Drop Kerb Neighbour Dilemma
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No, he's a troll because this is the sort of drivel he posts in numerous threads. And seriously? I'd far rather live next to the OP than to the type of neighbour described by stockhausen..
And, my ninja edit beat you
At the moment I have a driveway without a dropped kerb. It makes the street a lot tidier having the cars off the road.
We are currently saving up for the arse pounding that the local council intend to charge us just to sign a form (£450) to allow one of the firms on their 'list' to again rip us to shreds (between £1000 and 1500), so unsurprisingly we are stalling a bit, especially considering both the cars on the drive don't have any problems getting up the kerb, and none of our neighbours have said anything.
It sounds like your neighbours are being quite polite and neighbourly about it. If you 'shop them in' then all that will happen is they'll get a telling off and then they will submit the application to get the driveway done properly - thus you've lost that parking space anyway.
Seriously, what do you intend to gain from causing problems for your neighbours?
We are currently saving up for the arse pounding that the local council intend to charge us just to sign a form (£450) to allow one of the firms on their 'list' to again rip us to shreds (between £1000 and 1500), so unsurprisingly we are stalling a bit, especially considering both the cars on the drive don't have any problems getting up the kerb, and none of our neighbours have said anything.
It sounds like your neighbours are being quite polite and neighbourly about it. If you 'shop them in' then all that will happen is they'll get a telling off and then they will submit the application to get the driveway done properly - thus you've lost that parking space anyway.
Seriously, what do you intend to gain from causing problems for your neighbours?
Certainly not! The reason I posted this thread was to gauge the opinion of other forum members on my experience earlier to see if my feelings were justified or entirely otherwise. It seems I may have over-reacted which I have already acknowledged in previous posts.
All I ask is such debate is reasonable and does not descend to the level of personal attacks or (sarcastic) comments about how I conduct myself in other aspects of my life
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Think logically about what you are proposing to do...
Option 1) Leave things be, have an extra space most of the time and let them use their own drive 'illegally' every now and then
Option 2) Be a nuisance, grass them up, have them install a dropped kerb, lose a parking space permanently and probably end up being resented by them if they found out it was you
I know which option i'd be choosing.
Option 1) Leave things be, have an extra space most of the time and let them use their own drive 'illegally' every now and then
Option 2) Be a nuisance, grass them up, have them install a dropped kerb, lose a parking space permanently and probably end up being resented by them if they found out it was you
I know which option i'd be choosing.
Certainly not! The reason I posted this thread was to gauge the opinion of other forum members on my experience earlier to see if my feelings were justified or entirely otherwise. It seems I may have over-reacted which I have already acknowledged in previous posts.
All I ask is such debate is reasonable and does not descend to the level of personal attacks or (sarcastic) comments about how I life the rest of my life
I do appologise, I'm being obnoxious tonight.
I can see how annoying it is, as I have been in a similar position previously (one car and they had a garage and driveway to put it but insisted on parking it across their drive and ours) but realistically, they are being quite pleasant about it. I mean they could as suggested get it done properly and then the space is lost anyway.You have to weight up whether a good relationship with your neighbour is more or less important than somewhere to park your car.
The neighbours aren't doing him a favour - there is no dropped kerb so they have no right to the parking space there. They are however IMO being reasonable in their request that once a week at worst the space is left empty, given that they don't otherwise occupy a space on a busy (for parking) street.
I do appologise, I'm being obnoxious tonight.
You have to weight up whether a good relationship with your neighbour is more or less important than somewhere to park your car.
No problem, apology accepted
. I guess I get a bit over-protective of my baby (car) sometimes (don't we all?).Well the ground-swell of opinion in OcUK Motors has helped me see sense and of course I'm going to leave the situation well alone and be grateful for the fact that a) they usually allow parking across their driveway and b) they are being 'neighbourly' about it by leaving polite notices requesting that the drive be left clear on specific days, which in turn I will respect. God knows I've heard horror stories about other people's parking issues...
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No problem, apology accepted
Well the ground-swell of opinion in OcUK Motors has helped me see sense and of course I'm going to leave the situation well alone and be grateful for the fact that a) they usually allow parking across their driveway and b) they are being 'neighbourly' about it by leaving polite notices requesting that the drive be left clear on specific days, which in turn I will respect. God knows I've heard horror stories about other people's parking issues...
In the past, I have parked on my elderly neighbours drive as it gives them a little more security in that potential burglars might be dissuaded if they see the driveway being used by someone of my dap.
Maybe you could speak to your neighbour and do the same? Is it a case that you can park outside the gates mostly, but they ask you not to when they have visitors?
In the past, I have parked on my elderly neighbours drive as it gives them a little more security in that potential burglars might be dissuaded if they see the driveway being used by someone of my dap.
Maybe you could speak to your neighbour and do the same? Is it a case that you can park outside the gates mostly, but they ask you not to when they have visitors?
Good idea. Sadly my street suffers the beach towel/sun lounger type scenario but I do park there reasonably often. Who knows, it might even cause an outbreak of community spirit!
If you have reasonable neighbours and the cost is near £2000 I think I would just whack the pavement up myself! Or just hire in some company to do it. Screw the council. What's the worst that can happen?
Sorry for the slight thread highjack, but where would I go to find out these costs? The house I'm buying has a off road parking, but no dropped curb..
I can understand your frustration - I used to live in a property where each one had a designated parking space and then some shared ones on the road. There was one neighbour who never used her space, and instead took it upon herself to park on the road which obstructed our space. No one else was allowed to use her space and she would be straight on anyone if they did (she never had visitors) but all she achieved was taking up a visitor space... infuriating woman.
Anyway, back to the topic, surely by 'grassing' them they would then consider applying for a drop curb which would negate a space being there in the first place, so everyone would lose out on a place that you can use now and again?
Anyway, back to the topic, surely by 'grassing' them they would then consider applying for a drop curb which would negate a space being there in the first place, so everyone would lose out on a place that you can use now and again?
