Parking Issue

skyripper · 28 Sep 2018 at 10:32

smilertoo said:
chalk around the car and mark it as an ars*h*le parking bay.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...e-police-with-drug-dealers-only-parking-space

Like this?

andicole0 · 28 Sep 2018 at 10:50

Steampunk said:
Find out who governs the parking and talk to them. If it's council run, find what their policy is on blocking those paths. If it's a privately run estate, see what the estate management can do. In both cases, ask them to enforce the rules as required if they benefit you.

It may be the case that you will have to have work done to solve this issue. I had a neighbour parking awkwardly close to my small drive for years (they had a lot of vehicles), so in the end I put in a massive drive (just like theirs) and now they have nowhere to park their vans and buses. Sure I get people parked over the ends, but no large vehicles and I always have plenty of room to get on and off the drive, or people get ticketed.

There's no point coming back to this thread for advice on mind games, find out what the rules are for your parking area, get them enforced. Your neighbours won't be nice, you have to find out what will force them out of that space in front of your house.

Agree with this but that space is in front of both houses.
Andi.

Steampunk · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:18

andicole0 said:
Agree with this but that space is in front of both houses.
Andi.

But the neighbour isn't parking parallel to his own front, he's parking parallel to the OP's, making him walk over the grass and blocking the path to the front of his house, and making it awkward to use his own drive. Yet the neighbour could park on his own drive, or in front of his own house, but that would make it awkward for him (too many cars and not enough space to park them). Instead, the neighbour passes his problems onto the OP.

andicole0 · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:24

Steampunk said:
But the neighbour isn't parking parallel to his own front, he's parking parallel to the OP's, making him walk over the grass and blocking the path to the front of his house, and making it awkward to use his own drive. Yet the neighbour could park on his own drive, or in front of his own house, but that would make it awkward for him (too many cars and not enough space to park them). Instead, the neighbour passes his problems onto the OP.

Yes a tricky situation, some compromise is required but that requires discussions and agreement.
Andi.

LiE · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:38

Drop the kerb in front of your path for wheelchair/push chair access. When they park in front of it, call local council. Keep calling them until they get the message.

andicole0 · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:40

LiE said:
Drop the kerb in front of your path for wheelchair/push chair access. When they park in front of it, call local council. Keep calling them until they get the message.

I don't think that is something you can just do, the council has to do that? But it would be a solution. Although you have to wonder where the neighbour would then decide to park.
Andi.

kai · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:43

LiE said:
Drop the kerb in front of your path for wheelchair/push chair access. When they park in front of it, call local council. Keep calling them until they get the message.

Yeah, i just looked at the local council cost.

Council charge an application fee of £130 in respect of vehicle crossover applications. The quotation provided to applicants is non-negotiable and normally in the region of £1300-£1400 for a standard crossover. Cheaper for me to buy a £300 banger tax it and MOT and leave to rust

Gaygle · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:54

Gaygle said:
Yehhhh they won't. Like most bloody minded people, they'll see it as some insult/challenge and become even bigger idiots.

Called it ^^

Steampunk said:
But the neighbour isn't parking parallel to his own front, he's parking parallel to the OP's, making him walk over the grass and blocking the path to the front of his house, and making it awkward to use his own drive. Yet the neighbour could park on his own drive, or in front of his own house, but that would make it awkward for him (too many cars and not enough space to park them). Instead, the neighbour passes his problems onto the OP.

Spot on. He sounds like a ****.

I say commence Operation DIY (inc accidental nail/screw drop)

andicole0 · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:56

Boat or caravan? It would be easier to let the council deal with any future difficulties, but yes that cost is quite high. You said it was a private development, does that mean the council would even be interested in taking action.
Andi.

LiE · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:56

kai said:
Yeah, i just looked at the local council cost.

Council charge an application fee of £130 in respect of vehicle crossover applications. The quotation provided to applicants is non-negotiable and normally in the region of £1300-£1400 for a standard crossover. Cheaper for me to buy a £300 banger tax it and MOT and leave to rust

Standard council pricing, my dropped kerb was about £2k.

But yea shouldn't be that much for a dropped kerb for the path. It's not the same scale as a double drive dropped kerb.

Steampunk · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:57

kai said:
Yeah, i just looked at the local council cost.

