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AIBU to put up a no parking sign on my garden wall

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Worrysaboutalot · 20/06/2021 21:55

As in picture. DH used to park in position 1 and I used to park my big car in position 2.

However now I have a mobility car and a wheelchair, I can’t load and unload my wheelchair on the drive, in position 2 as the drive is too steep and in bad repair.

So, I am currently parking in position 3 on the road half over our drive and half over the kerb. To offload my wheelchair onto the dropped kerb. So I can get to my ramp and the front door. DH now parks in position 2.

The issue is, if I return to my house and someone is parked in position 3, I am stuck, as I can’t half cover someone else’s drive to off load my chair onto their dropped kerb IYSWIM.

I have checked my council’s website and they don’t paint disability bays on the roads in a residential area. So that is a no go.

I understand I have no legal right to stop or ask anyone to not park in this space, but would I be unreasonable to put up a polite notice asking people to park elsewhere, so I can unload my wheelchair?

AIBU to put up a no parking sign on my garden wall

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NeverMetANiceOne · 20/06/2021 21:57

I don't think there is anything wrong with a polite notice requesting no one park there, perhaps a brief explanation if possible?

MilduraS · 20/06/2021 21:58

No but it would help if the sign mentioned disability. I'd assume someone was being cheeky trying to reserve a space on a public road and ignore it but if I knew it was for someone in a wheelchair I'd feel like an ass.

Helenluvsrob · 20/06/2021 21:58

Sorry you need to put your car on the drive - Mai rain it if needed and husband then parks across it. You cannot claim the road parking - unless you can have a disabled bay - which they won’t do as you do have off road parking.

The fact that you dh has a big car isn’t , I’m afraid relevant.

Rillington · 20/06/2021 21:59

Pay the council to widen your dropped kerb.

Onehotmess · 20/06/2021 22:00

YANBU but people will probably still park there. Could you look into to fixing the driveway? You might even get funding towards it.

WorraLiberty · 20/06/2021 22:00

You can but ask.

Unfortunately you'll have to prepared for some people to not take a blind bit of notice.

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Worrysaboutalot · 20/06/2021 22:00

@NeverMetANiceOne

I don't think there is anything wrong with a polite notice requesting no one park there, perhaps a brief explanation if possible?

I was thinking something like...

Polite Notice
This parking space is required so resident of number XX can offload their wheelchair.
Please don't park here.

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Jumbojem · 20/06/2021 22:03

What I don't understand is, if someone parks in position 3 they are partly blocking your drive which is a parking no no? Or is it that people have seen a car partly blocking (yours) and so think it's ok?
Anyway, a polite sign asking people not to park there as needed for disabled access would be perfectly reasonable to me.

donquixotedelamancha · 20/06/2021 22:04

You can't put no parking but you can put a sign up asking and if you explain it's for wheelchair access then almost no-one will park there.

parietal · 20/06/2021 22:05

It looks like you have a great big drive. Is there any other way you can park on your drive (maybe DHs car needs to move around?) Or you need to fix up your drive.

It does not seem fair to try to claim your own private space from the road parking when you have so much room on your drive.

DancesWithDaffodils · 20/06/2021 22:06

Having had a note on my car in a terraced street telling me not to park due to the disabled occupant I saw jogging every morning, I would assume it was an attempt to reserve a preferred parking space and not essential (but then we live in an area where you can get a bb bay marked up - although again that wouldnt be for personal use). I wouldnt deliberately park there, but if it was there or nowhere, I would park on a road with no official marks prohibiting it.
You would be best trying to sort the drive, as that would be a permanent, and pretty much guarenteed solution.
Sorry, I know I sound like an arse.

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Worrysaboutalot · 20/06/2021 22:06

The big car is mine, which has to hold 4 kids, a wheelchair and wheelchair hoist plus me.

I can't afford to mend the drive, as we had to put thousand down on the car plus we self funded my chair, stair lift and outside wheelchair ramp. We have run out of money. The council gave me a couple of inside aids and that is it.

