Parking outside someone's house for days

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My mother lives beside a bus route that goes directly to the airport. Last Christmas someone parked their car outside her house the day before Christmas Eve and didn't come back for it until New Year's Day.

This morning a couple parked outside her gate, took suitcases out of the boot and went across to the bus stop. She reckons they've probably gone away for Christmas and the car will be left there.

I know it's a public road, and they're entitled to do it. But she finds it annoying when the space outside her house is taken over for days on end, particularly at a time of year when she'll have a lot of visitors. I can see her point of view, and just wonder if other people would do this?

There's a blank wall almost opposite her house, and I can't understand why people don't park there first. My mother reckons they feel their car is safer if it's in full view of a house.

MagicIRL

Grab a few lads and pick the ****er up and move it. Problem solved. Or leave a passive aggressive note*.

*You can then photograph yourself doing this in the hope of going viral and can look forward to being posted on TheJuunral.ie, which we all know should be the equivalent of a second Christmas for you and is something every Irishman and Irishwoman aspires to someday.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

As you say, it's a public road so as long as they aren't blocking access then it's fine. It wouldn't really annoy me, nor did it in the past when I experienced the same thing.

Renegade Mechanic

Be an awful shame if some drunken lout drove his car into it, then drove off at 3am when no one could see anything because they were asleep and he was gone when they came out

gramar

Tell the guards there is a strange ticking noise coming from the car. They'll send the bomb squad around. Controlled explosion. Problem solved.

StupidLikeAFox

You could put up a no parking sign - its not legally enforceable but it would make people think twice. Just don't get caught putting it up

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

MagicIRL wrote: »

Grab a few lads and pick the ****er up and move it. Problem solved. Or leave a passive aggressive note*.

*You can then photograph yourself doing this in the hope of going viral and can look forward to being posted on TheJuunral.ie, which we all know should be the equivalent of a second Christmas for you and is something every Irishman and Irishwoman aspires to someday.

Yes, propose an illegal action to counter a perfectly legal one. :rolleyes:

Tefral

Cars where the number plates happen to fall off say due to bad weather or some other unfortunate event are lifted by the Gardai as they are deemed abandoned, be a shame for that to happen to them.

jon1981

I'm in a similar situation OP in that we have on street parking right outside our home and to be honest it's swings and roundabouts. Some days I'd have a rake of family over parked all over the road and probably annoys other owners and other days I'm on the other end of it and can't park outside my home.

The "legal" solution?

Get a driveway if the property can accommodate it.

Hercule Poirot

Spray the car a fabulous colour, like magenta with a hint of cherry blossom, and then if asked by the owners say that it was nothing to do with you, they parked the car there of their own accord, didn't notify you how long they were leaving it there or even ask you to keep an eye on it - and then wish them a happy new year, apparently that's the done thing now

Renegade Mechanic

Lindsey Future Underpants wrote: »

Yes, propose an illegal action to counter a perfectly legal one. :rolleyes:

It's only illegal if yer caught!
You had ti have your car in gear as well as handbraked back at the phases, or four lads would pick up the back and roll the feckin thing anywhere on ya, we were ****ers for it

namloc1980

Report the car as abandoned to the Gardai and hope they impound it. Let the hilarity ensue when the owners return to find their vehicle gone.....I'm being serious.

WoollyRedHat

Does your mum have a driveway? Get her to park her car in the relevant spot in future, then rent out the driveway space to holidayers.

Pinch Flat

Public road without any parking restrictions? Nothing you can do.

People seem to have this weird idea that they own the road space outside their own property.

osarusan

Unless it's the same people every year, damaging the car/having it removed will do nothing to stop it happening again.

jon1981

To my previous post, get a driveway if it bothers you, otherwise suck it up.

Lucyfur

Do you live near the sea? You should roll the car into the sea.

namloc1980

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Public road without any parking restrictions? Nothing you can do.

People seem to have this weird idea that they own the road space outside their own property.

I know. Clearly the space belongs to some lad off to Spain for two weeks who's too mean to pay for parking at the airport.

TheChizler

Your neighbourhood could petition the council to make it a disk parking area. About all you can do. Nothing wrong with what they're doing. Annoying but that's it.

jon1981

In relation to the abandonment idea, if the car is taxed and insured, the Gardai will not touch it.

Also say the Gardai do lift it, are they going to come out every time the same person reports an "abandoned" car outside their house? :rolleyes:

Professor Moriarty

namloc1980 wrote: »

I know. Clearly the space belongs to some lad off to Spain for two weeks who's too mean to pay for parking at the airport.

The space belongs to every citizen but the driver got there first. I would suggest that the house owner apply to the council to see if they will sell the space to her. Other than that, move on with your life.

lertsnim

Are airport parking charges gone up? If you can afford a holiday then you can afford parking.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

TheChizler wrote: »

Your neighbourhood could petition the council to make it a disk parking area. About all you can do. Nothing wrong with what they're doing. Annoying but that's it.

I saw that done some years ago. The residents soon regretted it as it impacted on all their visitors.

ScumLord

Put a post it note on it saying "I bet you can't rob me". Thieves love a challange.

jon1981

namloc1980 wrote: »

I know. Clearly the space belongs to some lad off to Spain for two weeks who's too mean to pay for parking at the airport.

I'd probably do the same.

Remember that the next time you park on a public road near a train station or Luas or anywhere you don't live ... under your rules you should not park there

SteM

namloc1980 wrote: »

I know. Clearly the space belongs to some lad off to Spain for two weeks who's too mean to pay for parking at the airport.

No, but he's allowed to use it. That's why it's called a public space. He's not building on it so I assume he doesn’t think it 'belongs' to him either.

TheChizler

Lindsey Future Underpants wrote: »

I saw that done some years ago. The residents soon regretted it as it impacted on all their visitors.

Yup it's generally disastrous for the residents. Not many other options though.

Boom_Bap

If the tax is out of date then you can contact the Garda to get the ball rolling on removal.
Other than that, although it's a pain/eyesore/inconvienience (I know I didn't spell that right), you need to just put up with it.

osarusan

Get some fake crime scene yellow tape and string it up around the place.

Pinch Flat

namloc1980 wrote: »

I know. Clearly the space belongs to some lad off to Spain for two weeks who's too mean to pay for parking at the airport.

Still perfectly legal though.

Brock Turnpike

Build a moat around it.