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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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Original poster

LightningOne · 13/10/2018 14:20

Thank you all for your kind and helpful messages. To answer some of the questions many of you had:

Yes a permit would be PER car so cannot be transferred from one person's car to another day to day.
The permit has to be paid for a year (cannot be paid monthly) so can't take turns buying the permit. 3)A maximum of 3 yearly permits can be bought per household.

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EdisonLightBulb · 15/10/2018 02:39

You house mate is deluded. You either get the landlord to renegotiate his portion of the rent as he is effectively renting more of the property by having exclusive use of the drive or he and the other tenant with a car share the cost of the permit with you a third each. and you use the permit.

Or you have the drive a week about and park and walk.

helacells · 15/10/2018 03:16

I can't get past you living with 6 people!

flumpybear · 15/10/2018 03:39

Can you buy a visitors permit? Ifnyes then do they an have by the door for whomever is the person who needs it that day

JosellaPlayton · 15/10/2018 04:25

There are a few fair solutions, for example:
-Split the cost of a permit 3 ways, you draw straws for who has the permit and parks on the street versus the 2 driveway spots; straws to be drawn again when the permit expires in a year
-You all get permits and you do first come/first serve on the driveway spots
-You agree to park on the street but they pay more rent and whilst you get a reduction because their rooms essentially come with free parking

If they refuse to entertain any of the above then I’d get the permit but park on the drive anyway whenever there’s a free spot. If you’re there first it will serve them right to have to pay on a meter or get a parking ticket.

Shadow1234 · 15/10/2018 04:29

I agree with you on this one. Definitely first come first serve basis, and all have a permit.

But what will happen if other tenants get cars (seeing as only 3 permits per household). You could effectively end up with 6 cars, only 3 permits and the driveway to argue over!!

recklessgran · 21/10/2018 13:15

Fine, if they won't agree don't bother arguing. You buy a permit but if home first you park on the drive as you are perfectly entitled to do. If they get home and can't park on the drive it's their problem not yours. It will be up to them whether they choose to park on the road without a permit and get a fine or decide to get their own permit. I certainly wouldn't be worrying about them or allowing myself to be bullied in this way - they're trying it on with you OP. Each resident needs to take responsibility for their own vehicle permit surely?

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