Parking on the street; what rights, if any?

Dinarius

We live in a typical 3-bed-semi estate of houses.

We park one car in our driveway and one car on the street in front of our house/front garden.

What rights if any do we have to that space?

The reason I ask is two fold;

1. A car that belongs to a rented house on an adjacent road has been appearing in our space. (There are three cars in the rented house.)

2. Someone said to me that people have some sort of rights/responsibilities to half way across the road in front of their house. If so, what are they and do they extend to, or include parking?

We've been living here for 12 years. There is a superb residents' association and everyone looks out for one another. Normally, people would be very conscious of their neighbour's use of parking.

Thanks.

D.

lifeandtimes

Dinarius wrote: »

We live in a typical 3-bed-semi estate of houses.

We park one car in our driveway and one car on the street in front of our house/front garden.

What rights if any do we have to that space?

The reason I ask is two fold;

1. A car that belongs to a rented house on an adjacent road has been appearing in our space. (There are three cars in the rented house.)

2. Someone said to me that people have some sort of rights/responsibilities to half way across the road in front of their house. If so, what are they and do they extend to, or include parking?

We've been living here for 12 years. There is a superb residents' association and everyone looks out for one another. Normally, people would be very conscious of their neighbour's use of parking.

Thanks.

D.

You have no rights to the road. It's public road in a housing estate and anyone is free to park there.

You are entitled to park in your own property only, anything outside of that is just a courtesy

Stheno

Anyone can park on the street it's not yours

TheChizler

No rights basically. The property extending to halfway across the road thing is largely a myth, especially in towns, and in cases where it's true the public still has access.

PGE1970

You have no rights OP, I'm afraid.

If you look at the folio for your house, it is likely that your boundary stops at your garden gate and the roads and common areas are owned by the development company (if they still exist). They may be in charge of the local authority though.

The issue of good manners and common courtesy is a societal one but not one based in statute. They can often be in short supply. Perhaps a word with your neighbour might be in order?

Peregrinus

Regardless of whether the boundary of your property runs along the garden fence, or along the middle of the road in front, as a matter of law you have no particular prior right to the parking space in front of your own property. If you can lawfully park there, anyone can lawfully park there.

Victor

It is an offence to obstruct a vehicular entrance without the permission of the occupier.

Mr. Incognito

If you want a second space then enlarge your driveway.

You dont have any right to park on a public road.

Claw Hammer

A house can't own a car either. Only a person can.

MOD

Could we keep this to Legal Discussion pls

Remarks like this may discourage other posters

billyhead

Just curious. If you live in a house which has off street parking at the front can anyone park there or would the space just in front of your house be yours.
The parking space is just like a parking bay

TheChizler

billyhead wrote: »

Just curious. If you live in a house which has off street parking at the front can anyone park there or would the space just in front of your house be yours.
The parking space is just like a parking bay

This sounds exactly like the OP's situation. No rights to the road outside your house (apart from anyone else needing your permission to block your entrance).

Edit: ignore, misread and thought you said on street parking

L1011

billyhead wrote: »

Just curious. If you live in a house which has off street parking at the front can anyone park there or would the space just in front of your house be yours.
The parking space is just like a parking bay

Depends on whether its a managed estate or not.

If its a managed estate you probably have an assigned space - but it'll probably also be numbered.

If not, the spaces are probably either already owned by the council or will be when the estate in taken in to charge and you've no claim on them.

lawred2

Dinarius wrote: »

We live in a typical 3-bed-semi estate of houses.

We park one car in our driveway and one car on the street in front of our house/front garden.

What rights if any do we have to that space?

The reason I ask is two fold;

1. A car that belongs to a rented house on an adjacent road has been appearing in our space. (There are three cars in the rented house.)

2. Someone said to me that people have some sort of rights/responsibilities to half way across the road in front of their house. If so, what are they and do they extend to, or include parking?

We've been living here for 12 years. There is a superb residents' association and everyone looks out for one another. Normally, people would be very conscious of their neighbour's use of parking.

Thanks.

D.

None. It's a public road.

lifeandtimes

billyhead wrote: »

Just curious. If you live in a house which has off street parking at the front can anyone park there or would the space just in front of your house be yours.
The parking space is just like a parking bay

I'm wondering about houses in off roads in the city, lots of signs that say "parking for residence only" but how is this enforced

L1011

lifeandtimes wrote: »

I'm wondering about houses in off roads in the city, lots of signs that say "parking for residence only" but how is this enforced

Management company or in some cases councils having decided that they'll do it. Or in some cases it is residents associations chancing their arms - two estates in Maynooth have completely fake clamping/residents only signs up.

Dublin City Council usually does something along those lines by making the streets either pay till midnight or pay 24/7 which repels non-residents

Cazale

Have you approached them and explained the situation? Maybe they aren't aware of the problem they are causing. If that doesn't work you should start parking outside their house for the craic and see how they like it in return.