Parking Issue

[dowie]

Here is a picture.

I have a closed off drive, my house one side, a wall other side. They dont. They dont need to swap cars around. To the right of their drive they have a full courtyard, they can openly move in and out without moving any cars.

That's nuts, it seems developers try so hard to cram in as many houses as possible that they've not managed to add a pavement in front of your home, instead your path just randomly goes straight into the road.

I was tempted to say put in a small fence/wall with a gate - do they park parallel to the front of your house or parallel to their own? A fence would prevent them from opening passenger doors at least if parking parallel to yours as someone else suggested.

I guess a yellow line could be cheaper than a dropped curb if possible - though a single yellow line just in front of your house would look a bit out of place, could also come across as a bit petty. Dropped curb would look much better but obviously cost a little bit.

They are being out of order here, you've got a path there for a reason, granted the developers haven't planned things very well but you ought to be able to use your own path to get to your front door.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Petty!?

You missed the bit about this neighbour having family park there to 'reserve' the spot?

Have you spoke to the council at all?
What's their take on this?

If we're going full on annoyance as above either park on their drive or wait until their family have parked there and block them in.

When they come a knocking explain you can't get the car to start. Demonstrate to them it won't as you've already disconnected the battery. When they ask about getting it sorted say you can't until payday. They'll be foaming haha

 

[utajoker]

i would just park close up behind them in front of your house and just tell them its easier than parking on your drive.

 

[theone8181]

Hang half off your drive so they have to reverse on to their garden to get out, 'its easier for me'.

 

[dowie]

Petty!?

You missed the bit about this neighbour having family park there to 'reserve' the spot?

Nope I saw that too. I mean they could curl one out on his drive if you like but why would that have any effect on an opinion of whether a short yellow line could come across as a bit petty? The behaviour of the neighbours and a comment about how a possible solution might be percieved in general are rather separate things.

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

To be honest the setup looks like a mess up. They were probably supposed to put the path there, but messed it up and rather than fix it just skipped it.
If you look at the path in front of the neighbours it goes past their path to the corner. You wouldn't do that, or indeed even tarmac it if it had nowhere else to go, they could have made that the neighbours property upto the kerb and just used slabs, much quicker and cheaper for the developer.

Is the developer still on site or have they moved on? Worth looking at the plans in detail, and also speaking to them if they are there.
The plans will often have the paths marked.

Where do you put your wheelie bin for collection?

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

@kai we needs updates!

 

[kai]

@kai we needs updates!

Sorry, i work long hours , I've spoken with the developers and they refuse to do provide a dropped kerb. The plan was displayed when i purchased. Fair comment, i guess.

If i want a kerb, i am looking at £1-1.5k, at the moment it i dont think that is a viable option

 

[Steampunk]

Sorry, i work long hours , I've spoken with the developers and they refuse to do provide a dropped kerb. The plan was displayed when i purchased. Fair comment, i guess.

If i want a kerb, i am looking at £2-2.5k, at the moment it i dont think that is a viable option

That's an absurd price. That would buy about 24 metres of dropped kerb & crossing down my street, and that's London council prices.

 

[Dis86]

Did you just pluck that price out of the sky? Worst case i can find is a council that charges a fixed price of £1620 no matter the size. Tameside Council for example start at £300.

Other councils simply charge an inspection fee ranging from £50 to £200 from what I can see.

 

[Steampunk]

Did you just pluck that price out of the sky? Worst case i can find is a council that charges a fixed price of £1620 no matter the size. Tameside Council for example start at £300.

Other councils simply charge an inspection fee ranging from £50 to £200 from what I can see.

I had eight metres done for about £800 a couple of years back. It was pretty straightforward, and a couple of metres I think might have been considered maintenance.

 

[red eye]

Firstly, excuse the epic drawing.

I am after some advice, I reside in-house A. Both houses have a double drive for 2 cars, and a large garage suitable for another 2 cars.

My Neighbour B insists on parking their car(s) in X, blocking access to the path in fr

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

Dealership stock? no problem, a few bread crumbs on the roof in the middle of the night. CCTV? No problem buy one of them spud guns and take aim from bedroom window soggy bread works well the birds will do the rest.

 

[Resident]

I had eight metres done for about £800 a couple of years back. It was pretty straightforward, and a couple of metres I think might have been considered maintenance.

I had a 3m drop kerb done by the council (well their contractor) for £40

They were completely replacing the pavements including hard-core. I spoke with the foreman of the job. Told me to buy the stones and they'll do the rest.

I had planned to have it done but as they were replacing the entire pavement it didn't make sense to let them do it and then dig it back up for a dropped kerbm

 

[IAmATeaf]

I had a 3m drop kerb done by the council (well their contractor) for £40

They were completely replacing the pavements including hard-core. I spoke with the foreman of the job. Told me to buy the stones and they'll do the rest.

I had planned to have it done but as they were replacing the entire pavement it didn't make sense to let them do it and then dig it back up for a dropped kerbm

How many years ago was that? Of recent most contractors won’t risk their tender for a few quid as the council normally come out to check after the work has been done.

 

[Steampunk]

I had a 3m drop kerb done by the council (well their contractor) for £40

They were completely replacing the pavements including hard-core. I spoke with the foreman of the job. Told me to buy the stones and they'll do the rest.

I had planned to have it done but as they were replacing the entire pavement it didn't make sense to let them do it and then dig it back up for a dropped kerbm

That was cheap, but the problem is that if they ever need to check the council will think you've had a dropped kerb put in illegally and without permission. They might come along and put a lamp post in there!

 

[Resident]

That was cheap, but the problem is that if they ever need to check the council will think you've had a dropped kerb put in illegally and without permission. They might come along and put a lamp post in there!

It was checked by the council after works were completed on the estate and it's now been there 14 years.

 

[Resident]

How many years ago was that? Of recent most contractors won’t risk their tender for a few quid as the council normally come out to check after the work has been done.

14 years ago and it was checked afterwards.

 

[Steampunk]

It was checked by the council after works were completed on the estate and it's now been there 14 years.

Hmm, you might be okay then.

I think the councils have realised what a moneyspinner it is. Mine has their road-repair teams putting them in when they have no other work to do. With parking pressure rising and multiple car households all over the place, everyone is grabbing a drive and the councils are cashing in using their spare manpower.

We did ours because we were fed up of parking hassle with our old small drive - often from other neighbours who have massive drives, but still not enough space to store their multiple cars, or they are parking on the roads to hold places rather than park over their drives where they park their other cars.

 

[LiE]

Milton Keynes council are about £2k for a dropped kerb, it's disgusting what they charge for a days work.

 

[kai]

Ok this was my mistake, a ninja edit is required. I should have said 1-1.5k. :x Still £1,500 is a lot of coin to stop a single car from parking there. Plus even when the work is done there is nothing stopping them park there initially. It would then take further action to say they are blocking my access etc.

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