To leave a stroppy note on this car?

[LuisSuarezTeeth]

People keep parking on the grass verge outside my house. It forms part of my garden but there is no kerb. Earlier this year I filled the craters left on it and re-seeded. I put large white rocks along the edge, about 10 inches from the road, so they can clearly be seen.

I've now got great big holes again where 2 visiting 4 x 4 vehicles have RUN OVER the rocks and mashed them into the ground.

Yesterday I left a note asking this person not to park there. Cue much shouting, swearing and grumbling to the neighbour they were visiting.

If you see white rocks on a grass verge, do you think, oh I'll just park on it anyway? What else can I do? It's just so fucking RUDE

or bushes with big thorns that might scratch car paint.

There are some lovely ideas here but I'd be worried about them being nicked if too attractive.

Not many ideas if you don't have much money, but I would be very tempted to put the biggest block ever seen by man on there....friend with a forklift required!

Just about to say that shush

Spiky bushes are a good idea, possibly too small to start with though.

Nice link self thank you

Go to the garden centre and get a load of shrubs and bushes the biggest ones you an find. any wild Holly bushes you cab accidently locate to the bottom of your garden?

tyres?

Can't afford to spend on this really Giles but thanks.

Took notice of places on my travels today and large white rocks seem to be favoured. I think mine are just not big enough or strong enough.

I can assure you that if big enough the white stones are very effective at damaging the underside of a 4x4....as experienced by my friend who was chatting too much to concentrate on parking said beast. V funny for everyone but her!

Pipbin, a verge can look like a part of your garden in fact be part of the highway. There is a house near me, where the nice lawn next to the drive, which the owner mows, looks like part of their garden, but it isn't, which is why the council is responsible for the tree that grows there. Can you tell I used to work in local government?

I'm on the OP's side in this, and personally I would plant some pyracantha, but I felt she should be aware of possible comeback from the council who would be within their rights - if it is theirs - to ask her to dig it up.

OP, pyracantha is VERY spiky, very hardy, has pretty flowers in spring and pretty berries (good for the birds) in the winter.

I've been past a house round here with what appears to be cement poured into buckets and turned out, sandcastle style, not the prettiest but there's no way someone would risk their car trying to park over a couple of those. Paint em white and stick a little sign in the top saying 'no parking' not the most attractive option but gotta be one of the cheapest!

Mehsm is correct .

Op you need to check your deeds. Unless this is a private road I highly doubt you own the first 1.6m of land despite it bring grassed and maintained by yourself.

You can plant things but be prepared for the counc to remove them .

hang on a minute, that's not your space then? just keep to your entitled space and fence that off.

The council have confirmed that it's my land and I am responsible for it, but I can't put a fence that close to the road for safety reasons

It's a pretty pointless bit of grass to be honest, but when tidy it looks quite nice.

Can you find out what they will agree to?
My parent's house has a front garden that goes to the road. There is no pavement, gutter or anything, just road then their garden. They have a wall.

Well just go back a bit and put your fence up and have the nice bit that you want. let the council worry about the rest. when it gets overgrown then call them and tell them they need to deal with it.

Im guessing its not your property as such.

I'll have to check what I can have as opposed to what I can't have then Pip

I just got told no fence. I would think no hedge either. I'm on a bend and I think it would limit visibility

Do you own the property?

Tinks, the grass is part of the garden, it belongs to the property. The council have no responsibility for it - their concern is the road.

No I am renting

But do you own the property? If so you would have far more say.

Put a sign up saying "private parking" then charge the bastard.

a private landlord? surely that's their concern then? or the council? then unfortunately you have no recourse.

YABU.

My brother has this outside his house and some knob kept parking cars on the verge with For Sale notices in. He tried ringing the mobile number on them but the bloke was not terribly receptive to the request not to park there (understatement! ) He rang the council and they suggested some white posts about a foot high at 6 foot intervals which seem to have done the trick