parking on street - neighbours say we shouldn't

Dis86 said:
Cos he's a stupid old tit. Each visitors bay can fit 2 cars in comfortably, he parks in the middle so it will only take his.
So basically one car takes away 5 parking spaces.
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Park on his drive or better yet spray paint visitors on his drive then park there. Be sure to record the confused look on his face:cry:.
 
hurfdurf said:
This has also amazed me.

People buy a house, normally in a city centre or with links it it, it doesn’t have parking for their number of cars, and they think because they own the house they have a right to the road outside their house, or, at least think it’s common decency for people to let them use it as if they did have a right to it.

The decency part comes into it when you make the house purchase and you buy something that doesn’t actually fit your needs and you expect something for free. Yes a neighbour can do you a favour if they wish, and leave the space for you, but they certainly don’t have to, and it’s certainly not their fault if they don’t.

Bristol and London are chronic for it I’ve found, I’m sure other expensive cities are too. One good solution is resident parking schemes. They aren’t popular with many but they work.
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have to agree with this. IMHO, if you have cars you should ensure you have somewhere off street to park them. Buy a home that meets tha5 need and save everyone a lot of grief.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
One of the funniest conversations in the office were the women arguing about Road Tax and me not paying it for my cycle (even though I had two cars) and one woman saying she didn't pay it because she had an electric car.
There were minds blown all over the ceiling that day.
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you’d really light the blue touch paper if you explained that as a male, you earn more than them and therefore pay more tax lol.
 
On a related note. I've had my whole front converted to resin driveway. I park my car infront of the garage and a small van infront of the house. Loads of space I could easily get a 3rd on there between the 2.My query is surely now all the street infront of my house would be blocking me in so parking there is illegal?
 
Smokey26 said:
On a related note. I've had my whole front converted to resin driveway. I park my car infront of the garage and a small van infront of the house. Loads of space I could easily get a 3rd on there between the 2.My query is surely now all the street infront of my house would be blocking me in so parking there is illegal?
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It isn't illegal to block you in your garage. I've got a garage straight onto the street and its possible someone could park in front of it. Luckily the garage is on the end of the street so people rarely park down there.
 
My wife runs a home business and occasionally customers will park on the road outside a neighbours house. Not sure why, when the booking email tells them to park on the drive or in front of our drive. We usually ask the customer to move their car to avoid awkward neighbours, but sometimes they slip through.

Anyway, when someone does this we get said neighbour ringing our door bell to ask if the customer can move their car because they are in “their space”.

The most annoying neighbour lives next door and has a VW camper van that he insists he can only park on the road outside his house and not on his single drive. Keeps muttering something about his tow bar would damage parked vehicles either side of his drive. He’s a frustrating man, but they are moving soon so good riddance.
 
Smokey26 said:
Its not a problem, nobody does, im just wondering the rule when you havent got a dropped kerb, but large driveway.
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I’m not sure you can park across his drive (dropped kerb or not) as that is an entrance to his home. However, legally there is nothing stopping you parking in his driveway!
 
Apex is correct.

A driveway should have a dropped kerb. If it doesn't, for example if they turned a front garden into parking but were too cheap to/didn't get the council to drop the kerb .. then you can technically park there on the street assuming there's no other restrictions. The police won't do you for obstruction without the kerb being dropped. Source : highways engineers I worked with in my old job.
 
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