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Caravan and van parking in front of my house - AIBU

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ejk10 · 10/05/2017 09:21

Another parking thread!! I live in a small Close with 12 houses. The cul de sac is designed to have overflow parking spaces in 2 area - but everyone has their own drive and garage. The house opposite me keeps his caravan constantly on the overflow parking area - and has done for over 12 months now. He also has a large van and his partner has a car. He parks his van on the overflow parking area all the time too. However, there are times when he can't fit all his van on the parking area and it juts out into the road - making it difficult to pass. On Friday eve there was no way an emergency vehicle would have got to the other houses in the Close as the gap left was far too narrow. Yesterday he moved the caravan for a few hours and it was so nice to look out of my window and not feel I was living on a garage showroom forecourt! I have provided photos for you to look at (all taken from my drive or from inside my house) AIBU to ask him to park his caravan and van somewhere else??

Caravan and van parking in front of my house - AIBU

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AwaywiththePixies27 · 10/05/2017 10:15

*coming home from school one evening.

Apologies my usual typos is shocking this morning! I need more tea!

Rafflesway · 10/05/2017 10:25

Oh OP, you have my deepest sympathy!

We live down a cul-de-sac - more like a narrow country lane - and, although we have no issues parking as we have space for 3 cars, further down the road, close to the cul-de-sac entrance, we have a neighbour who has a car, large caravan and a MASSIVE American style motor home. They only have a single drive so both the car and the massive motor home are parked on the road. Caravan on the drive.

Not only is is pretty tight to get past the motor home but you just cannot see around it if something was coming in the opposite direction. I know there is nothing we can do but I think it is hugely inconsiderate and one day it will either cause a head on collision or the emergency services are going to experience major issues getting past the bloody monstrosity. The neighbour across from them - small bungalow - must live in permanent darkness .

Rant over!

SheRasBra · 10/05/2017 10:27

Surely the overflow parking is for visitors, deliveries, tradesmen etc. How do you manage if they are monopolising 2 of the spaces?

There must be something in the covenants that came with the purchase of your house that sets out conditions of use for the parking spaces?

Would annoy the hell out of me!

Birdsgottaf1y · 10/05/2017 10:31

I've got the same Caravan.

It costs me £200 a year to store it, many farmers/horse/land owners do it, for extra cash.

A neighbour pays for for their local storage, but it still works out a cheap holiday.

You don't buy a Caravan without working out where you are going to store it.

It would be petty to report if it was just between trips, but not in this case.

The Council will tell them to sort it out.

KimKardashiansArse · 10/05/2017 10:38

This would massively piss me off. Not sure what you can do about it though. I guess he doesn't park it outside his own house because he doesn't want to look at it

AnarchyKitty · 10/05/2017 10:43

I've missed parking threads.

KimKardashiansArse · 10/05/2017 10:47

How about advert in the local paper with a photo saying "Is this your caravan? It's parked on X Road day and night with no security devices on it. IT WOULD BE SO EASY TO STEAL IT..."

ThatsNotMyMummy · 10/05/2017 11:05

The van doesn't even fit in the space!! The caravan is lucky its not been stolen.
No wonder your annoyed. If you have a caravan part of your thought is "where can i securely store it". Camping and caravan club have loads of sites across the country where you can store them. It wouldn't be so bad if it was on their drive and they parked not he overflow bit.
I think you stand a chance of getting the council involved with the caravan, but I'm not sure anyone will be interested in the van. Maybe a PCSO?? for anti social behaviour???????

ShotsFired · 10/05/2017 11:21

Reow The minute his moves off the overflow parking go and park your car on there.

Do this. And/or do you know anyone who could leave a vehicle there for a while? He has to be reminded that it is not his personal extra space and he needs to accommodate his excess vehiclery properly. i.e. pay for external storage elsewhere.

BitOutOfPractice · 10/05/2017 11:41

My guess from the pictures is that this isn't a public highway though. In which case, all bets are off

LadyPW · 10/05/2017 13:24

Hitch the caravan to your car in the dead of night and tow it away

HotelEuphoria · 10/05/2017 13:32

Another one for checking the deeds. Housing estates often have covenants in restricting what can be parked where. We are just one of two hours on an infill site but our deeds state no caravans, motor homes, boats, trailer or large vans can be parked there.

Our house was built in 1989.

Louiselouie0890 · 10/05/2017 13:40

You can call the non emergency number if there blocking access for emergency vehicles. We have a club near us and when the kids football is on its mayhem one time there was a coach parked on one side and cars on the other so you literally couldn't get past. You can only park on one side of the road as it's a small road. Anyway they put tickets on all the cars

VivienneWestwoodsKnickers · 10/05/2017 13:43

KimKardashiansArse 😂😂😂😂

ThatsNotMyMummy · 10/05/2017 14:26

Id be tempted to get some sand delivered on my driveway so i had to park over my drive for a while.

But i think if you try and do anything your about to start WW3 so you have to be sure its what you want to do.
Are there houses / driveways to the left of you?

rightwhine · 10/05/2017 19:03

How can a fab parking thread dwindle away? It's a crime I tell you.

LakieLady · 10/05/2017 19:19

There was a caravan in the road near our corner shop for a while, and someone reported it to the council who came and stuck a sign on it saying it would be towed away in 7 days if it wasn't moved. It went!

We leave our motorhome on the road because our drive slopes and the fridge won't work unless it's been level for 24 hours. It's outside our own house though, and only a tad bigger than next door's Mondeo estate.

The parking problem we have is people parking dangerously close to junctions. Every now and then, the Old Bill come round and ticket everyone parked within 10 metres of a junction.

TipTop333 · 10/05/2017 20:13

But.... what happened? OP? Did you check the deeds or contact the council? A parking thread must have a resolution!

Madwoman5 · 10/05/2017 20:51

Overflow parking is for multi resident parking not a personal extension of his drive. I would be tempted to park there before he gets back in his van...ditto when the caravan is not there. If you can't, then get neighbours, rellies, anyone. He will get the hint

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