Motorhome parked on the street

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Curious if people know if there's anything we can do about this or just have to live with it. Neighbour across the road seems to have acquired a motorhome, and it's parked on the street. Tbh we'd been hoping it was a temporary thing, eg that he perhaps he had had it in storage and was going away, but it's not shifted in two weeks so I'm guessing not. The motorhome is enormous. I'm not very good at guessing size, but it has six wheels and it's really tall. Its longer than the width of the house it's parked outside.

Our street is old terrace houses, and it's narrow so there's only parking on one side, parking is tight at the best of times. It's always a bit annoying when there's extra vehicles added to the mix, but buying a vehicle this size just seems bonkers when there's little parking. Tbh I'm amazed he even got it on the street, as it's tight T junctions at each end, the bin lorries can't always make it!

I had a look online and can't see anything about restrictions for parking, only that vehicles can't be slept in. I thought local restrictions on parking large vehicles was a common thing, but seems maybe it's covenants on newer estates? Is it something we're just going to have to get used to?

Im trying not to be 'that' neighbour, but it doesn't help that the person who has bought this isnt someone we particularly like - they're quite anti social, eg they'll store junk outside the house, park their car where someone's tried to reserve a spot for a skip delivery, that sort of thing. And this thing is particularly ugly! It looks quite old and not in the best condition. I feel sorry for the neighbour whose house it's directly outside!

If is taxed and insured, and it has an MOT, I don't think there is anything you can do about it.

If its a narrow street then phone the council, say the bin men were having difficulty doing their job.

Keep phoning and complaining.

Would emergency services be able to get past if needed?

That's already a recurring issue where we live, I don't think this vehicle is unusual in that sense. Our fire service actually use smaller vehicles for that reason.

It won't affect the bin lorry as it's halfway down the street, they have an issue when cars are parked too close to the end of the street especially if double parked and they can't swing in. (Sorry I know I mentioned it's parking on one side only, some people do double park but go right up on the pavement which obviously isn't right either)

Ah that's annoying! I haven't actually checked though I'd feel a bit keen going down that route. It's a possibility, same neighbour has previously left broken down cars on the street and I remember at least one being clamped because it wasn't taxed I think (can't remember exactly but it had big stickers on it referring to the clamp)

If it’s not affecting the bin men or emergency vehicles, it’s tax and insured then there’s nothing you can do.

This sounds very much like the road my friend lives in, right down to the bin men having trouble turning into the street. Sadly I don't think there is anything you can do but do complain to the council. In my friends street, a drugs dealer parked a caravan (not motorhome) at the end, hooked up electricity to the lamp post and proceeded to deal from it. After numerous complaints to the police and council, it took three months for it to be moved.

Just to add, the caravan had no number plate and wasn't taxed or insured. Police said it was classed as a skip! Eventually the bin men complained and I believe that is why it was eventually dealt with.

It isn't a short term solution, but would people on the street be willing to lobby councillors for residents parking restrictions? The council can introduce any bye-laws they want (within reason) including numbers and sizes of vehicles.

I live on a similar type of street, the house across the road has 3 blokes living in it and, between them, they have 2 massive transit vans and 2 large cars.

There is monstrosity of an ancient camper van parked on the street next to ours. I often wonder at their gall.

It is worth checking with the council. We had a neighbour park a minibus on the road and the council prevented them from keeping it there overnight. I think different councils have different rules about this sort of thing.

Sorry OP, but I think you've taken against the owner of this vehicle, and anything they do is going to irritate you. He owns a vehicle, and if he pays his taxes and it has an MOT, he's just as entitled to park it on this, or any other road, as you are. The fact that you don't like the look of the vehicle, kind of makes me wonder whether this is sheer snobbery on your part??

There’s absolutely nothing you can do. I lived in a village where a bloke was running a motorhome hire business and parking his 6 odd homes on the roadway. Not in his street, mind - he was parking them on other people’s residential roads. The parish council was unable to do anything.

Not sure how you got that from my post. Our street is full of work vans and all sorts, I'm not concerned about it being a 'naice' area. I genuinely didn't think you could park a vehicle this size on a residential street. It's absolutely huge. I know you can't park caravans and this is far bigger, I'm surprised that one is legal and the other isn't. And in terms of how it looks, it's hard not to see it as an eyesore. It isn't in good condition, I suspect it's a bit of a 'project'. He already has an estate and a van so it seems pretty selfish to me to add this. He lives alone!

I don't actively dislike him, but whereas other neighbours tend to be quite considerate, he noticeably isn't. I know his immediate neighbour and she's had trouble with him leaving rubbish in the garden attracting rats, and climbing over her fence to break into his house at the back when he was locked out. He doesn't say acknowledge you if you say hi. I think it you have a relationship with a neighbour you're more likely to be understanding/let things go.

We had neighbours that had a camper van that they used two weeks of the year. Rest of time they parked it in the road opposite their drive - half in the road and half on the pavement. Right PIA as it was quite a narrow road - couldn't do anything about it as taxed and insured. This went on for 5 years till they moved away.

We have a few converted campers on our street, bit annoying re the limited parking as they tend to be second or third vehicles, but at least they move. I genuinely wonder how he'll get this thing off the street if he ever does want to take it anywhere. I can't imagine what the turning circle would be.

We also have this. Except it’s used for about 2 days a year. And they have a drive which it fits on.

He seems to keep all his diy stuff in it uses it to visit b and q. Drives all the neighbours nuts.

If it's kept on his drive, why does it drive you all nuts?

A genuine question here, why do people not like motorhomes unless they have one?

I don't think there's a thing you can do, either. In a residential area near me, the parking restrictions, or lack, mean that at certain times of the day, emergency services can't get down the roads. The council thinks this is very reasonable

Yet your posts more or less confirms the question you were trying to dispute.

It might be worth finding out what it's likely to weigh as sometimes the weight of a vehicle is a factor on whether it can be parked permanently on a residential street. One of my neighbours acquired a fire engine and thought it'd be fine parked outside our house. But it wasn't as it was too heavy. Worth checking.

He doesn’t keep it on his drive! Ever!

He parks it on the road. Taking up 2 parking spaces. AND, and this drives me crazy, when he takes his motorhime for its monthly visit to fucking b and q he ‘saves’ its spot by parking his car there.

Arrrrrrrgh.

My NDN has a real thing about them, also about vans generally. She's always moaning about a motorhome owned by some people further down

When we had a one for a few years, we parked it on the drive and she hated it because it blocked her view along the street. Before going away, we left it on the road overnight instead of on the sloping drive so that the coolant in the fridge levelled, otherwise the fridge wouldn't work (don't ask me to explain, Mr L googled reasons why the fridge wasn't working).

Then she moaned about it being on the road.

Before my ex and I split, she also moaned about my ex's work van being parked on the drive. I explained that it was full of expensive kit that wasn't insured if it was on the road, and she asked why he couldn't leave it at work. She grudgingly accepted that he was on call and his work base was 40 miles away.

Funnily enough, she was less moany when the lock on her front door broke, and he happened to have a lock on the van, and used the conveniently handy tools to fit it for her.

I hate people like this

Where i used to live, there was parking for 3 spaces. The neighbours got themselves an suv, then applied for a disabled parking space, leaving a tiny space for two small cars, and then had the cheek to park their saloon car in the available space so no-one else could park there! Shitty selfish people

I dunno if you can complain, but I'd see what your other neighbours think x