parking woes - house opposite regularly blocks my drive
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Next time they park there just go round and say move it or i will call the police and report it as an obstruction. Your driveway has a dipped path and as long as your car is in the drive at the time (for some reason it doesn't apply if it isn't). The police will come and ticket it / tow it.
They're retiredThe cars that persistently block the driveway are that of the daughter and son. I cant win
Are you classing them as old or retired. In my eyes retired doesn't excuse them. If they're able enough to drive a car then they should be able enough to park it.
Besides the point, both the pictures you have posted have shown an empty driveway. Which goes on to the point that if they are old and don't have a car. Then the son/daughter have even less of an excuse to not park on their drive.
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Just have a proper heart to heart with them. Get to the bottom of why they are parking there instead of their drive.
I can't understand people who do this when they have a drive. It is much safer to park a car on a drive than to leave it on a public road.
Have you ever witnessed them reversing on to their own drive? Did he/she have trouble getting it on?
I can't understand people who do this when they have a drive. It is much safer to park a car on a drive than to leave it on a public road.
Have you ever witnessed them reversing on to their own drive? Did he/she have trouble getting it on?
This. Be polite, but make sure you do it everytime you need to go out or get in. They will get tired of constantly moving.
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i personally would just park in front of your gate and if they have issues turn your nose up to them
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The last thing you want is a war with neighbours.
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1) Buy old Volvo 240
2) 'Accidentally' hit the offending cars pulling off your driveway a few times every week
3) ???
4) Profit!
2) 'Accidentally' hit the offending cars pulling off your driveway a few times every week
3) ???
4) Profit!
I have the same problem, the people opposite have bought another MPV which they often park directly opposite my drive. Since I have to reverse out of my drive (can't get out of car if I reverse in due to a wall, and it's *very* narrow) it involves a shuffling back and forward like Austin Powers, and driving along the pavement a bit to get out.
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Start going out at 3am and get them up.
And why hasn't poker been banned yet if he's a returnee?
And why hasn't poker been banned yet if he's a returnee?
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Yep your neighbours opposite are planks, just like the majority of the human race.
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Eh? In what way are they parking illegally?
It is quite inconsiderate parking, especially as all the drive ways are empty on the photo as well. It wouldn't be so bad if the road was wide but its very narrow. If they really want to park in the road, try and ask them to park half on the pavement?
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they are bringing it on themselves. why should the op have to spend good money because of laziness.
we had a family that used to park in front of our garage, turned out their hand brake did not work very well, to cut a long story short after pushing their car out of the way a hand full of times they got the picture.
some times you have to take matters in your own hands.
maybe im just showing that ive lived on a council estate for all my life
Petty things like this can easily escalate out of control, the fact is people parking opposite are doing nothing illegal as has been stated by the councils responce, it might be inconsiderate, but thats a fact of life however much it might be wished otherwise.
The sensible option is to move your wall to give yourself enough space to not rely on the sense of others
The alternative is to keep leaving notes, getting hacked off when it happens, and learning to live with the hassel of it, those are your choices
If you dont like the latter, choose the former
Yep. I appreciate modifying the wall and buying new gates to fit the new gap is my only 'proper' option. It just feels like im being forced to spend money simply to have access to something im already paying for... someone else whos just being inconsiderate is the cause!
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If it's parked there at night, get a few mates to tow it down the road a bit.
The road is too narrow for such a narrow gateway or wall. Save yourself some pain and knock 4 feet off the wall. It's pig ugly anyway.
Infant scratch that, knock the whole thing down and put up a nice low fence type thing that gives you a few extra feet.
Infant scratch that, knock the whole thing down and put up a nice low fence type thing that gives you a few extra feet.