Looks like you've got a dropped kerb there for disabled access to the path. Check with your local council to see what they do to drivers that park blocking dropped kerbs. It may be that you can get him ticketed for parking there, though I'd explain to him first that he's blocking access, but you're doing him a favour by talking to him instead of just getting him ticketed. Unless he prefers you ticket him of course?
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They could have moved the gate or gone around the other way. The point is that it's an existing access route. Just like this footpath.
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to park there i guess they have to drive into their driveway to manoeuvre?
what is the main reason you want that space free, so you can swap cars easier?
what is the main reason you want that space free, so you can swap cars easier?
Most neighbour parking disputes are a battle of bloody mindedness, but your neighbour parking where he does, despite having a double garage and two parking spaces on his drive which are literally 2 metres extra walk AND having already been asked politely to not do it by yourself?
Yeah, I can definitely see why you'd be a bit ****** off with this one...
Think you should go and tell him that you were doing some DIY in that area and you accidentally kicked over a box of nails sending them flying. You obviously tried your best to pick them up but their were thousands of them and they went everywhere...
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I would park there when you can and see how they react to that.
As far as them bringing another car there, well you could look at this as you have won, they wont be parking there when they have parked another car there will they, so they will be parking where they should
So basically highly unlikely!
If you really want to start to wind them up, if you see them move, go and put one of your cars there. This will get the message across
Could also go with some road cones as well, always good fun
As far as them bringing another car there, well you could look at this as you have won, they wont be parking there when they have parked another car there will they, so they will be parking where they should
So basically highly unlikely!
If you really want to start to wind them up, if you see them move, go and put one of your cars there. This will get the message across
Could also go with some road cones as well, always good fun
That's his driveway, and the council or police can and will do nothing about parking over it, unless they are blocking a car in.
We've gone through this in the last couple years with a college a hundred yards down the road, and the students filling the road up and blocking in residents.
All the council have done is paint white lines in front of our driveways making the place look a mess and forcing the students to spread out further up the road between the lines.
it's hard to see how he was not blocking his own dropped kerb access parking there .. unless he has a 4x4 and is ruining the kerb.
[did not know councils adopted higher maintenance 'tiled' roads ... and if he is damaging kerb that might concern them]
[did not know councils adopted higher maintenance 'tiled' roads ... and if he is damaging kerb that might concern them]
Some councils do. Be over my drive's dropped kerb by as much as an inch and I can phone up and get a car ticketed. There's a few bad places in the borough where the council has a tow-zone, and they will grab your car if you park over a residents drive. It depends on how your council enforces kerbs/access, and why the OP needs to check to see what the rules are in his area.
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Andi.
I'm surprised more neighbourhoods in the UK don't set up covenants/bylaws to avoid things like this. In my neighbourhood you're not allowed to park in the street, all cars have to be on driveways or garaged and you're not allowed to park commercial vehicles, boats, caravans or RVs in view.
It's hard to get a sense of scale with that 'peeking through the letter box' size photo but I'd probably just leave the situation alone for the following reasons;
1) The neighbours drop kerb isn't directly in line with their drive so if you start parking there they could argue that you are blocking easy access to their drive.
2) It doesn't appear that they are causing you any access restrictions to your own property.
Parking is a pain on most residential estates due to a combination of poor property planning, laziness, selfishness and the sheer number of cars per household these days. Thankfully on our particular street parking isn't currently an issue (bar the hammer head being used to park two cars) but throw another couple of cars into the mix and that could soon change.
1) The neighbours drop kerb isn't directly in line with their drive so if you start parking there they could argue that you are blocking easy access to their drive.
2) It doesn't appear that they are causing you any access restrictions to your own property.
Parking is a pain on most residential estates due to a combination of poor property planning, laziness, selfishness and the sheer number of cars per household these days. Thankfully on our particular street parking isn't currently an issue (bar the hammer head being used to park two cars) but throw another couple of cars into the mix and that could soon change.
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We do now and again, but I don't want to start that. It becoming a fight for space. Neither of us needs to park there, to begin with. Plus Neighbour B works for a dealership, and will often bring cars home. IF they wanted they could let a car sit there 24/7
As far as I know trade plates/insurance can only be used to collect/delivery/test drive vehicles. If he's just fetching random vehicles home then it's feasible they're not taxed/insured - Have a word with the old bill. They put you straight if nothing else.