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Where to park?

  • 10-07-2014 4:36pm
    #1
    h.bolla
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭


    So theres pay parking in front of the house and the council provided a car park for us. Dont get me wrong its a great spot you could fit 10 cars in it handy and its divided between the 4 neighbours. The car park is enclosed by a 15 foot wall and the only way in is to go down an alley beside the house and there are big wooden gates on the alley and only the 4 of us have the key for gates.

    Anyway, my car is wide yoke and its a real tight drive down. Could be looking at an inch or two either side for an 11 meter drive. Shes a new enough car and I just dont want to be getting it scratched.

    Council reckon Im not entitled to park on the street seeing as they basically gave us a private car park for nothing. If the car wouldnt phsycially fit it would be a different story but apparantly Im just being awkward. Blah blah blah if you drive carefully like your supposed to be driving you wont have anything to worry about yada yada yada...

    Where do I stand now?


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  • #2
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,865 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    I'd be delighted with private, gated parking for free. Take your time or fit parking sensors to the car.

    How big is the car?


  • #3
    celica00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 880 ✭✭✭celica00


    yep that sounds actually lovely, might just takes a few seconds more a day to park?


  • #4
    alias no.9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,339 ✭✭✭alias no.9


    h.bolla wrote: »
    So theres pay parking in front of the house and the council provided a car park for us. Dont get me wrong its a great spot you could fit 10 cars in it handy and its divided between the 4 neighbours. The car park is enclosed by a 15 foot wall and the only way in is to go down an alley beside the house and there are big wooden gates on the alley and only the 4 of us have the key for gates.

    Anyway, my car is wide yoke and its a real tight drive down. Could be looking at an inch or two either side for an 11 meter drive. Shes a new enough car and I just dont want to be getting it scratched.

    Council reckon Im not entitled to park on the street seeing as they basically gave us a private car park for nothing. If the car wouldnt phsycially fit it would be a different story but apparantly Im just being awkward. Blah blah blah if you drive carefully like your supposed to be driving you wont have anything to worry about yada yada yada...

    Where do I stand now?

    Look up their own guidelines for access roads and aisle ways in carparks that they would hold developers to when granting planning for residential or commercial developments. If they don't meet these guidelines, let them know ;).


  • #5
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    alias no.9 wrote: »
    Look up their own guidelines for access roads and aisle ways in carparks that they would hold developers to when granting planning for residential or commercial developments. If they don't meet these guidelines, let them know ;).

    I'm sure they'd happily comply and take 3 feet off the ops house to widen it.:-)


  • #6
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    I'm sure they'd happily comply and take 3 feet off the ops house to widen it.:-)

    Or just close it altogether


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  • #7
    ironclaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Or just close it altogether

    Wouldn't be making too much of a wave about free parking or this could happen.


  • #8
    h.bolla
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭h.bolla


    ironclaw wrote: »
    Wouldn't be making too much of a wave about free parking or this could happen.

    Well Im paying for tickets outside the house.... so doesnt make a whole big bunch of odds if they did close it. Come to think about it, if they did close it then they would be obligated to let us park on the street.


    alias no.9 wrote: »
    Look up their own guidelines for access roads and aisle ways in carparks that they would hold developers to when granting planning for residential or commercial developments. If they don't meet these guidelines, let them know.

    Thats not a bad idea. I'll check that out tomorrow.


  • #9
    whomitconcerns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭whomitconcerns


    What type of car is it?


  • #10
    Brief_Lives
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,178 ✭✭✭Brief_Lives


    alias no.9 wrote: »
    Look up their own guidelines for access roads and aisle ways in carparks that they would hold developers to when granting planning for residential or commercial developments. If they don't meet these guidelines, let them know ;).

    This is the best advice here....

    Before you bought the car, how long have you been living with this free parking situation. What kind of car did you buy, did you realise that there might be a tight squeeze when you bought the car..?


  • #11
    h.bolla
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭h.bolla


    Brief_Lives wrote: »
    This is the best advice here....

    Before you bought the car, how long have you been living with this free parking situation. What kind of car did you buy, did you realise that there might be a tight squeeze when you bought the car..?

    Its a BM. We have had the house for a while but weren't actually living in it. It was only in the past few weeks that I've "moved in" and me moving in wasn't on the agenda when I bought house or car.


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  • #12
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    I was expecting you to say its a Cadillac or something :pac:

    Would a BMW be much bigger than other cars? How do your neighbours manage?


  • #13
    Sabre Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,029 ✭✭✭Sabre Man


    Have you tried collapsing your side mirrors before driving in?


  • #14
    h.bolla
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭h.bolla


    djimi wrote: »
    I was expecting you to say its a Cadillac or something :pac:

    Would a BMW be much bigger than other cars? How do your neighbours manage?

    No the BM is only just slightly bigger than the other cars, but the neighbours think its a tight fit too but they have an extra inch or two to play with.

    Like I said I only have about an inch or so either side and its 11 meters of a drive. I have used the car park the odd time, but sooner or later I will end up scratching it.

    I dont want to lose the car park on the neighbours either. But at same time its no good to me.

    Im half thinking if I got someone to sign me over a van or jeep or something that definitely wont fit, get my clearence for street parking (I think its just a little disc isnt it?) and then sign the van back and then happy days.


  • #15
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,794 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    h.bolla wrote: »
    Im half thinking if I got someone to sign me over a van or jeep or something that definitely wont fit, get my clearence for street parking (I think its just a little disc isnt it?) and then sign the van back and then happy days.

    The disc has the reg on it, and you have to provide, VLC, insurance cert and utility bill to get one.


  • #16
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    I think you'll get used to it a lot quicker than you realise.

    Plus I'd be more sure of ending up with scratches and damage from on street parking.


  • #17
    whomitconcerns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭whomitconcerns


    will get use dto it. I have an a6 and its wide too, pita for city carparks especially college of surgeons, but its doable just keep it slow and take care. Before you know it you will do it in your sleep!


  • #18
    h.bolla
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭h.bolla


    whomitconcerns wrote: »
    will get use dto it. I have an a6 and its wide too, pita for city carparks especially college of surgeons, but its doable just keep it slow and take care. Before you know it you will do it in your sleep!

    Thanks for the advice. I hope you're right, Im thinking now I might just try it and see how it goes. Gonna pick up one of these first though

    w ww . halfords .i e /motoring/car-styling/exterior-protection/halfords-bodywork-protectors-black


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