On-Street Parking

[rtbcomp]

Miss Victoria Meldrew has just moved into our neighbourhood and her main occupation seems to be telling people where they can park their cars. :full

Those of us with drives are considering having one of those white lines with perpendicular ends painted accross our gateways.

Has anyone done this? Did you have to pay for permission? are they legally enforceable? Am I likely to get nicked for parking accross my own gate on one of these lines?

Getting the lines painted is no problem, another of madam's victims paints them for a living.

 

[JimM]

Not entriely sure about the legally enforceable point but if we assume they are and as the road is presumably a public highway if there is a parking restriction on it then it would apply to everybody. So if you were to park across your drive and this was a 'no parking' area then I guess you would be ticketed.

 

[rusty69bus]

Has anyone done this? Did you have to pay for permission? are they legally enforceable? Am I likely to get nicked for parking accross my own gate on one of these lines?

yes and yes
my brother had this done via council, the tw*t (aparrantley a police officer) who was parking across his drive got the option at 3am, a ticket or move car. then the tw*t got my brothers car ticketed for parking across his drive he had quoshed cos he was in the right.

 

[Hitch]

I like people who park in one of my spaces... they have numbers painted on them in 3ft high white paint....
Yet people still think its okay to park there if the space is empty

Then i go and make a point of having a chat with them, pointing out that the numbers mean that space belongs to.... Even made a point of inviting one chap to walk to the front of his car to come and see if he could tell me what the number said!!
He promptly moved his car.
The estate agent was a good one, i had followed him into our carpark, as he proceded to drive into one of my spaces. I pulled up next to him, very close so he couldnt get out, then locked my car and as i walked off, he said "excuse me, i cant get out of my car."

"Oh, well, i wouldnt be parked there if you hadnt parked in my space."
This was infront of one of his clients waiting for a house viewing.
As i walked past them all, i pointed out the allocated parking, numbered spaces

Dont think he saw the funny side of it

Had another problem when i lived elsewhere, some old sod kept telling me i couldnt park outside his house. First couple of times i angrilly moved.
Then the next time he told me he was keeping it for his doctor to visit him at 5pm, "Well your doctors legs are alright, he can park elsewhere"
Then told me it was private, and the police would come, to which i phoined them and they came round. Told him i could park where i liked as my van was taxed and insured.

The time after that, id had a bad day, got home and the only space left was there!!!
A few of the neighbours were quite shocked by some of the language they heard as half the street came to there doors, as i unloaded some abuse on him!
He never told anyone they couldnt park there again

 

[Hitch]

Shes no right to tell you where to park. Tell her to f-off

 

[rtbcomp]

Shes no right to tell you where to park. Tell her to f-off

Exactly - but she lives next to my workshop so she could retaliate and complain about noise as she works shifts. Don't ask why someone who works shifts would want to live next to a workshop.

Last night her fiancee parked 1 inch (I measured it) from my bumper and another neighbour 3 inches from my tow ball! Fiancee could easily have parked his car opposite her drive.

What I'm hoping is that she gets us all to put lines outside our drives; what she doesn't realise is that such lines go beyond the edges of the gates, so she will have even less space!!!!

 

[lexi]

AFAIK If you have a drop down kerb they ain`t suposed to park across it . Some people think that the space outside their window to one side of drop down kerb and driveway is theirs ....but of couse it aint. It used to be that you could not obstruct someone from entering the road .........be it from a driveway or other. I think that is an offence.

Now whether you can park across your own opening? If you cant then why not? Is it to allow the person opposite to get out of their adjacent drive?

A good while ago the neighbours were turning their noses and complaining about my old Landies.One lady told me that those ghastly things were bringing down the area with their smoke and noise. Soon sorted that! Got a loan of the Tractor from Golf Club across the road and kept it for a week outside my house..........you should have seen the curtains twitching .LOL

Alex

 

[rtbcomp]

Now whether you can park across your own opening? If you cant then why not? Is it to allow the person opposite to get out of their adjacent drive?

I can, but matey parks up to me so he doesn't obstruct his own drive, I could drop back then nobody can park behind me without blocking the next drive down. Parking is very tight because some of houses are in multiple occupation. Only a few have off-road parking.

