Another car parking thread

[SadieSue29]

So I have attached a photo of the layout. Will try and be impartial to who I am.

So three houses in a row house 2 and 3 partly share access to drive, number 1 doesn't really come on to the access as at the bottom.

When house 3 has guests they park as shown in the diagram, they have space on their drive for the guests to park on their actual drive. Where they are currently parking doesn't impact house 2 getting on and off their drive, however does make it difficult to reverse on.

Is house 2 unreasonable to be annoyed with people parking constantly outside their house or as it doesn't impact access are they being petty?

Thanks

Ah, we used to live on an estate with very similar parking layout and issues (think 5 houses, shared drive, allocated parking for 10 cars but a total of 16 cars between them excluding guests).

I feel a bit sorry for house 2 - being the middle property isn't great.

Moving away was the very best thing we did!

If you don't live on a street that has houses with drives you have absolutely no idea how weird people get about visitors that park outside their home.

From my point of view, as long as you're not being a dick, if you can park somewhere then park.

I love that people complain about this kind of stuff, it's a bit ridiculous imo. They can reverse onto their drive, they're not blocked in. Easy peasy.

House 3 should park both cars on their drive. Their visitors should then park right down at the end.

Adopted road or private road? On new estates roads like that are often not adopted. It makes a difference.

Tell house 2 to park on the road Infront of their house.

If I'm visiting a friend I would generally park on the road rather than on their drive just in case other members of household came home while I was there and wanted to park on the drive.

I can see it would be mildly annoying for house 2 if its a regular occurance but they would be unreasonable to make a fuss.

It’s a bit petty. It’s only a slightly different manoeuvre.

Their gripe is that the guests park near them, rather on the drive.

Unreasonable. You should reverse on and drive off your drive, technically.

House 2 can just drive forwards onto their drive and reverse out.
What's the issue ?
Some people let things wind them up when there's no need to.

I feel the reversing on the drive in a bit of a red herring. It's more

Is house 2 being unreasonable to be annoyed at neighbours guests parking right outside their house when there is space outside neighbours house for their guests.

Someone asked what plans say, I'm not sure.

Is house 2 being unreasonable to be annoyed at neighbours guests parking right outside their house when there is space outside neighbours house for their guests

House 2 are wasting energy by Insisting on 'being annoyed', they need to accept that they don't own the road in front of their house and move on. They must surely know this!

Have you checked the deeds or whatever? My late parents shared a drive with another bungalow. There was a large area that was deemed to be a 'turning area' and no-one was supposed to park on it. If they did, it meant it was nigh on impossible for either bungalow owner to reverse a car in or out of their respective garage.

My parent's neighbour parked on front of his garage - which sounds fine in theory. BUT in front of his drive was the turning area and my dad was then unable to reverse out of his garage to drive down the drive. Neighbour should have parked next to his garage, not in front.
This problem caused a massive issue with neighbours.

Just wondered whether any of that driveway is deemed to be a turning area?

I can see why that would annoy someone. Seems daft not to use the spaces. Its one of those things , either ask nicely if they wouldn't mind using them or just try not to think about it.
Its these things that end up going out of proportion.

I don't get why house 3 doesn't park both of their cars on their drive? They are pretty stupid to have not figured out how to get both on there. Then their guests could park further down the road.

But not much house 2 can do about it. The guests can't park on house 1s drive like they want (think I saw that somewhere). They could just try doing what house 3 does, park on the road and block them in, but that's a tad petty.

House 3 should park both of their cars on their drive. I don't understand people that don't use a drive as a drive and park on the road. Makes no sense.
House 2 should have no problems reversing onto the drive. Looks like loads of space. If house 3 used the drive properly then there would be no need for anyone to park directly outside no 2.

How often are the cars there OP?

Sorry, OP, you've lost me.

Can't work out which cars "belong" with what house.

General advice: Each car parks on the drive for the house they are living in/visiting if at all possible. If not possible, they park directly outside said house. Parking outside someone elses is rude. Especially if there is space outside the intended house.
If there's not space... It's okay for a one-off, or very infrequent visit. But if it's a daily, or multiple times a week visit, they should park elsewhere.

I don't really understand why people don't just talk to their neighbours about these things? If I am going to be having a larger than normal number of visitors round I pop next door and say "I've got some guests coming round on Saturday, would you mind if they park along the kerb here or shall I ask them to park elsewhere?"

Neighbourly bliss maintained.

Yes as a one off or a now and again house 2 is fine with it. However it's the constant stream out cars parked outside their front window with 2 spaces free for the house their are visiting. Today there has been 6 cars there.

House 2 was out but their drive would have completely been blocked