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CF parking - would you say something?

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KinkyAfro · 07/09/2017 19:03

We are an avenue of 8 houses, next door have 7 cars/vans and pretty much take up all spaces on the single track road. Come home tonight and DP can't park outside the house and doesn't want to park outside someone else's house causing them issues. Would you say something? I mean 7 vehicles in an 8 house ave is pretty excessive isn't it?

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Boatmistress17 · 07/09/2017 19:04

I suppose unless spaces are allocated its every man /woman for themselves. .
Shit but true.

SheRaaarghPrincessOfPower · 07/09/2017 19:05

Why do they have so many vans and cars?

It's unreasonable of them to take up so many of the available spaces, yes.

Urubu · 07/09/2017 19:06

Just park in front of someone else's, I mean the road doesn't belong to the homeowners (same as the spot in front of your house doesn't belong to you)...

dumbledore345 · 07/09/2017 19:07

If they are parking on the public highway there is nothing you can do about it. These are PUBLIC spaces. First come, first served.

SheRaaarghPrincessOfPower · 07/09/2017 19:10

Pfft.. If they were parking one or two cars on the road, fair game etc. I guess.. technically it's a public road, so technically they're not doing anything wrong. They're still being a bit twatty taking up most of the available spaces.

Doesn't sound like a normal road though, is it an access road or standard public highway OP?

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KinkyAfro · 07/09/2017 19:26

Just a standard avenue and I know we've no rights but when you have to park on a different road it's a bit of a piss take

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DailyMailReadersAreThick · 07/09/2017 19:42

When you live on a road with too many cars for the spaces, you can't be precious about parking in front of your house. If there's a space, your husband should take it.

FittonTower · 07/09/2017 19:45

If you want to be guaranteed parking outside your house you need a house with a drive. Our busy terraced road has a primary school and a garage on it so we often have to park on a different street - it's annoying but there's nothing we can do about it other than move. (And when we do move a drive way is on top of my wish list)

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KinkyAfro · 07/09/2017 19:50

We all have drives, my car is on ours. DP will not park in front of someone else's house and inconvenience them as most have 2 cars. I just think a bit of consideration from them wouldn't go amiss. 2 of the vans are for the same company, surely they could leave one at work and come home together? That would help a little

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Fuckoffee · 07/09/2017 19:53

Can't your DP just block you in and park on the road in front of your drive?

Glumglowworm · 07/09/2017 20:03

Yes neighbour is being a CF but your DH should just park in front of someone else's house. Nobody has an automatic right to park on the bit of road in front of their house

MiaowTheCat · 07/09/2017 20:04

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bridgetreilly · 07/09/2017 20:16

Are they running a business? Why do they have so many vehicles? If it's something the council should know about, report them!

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KinkyAfro · 07/09/2017 20:34

No business. There's mum and dad, their car and a van that never moves. Then there's daughter, her car and son in law, his van. Then son, his van and his car and daughter in law and her car

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Allthebestnamesareused · 07/09/2017 20:55

But where does your DH park. He seems willing to park in another street but not in your own street so still in front of someone else's house. The people with the same company vans presumably travel on different jobs or routes so may not be at the same location daily.

It is a public road and they aren't parking illegally. Your DH can park anywhere there is a space and it sounds as though there are spaces.

JigglyTuff · 07/09/2017 20:58

It's really irritating I know. I have new neighbours with no offstreet parking and they have two work vans (one driven by a colleague) and two cars between them. So they basically take up 1/3 of the available parking.

Frankly it makes them pretty unpopular and no one ever wants to help them out so I think it's fairly short-sighted of them!

notanotherNC · 07/09/2017 21:00

Nothing you can do as annoying as it is. If there are no permits required and the vehicles are taxed, all spaces are fair game - sorry!

PigletWasPoohsFriend · 07/09/2017 21:02

DP will not park in front of someone else's house and inconvenience them

Then the that is your DPs issue.

As annoying as it is they aren't doing anything wrong and no one unless it is a designated space, has the right to park outside their house.

Theweasleytwins · 07/09/2017 21:03

A house behind us have 8 cars🙄all the houses around here are 3-4 bed, how could they possibly need that many? Two vans, a camper and 5 other cars

MrTrebus · 07/09/2017 21:04

He can just park over your drive? What's the problem? Also they obviously park wherever they like with all their vehicles so you can park where you like too.

Fairenuff · 07/09/2017 21:05

No they are not being CFs. Annoying, yes. But not real CFs.

Real CFs intrude and lay claim to land owned by others. If your dh chooses not to park anywhere else except in front of his own house then that's his choice and his problem tbh.

MrTrebus · 07/09/2017 21:06

Also if there are spaces on the road when you get home then park on the road and your husband can park on the drive.

HiJenny35 · 07/09/2017 21:08

I don't understand why oh can't park over your drive?
If you leave first in the morning then go out now, move yours off, he pulls on and you go over the drive.
It's annoying that they have so many but there's no rules against it so none of your business.

MammyHester9116 · 07/09/2017 21:08

/\ exactly what I was about it say!

When I was in a house share the first person home would park on the street (usually outside the house) leaving the 2 allocated spaces for the other 2!

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KinkyAfro · 07/09/2017 21:20

There's not enough room to park over the drive. One car is right up to our gate post, the van is right across their drive and up to the other gate post so not enough room to park in front

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