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Winnebago woes WWYD?

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Covidbegone · 14/02/2021 15:05

So more of a WWYD rather than AIBU.

We live on the edge of a new build housing estate. We’ve lived here for 7 years now and have a parking space directly outside the front door. As with new builds we’ve been crammed in like sardines and the opposite side of the road always has some cars parked up on the curb. It’s always been a bit tricky manoeuvring in and out, but we’ve gritted our teeth and done a 300 point turn to get out.

In front of us is a terraced row that predates our house. Our front over looks the back of their properties. Now the house opposite has put a gate out to the back that goes onto the pavement.

Last July, mid lockdown 1, they acquired a Winnebago. Not a small thing but a massive American style house on wheels. We wrongly thought perhaps they were having friends over for a week and didn’t say anything. 6 months plus on it’s still there. Parked up on the curb (in fact they regularly put a clamp on one of the wheels). So to paint the scene you can’t actually now use that bit of pavement and it juts onto the road massively and makes reversing out a real pain. It’s also really not a great selling point for our house which we do hope to sell soon.

Every few months they’ve moved it, we think around the block to make sure the battery still works. When they do that they place these massive orange barriers across the pavement as if to reserve the space for their return. I have been known to move these Grin and other people with smaller vehicles have parked there. Once they go it’s back there in a flash. It literally goes nowhere. It’s also been there so long grass and moss are growing on a fairly new pavement ruining it.

To add to this outside the front of their property is a large square that has loads of free road space, it’s just not quite as easily accessible.

WWYD? I know my neighbours are getting equally frustrated with it but we clearly have no claim on pavement. Any tips?

OP posts:
FelicityPike · 14/02/2021 15:07

I’d phone 101. That’s an obstruction.
Or the council.

NoProbLlamaa · 14/02/2021 15:09

If your house is fairly new, do you have a management company? It could be against covenants

Whammyyammy · 14/02/2021 15:10

Yabu for lack of diagram.....

ivykaty44 · 14/02/2021 15:13

its a police matter not a council matter if its parked on the pavement and causing an obstruction.

ivykaty44 · 14/02/2021 15:15

you could contact the council and request bollards on the pavements to stop illegal parking on the pavements - that way no-one can park there and only on the road. Of course the winnebago could still legally park on the roadside

Covidbegone · 14/02/2021 15:20

@Whammyyammy I’d like to give you a diagram, but fear this will out me.

Thanks for the advice, I will certainly pursue this.

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Covidbegone · 14/02/2021 15:22

Tbh we don’t mind people parking there, there is such little space, it’s more to do with the permanent nature and size of the vehicle that’s been getting us down.

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ivykaty44 · 15/02/2021 06:36

Nobody should be parking on the pavement, roads are for vehicle storage and pavements for pedestrians. To many people killed by pavement drivers, think it was around 40 in 2019 and a big vehicle will certainly do some damage

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