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Original poster

really FUCKING ANGRY re car parking bollocksq

59 replies

bitofcheese · 03/09/2012 17:17

live in a quiet street where parking is a nightmare due to most of the people living in it having made their small front gardens into a drive, usual shite. we deliberately haven't as we like to look out onto a garden as opposed to the front bonnet. some fucking arse has at a guess either moved into the street/changed jobs or just likes using it as a dumping ground but lives elsewhere but the last few months there are LOTS of the same company van appearing in the few parking spaces and it looks like a company forecourt, nothing wrong legally here, i know. to make matters worse these vans barely get used, they sit there for 1/2 weeks. how fucking inconsiderate, i think the twat is staying with a neighbour as i saw him going up their path the other night, fancy the neighbour not saying something. there is space at the top of the road where considerate people usually park vans. i need to park my car outside mine for work reasons although accept i often can't as i don't have a drive but most people tend to use their car regularly so when a car is out the front it rarely stays for more than a day or two. fucking pissed off and stressed out, want to take a pair of keys to the fucking thing

OP posts:
TyrannoWearsGoldKnickers · 03/09/2012 17:19

I'm a bit lost. What's he doing wrong? Parking outside your house and leaving it there or parking it on the road elsewhere and leaving it there? Not sure where the beef is....

MrsKeithRichards · 03/09/2012 17:20

You need to calm down. It's a van, legally parked.

WorraLiberty · 03/09/2012 17:21

How many are appearing at the same time, and what sort of company is it?

ShatnersBassoon · 03/09/2012 17:22

Turn your front garden into a driveway if you need to access it for work. You can't have it both ways. Either have a front garden and accept you sometimes won't be able to park in front of your house, or have a driveway and guarantee you will be able to park there.

MrsKeithRichards · 03/09/2012 17:23

My opposite neighbour, aka Grumpy insists on parking at his gate. 2 rows of terrace housing facing each other, one side for parking. Plenty room if everyone parks normally. If you end up in front of his house he will be a prick about it and park right up your arse.

When we went away for 2 weeks guess where he left his van?

Tiredmumno1 · 03/09/2012 17:25

You should try living round my area, people just park over other people's driveways Hmm up on the pavements, on double yellows, double park etc, the council are not bothered, it's mayhem

AnitaBlake · 03/09/2012 17:28

My neighbours are the same. Have to park in front of their house, but don't see why they should put a drive in like everyone else has. Even worse, when I first put my drive in, they used the space in front that was now free BECAUSE MY CAR WAS ON THE DRIVE as their 'visitor parking space'!

MrsKeithRichards · 03/09/2012 17:29

My opposite neighbour, aka Grumpy insists on parking at his gate. 2 rows of terrace housing facing each other, one side for parking. Plenty room if everyone parks normally. If you end up in front of his house he will be a prick about it and park right up your arse.

When we went away for 2 weeks guess where he left his van?

Ormiriathomimus · 03/09/2012 17:30

It isn't illegal as you say but I totally sympathise.

We used to live in a terraced cul-de-sac and people parking their work vans as well as their family cars and their little run around and teenage lads moded and daughter's little car etc etc use to wind me up! These streets weren't designed with cars in mind.

It isn't a question of illegality just a little bit of consideration.

Moving house was the best thing we ever did just for the parking issues alone!

However I don't know what you can do. Nothing I suspect. Even bringing in residential permits won't guarantee you a space and it costs. Sorry.

Ormiriathomimus · 03/09/2012 17:31

There is also an enviromental impact of paving gardens.

maybenow · 03/09/2012 17:32

How many company vans at one time? you could always try complaining direct to the company... it might not help but worth a shot.. they should really have storage for their vans not just dump them on somebody's street.

Tiredmumno1 · 03/09/2012 17:32

Mrskeith I am guessing outside yours? Grin

Thought I better guess as you had posted twice Wink Grin

WorraLiberty · 03/09/2012 17:33

Unless I'm reading it wrong, I think the OP is saying there are several company vans being parked in her street...hence it looking like a forecourt?

If that's the case, the company can be reported to the council because in order to get planning permission for a business that uses vehicles, you have to prove you can park them somewhere without taking up residential spaces.

Or at least that was the case for my ex and I when we opened a driving school years ago.

ChopstheDuck · 03/09/2012 17:33

yabu. I don't like looking at a bonnet much neither, but we have a back garden and there is limited parking. so one car goes on the drive and one on the front lawn.

I get peed off, when I have made space for two cars on my one drive, single width and people STILL block my drive. Then I wonder why I dont just park outside on the road!

MainlyMaynie · 03/09/2012 17:33

If the parking is very bad, contact the council to see if there is any possibility of getting a residents' parking scheme. If not and you want guaranteed parking you'll just have to get a drive like others have. What work requires your car to be immediately outside your house?

Ormiriathomimus · 03/09/2012 17:35

worra - good point. i was assuming the vans were being used by employees who were just parking them outside their homes at night but re-reading that isn't the case. Worth a shot.

germyrabbit · 03/09/2012 17:38

same thing happened round here with one company's vans parked all over the place, our local councillor is getting involved so you could contact them for advice

of course it's a pain when someone does this and people not realising must not drive Wink

Original poster
bitofcheese · 03/09/2012 17:38

just because he CAN park there doesn't mean he SHOULD. i don't mind people parking there, already said that. my beef is someone dumping their van there for weeks, literally and not just one but 3/4 at a time, in a quiet residential street that already has parking issues. anyone living in a street that already has a nightmare parking problem would understand, it sounds petty but isn't if you can NEVER (rarely) park outside your home and sometimes really need to

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TyrannoWearsGoldKnickers · 03/09/2012 17:39

Everyone is much cleverer than me, I have re-read the op about five times now and I'm still massively confused about what's going on. If Worra has it right Op then YANBU to contact the company and complain, my dad did this when a double glazing firm were using his road as a parking lot and they got the driver's to move them.

IsabelleRinging · 03/09/2012 17:40

i get where you are coming from OP. I get annoyed with neighbours who bring their companys (tall) vans home for the weekend and park them outside our house, blocking the view from friday night to monday morning each week. Funny they park their cars outside their own house, but their big vans outside someone elses. have taken to making sure we park our own car on the road on friday afternoon now instead of our drive to stop them.

TyrannoWearsGoldKnickers · 03/09/2012 17:41

Sorry, x-post.

If the van's are sign-marked and all belong to the same firm, ring them.

Check the tax discs too

RuleBritannia · 03/09/2012 17:41

All this talk about putting a drive in! We have Victorian 2 up 2 down terraces round here so I know what you are talking about. It makes sense to concretebrick over your front garden to accommodate your car(s) in very narrow roads (and it lets emergency vehicles - eg fire engione - through) but don't you have to have planning permission now? I think it was something to do with flooding. Lots of rain cannot now soak into your garden so it runs off the driveways onto the road and into people's houses.

I appreciate your liking to look out of the window into your garden. Keep it if you can.

Mintyy · 03/09/2012 17:42

We had similar issues locally. A company were parking a number of their vans on the street because they basically didn't have a forecourt. The council got involved and they were made to stop. Take photos and report to your local counsellor.

lottiegarbanzo · 03/09/2012 17:42

Call the company. Then, if necessary, call the council.

jumpingjackhash · 03/09/2012 17:43

Where my parents live (total residential area, built in the '60s/'70s I think) there is some planning/bylaw that means you cannot park commercial vehicles on the street or on driveways (unless of course they're contractors parked there on business, so a builder working on your extension is OK!). It basically means you can't park your own work van or similar overnight or for any length of time.

Anything like this exist where you live?