I'm having neighbourly tensions over parking.
Basically to the side of our little row of houses, there is a row of 6 parking bays. Previous to moving in, these were occupied by the car of the chap that lives on that end of the houses, next-door's transit, another neighbour's transit, and their panel van conversion that they use for bike racing.
Historically the 2 transits have had the 4 middle spaces to themselves and used to park over a couple of spaces each, but obviously there is still space for MoHo.
So first time I parked within a bay, which made it a bit tight either side for the transits too, making getting into any vehicle difficult. So last time I parked straddling a couple of bays, giving each transit a space and a half either side. This seemed fine to me as long as it doesn't annoy anybody.
Only, every time we go away in MoHo for a weekend we come home to find that the two transits have positioned themselves to take up the spaces to not leave any room to get back in.
Last night before putting MoHo back, I went round to the neighbours to sort out parking; my intention just to arrange with him a way of parking that would be mutually agreeable (our previous arrangement seemed to work ok). He was a bit busy, so said he's pop over later. He didn;t.
So I left MoHo outside the house until this morning. I was going to go out and ask him again as he left for work, but it seemed on seeing me he waited inside his house, and basically it seemed he was holding out until I'd left before he moved his van. He went. I moved MoHo. I have left the same gaps as previously.
this sort of thing is mildly annoying, and a bit childish. I just want to come to some arrangement. I don't want to pee off the neighbours. But bottom line is these are un-allocated parking spaces, they have no claim on any of them. And it appears to me that the two transits view those as their spaces, and are collaborating to prevent me from parking the MH.
It means that everytime we return from having a nice trip away, I have a sick feeling on anticipation of having to do this all again. :Sad:
Any one experience similar tensions? How did you resolve it?
Basically to the side of our little row of houses, there is a row of 6 parking bays. Previous to moving in, these were occupied by the car of the chap that lives on that end of the houses, next-door's transit, another neighbour's transit, and their panel van conversion that they use for bike racing.
Historically the 2 transits have had the 4 middle spaces to themselves and used to park over a couple of spaces each, but obviously there is still space for MoHo.
So first time I parked within a bay, which made it a bit tight either side for the transits too, making getting into any vehicle difficult. So last time I parked straddling a couple of bays, giving each transit a space and a half either side. This seemed fine to me as long as it doesn't annoy anybody.
Only, every time we go away in MoHo for a weekend we come home to find that the two transits have positioned themselves to take up the spaces to not leave any room to get back in.
Last night before putting MoHo back, I went round to the neighbours to sort out parking; my intention just to arrange with him a way of parking that would be mutually agreeable (our previous arrangement seemed to work ok). He was a bit busy, so said he's pop over later. He didn;t.
So I left MoHo outside the house until this morning. I was going to go out and ask him again as he left for work, but it seemed on seeing me he waited inside his house, and basically it seemed he was holding out until I'd left before he moved his van. He went. I moved MoHo. I have left the same gaps as previously.
this sort of thing is mildly annoying, and a bit childish. I just want to come to some arrangement. I don't want to pee off the neighbours. But bottom line is these are un-allocated parking spaces, they have no claim on any of them. And it appears to me that the two transits view those as their spaces, and are collaborating to prevent me from parking the MH.
It means that everytime we return from having a nice trip away, I have a sick feeling on anticipation of having to do this all again. :Sad:
Any one experience similar tensions? How did you resolve it?
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what a sad place if this happens on a regular basis and nobody does anything. The local residents have asked for parking permits and the council have refused on the basis that this would affect local shops :Angry:Try and make friends with neighbours its the only way that you can get on
