re parking in front of other people's houses

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I have just moved to a new area and my commute to work involves driving to the station (too far to walk) then getting the train.

At first I was paying almost £100 per month to park in the station car park, but this is clearly ridiculously expensive in addition to petrol and my train season ticket which costs a couple of grand......

I have now discovered a residential street about 5 minutes' walk from the station where I can park for free, there are no parking restrictions and there are always spaces. However today as I was parking up a lady came out of one of the houses and gave me a pretty dirty look as she watched me park up. She didn't actually say anything though. It is pretty obvious I am heading into the city to work, as I was suited and booted so it would be obvious I was parking up for the station.

As I say there are no parking restrictions so I suppose I am legally entitled to park there, but is it unreasonable to park in front of other people's houses in this manner? I should add it is a row of terraced houses which don't have their own driveways so the residents park on the road too I imagine.

I do try and mix it up a bit so as not to always park in front of the same house.

noclue2000 - if people park badly phone up the council. they will come and have a look and they will give the cars tickets. Generally the first one is a warning or reminder, but the registration number is noted for repeat offenders. Known this to happen a fair bit locally.

The tickets are fines and can sometimes include points. Enough fines will eventually stop people.

yeah, it might stop that person doing it again, but then then next one who hasnt yet has a fine has to learn the hard way before they stop doing it. its a blooming long cycle.

Hmmm, it may not be a crime but it can seriously piss people off. No doubt you are not the only one to see this street as an unofficial car park for the station and perhaps less courteous drivers have blocked people in?

I know there have been threads about this from residents who have been unable to park outside their homes and had to struggle from the next street with a baby in tow or bags of shopping and it really isn't a laughing matter when this happens every day.

However what else can you do? Car park charges are exorbiant.

I would be tempted to try and find somewhere else or make sure you park outside a house where there is no sign of anyone at home. It is within your rights to park there yes, but a little consideration goes a long way, esp if you are doing this on a regular basis. It's understandable that residents get annoyed.

No answers I'm afraid, just sympathies for you and them.

As everyone has said yes it's legal, BUT it's fricking annoying. I am sick of squeezing into small spaces, because people have badly parked, and left big gaps not making the most of the space; leaving my car in the middle of the road with hazard lights on, unloading shopping to leave at my front door hoping no one comes up the street; struggling to find somewhere to actually park my car in the afternoon after school run. And yes if my children could actually get a place in the school/s closest to us then we would walk instead of drive don't start me on that topic oh and the person who left their BMW out the front of our house for over four weeks- when it was really cold and snowing they can have a .

First world problems but SO annoying.