AIBU to think people should park outside the house they are visiting?

Maybe people who live in houses without parking shouldn't have visitors at all?

It's part and parcel of living in a terraced house I'm afraid. You can let it drive you insane, but my advice would be to not to.

Had exactly this discussion at work the other day. It started over whether was you should park on someone's drive when visiting them, and then extended to the niceties of on-street parking.

A colleague who doesn't have a drive said that because she hates people parking outside her house, she would never inflict that on the person she was visiting, so she always parks across the road from them.

I was wondering why on earth you'd park a short walk away from the house you were visiting when there were spaces right next to it, but your hypothesis makes a lot of sense. I'd never choose to park under a tree (unless it was a madly hot day and I wanted shade) and would prefer a short walk over a shitty car.

I too think it's not a big deal but admit it would annoy me.

I'm also intrigued as to what their thought process is...there must be a reason they choose where they do!

I'd also be tempted to start parking directly outside the house they're visiting, but then I am very petty like that.

If it actually REALLY makes getting out of the driveway awkward I would pop over and say you find it makes it harder and in a friendly way note that you would really appreciate them parking elsewhere ( or st least mixing it up a bit).

I live in a cul de sac with residents only parking . With a bit of juggling we can all get outside our houses. We do have a pass for visitors but I ask my visitors to park at the end of the cul de sac where there is more space as the houses are bigger and have drives . My neighbour just lets her visitors park outside my house . Sometimes for two days and I am not happy at the end of a long shift to have to reverse all the way out as no room to turn and to then find a space !

You bought the house not the road 🤔

I'd have parked across the back of the 2 cars in my space and left them a note telling them they were in my spot. Let them spend the time figuring out where you live if they need to leave.

I have a similar issue at my mums house. The people across the road have a van and two cars but despite having a large garden they only have a short driveway fir one car and they don't use the garage.

So two vehicles are on the road at all times. Meaning I can't park outside my mums. Neither can get next door neighbour park outside their house, as the road isn't wide enough fir parked cars on both sides.

It's really annoying. They are so stupid that if they are both out so no cars in the street, if we park outside mums and they arrive back, they just park in their usual way so cars are likely to clip our wing mirrors and there is no way a truck or fire engine etc could get past.

Stupid idiots. A few tonnes of type two chips dumped on the grass and they'd have a cheap and cheerful area at the side of their property to park at least one vehicle on. But they don't care.

That's awful. Can you apply for a blue badge and a disabled bay? At least then people may, just may, take notice and not park there.

I feel your pain OP. Silent fuming about parking is a frequent pass time in our street too. Eg, on non-bin days the street is empty of cars, and then magically fills up on the night we put the bins out so the trucks have trouble collecting at the top of the cul-de-sac (our house) and sometimes don't pick them up at all. We then have to notify the council etc... fuming!

Are there overhanging trees or wires opposite which would cause their car to be pooped on? We stayed at a hotel last year where part of the carpark was next to a rookery. The mess on the cars was foul.

People from another street park on my street and people who don't want to pay hospital parking charges and walk to it. They are legally doing nothing wrong

I live in a terraced house and had someone leave their car outside for two weeks. But it comes with the property and nothing you can do. It is irritating though. More irritating is my neighbour who has two cars and a van and strategically parks the cars with lots of space either side so they can shuffle cars when he gets back to get the van parked…. That winds me up more. However I’ve become adapt at reverse parking into the smallest spaces imaginable! 🤣 like with and inch each side. Think I secretly love the ‘parking game’

Maybe there wasn’t a space when they parked?

we had a van outside our house for three weeks. It’s just one of those things.

New nextdoor neighbour has visitors and constantly parking outside my house (meaning I have to block our drive). They could block in the car on their own drive but no...

It’s illegal to block a dropped kerb, whether it’s to your own drive or not, @Gobimanchurian

You need to all get together and have a campaign of parking outside their houses as messily as possible or 'breakdown' blocking their cars in the parking spaces. Let their tyres down, things like that.

They’re free to park where they like but If you want to make a point you could start parking outside the house they’re visiting.

I don’t have a driveway so I have to park on a public road which means parking outside someone else’s house. Regularly accosted by angry people who don’t want me to park outside their house. Some serious aggression and asking for my details. I just tell them I believe I am legally parked but if they disagree then they can call the police and the police will be able to find my details. Eeejits.

It's a road. Anyone can park anywhere unless there are double yellow lines. It's not bad manners. Hth.

Go over and let them know they’re inconveniencing you and maybe they could move their car around while they’re visiting…

As someone who lives on an old estate (built in the 1940’s) where there is nowhere near enough parking for the number of home be grateful that parking NEAR your house is no issue. You never come home fearing you won’t be able to park anywhere nearby.

I live in a bit of a ‘posh’ estate. There are two tiny block of flats rented by council tenants. At the back of the flats are two allocated parking spaces per flat. The houses on this estate each have drives AND garages - yet they send their visitors to park in our flat car park because parking on the street looks ‘messy’. I had to make them aware that they’re parking in our ALLOCATED spaces and they don’t seem to care because we’re council and they’re home owners of homes that are almost 1m. I remember coming home on Christmas Day and there was not once parking space in the car park - my two allocated spwces (for my one car) were parked in and the entire carpark was full of visitors. I was literally in tears as dramatic as it sounds because I’m disabled with an autistic child and had to walk ages with presents to get home all because visitors parked in my allocated spaces that I pay for 😔

Are you me? New nextdoor neighbour has visitors and constantly parking outside my house (meaning I have to block our drive). They could block in the car on their own drive but no...

And yes, I know it's irrational as street parking is open to anyone, but yes, I think it's blooming rude!