 wrote: »

I have had problems with parking myself and I don't think that people who haven't had any such problems, or who are just so much more laid back than others would understand just how frustrating/annoying it can be.

I just like to put these kind of things into perspective.

Several years back, there was a news story when a woman reversed her car on her driveway, accidentally running over and killing her 2-year-old child.

THAT's stressful.

Having to park down the road from your house? Way down the scale.

seabiscuit_2

At our old house, we had a couple who always parked their car outside our house and walked down a long sideroad to their house. We ignored it.

Their eldest son got a beaten up wreck and parked the other side of our drive way as tight as possible, making it very difficult to get a car in or out of our driveway, and made doubley worse by the fact we lived on a major bus route. There were quite a few occassions when they parked over our driveway and blocked us in totally.

We tried to have a polite word, explaining the difficulties in getting our car in and out.

We were told in many four letter words that it was a public highway and they would park where-ever they "****ing pleased" and we could go jump. Even if they blocked our driveway in, which they continued to do.

Our only recourse was to park one of our cars permantly in front of our house instead of our driveway, so we could be sure to get out one way or another.

The OP has my total sympathies, and I would try having a polite word with the difficult neighbour, but know from experience that it doesnt always work. Then you have to try parking your car there instead as often as possible.

DGJsaver

Badger_Lady wrote: »

I just like to put these kind of things into perspective.

Several years back, there was a news story when a woman reversed her car on her driveway, accidentally running over and killing her 2-year-old child.

THAT's stressful.

Having to park down the road from your house? Way down the scale.

What an inappropriate analogy this is , its tragic about the little on ebut everyons problems are the biggest problems to them...

its like saying our neighbours are terribly noisy , we cant hear ourselves think sometimes....

"so , people are dying of cancer you know so stop moaning"

Badger_Lady

That's not my intention - it's about stress management. Many people here aren't getting upset about anything worth getting upset about - yes, we should stand up for our rights and against anyone who either infringes them or breaks the law, but when it comes to "parking is tight round me and people stick to the law but I still think they're selfish", it takes a bit of perspective like that to just calm down.

It's not worth making yourself ill over!

Another way of looking at things - will you remember this in 12 months? Things like being 10 minutes late for work make you really grumpy at the time, but it doesn't have a significant impact on your life as a whole, so don't let it upset you.

Just to clarify - I'm not telling anyone off for getting upset (I don't know all your individual circumstances and cases), I'm just recommending a chill pill. Sort it out if necessary, but not by violence, aggression or quietly going mad!

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The problem is, this is the English way. Everyone hates everyone else, blames them for everything, and just assumes they are total scum.

If people maybe tried having a polite word first things would be a lot easier. It's like in nsp1274's story, the girl might have been borderline !!!!!! and thick as a very short plank but once her idiocy was pointed out in a way far less insulting that this sentence, all was well.

It really does work. If you are nice, it sort of throws the other person off because they assumed you were a total b*stard out to make their lives a misery.

And, if it does fail, at least you have justification for waging your little cold war with them.