to want to park my car outside someone else's house all day for free?

[ferndalee]

Really annoyed as council has decided to implement a residents parking zone round all the streets near our station. Apparently residents have complained about commuters parking in 'their' street all day for free instead of using the station car park. But the station car park is quite expensive and you have to get there really in the morning to guarantee a parking space.

I really don't understand why residents are annoyed people like me park outside their house during the day? It's not as if we're parked in their front garden or causing a nuisance. I understand that residents probably get annoyed that they might not be able to park their own cars because of commuters but shouldn't they have thought of this before they bough their house? Its a bit like people who live near schools complaining about people parking in their roads for the school pick-up.

The language the council has used in their leaflets is inflammatory as well, they talk about commuters 'dumping their cars for free all day' in these residential streets. This is rubbish as the highways agency own the road not the residents! They have no right to complain!

"but shouldn't they have thought of this before they bough their house?"

Shouldn't you have thought about it when you bought a house miles from the station?

Snap, OrmIrian, cross-post

OP you really highlight all that is wrong with society today. me me me, want want want without thinking about anyone esle, hello you are not the only one living in this world

Please all now go and give me advice on my neighbours vans multiplying all over our road!! Just posted it but it prob doesn't sound as much of a good punch up as this one.

Does anyone know if this is allowed.

Help!

its not the home owners fault that you cant afford to live so far from work
either move or get a new job if you cant afford a carpark

YABU.
I am presuming you are a considerate driver/parker but there are many people who aren't and do block driveways etc.
It is worse inour town because people use our residential streets for free airport parking with cars parked badly for two weeks. As a result the council have put in residential parking permits and the problem has pretty much disappeared and everyone is happy.
Perhaps you could direct your energy and frustration at the council - encouraging them to provide cheaper car parks and better public transport????

YABU... it's bloody infuriating when you can't park outside your own house.

I think the vast majority of posters will also think you're being unreasonable....

Get your hard hat ready.....

Great minds and all that mothering.

There is a big difference between parking in front of someone's house as an occasional visitor to the area and parking every single day so that the residents can never park their own cars there, have problems getting in and out of their own drives or allow their own visitors the convenience of parking outside the house.

PMSL @ "But I don't see why I should have to pay for parking". Are you aware how self-pitying that sounds?

YABU - we are moving in a couple of weeks and as we have to use the train to commute to work, we only looked at houses that were walking distance to the station. Yes, we could have an extra bedroom for the same budget slightly further out, but I assumed we'd then have to budget parking at the station or face these issues.

If you don't like the council car park prices, you could start a campaign to get them lowered.

Or see if there's other companies/organisations locally who will rent you a car park space for less (My FIL for years rented a space from the Conservative Club across the road from his local station - paid yearly the same as 1 month in the council carpark, he just had to make sure he was out of the space by 7pm on nights they had meetings).

Movingoutofblightly, you must live in the same street as me, some days i cant park in my own street which gets annoying with a baby and shopping and concern over my car, all because of several work vans by the family opposite my house

YAB unbelievably U. If all the places are taken because commuters are too tight to pay parking where are the residents supposed to park?

ooh hope someone puts a banana up your exhaust

Sorry to hijack but... it is so annoying, isnt it Poppy!

Honestly, can anyone help with this?

BTW - ferndalee. I hope that when you get back in your car after a long day of commuting/working, you are able to find a nice space outside your house. Just happy that the residents around the station will also have that honour soon.

Oooh, don't get me started. You are vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv unreasonable.

Even with a resident's zone where i lived in London, people from the outskirts (but still less than a mile) of the zone would park outside my house to get to Greenwich station. One particular woman did so every day which meant when I got back from taking DS1 to nursery (I was pg, on mat leave and had SPD), I had to park 3 streets away as she'd nabbed my space. I left a note for her asking nicely if she could park elsewhere or walk and then saw her when she got back to her car that afternoon - went to talk to her. She was bloody rude and insulting and basically said tough luck, not my problem you are pg (of course)and she could park anywhere in the zone she liked. I said legally that was correct, morally not so much. For my trouble, she then put in an objection to my planning request to have a tree taken down in my garden.Bitch. Sorry, still needing to rant. This was 5 years ago!! So, pay for a parking space and don't be so bloody selfish.

YABU. I live in a street where there is a pub across the road, it has a huge car park, which is never full (you can see into it from our house) and yet people are always parking in front of our house and strolling over to the pub, DH thinks they are planning to drink drive and want to pretend they are walking, it's bloody irritating, even more so if you think they might be manoevring (sp?) around your house/car/kids when pissed.

'shouldn't they have thought of this before they bought their house?'

shouldn't you have thought before you agreed to your current work location?

'....causing a nuisance' well actually you are if you arrive early and cars disturb the residents if the road would otherwise be quiet. Additionally if you are blocking a space and they arrive and find they have to park miles away from their own home (perhaps with shopping or children in tow).

[dons hard hat with stewiegriffinsmom]

I do have some sympathy for OP. We are forever being told to take public transport but they don't make it easy, do they - shouldn't station parking be plenteous and free to encourage people to take the train?

ooo look what happens when you read the title and post without reading the rest of the thread.

YANBU - depending really.

some areas these zones aren't creatd because residents want them - they are created as part of council anti-cars poicies.

where i work, the 'residents parking' area is completely empty, as most people tat live there also work, and use their car to commute - therefore don't need the space from 8-6 every day. The street just outside the area is rammed with my colleagues cars.

it was created by the council to get shoppers to use their expensive car parks. and the equally expensive hospital car park.

in some areas, yes it is the only way people ecan ever park near their own house...in brighton it works that only long term residents have a hope of ever getting parking withour paying due to the 18mth waiting list ffor permits.

so although everyone is queuing up to yabu you, i really think it depends on the precise kind of area it is.

If you parked outside my house all day every day you might come back to see one or more of your tyres let down.

You are being VVVVVVV unreasonable.

Thats what is wrong with society these days,your bleating attitude,me me me.

Get ontpo the station to provide another carpark further away and a bus service to the station - if the residence can get something done so can you.

• local supermarkets in some areas are now providing this type of parking and a bus service. Due to people activley getting onto the council cos there wasn't enough parking at the staion near them.

Some drivers use a folding bike and park further away - as over the year a folding bike pays for itself

NU at all. Resident's parking around rail stations has been spreading further and further out. The government and environment want us not to use our cars but use public transport instead and YET in reality the Local authorities are making it impossible for people to park near stations. With journey times of hours rather than minutes from outer London already the prospect of adding a bus journey at the suburb and now RURAL stations is just further punishment. You are not unreasonable at all.

We have residents parking only and still people park here - one woman constantly parks outside our house!! We dont even live near a station, our permit costs just £10 a year which is pretty good. OP I think you need to look at alternatives now and just accept that you have been lucky to get free parking up until now, most places are residential only close to busy areas.