A good while ago the neighbours were turning their noses and complaining about my old Landies.One lady told me that those ghastly things were bringing down the area with their smoke and noise. Soon sorted that! Got a loan of the Tractor from Golf Club across the road and kept it for a week outside my house..........you should have seen the curtains twitching .LOL

Alex

I used to have a Rangey with a Perkins 4236 in it (4.9 Litres, 4 pot diesel) That annoyed the neighbours, espeially as it set off all the car alarms when I drove up the street!

 

[Drains]

Rog, sounds like you need some mischeivous 11 year olds with burning newspapers full of poo/ pieces of string attached to door knockers etc. Can't beat a good hate campaign to wind up a new and annoying neighbour.

Alternatively, get some film of her doing whatever perverted thing it is she does on the Q.T. (these types always have a whip stashed somewhere), and do a bit of blackmail.

Only joking, but oh, sometimes you just wanna.....

What leverage does she have over you and your workshop? I was under the impression that you can make more or less whatever noise you like in the daytime (isn't it 9.00am till 10 pm?), as long as your not breaking planning permission re use etc.

 

[rtbcomp]

What leverage does she have over you and your workshop? I was under the impression that you can make more or less whatever noise you like in the daytime (isn't it 9.00am till 10 pm?), as long as your not breaking planning permission re use etc.

None really - I'd just be worried that cute little nursey who works shifts to save all our lives would be nore favourably treated than middle-aged gas-guzzling Volvo man who makes a lot of noise at work!

I'm not sure what planning permission appiles to my workshop to be honest, over the last 120 years it's been all sorts from a stables to plumbers workshop. There's something in the deeds about not being able to make tallow though!

 

[Welderpaul]

I know one of the top blokes at Highways. When we have asked if we can put double yellows down where we have had problems with parking or single white lines he has basically said, if you pay for it, do it, and Highways will enforce it. He has never asked us to apply for any permissions to do it - then again, we know him quite well!
I could ask him, then again i think the policies between the regional authorities vary wildly depending where you are!

 

[Robotstar5]

I used to have a neighbour who would park a couple of inches from the towball on my Landrover until one day I wanted to get something out of the back, so I just opened the door straight across his bonnet, left a lovely scratch in the paint! - he parked a bit further away after that.

 

[bill_gj]

And another thing......grrr, grr, grrrrr

I am also afflicted by haemorrhoids. Not that I have them poking out of my ar#e but I have them living in my street.

First off, the f#ck wit that lives two doors up was complaining that I was parking in 'his space'. Deja vu, anybody?
Not being the type that goes out of his way to find agro (it arrives whether you want it or not) I moved my usual spot down about 15 feet so he could have 'his' space.
This chap has been retired about 15 years (took early retirement) from the same place I work,althoug our paths never crossed. It's a big place. Like a lot of retirees, they forget what 'real life' was like and what's really important. Not effing parking spaces that's for sure.
I also discovered that he's been onto the borough planning and road departments, seeing what sh#t he could send me. I believe they told him to take more medication.
Now. there's me and the missus, two lads in their mid twenties and two girls in the early twenties, all in our house. Guess what? Everyones got a motor.
This fact is lost on the curtain twitching fraternity though. If you motor isn't pretty new or of an approved brand, they don't like it up 'em Mr Mainwarring.

This 'development' was thrown up in the late 70s and marketed as 'executive detached, blah, blah' houses. The majority of the tw#ts that bought em just wanted the boasting rights, not the room. We live here because we needed the room. Funny that.

I had a new tw#t move in across the road about a year ago. One Saturday evening in September, there's a knock on the door and there he is. Strange, I thought, since we don't move in the same social networks, if you know what I mean.
And then he launches into a tirade about 'fixing motors'. My elder son's 1989 Fiesta had been getting new bottom arms that day. Being skint, his motoring choices are driven by economy rather than thoughts of what flash motor to buy to display to the neighbours.
To quote him "I paid a lot of money for my house". Big news f##k wit, didn't we all.
I asked him what he did for a living. All he said was he works from home for 'an American company'. So I suppose he's got the same cabin fever as the retiree.
Anyway, curious about the noise, my wifey and girls came out to see what was going on and put it to him that he should bugger off for his own good.
Happily, I discovered that this ****** has now flogged the place and is off to Suffolk, I think. Any Mig-Welding members up there?

