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

[Worrysaboutalot]

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?

Have you contacted your local councillor about this? They might just be interested in being helpful if it looks good when it comes to the next elections.

[quote Worrysaboutalot]@Womendohavevaginasnick Love the name Thank you that link, I will apply for help from them.[/quote]
I hope they can help you

My dad has a similar sign to the one linked to above which seems to work well and there are some quite ‘challenging’ people down his road. Parents live in a bungalow with no driveway, on a slope and a bend - dad needs a mobility scooter and somewhere safe to load/unload it. Council similarly refused a disabled bay.

Hopefully a 'wheelchair user' sign would work, but no-one should be parking there anyway as there is a dropped kerb and driveway entrance.

Can you just park differently right across the driveway and your husband parks elsewhere on the road?

Apologies if I've misunderstood but I do think you should adapt your drive if you can (and if council won't paint a disabled bay). It LOOKS (and may look to others parking) as though you already have 2 off road spaces but want to stop people parking in an otherwise reasonable place. If it is really not reasonable for you to do that, you need a painted bay (can the council do that if you pay for it?).

Our council mark disabled bays in residential areas, but only where the person doesn't have off-street parking.

Organise a couple of guys to paint a bay for you while wearing yellow vests. Unless you’ve told everyone that you can’t get one painted, they’ll just accept it.

I don't think YABU. There is a sign some bungalows have around this area and they have this sign if it's any good?

Am I right in understanding that your husband is not disabled?
You could park on your drive and then your husband can find his own parking space on the street. Or drop your wall and have gates all the way across.

@AllTheUsernamesAreAlreadyTaken

Am I right in understanding that your husband is not disabled? You could park on your drive and then your husband can find his own parking space on the street. Or drop your wall and have gates all the way across.

If I dropped the garden wall there would be 6 foot wall of earth. As the house and garden are much higher than the pavement. Too much work and expense to get that dug out atm However that is an option when I successfully get a job. So on my list as a long term option.

The problem with the drive is the steepness of it plus the bad repair.

My husband is happy to park on the drive or on the street, wherever suits me. This nothing to do with him or his car. He is flexible, it is me who is being awkward!

This afternoon I spoke to the council blue badge department and they suggested I try the sign as a first option.

She then asked me to email two departments...highways and street care. I am to explain my problem and see if they can help. She mentioned painting H lines on the road and extending our dropped curb. So I will send an email and see if they can suggest anything.

@Spanielsarepainless

Our council mark disabled bays in residential areas, but only where the person doesn't have off-street parking.

So the answer is to put a fence up so it's a front yard not a drive 😉

Sign has arrived. Waiting until DH has time/right things to put it up on our garden wall.
Then fingers crossed, the sign will work!

@Worrysaboutalot I would if I were you.

Ooooops, cross post. Didn't read the full thread!

All the best @Worrysaboutalot Hope your sign works!

@FlaminEckVera

Ooooops, cross post. Didn't read the full thread!

All the best @Worrysaboutalot Hope your sign works!

Thank you

You can put a sign up, but it can’t be enforced so people are likely to still park there

I accept your drive will cost thousands, but that’s not the problem of anyone who needs to also park on the road

And before anyone has a go at me over my comments i have three disabled family members, two of whom use wheelchairs so I get it , but i also know we have big parking issues in our area

So as I say put the sign up, but be prepared for it to be ignored

@Worrysaboutalot

Yes, I have a blue badge.

If I parked fully on our own drop curb. I would have to unload my chair onto a grassy area, which my power chair won't run on. So I would be stuck on the grass verge outside our house until my husband could come out and off load my chair onto the road and help me to it. So I can dangerously drive on the road to the very bottom where there is a well maintain drop curb I can use and then ride back up on the pavement and into my house. Not such a big deal whilst he works from home but will be harder when he is working in a town 2 hour drive away.

Yes, it is not the councils fault that my drive is in bad repair but it is not my fault I can barely walk now either!

If the council had helped us and hadn't forced us to spend £8k on basic essential aids like wheelchair and ramps, we would have money to mend our drive but they didn't help us and now we have no savings left. What are we meant to do!

You could still have and still could apply for disability facilities grants though.

I don't think that if you have the funds to support yourself that the council should have to cover all your households expenses per se. You can research other grants and apply for PIP if you haven't already claimed (wasn't sure whether you had re the mobility car).

You can put a sign up but if your road is anthing like mine people won’t listen. In my road every house has 3-4 cars so if that space was free I’d take it sorry. You have 2 spaces to use and it’s not blocking your drive so isn’t forceable. I do hope your neighbours are decent though. I know what it’s like to be disabled and needing help.

Also it’s not the councils responsibility to fund any aids like you say. They don’t owe you 8k for what you paid out. They don’t have the budget or funds to pay for everyone’s requirements sadly. They do offer basics but the rest you pay for yourself.

Most councils do place disability road markings on residential streets.

Which council? I’d lobby your MP

@CharlotteRose90

Also it’s not the councils responsibility to fund any aids like you say. They don’t owe you 8k for what you paid out. They don’t have the budget or funds to pay for everyone’s requirements sadly. They do offer basics but the rest you pay for yourself.

You having a laugh? Wheelchair and ramps? Yes this should be funded.

@leopardspotsdotdotdot it should be but most of the time it’s not. Trust me they provide the basics but fuck all else. They tell you to get grants and benefits to fund it

@leopardspotsdotdotdot also I think OP has an electric wheelchair. The council only provide manual ones orr sometimes will give money
Towards an electric one .