Council charge an application fee of £130 in respect of vehicle crossover applications. The quotation provided to applicants is non-negotiable and normally in the region of £1300-£1400 for a standard crossover. Cheaper for me to buy a £300 banger tax it and MOT and leave to rust

A vehicle crossing is not the same as wheelchair/pram access to a path. Vehicle crossing vary greatly depending on the size, work that needs doing, and what your local council charges,etc. You may find that dropping a path for wheelchair access could be done cheaply, or even free.

My council charges £50 for an application (taken off the final price if you go ahead), and I ended up paying something like £800 for a bonkers eight or nine metres wide of concrete (an old drive replaced and extended). They will charge up to another £1600 to move lampposts (if they can do it and still have the road lit legally) and will absolutely not cut down trees.

Gaygle · 28 Sep 2018 at 12:05

kai said:
Here is a picture.

I think i've misunderstood - I thought the dropped kerb bit on the left of the photo was your footpath? The more I look at it now is making me think that that is your driveway and is it the white bit that meets at the corner kerb is your footpath?

If so - doesn't that mean that if he parks a car parallel with your house in the corner, it partially blocks your drive also? Unless he drives a Ford KA or something.

Minstadave · 28 Sep 2018 at 12:07

Gaygle said:
I think i've misunderstood - I thought the dropped kerb bit on the left of the photo was your footpath? The more I look at it now is making me think that that is your driveway and is it the white bit that meets at the corner kerb is your footpath?

Yup that’s what I thought was going on.

Steampunk · 28 Sep 2018 at 12:09

Gaygle said:
I think i've misunderstood - I thought the dropped kerb bit on the left of the photo was your footpath? The more I look at it now is making me think that that is your driveway and is it the white bit that meets at the corner kerb is your footpath?

That's how I've interpreted it, and by parking outside the OPs house instead of his own, the neighbour is actually likely to be over the dropped kerb which is the OP's drive, as well as blocking the path and making OP walk across the verge to get to his front door. The neighbour has more room outside his own house, but doesn't want to park there, because it cramps the dropped kerb for his own drive, (though less than he's doing to the OPs drive).

kai · 28 Sep 2018 at 12:23

Gaygle said:
I think I've misunderstood - I thought the dropped kerb bit on the left of the photo was your footpath? The more I look at it now is making me think that that is your driveway and is it the white bit that meets at the corner kerb is your footpath?

If so - doesn't that mean that if he parks a car parallel with your house in the corner, it partially blocks your drive also? Unless he drives a Ford KA or something.

Correct, this is the entrance to my drive. This is not a footpath. The white part is indeed the path to my house.

Yes, its parking parallel with my house and front view to theirs. There is no blocking of the drive, the photo is deceptive its a fairly large space it's over 1 cars length. They have a big jeep and does not overlap my drive.

side view hopefully makes it easier to see.

Janesy B · 28 Sep 2018 at 12:43

I would just have the path changed so the entrance was where your drive was, rather than just straight the kerb.

When it comes to things like this, it's clear the neighbour is an idiot and cannot understand your point of view and normally any attempt at resolution ends up in a dispute.

You can't negotiate with idiots.

LiE · 28 Sep 2018 at 12:50

Janesy B said:
I would just have the path changed so the entrance was where your drive was, rather than just straight the kerb.

When it comes to things like this, it's clear the neighbour is an idiot and cannot understand your point of view and normally any attempt at resolution ends up in a dispute.

You can't negotiate with idiots.

That would mean loosing a lot of that front lawn.

Drop the kerb in front of the path for sure.

Janesy B · 28 Sep 2018 at 13:02

Not exactly like it can be enjoyed.

theone8181 · 28 Sep 2018 at 13:05

What about double parking a banger next to their car and leaving it there? I bet they also don't like looking at cars out their windows.

Moley · 28 Sep 2018 at 13:14

kai said:
So last week my wife has parked her car there a few times as she has been working from home. This has resulted in the neighbour getting her parents (they live in the same street - 4 houses down) to park and leave the car there for long durations. The parents have a similar attitude and are inconsiderate. They are now simply playing tag, and moving the cars when not in use.

Your neighbours and their parents are complete and utter dicks. If I was you I would be doing everything in my power now to make their lives miserable - starting with finding out who is responsible for parking there and seeing if they can do anything, then getting an old MOT right off from a local scrap yard and get them to dump it in the space so no-one can use it. Do the same outside the parents house.