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Parking nightmare.

(83 Posts)
Smithy Sun 01-Apr-18 10:23:28

My friend lives in an liver 60s bungalow, where at one time mist people were a good bit older than that and there were few cars. Now the inhabitants are getting younger, as some are getting the homes on medical grounds not age, so the number of homes with cars increases and now there aren't enough spaces for all the cars. Visitors have to park in another street often.

bikergran Sun 01-Apr-18 10:22:31

Lucky enough to have a private parking space in a private car park and also space out the front for anyone...hope this will be a good brownie point if selling...!

GrandmaMoira Sun 01-Apr-18 10:20:17

I don't drive myself, but no-one has problems where I live despite the fact that some houses have been converted into flats. No-one has converted their front garden to a drive as it's not needed. Surely there must be other areas where parking is like this.

Humbertbear Sun 01-Apr-18 10:20:03

Yes. We live on a bus route. We are one of four houses but only three have a drive for one car and all the houses have 2/3 cars. Beyond us is a block of flats with no car park. We are allowed to park on the wide pavement but we can rarely park outside our house. For some reason, delivery vans and tradesmen think it is ok to park across the bottom of our drive. However, this is all a minor inconvenience and wouldn’t be a driver (sorry) in making me move.

Charleygirl Sun 01-Apr-18 10:17:23

Yes, to the extent that the bin men have been unable at times to empty our bins.

Double yellow lines were painted at the entrance to our mews and a few yards back thus shifting the parking problem to outside our houses. Sometimes I have a mega problem getting to my own car.

It has reached a stage where we are going to ask the council to paint double yellow lines outside our houses to leave those areas free. People from a nearby road think that they can park anywhere here, including our allocated and visitors car park spaces.

Floradora9 Sun 01-Apr-18 10:16:19

It is getting worse and worse . There are many houses near us with three cars as adult children still live at home .

Chewbacca Sun 01-Apr-18 10:14:27

Yes! I live on a road with about 30 terraced cottages, none of which have any parking facilities. Most of the houses have 2 cars, ergo there will never be enough spaces for all who need them. But to make matters worse, some people just cannot judge the space they leave between their car and the one in front/behind and they leave huge gaps. Others can't park very well and so leave one wheel on the pavement and the front or back end sticking out in the road, causing traffic problems. All of this is compounded when some neighbours bring their works huge transit vans home for the weekend and take up 3 spaces.

Drives me nuts.

driverann Sun 01-Apr-18 10:03:27

Friends of ours have moved out of their house into a caravan on a holiday park where they can live for 11 and half months of the year, the main reason they give is the total lack of parking spaces in their road at weekends and any evening after 6 pm. In their caravan that has all mod cons they also have the luxury of two parking spaces. I am envious of them. Is parking a nightmare where you live.