Gather in for real-time parking wars

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A house down the road is having some work done and the workmen have parked their van blocking the access road to 40-odd garages. I nicely asked them to move it this morning so I could get out, which they did without and hassle. I came back and they were there again! On-street parking is a nightmare and there were no other spaces so I've blocked them in. I'm several houses down and am in now until 2-ish. There is technically another exit but it's a right pain to get to, so they can try doing a 100-point turn if they like...

Diagram to follow.

@crackofdoom
not even talking about the appalling parking that occurs every time there's an amateur football match on the local playing field. If you're here for exercise why's it so difficult to park your car considerately and walk an extra 50 metres?

I feel your pain.... there is a sports hall at the end of our street and if you walk 100 yards through the alley you arrive at the main town car park with room for 500+ cars.... but no, if I have the misfortune to arrive home after 6 p.m. when keep fit starts I have to park right up at the top of the street instead of outside our house because all the keep-fit women have parked on our street rather than use the car park. Then I have to remember to go out and move the car down when they have pissed off home.
It was chaos this morning when I walked down in to town .... obviously some sports competition going on and cars were parked all over the pavements.... don't they realise that if one of them broke a leg the ambulance wouldn't be able to get through?!

And to find out what happens next 🤣🤣

this is my fav thread ever 😻😻😻

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Love a thread about badly parked cars. A while back the bin men left my big green gardening bin 4 houses along. There was scarcely room to get it past because of three selfish drivers parked on the pavement. Anyone with a buggy or a wheelchair would have to have gone in the road to get around. It was dark and I had my keys in my hand ...

Goodness, really?

very similar name to op!

LOVING the descriptions! The nasty metal sticky-out thing sounds particularly fun to navigate.

The garages on that back road are for the residents in the houses out front?
The driver is an idjit.

I just hope he cannot get you towed.

Yeah sorry, pure coincidence 😊.
afraid Cat can b short for Catherine 🤭

But you said there weren't any on street places to park which is why you blocked them in.

I don't understand how it is ok for you to also block access in and out for neighbours (as well as can man) because you say they can use the other entrance/exit - while you are not willing to use the other entrance/exit.

I have to ask - what;s the Nasty Metal Sticky-Out Thing ?

You could;ve asked the builder if he'd shift it but I think you;ve signed your own death warrant here

Presumably if the builder hadnt blocked the access road some of the people parked on the road would have been in their garages. I'm not clear if access to the garages is from the track or there is some space between the garages and the houses. The builder could park down the dead end if no space on the road then he would only block one or two garages.

I don't understand people defending the driver.
If there is "nowhere else to park", than there is just nowhere to park at all, blocking the access road to people's garages isn't a solution.

I'd understand stopping for a few minutes to unload the tools and than parking further away, but blocking the road and expecting people to come and 'ask nicely' is really stupid.

If its a dropped kerb get Council/Police involved

Finest Mumsnet
sigh

Thought Beavis and Butthead was Cornholio, not Arseholio 😀

All you had to say was I shall need to get back in and other people will be needing to come and go as well.

No need for all this just explain the garage entrance needs to be left clear.
Don't people speak properly anymore?😂

You're being a dick OP. You've said yourself that there was nowhere else to park. They moved their van without issue, they are working in the house right next to where they are parked. They will be in and out of their van all day getting tools, materials etc which will be heavy. I hope they block you in every day just for lols.

I can't believe some of the posters on here. They are obviously parking thread virgins. Don't they realise that the whole point is for the CF parkers to be far more inconvenienced than their effort-saving shenanigans would have been worth. Don't come on here being holier than thou, turn the other cheekers! #Team OP

Could they park in front of the garage belonging to the house being renovated. I’ll opn the wine 🍷

’open’, that’s before I’ve opened the wine!

So it is 😂 maybe I can take credit then 😂😂😂

But b&b must have inspired it maybe.

If there is "nowhere else to park", there is just 'nowhere to park at all". Access road isn't a parking space.
They could stop for a minute, unload the heavy things and park the van somewhere further away. Keeping it there is CF.

Poor builders trying to make a living - such a nightmare trying to park near with tools and plant. Bit mean spirited of your WhatsApp group - not a neighbourhood I would be proud of.

Childish, petty, counterproductive and genuinely a hazard.