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It's a parking one..

58 replies

JoelyJoe · 24/06/2025 00:45

Near where I live is a residential street with a small rank of shops.
Opposite the shops is a long parking bay (enough for about 8 cars), and some houses, set back from the road. I'm pretty sure the bay exists to service the shops.
One of the houses has created a drive / parking space for their car, in front of their house. The car faces towards the pavement and parking bay, and they have to cross both to access the road. They have put up a load of (unofficial) no parking signs, and have effectively dropped the kerb themselves by putting some plastic wedges across.
Inevitably they keep getting blocked in because they are trying to prevent people from parking in the bay in front of their car, but it's a public parking bay! I'm sure they have no right to annex it to access their space.
When people park in front, the house/car owners get very abusive, shouting at drivers to move and threatening to clamp them. Surely they can't. They don't own the bay, and shouldn't be parking behind a kerb that hasn't been officially blocked anyway.
I've been tempted to risk parking in front of them myself, when it's the only bay available. But I'm worried they would key my car!
Who is being unreasonable?
YABU - these people gave a right to park near their home.
YANBU - you can't just annex part of a public parking bay as unofficial access to where you want to put your car

OP posts:
JoelyJoe · 24/06/2025 00:59

HeddaGarbled · 24/06/2025 00:53

Obviously they’re chancers but on-street parking opposite a row of shops must be an absolute nightmare so I don’t think I’d make life even more difficult for them than it already is. Can’t you park outside your own house and walk to the shops?

I don't go there often, they are not my closest shops, they are just convenient to drop in sometimes as my son goes to football nearby.
I agree it is probably a nightmare for residents as the whole street is pretty rammed.

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Comefromaway · 24/06/2025 00:57

Well for a start only public authorities such as the police or the council can clamp a car!

BooneyBeautiful · 24/06/2025 00:57

NWL · 24/06/2025 00:50

Oh that would annoy me! I would consider reporting to the local authority.

This. The local authority get very angry about this sort of thing.

MrsClatterbuck · 24/06/2025 00:54

Someone put up a no parking sign in front of their house in my home town. It was a public road and wasn't there very long.

JoelyJoe · 24/06/2025 00:54

DoubleRainbow3 · 24/06/2025 00:48

How does this affect your life in any way 🫣

It affects me when I want to use those shops and there is nowhere to park...

OP posts:
HeddaGarbled · 24/06/2025 00:53

Obviously they’re chancers but on-street parking opposite a row of shops must be an absolute nightmare so I don’t think I’d make life even more difficult for them than it already is. Can’t you park outside your own house and walk to the shops?

NWL · 24/06/2025 00:50

Oh that would annoy me! I would consider reporting to the local authority.

DoubleRainbow3 · 24/06/2025 00:48

How does this affect your life in any way 🫣

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