Parking

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Just a rant really. I live on a Victorian terrace street, all have front gardens. Some have had theirs converted into drive ways so limits the parking even more. I rent so can’t do anything about it. People park so selfishly e.g there would be space for another car if they moved forward. I can never can’t parked near my house, sometimes have to go on the next street which is difficult with a 4 year old and bags of shopping and if I have to park further down people look at their windows and watch me parking. They don’t say anything but there is always curtain twitching and I’ve been stared at a few times for parking near somebody’s else house, when their car is on a drive. There is one household and he has to have his car lined up right outside his front gate so the doors line up with the gate but if he parked different there would be room for another car to park up. Fed up with it. I’ve just been out to put something in the black bin and I’ve actually been blocked in by a van behind so hopefully I’ll be able to get out in the morning for school run. There is also one household who have 4 or 5 cars to one house. Any one else have this problem?

Nope.

‘I have off road parking right outside my house. Everyone parks in their ‘place’ even though it’s not designated, and visitors park opposite. Only once someone parked in my place when I was away and came back early-my son! Those 10 extra steps killed me 😂.

You’re lucky! It’s always my neighbour parked right outside my house and they barely go out so the car is mostly always there and I’m always down the street or on the next one

I would probably move if it bothered me this much.

I once parked outside somebody’s else a bit further down and he came running out and said ‘you need to move, you need to move, I have a skip coming later’. There was never any skip

I'm very lucky to own a house with a big drive. It was one of my absolute musts when buying -I've seen the hell that is shared parking/on road parking and I just couldn't deal with the stress. My parents have no designated parking and as they live in a very popular tourist area they are often left without anywhere to park if they go out in the car. It's a nightmare. Other than moving I don't know what the answer is really (and I fully understand it's not that easy to just pack up and move!). You'll just have to develop a rhino hide and ignore the stares and park where you can.

Please advise! I'm a non driver with no vehicle. Have been living in great, privately owned flat in small block for several months now. My 2 allocated parking spots have been completely left alone, so I've assumed everyone knows who owns which spot. There are also spare slots, used on first cone, first served basis. Today new resident arrived and promptly went into one of my spots. I'm guessing they have no idea it's mine. I have hmgut feeling this will continue, so would like to approach them to try and nip it in the bud. But shouldn't they an allocated one/two of their own anyway? Worst nightmare is to start neighbour bad feeling, and am rightly or wrongly prepared to suggest a bit of leeway as long as I can accommodate my (fairly rare) visitors. As a non driver, I have no personal experience of parking issues, but we'll aware of the hideous disputes that can escalate, and that is the last thing I'd want to happen tbh. All polite views welcome!

I used to live in a row of terraces with no off road parking too. I found it so stressful. I moved to somewhere with allocated parking.

I'm not sure people turning gardens into parking has a negative impact on parking unless the people then choose not to park in their driveway and still park on the street. A driveway entrance is generally about the same size as a parked car

Yep! Same here! To add insult to injury one side of the road is permit parking (my side) the other side isn't. Having a permit doesn't guarantee you a space. Other side of the road wait until 4pm when the oermit parking ends, rush out and park their cars. Same at weekends as permits are not enforced at weekends. We also have people parking across 2 spaces to save a space for the households second car. At one point people were putting out wheelie bins to save spaces but that's stopped now thank god. It's just carnage really. We plan to move & get a house with a drive. I really feel your pain!

No leeway! If you leave it to continue, they will never stop.

Put a note on their car saying these 2 spots are yours and they must park elsewhere.

Also, you will get more responses if you start your own thread.

We did when we lived in a terraced house but it never bothered me.

You can't expect to have the advantage of private parking if you have no private parking space.

Sorry OP but you chose this house. I used to live on a similar road but it was pre kids, only one car etc. once kids came along a driveway was a 100% prerequisite. People aren't doing it to piss you off, they're all just trying to park near, as are you.

Yes 5 parking spaces. One dickhead has a car which is sorn and the other dickhead allows her guest to park in the other 3 which means I sometimes cannot park outside my house and have to leave bags in my car until her guest move.
Not allocated spaces so can't say anything but blank both of them

It's frustrating OP, but it is what it is if you live on a terraced street.