Parking

I would have told them that it’s a public highway, you pay your road tax and are entitled to park there and that if they don’t like the look of your car, don’t look out of the window! I certainly would not have taken the time to explain the purpose of my journey. What a cheeky pair!

Gabrielle56

We live in a cul de sac and the road is narrow .Unfortunately people park all over and I have real trouble getting out of the drive they all have a drive but many have grown up kids with cars too so can only get 2 on the front ! I'm fretting now about being on time to pick up grandkids as pouring rain today

As they don't own the road outside their property there is nothing they can do. I would make it my mission to park in that place every time you visited the GP.

Fronkydonky I think in your circumstances I'd be tempted to check the Deeds for my house to see if parking of caravans in your road is allowed. In a lot of locations, it is specified in the Deeds that Caravans and trade vehicles are not allowed to be parked on the property. Would love to see your delightful neighbours face if you told him his caravan was parked against the rules, and you were going to make a complaint! lol

Also for the PP who mentioned about coaches being parked on a bend making it difficult to see to overtake, I would be inclined to ring the coach company and make a complaint, as coach companies don't usually like their drivers to park anywhere which could cause them bad publicity through complaints.

Unless it is a private road then the roadway is fair game, observing restrictions etc. See that Scotland has introduced a no parking on pavement law to be applied by L.As. One and a half mtrs must be left free for pedestrians, wheelchair users, prams.

I live in a CPZ street.....
some neighbours only want to park outside their house leaving gap's between car's that are not big enough for other residents to park. It is selfish & inconsiderate as we all pay to park in the designated area! Yes we've tried to address the issue..... No joy.... Reason? They've lived here longer!

Soroptimum, have you considered the attractions of gooseberry bushes at the road side of your garden carefully planted with nettles to discourage the badly behaved people who walk across your garden?

Wheniwasyourage

*Soroptimum*, have you considered the attractions of gooseberry bushes at the road side of your garden carefully planted with nettles to discourage the badly behaved people who walk across your garden?

Well there’s an idea

I live on a huge ex-council estate, loads of signs saying no parking 7.5 tons or over. Often called the council and had them ticketed/removed, never do it again.

End of our drive.

Not our car.

The "joys" of living near a lower school.

I know we don't own the road outside our house, but it would be nice to be able to actually use our drive.

It's not as though this was an isolated incident, either

Mollygo next time you need to park there pomp your horn when you arrive and give them a cheery wave.

Tanjamaltija

@Esspee you will find out that you do not really own up to the middle of the road, if you try to extend your front garden, or build on the stretch of road from the pavement to the centre...

I once lived in a house on an unadopted road where the homeowners owned the road in front if their property up to the middle. We were also responsible for maintenance if said road but could not extend our garden or build on it as it would block the thoroughfare. You can’t build in your own garden without permission either, so no difference really.

Soroptimum I feel for you having people walking over your garden. We have a wide grass verge and a path but people still let their dogs go on my garden Could you put a fence up?
People have a right to park on any unrestricted road but it is annoying when neighbours or their visitors park outside your house when there is pace outside their. I find delivery vans almost always park over my drive even when there is space in front of them . They only have to go another 6-8 feet. And people frequently park on the verge. It gets it in a terrible state especially when it's wet and it is quite unnecessary. Quite close we have an open space and people illegally park half on the path making it difficult for prams etc.

My neighbour once parked across our driveway whilst our car was actually standing there. I popped next door to discuss it with her and she said 'Well I presume it's your friends who've parked in front of my door '. Not so. It was a public thoroughfare where it was perfectly legitimate for anyone to park. People get precious about the craziest of things. Have no hesitation in parking anywhere it is legal to do so.

Recently I parked on the street , not blocking any driveway or gate whilst visiting a relative with Altzheimers. A man opened his front door and screamed at me ' we are sick of you, this is not a public car park, go away go away.' I was so shocked and upset ( it was dark and my visit had been tiring and a bit upsetting). I asked calmly if he owned this part of the street. He shouted some more really loudly. I said ' what an unpleasant person you are' and drove off. It was horrible.

Goodness - there’s not much tolerance these days!

You don't own the road outside your house. When I am tempted to be iffy about such parking I remind myself of the time when my guests and children parked outside the neighbours' houses.

Additionally, it is always useful to remember that complaints about parking often bring the official response of painting double yellow lines around the whole area. An official complaint plays into the hands of councils whose parking revenue rises when on street parking is restricted or sold to badge holders.

I can see it from both points of view, the OP was doing nothing wrong, there are circumstances where people need to have the space outside their home, when I lived in a terrace, I quite often had to park in another street because people had visitors taking up the spaces, for 5 days over Christmas one time... I also had a classic car, very easy to break into and often the object of random acts of malicious damage, I wanted to be at least able to hear it being broken into. My neighbour had a baby and a toddler and worked, if she couldn't park near her house she had a nightmare of a morning getting to nursery and work, I would never put my car in front of her house, except If I saw the street filling up with cars for a party or whatever, then on several occasions I parked outside her house and moved my car as she was arriving home, thereby saving her place.

One problem is that homes are no longer have just the one car my neighbour has two large vans and two cars,and next to him they have three vehicles,and the majority are at least two car families. It’s when my driveway is blocked that I feel annoyed and it is against the law ......rant over !!!!

If you buy a property near a school, surgery, airport etc., then it’s not surprising folk park outside your property. Some councils are cashing in on complaints and now have residents parking permits. So be careful about moaning it may soon cost YOU to park outside your own home.

The Council wanted to widen a road near us a few years ago, taking part of people’s gardens to do so . One of the original houses on the road pointed out they owned to the middle of the road, including the pavement. There is now a kerb all round the bit they own, they park their car on the raised bit, and there is a length of single carriageway outside their house with signs with vertical arrows indicating traffic priority. Effectively a traffic calming measure, as it acts as a sort of chicane

My neighbour even came out and complained about an ambulance that had parked outside his house while I was in itbeing treated. Said he needed the space as his daughter was due any minute on a visit. I can’t repeat my husbands reply.

Wheniwasyourage

*Soroptimum*, have you considered the attractions of gooseberry bushes at the road side of your garden carefully planted with nettles to discourage the badly behaved people who walk across your garden?

I thought 'Berberis would make a nice hedge'.... Great minds think alike ?

LovelyLady

If you buy a property near a school, surgery, airport etc., then it’s not surprising folk park outside your property. Some councils are cashing in on complaints and now have residents parking permits. So be careful about moaning it may soon cost YOU to park outside your own home.

That is of course true.

In our case, however, when we bought our house almost 30 years ago, the school was just years 1 to 4, and the majority of children lived very locally and walked to school.

Since then, school introduced a reception class, then a nursery, then wrap-around care, and since becoming an academy, now take children up to year 7, I believe.

We couldn't have foreseen that happening when we bought the house.

I'm pretty laid back about it generally, (apart from instances like that shown in the photograph attached to my earlier post) but it's not just a 5 or 10 minute wait. They start turning up half an hour or more before school starts, or finishes, "to get a good parking space". If they've got that much time spare why not just walk?

Personally, if it came to it, I'd be quite happy to pay for a permit, as long as it was enforced.