Parking Wars outside my house. - Page 2

Slokie · 22nd May 2017, 09:04

I must admit, parking is a problem almost everywhere. We have been in our terrace house 10 years. After struggling to get parked in the street for the first two years, i decided to have the front garden block paved, it came at a price but it was the best decision I made, I now have room for two cars although people still park part over the entrance.

Darcydog · 22nd May 2017, 15:11

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Originally Posted by Slokie

I must admit, parking is a problem almost everywhere. We have been in our terrace house 10 years. After struggling to get parked in the street for the first two years, i decided to have the front garden block paved, it came at a price but it was the best decision I made, I now have room for two cars although people still park part over the entrance.

Have you had a drop kerb put in? If so, parking over it is illegal. Friends of ours were dismayed to find out when they converted their front garden to a driveway, that people could block them in, on their driveway, if there was no drop kerb.

Cost them £800 and an eight week wait to get one - but all sorted now.

FLYING BANANA · 22nd May 2017, 15:21

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Originally Posted by Darcydog

Have you had a drop kerb put in? If so, parking over it is illegal. Friends of ours were dismayed to find out when they converted their front garden to a driveway, that people could block them in, on their driveway, if there was no drop kerb.

Cost them £800 and an eight week wait to get one - but all sorted now.

Cost of a dropped kerb in these parts is £1100 and can take up to 3 months to get done.

My neighbour lets me park one car on the hard standing in her front garden. I have lost count of the amount of times I have asked people to move so that I can either get out or even pull in to park. I came home one afternoon and found a car parked on the hard standing. Asked around and found that it belonged to a chap visiting a friend 3 pathways further down the road. He thought you could park on anyone's driveway or hard standing.

MSS · 22nd May 2017, 18:46

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Originally Posted by COLVERT

Totally agree with you. A daily war.-----

We moved to France and I now have a garden I can park 50 cars in.----with the closest neighbour at 50yards.-----Oh joy.

Now, that's just showing off!

BoroRover · 22nd May 2017, 20:32

Reading these posts boy, am I glad I have always had my own drive in a quiet cul-de-sac.

jackatesme · 22nd May 2017, 20:35

I can remember playing football in the street and not a car in sight.

planenut · 23rd May 2017, 16:30

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Originally Posted by Darcydog

Have you had a drop kerb put in? If so, parking over it is illegal. .......

All well and good but try to get someone to enforce it, no chance round here, even if you have a white line.

Just now, over the road from mine, one of the most stupid bits of parking this week.

MSS · 23rd May 2017, 18:32

Perhaps the answer is to exponentially tax multiple cars in a household if parked on a public highway - i.e. a real roadtax.

One car £x% of value

Two cars 2*£x% of value

Three cars 4*£x% of value

Four cars 8*£x% of value

I should be working for the treasury!

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22nd May 2017, 09:04	#11
Slokie Avid contributor MG ZT Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Posts: 139 Thanks: 44 Thanked 12 Times in 10 Posts	I must admit, parking is a problem almost everywhere. We have been in our terrace house 10 years. After struggling to get parked in the street for the first two years, i decided to have the front garden block paved, it came at a price but it was the best decision I made, I now have room for two cars although people still park part over the entrance.

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BoroRover Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Middlesbrough Posts: 1,518 Thanks: 1,861 Thanked 723 Times in 471 Posts	Reading these posts boy, am I glad I have always had my own drive in a quiet cul-de-sac.

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MSS This is my second home Rover 75CDT, Jaguar XF-S 3.0V6, V'xhall Omega V6 Estate, Twintop 1.8VVT, Astra Estate and Corsa 1.2 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7,085 Thanks: 283 Thanked 624 Times in 440 Posts	Perhaps the answer is to exponentially tax multiple cars in a household if parked on a public highway - i.e. a real roadtax. One car £x% of value Two cars 2£x% of value Three cars 4£x% of value Four cars 8*£x% of value I should be working for the treasury!