Plus the main problem with the drive is the steepness, which means I can't safely walk with double crutches from drivers seat to the boot. Plus the hoist swings all over the place when offloading. I need a flat place to park.

The suggestion to extend the drop curb might work, although that means having a drop curb in front of a garden wall, lol

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Namechangefun · 20/06/2021 22:08

100% agree with PP. Just super polite sign saying ‘please don’t park here, we’d be hugely grateful if you could please not park here as we needed for disabled wheelchair access’

Only the biggest arses will park there then

WorraLiberty · 20/06/2021 22:09

How about Something like this from Amazon?

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 20/06/2021 22:10

Please avoid parking here to allow resident wheelchair access to No. XX.

Crumpledmess · 20/06/2021 22:10

Two people near me have put up signs similar to what you are suggesting. People do leave those spaces free. It might depend on what people are like where you live though.

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Worrysaboutalot · 20/06/2021 22:12

@Jumbojem

What I don't understand is, if someone parks in position 3 they are partly blocking your drive which is a parking no no? Or is it that people have seen a car partly blocking (yours) and so think it's ok? Anyway, a polite sign asking people not to park there as needed for disabled access would be perfectly reasonable to me.

When people park outside our home, they park full in front of our wall and do not block our drive. AKA They park a couple of feet over ensuring the drop curbs are clear.

The picture is a bit misleading in that due to an outhouse at the side of the house, they is barely enough space for two cars in positions 1 and 2 but no more space left over.

The drive is a no go atm, it would cost thousand to get it levelled and the house foundations braced. When I get a job, we will look at moving to see if we can get a flat drive but I need a solution for now.

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alrightfella · 20/06/2021 22:14

I think the sign that worra liberty has linked to is a great idea. I certainly wouldn't park there if I saw that. Presumably your neighbours are aware too.

Aquamarine1029 · 20/06/2021 22:15

I would get the sign @WorraLiberty gave the link for.

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Worrysaboutalot · 20/06/2021 22:16

@WorraLiberty

How about ]]

Thanks @WorraLiberty that looks perfect.

I might post on our local forum and explain the problem and why I am putting a sign up. It is a village, people talk/gossip, hopefully the word will get around that I am not being an arse, I just need to be able to do the food shopping and not have to worry about parking outside the house.

Last time I was blocked I had to go to my mums house and wait a couple of hours, until my Ring doorbell showed the road space was free, so I relatively dashed home to park quick!

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GhoulWithADragonTattoo · 20/06/2021 22:21

Would a sign in your car asking people to leave space for your wheelchair be more effective?

CannibalQueen · 20/06/2021 22:22

Your council is wrong. Disability bays most def go in residential areas. What’s the point otherwise?

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Worrysaboutalot · 20/06/2021 22:25

@GhoulWithADragonTattoo

Would a sign in your car asking people to leave space for your wheelchair be more effective?

If my car is in the space, I don't need the sign. As I am offloading my chair at the back in front of space 1onto our dropped curb.

It is when I have gone somewhere usually to supermarket for the food shopping and the space outside our house is free for anyone to park in and when I return home, someone else's car is parked there and I am stuck.

My DH is not happy about putting a sign out, but I think it has to help!

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Worrysaboutalot · 20/06/2021 22:31

@CannibalQueen

Your council is wrong. Disability bays most def go in residential areas. What’s the point otherwise?

My council also refuse wheelchair help if you can pull to a standing position at all and only supply inside manual wheelchairs! There is another raft of criteria to get a powerchair. I can walk 6 or so steps (in pain and probably fallen over in that time with double crutches. Therefore the council lady told me I was choosing to use a wheelchair and they do not fund people like me. But try and live your life in 6 step intervals, it doesn't work!

We gave up and spend our savings on an cheap imported chair for me. So now I can take the youngest two to school, do the food shopping and actual drive to my future job (whichever I get)

The next town along does paint residential bays but ours doesn't.

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Peachypeaches · 20/06/2021 22:52

Could you just park completely over the dropped kerb, and your DH just move your car out of the way when he needs to get on or off the drive?

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