Parking outside my house

A friend of mine had a quite inventive solution. He acquired some no parking signs and put them on the poles in his cul de sac. He then got a can of yellow paint and put down those temporary markings councils use when they 'measure up" before laying new road markings.

A few days later he went into his local council depot and complained that the council had put up the signs, but not yet done the double yellow lines. A few days later a council road marking crew arrived and painted the double yellows.

How dare they want to park their own car in front of their property.

At the end of the day, we can thank the likes of the guy in the van for all the expensive pay and display on streets. Seems like the only thing that will move them on.

Public road, so anyone with a taxed & insured vehicle can park on it.

That said, it can be very annoying to have someone parking a large vehicle outside your window. They block light and obscure views. Not the end of the world but annoying nonetheless.

I have never seen so many terrible suggestions before in my life. If it bothers you then just park your car in the space outside your house. Absolutely nobody is going to question it

it’s these people and their incredible sense of entitlement that’s the real issue!!

To be fair to them, they flagged this issue during the planning phase, when it was clear that the level of parking being provided was insufficient. The response was that the parking was in line with urban planning guidelines. The road is bordering on impassable when there are cars parked there. They’ve raised it with the council on numerous occasions, and the council responded by floating the idea of installing a speed bump, even though speeding isn’t an issue.

probably pissed of all his neighbours who can no longer have visitor over

Jesus Christ if one of my neighbours did this I would be so cross.

Basically no one can have visitors now cos he got the hump?

Before you say anything...I do live in a cul de sac that is adjacent an amenity so there's always random cars parked and at certain times you need to plan as getting in and out can be tricky but at no point would I be in favour of yellow lines/paid parking or any of that shenanigans.

Jesus!

Andrew, welcome back!

What a ridiculous idea. As if anyone would do that

hold on. The OP I believe has a driveway. Seems implied. So, this is exactly the topic at hand. People with driveways annoyed and complaining about people legally parking on public roads.

I think the issue is more his neighbour from an adjacent road is parking outside the op's house, rather than outside their own house, and the fact it's a van and takes up more space.

I'd say if it was his nextdoor neighbour the op would shrug and get on with it.

It’s not too clear whether the OP does have a driveway or not. He mentions a neighbour from a street over has a driveway and parks cars in it but leaves the van outside the OPs house.

If the OP has a driveway and the van is not blocking it, then I don’t see the issue.