Parking

They must be really bored if all they can focus on is who parks outside their house. Tell them to get a life!! The road belongs to everyone.

I lived in a village where one resident kept complaining about planning applications that had no bearing on his home and other things. It went round the village that the new head of planning sent him a curt letter in response to one objection. It read - "You live in this village, you don't own it and you are not entitled to a view."

I back the people whose house you parked outside. It may not be illegal but it's definitely bad manners.

Kevincharley you’re entitled to your opinion, but the bad manners belonged to the people who complained.

kevincharley are you a driver? If so do you only park in car parks or on parking-metered spaces? Never, ever outside a house you don't own?

Ridiculous
Just park there, they don’t own the road

We have a house in Cumbria where the roads are very narrow,it is a nightmare to get through,I must admit drivers are very good and wait for others to pass, but the amount of cars parked half on the pavement is getting ridiculous,I feel sorry for the bus drivers of small but necessary buses, who have this challenge several times a day.So many people have several cars in each household this is the problem.Our immediate neighbour has four cars,mainly parked n their own space but when boy friends come along,there are six cars in one household

We live literally across the road from the local airport.

A couple of years ago the airport phased out any free parking so now people who don't want to pay for parking park outside our gates (sometimes for weeks as some are FIFO workers) or days if they are flying to the mainland for sporting events etc, and it is difficult for residents as visitors cannot park nearby etc.

I must admit I get very crabby about this sometimes.

They have no right to complain. They don’t own the road space outside their house.

Elvis58

People dont own the road outside their homes if you pay road tax you are entitled to park there if you are not breaking any parking rules or regulations.

Clearly you haven’t read the thread. I own the land up to the middle of our road.

Smurf52

They have no right to complain. They don’t own the road space outside their house.

Another one who hasn’t read the thread.

If they don't have a dropped kurb, it doesn't matter their view in principle. Dropped kurbs when you've paid for one can add some issues.
But they either are nosey and want to see what's going on and your car stops that or just your normal moaners. I wouldn't take it personally.
Obviously if it's the only place to park, then park there. For your own peace sake, if there is somewhere else, then park elsewhere and leave someone else to fight that battle.

I can see both sides really. If someone lives near a shopping centre, bus stop or train station they can find it impossible to park on their road which must be very frustrating, particularly if they have small children in the car, or have to carry luggage or heavy shopping back to the house.
Multiple car families, taking up several spaces on the road are another issue. As is the amount of renovation work that gets done on houses nowadays which means lorries, vans and trailers parked all over the road.
So I can understand why people in those situations get very irritated with other people constantly parked outside their house.

But coming out and rudely ordering people to move their cars is not on, yet a growing number of people seem to think they are entitled to do this.

But I also feel sorry for commuters who have no public transport where they can afford to live, no parking at work, and a limited number of streets where they can park because so many now are metered or resident only.