Oh well. time to stop ranting. If Snowcat's reading this he may be smiling, I be he knows the type of snooty tw#t that lives hereabouts.

Where's that scotch been hidden........

 

[bump]

What leverage does she have over you and your workshop? I was under the impression that you can make more or less whatever noise you like in the daytime (isn't it 9.00am till 10 pm?), as long as your not breaking planning permission re use etc.

It's 7AM till 11PM you can do as you please, We've often used it for gigging purposes.

I've got one of these near me (can't park in a 25ft space with her Clio either), Last time she came round to bother me about moving my car (we had friends round and theirs and the missus' were on the drive) I told her in no uncertain terms that it was a public highway so I could park there if I wanted. That there was ample space behind and if she couldn't manage to park in that she should perhaps reconsider driving. Nothing heard since.

 

[snowcat]

Bill, I am smiling.... If your ever passing through the village on the way to the swamp. take a look on your Right hand side your see the Big yellow removal company....He parks his lorry,s out back of house, Hes got his O licence etc, anyway if you look your see 2 big green gates, I made them and put em up.....The Parish C have gone to Rochford DC to get planing to put an enforcement on them....God hes only trying to earn a living and stop his lorrys geting nicked The joys of Essex.

 

[Baz-Cem]

Originally Posted by simondrains View Post
What leverage does she have over you and your workshop? I was under the impression that you can make more or less whatever noise you like in the daytime (isn't it 9.00am till 10 pm?), as long as your not breaking planning permission re use etc.

There is a garage at the end of the road and the "Knight" family lives next door to them. The Knights went to court and had an inforcment order slapped on the garage stopping them working after 5pm. Something to do with noise and the amount of cars in the street taking up spaces.

There is definately something that can be done about noise pollution from a workplace so I would tread carefully with the neighbour from hell or drive them out

Baz.

 

[rtbcomp]

There is definately something that can be done about noise pollution from a workplace so I would tread carefully with the neighbour from hell or drive them out

Baz.

My feelings exactly. She allows her fiancee to use her house to sell cars from. He often tarts them up in the street on a Sunday, with a vacuum cleaner making a lot of noise!

The other thing she wants is access to my land to work on her wall - the disruption to my business will cost her dear.

 

[rtbcomp]

This explains quite a bit

H-Bar Markings

 

[MrFluffy]

Its rants like these that make me glad to live in the middle of nowhere, I hate the whole idea of neighbours now. Theres always someone fishing for a reaction or not prepared to give a little and people get so entrenched in the "defense" of their property it all blows up too easily.

The worst case I ever had was we had a flat that was private but under management of a housing association, and we had one parking space allocated, and a visitors space in the carpark for guests (one!) and double yellows all round the block otherwise. My mrs at the time had a hyundai atos supermini thingy, and we could comfortably get her car and my turbo motorbike in the allocated space without bothering anyone. Well, we get a letter from the association that goes out to everyone, pointing out that only one vehicle per space was permitted and the parking of a motorcycle and car in a single space was expressly forbidden!
So, I spent the next 6 months parking my bike in the visitors space (which was under the window of the head of the association, oh look 6am start, best warm up the motor carefully first and save the turbo), much to everyones annoyance who wanted to use the space too, but they'd read the letter and knew why so it wasnt directed at me. When we sold the flat, the association was insistant we had to have the parking space professionally cleaned (and a reciept to say it had been done), which was a bit annoying since I own a karcher diesel powered steam cleaner and would have made a better job myself. So rather than argue yet again, we just booked this driveway company to do it, when they turned up (with a cold pressure washer :/ ), they didnt knock and we went out and they were cleaning the wrong space. When I pointed out our space, he asked me why I would want it cleaning as it was the cleanest there. I just said "I own a motorcycle, the association is blocking sale until I have a reciept, just treat it as easy money..."

Ill take isolation, 40 miles to the supermarket and 6 miles to the local school, getting snowed in in winter and living in the middle of a working farm anyday over surburbia...

 

[Baz-Cem]

Sounds great Mrfluffy.

How long do you think I'll get for beating the p$$s out of the local kids for for wrecking the paintwork on my car with their footballs?

My next door neighbour has a new Golf TDI in black and within two days it was scratched to hell and back