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Original poster

to have parked 1 inch from the mini thats been parked outside my house since just after 9am?

104 replies

charliecat · 02/03/2007 18:37

Its becoming a regular thing this mini parking outside my house, ALL DAY..so ive jammed it in. So that im not hanging over next doors dropped kerb, but im still outside my house not half way up the street annoying some other resident.
Am I being unreasonable?
I know I dont own the road but
Would you be?

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Bobalina · 02/03/2007 18:55

I wouldn't park outside someones house IF there were alternatives, which there are where I live. I do not own the road but it does piss me off when people take the easy option by parking outside my house. It means I have to park where they (if they had consideration) should've parked.

I am thoughtful of others in this situation and now wont pull up outside a house unless I have no option.

I guess you have to experience it to understand the frustration.

fryalot · 02/03/2007 18:56

misdee - if I were you, I'd "acquire" a couple of police cones and plonk them outside your house.

hatwoman · 02/03/2007 19:00

no-one likes lugging shopping or cats down the street but I wouldn;t be "miffed" in the sense of blaming it on the person parked legally infront of my house. recently I've quite often had to park some distance from the house - but as long as the people parking nearer my house are doing so legally it's never occured to me to be annoyed with them. If it's a regular problem then direct your ire towards the council and get them to make it a controlled parking zone - although you'll probably then have to pay to park (like I do) and still might not get it near the house...

misdee · 02/03/2007 19:01

so so tempting squonk.

Freckle · 02/03/2007 19:01

I have to confess that, although I have a driveway which could take possibly 4 cars (at a pinch and with very judicious parking), I still get annoyed at the way people park outside our house. I'm not bothered by the fac that they park there. More by the way that they park.

We have residents' parking in our road, with parking bays. Somehow people who park in the bays find it impossible to park within the markings, but park with their front or back end overhanging the bays by several feet sometimes. This can make it extremely difficult to swing into our drive without risking hitting the parked cars - and before anyone suggests that I should hit them to make a point, it would be my insurance taking the hit. The thing that bugs me is that there is usually plenty of space within the bays so it is absolutely unnecessary to park partially outside them. I just with the parking attendants patrolled more often as I'm sure they'd love to issue a ticket for parking outside the bays .

Freckle · 02/03/2007 19:03

Sorry, one of the words in that post should have been "fact" and not "fac" and "wish" rather than "with".

hatwoman · 02/03/2007 19:04

that would annoy me delgirl. looking at some of the posts I wonder if there's a correlation between feeling the spot in from of your house is yours and the size of town/density of population/degree of anonymity you have. I live in London and if there's a sapce you grab it (and I fully expect everyone else to be the same) If I lived in a cul-de-sac and/or small village and if there were lots of alternative spaces I admit I might feel differently

hatwoman · 02/03/2007 19:06

the typos are spreading - "infront" not "in from"!

KTeePee · 02/03/2007 19:09

Agree hatwoman - around here if you live close to the town centre you are grateful to park anywhere on your own road. If you live in a more suburban location with driveways many residents get very possesive of the spaces outside their houses - puts me off ever moving to a more suburban location tbh....

KTeePee · 02/03/2007 19:11

And also if you get lots of non-residents parking in a street it tends to unite the residents against the commuters/shoppers. In the suburban "the space in front of my house is mine" type of situation, it pits neighbours against each other (because it is usually just residents and their visitors parking there)

zippitippitoes · 02/03/2007 19:12

probably..it takes up to an hour to park at all here..unlikely to be within a few minutes walk of home

Freckle · 02/03/2007 19:16

I really don't have a problem with people parking in my road, in front of my house or anywhere else. What does piss me off is when they park inconsiderately, partially blocking driveways, etc. And don't get me started on bl**dy vans......

Bobalina · 02/03/2007 19:18

Think you're spot on hatwoman. I live in a cul-de-sac, I'm normally very easy-going but parking in front of my house winds me up a treat.

Booboobedoo · 02/03/2007 19:56

Agree hatwoman. I live in Zone 2 London, and it wouldn't occur to me to be annoyed with someone for parking outside my house.

When you live in such close proximity to so many people you learn to live and let live. If you didn't you'd get ulcers from the sheer rage.

codswallop · 02/03/2007 19:57

yes

handlemecarefully · 02/03/2007 20:09

If somebody parked me in, depending upon my hormones, I might be tempted to reverse into their bonnet hearing a satisfying crunch in the process...so be careful that the mini you have parked in isn't owned by a sociopath (like me )

SoupDragon · 02/03/2007 20:13

It's fair enough to be annoyed about it but it's unreasonable to block someone in because of it. I would be seriously p-ed off if someone did it to me, more so than if I couldn't park outside my house.

Chocolate1000 · 02/03/2007 20:13

Depends if it's a neighbour doing it on purpose to wind you up or not I guess. Maybe the person doing it doesn't realise it's narking you off? Regardless of the laws re parking on roads. One of my neighbours put a note on my car berating me for parking outside her house once and the next day, she opted to park outside my house - and in so doing, managed to take up the space outside our neighbours house on the otherside (she parked in the middle part of the pavement outside two semis). I must admit that this irked me in light of this note the day before, so I carefully reverse parked my car over the drive which effectively blocked her in as my neighbour had put his car on the other side behind hers (he is a pretty cavaliar parker at the best of times). She hasn't done it since - but neither have I parked outside her house since if I can possibly help it.

Original poster
charliecat · 02/03/2007 20:20

Its not a neighbour. I do live in a village, and I can see the mini from my window, all day...and it irritates me. Much as I would like it not to, it does. I am hoping my blocking him in might deter him? But by comments here seems I should get my car rattled for parking outside my house...hmm, dont agree with that.

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southeastastra · 02/03/2007 20:21

it would really irritate me i'd put a banana up his exhaust

Twinklemegan · 02/03/2007 20:22

They might be parked there because someone else keeps parking outside their house?

Original poster
charliecat · 02/03/2007 20:22

Thank you SEA

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handlemecarefully · 02/03/2007 20:22

I am sort of on your side charliecat - just think that if the mini driver is a volatile person that there might be consequences

SoupDragon · 02/03/2007 20:22

No, the comments say you should get your car rattled for inconsiderate parking.

Original poster
charliecat · 02/03/2007 20:23

At a guess id say they are parking in the village and getting the bus to work. £3.60 on bus or £8 parking.
Its just Annoying, coming home and OH, no space...you again...I wonder how he would feel if every day when he got home from work there was some fecker parked outside his house.

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