Consideration when parking in the street??

[*EJ*]

For the last few weeks our neighbours across the road have been parking one of their cars on the road but directly in front of our house. The space in front their house is empty and completely free for their use AND they have more than enough room for their own property for their cars. It's usually for a few days at a time. Apart from it being annoying having their car in front of our house all the time it also makes it difficult for any visitors to park near our house.

I know it's minor in the grand scheme of things but just wondering if it's just me being picky and/or if there are any such rules when it comes to parking in the street??

Is it up to me to politely ask for them not to do it?? Or to at least consider us when doing it??

[toomanyshoes]

I honestly don't see an issue

As long as they aren't parking ON your front lawn there's nothing you can do, unless you want to ask them to not park there.

But maybe I'm just use to it, last 3 places we've been in there were always people parked in front of our place.

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

Legally, you're not supposed to park directly in front of someone's driveway. When we're out witnessing, we have to be careful when parking in streets that we're not too close to the corner, not blocking traffic or view, and not parking directly in front of driveways.

Maybe you could call the council and play dumb as to who owns the car?

[toomanyshoes]

Legally, you're not supposed to park directly in front of someone's driveway. When we're out witnessing, we have to be careful when parking in streets that we're not too close to the corner, not blocking traffic or view, and not parking directly in front of driveways.

Maybe you could call the council and play dumb as to who owns the car?

In NSW even if they do park over or even in your drive way there is nothing you can do about it. Found that out last week lol

[Teeki]

I don't think there's anything against it legally, but it would be annoying seeing as they've got space in from of their own house - wouldn't it be easier for them to park there anyway? I reckon the only thing you could really do is ask them not to do it anymore.

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[Manhattan]

This happened at our old house, we moved only 2 weeks ago (you didnt just move houses did you??? lol!). And it absoultely irked the pants off me. The same car always parked smack bang out the front of our house, and the front of their house was always free. And not only that, they parked so no one could get behind or in front of them.

I'm too chicken to say anything, but whenever we got the chance, we always put our cars there, or DH would put the bins there so they couldnt park there.

I get where you are coming from hun

[black_rose]

Our neighbor parked next to our driveway for a month, they parked so close that it was hard to get out of the driveway all because she hates parking in their driveway which isn't as steep as ours.

At our old house our neighbor complained about our cars because it was a home business we did get in trouble but the stupid thing was it wasn't us parking on her grass ( there is no kerb) it was the parents doing the school run. Karma has got her though the new owners have been parking outside her house and now she has bins and sticks out! She should have left us alone or at least talked to us instead of forcing us out.

So if it bothers you that much talk to them.

[Miss.September]

Happened to us here too, was our neighbour's employee and he'd park opposite it daily. Made it difficult for us to get in/out of the driveway. DH spoke to them and they don't park there any more. They didn't realise we were having trouble.

[Arimeh]

I'd say something - why can't they park in front of their own home?

We have a similar problem here - the people in the unit next door park in the communal driveway - which means that we have no way out of our place and it annoys the absolute crap out of us. We always have to go knock on the door and ask them to move their car. Arghhhh.

[Beach Mama]

i would do a casual mention - at the end of the day, it is their car that is in the way of potentially being hit! I would just say that it makes it really difficult and if they wouldn't mind moving it a bit that would be great - my parents did the same thing as they had someone parking directly across from their driveway and they moved it and had no problem.

[forshelby]

Similar situation here. Our neighbour across the street has 5 cars, in a house with 2 adults. His visitors always park on our nature strip (technically not our yard) making it hard to get in and out of our driveway. The street is very narrow, so it's always pretty clogged up with parked cars. Anyhoo, one day DP took a walk on the wild side and let their tyre down! While I don't condone his actions, my naughty inner child did chuckle just a little. :blush:

Soon after that, I did the responsible thing and called the council. Every one of the neighbours vehicles got a ticket. Then council planted a tree right in the spot outside our house where they always parked. Yay, but it's a double edged sword! Whilst the neighbour and his many frequent visitors can't park there anymore, neither can OUR guests!

My only issue was that it was difficult to get out of our driveway, and I didn't want to damage their cars, or mine. So yes, I feel your pain.

[StrawberryFields]

Yeah I would just casually ask them if they would mind not doing it and mention its a really PITA. Chances are they don't know you have issues with it, and in that case they'll probably be fine with not doing it anymore.

But sometimes people just do it because they don't want to park outside their house anymore and think they own the street! When I was still living with my parents our idiot neighbour suddenly decided to start parking on the curb (well half on half off) where I parked on the grass - it was the only spot I could park and I had been parking there for a couple of years so he knew someone parked there regularly. I tried to talk to him about it but he's one of those crazies that never open their door to anyone and keep weird as hours, - I caught him one night coming home from work at a bar - but I put a polite letter in his mailbox on a couple of occasions. I cracked it one day when I reversed out of Dad's carport spot after unloading some heavy hockey gear from my boot and came within centimetres of hitting his ute tray - I left him a few dozen really, really angry post it notes plastered over his car and he stopped But that was after about 6 months of my asking him and him ignoring me.

[~Hestia~]

I would say something, even if it was just a note on the windscreen. We have this kind of issue all the time, we live at the end of a court and we kinda share a front yard with our next door neighbour.

[wrena]

I'd really politely ask them if they could not park there as chances are they have no idea it bothers you. Legally you have more right to park there than they, or anyone else, does

[ladybird11]

First in best dressed, but it happens to us too - and it's so annoying.

We only have a single car driveway and in order to get out of the car we have to reverse down the driveway all the time. So dh must park in the street.

Since the Australian road rules came in, SA lost the 'cannot park within 6 metres of a driveway' rule .

If we are expecting company I park my car up on the street so our guests can park near our place.

I call it 'playing musical cars'!

[luna moth]

Talk to them - there might be a reason. We have ample off street parking at our place, but there are two idiots that have moved into our streets with noisy cars that they drive like hoons around our previously quiet neighbourhood, and then park outside our DD's bedroom. So I have taken to parking in that spot so that they can't. I got a note on my windscreen, which was really rudely worded, but I just don't give a toss, when they both also have OSP and are just too lazy to open their gates and use it.

[wrena]

I meant to say no more right

[~Kaz~]

I would say something, even if it was just a note on the windscreen.

Say something if it bothers you that much - even a casual, confused, non-threatening kind of wondering why they prefer out the front of your place to theirs lately etc but I don't think a windscreen note will go down very well. It's too easy to misinterpret. A friend of mine who came over a few months back to help out for the day parked partly outside my house and partly outside the next door neighbours place. I was out front of my place and coming and going all day. Anyway she got a note from the neighbours on her windshield asking her not to park in front of their house. It was not well received by me (not that I did anything about it, they were renting and have since moved and I was in the middle of a crisis and didn't want to over-react) but she had every right to park on a public street wherever there was space.

So to answer your questions, the council/RTA actually own the street, curb, nature strip, footpath etc (whatever applies) and you have no legal right to stop them parking in front of your house. Why not park in front of their house if the spot is always vacant?