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House share - disagreement about parking! Please help

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LightningOne · 07/10/2018 17:52

Hi all,
I live in a rented house share of 6 people in total including myself (in UK). There's been recent news about possibly having to pay a permit for parking (~£50 to ~60) in the coming months. 2 of my housemates have already got cars and have been parking in the driveway. I recently got a car (a few months back) which is at my parent's place right now.

When a housemate mentioned this permit thing to me, I mentioned to him about me bringing a car I got recently to the house soon-ish (next few weeks). He said he didn't realize that and that I should pay for a permit and park on the street?! yet he and the other housemate should be able to use the driveway and not park on the street (i.e. not pay the permit cost either) simply because he and the other housemate had been using the driveway first?!

Yet I have been a tenant in this house for longer than ANY of the housemates including him (so technically I was at the house first( and I also pay more than most housemates monthly for rent (due to room size). Only reason I hadn't gotten a car until recently was due to saving up enough cash. I think it's very unfair for him to expect me to park on the street always AND be the only one paying the permit. The other tenants who don't have a car are moving out soon funnily enough and he suggests all new tenants should be asked to pay the permit and park on the road.

I completely disagree and think the driveway should be "first come first serve" and can be parked in by any housemate if one of the two spaces in the driveway are empty i.e. we should all get parking permits in the case one of us needs to park on the road if the other two have parked on driveway. Obviously, driveway parking has positive implications for both insurance and generally safety so definitely don't think it should just be granted exclusively to one or 2 housemates simply coz they used it first.

Otherwise I would suggest splitting one permit's cost but cannot do that as it will be a permit per car so not fair either.

Lovely mums - pet me know your thoughts :) :)

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LightningOne · 07/10/2018 17:54

please let me know your thoughts :)

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PestoSurfissimos · 07/10/2018 17:56

I’m with you on this. I think you all need a permit and whoever’s home first parks on the driveway. It’s for sharing between all of you.

HouseOfGoldandBones · 07/10/2018 17:57

For what length of time are the permits for?

Given you all want to use the driveway & that's not possible, could you agree that you take turns to buy a permit, one month at a time.

That would seem to be the fairest way of doing it, but make sure you draw something up, just in case of "changes of minds"

Iloveacurry · 07/10/2018 17:58

You all get permits and whosever home first parks on the driveway. How much is the permit anyway?

Singlenotsingle · 07/10/2018 17:58

I agree with you. No reason why any one person should get free parking on the driveway, rather than the others. It should be first home gets the driveway. Permits are paid for equally by everybody, all sharing the cost.

Aprilislonggone · 07/10/2018 18:00

Split the cost of permits between all of you. Whoever gets home first parks on the drive and others use road with permit. Then everyone pays, everyone can use drive /road equally.

6SpringCats · 07/10/2018 18:01

Or you change the rent split so those that park on the drive pay more to cover the cost of the permit for the others?

Mummyshark2018 · 07/10/2018 18:04

Are permits registered to a particular car/person? If not I would agree to buy one between the 3 of you and leave it in the house. However back last uses gets the permit and parks in the street

FiveNightsAtMummys · 07/10/2018 18:10

Could one of you agree to park on the street but the other 2 who can park on the drive pay for the permit? That seems fair to me

Spam88 · 07/10/2018 18:15

Cost should be split equally between all car users. So all split the cost of one permit if that's possible and whoever is home last uses it, or if they're car-specific then you'll just have to buy one each.

HSMMaCM · 07/10/2018 18:20

I agree that if they're being allocated driveway parking, then their share of the rent should increase. Or, if they want it as they said with new people getting permits, then you, as the longest inhabitant, should get a drive space by their logic.

steppemum · 07/10/2018 18:22

I like th eidea of talking about the rent

I have the biggest room so pay the most
But you have exclusive use of the driveway

So, either we include the drive in your rent, and renegotiate the rent split, or we don't and then we all get permits.

A couple of things to consider:

how many permits allowed per house?
How long do they last for the price (may not be worth getting one each, so negotiating driveway and splitting the cost)
Once permits are enforced, what about visitors? Where will they park? You may want to be able to move off the drive to let visitors on to it

unexpectedtwist · 07/10/2018 18:30

One permit, cost split between 3. Insurance isn't loads higher for street parking.

If it's per car you draw straws for the person who street parks each time a new permit is due.

irunlikeahipoo · 08/10/2018 18:08

Where I live with if you have a drive for say 2 cars and need a permit for third / forth car then only 2 people can get a permit the other two are expected to park on the drive
It’s just a case of registering your car first before the others do 😂
Extra permits are £1 per day bought in batches of 50
But you don’t need a permit on weekends and after 5pm -7am

irunlikeahipoo · 08/10/2018 18:09

what I meant is that where I live you would only get two permits as you have a driveway for two cars
Any further cars would need a residents visitor permit which is daily

Idratherhaveacupoftea · 08/10/2018 18:10

Permits are provided to a particular car, you can't use it for different cars. So everyone has to have their own.

Aprilislonggone · 08/10/2018 18:29

We have assigned permits and open ones for guests.

YouDancin · 08/10/2018 18:37

I don't think the person getting home first gets the space is particularly fair either. I'd do a rota of month on month off as otherwise the person who works closest to home gets the space by default.

LikeARedBalloon · 08/10/2018 18:48

Where I live properties are only allowed 1 permit per address so you wouldn't be able to get 3 permits for one address. Might be worth checking. I think I'd pull straws and loser gets the permit that year. Pull straws each year.

RandomMess · 08/10/2018 18:50

One car needs the permit (assuming that is how it works) but all 3 pay for it IMHO

Draw lots for who has to park on the street.

SolidarityGdansk · 08/10/2018 18:54

Is the permit generally useful in your area?

My permit is valid in my street plus quite a few other useful areas I. My borough.

I would prefer a permit!

NameChangeyMcChangerson · 08/10/2018 19:01

Surely it's a total waste of money to buy three permits when you only need one? I agree that you should all pay, but by splitting the cost of one permit. If you can't do the rotate each month thing (where I live permits last a year) then draw lots for it, or as pp have suggested the two with parking on the drive should pay extra rent.

You're not going to be able to insure the car as always on the drive under your proposed system, incidentally.

serbska · 09/10/2018 11:08

Buy one permit but you all three car driver split the cost.

MaybeDoctor · 09/10/2018 11:32

You all need to have a permit, as you can't assume that the driveway is always going to be available. For example, what if the landlord decided to do some work and put a skip there for a period of time?

It is unlikely that the permit will be transferrable from car to car, as councils are wise to that these days! Where I previously lived each permit was only registered to a specific car. The car also had to be registered to that address.

Definitely look into the details before getting into any kind of agreement or deal with your housemates!

Keeptrudging · 09/10/2018 11:37

You buy a permit, leaving the existing 2 to park on the drive. Their rent rises by half each of the cost of your permit, yours reduces by cost of permit. That would be easiest and fairest.

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