Parking outside house?

hi, just wondering if anyone could help.. my family live in a nice town house, with off-road parking Parallel to the pavement - opposite our house is a grassy park area, with another road with no houses and loads of parking, around the corner is a busy road with terraced houses... we don't mind people parking in front of our house - if it's really busy we can park next to the grassy area - but some people park inconsiderately (not leaving room for any other cars) or park there and leave their car for a whole weekend! this weekend, we've had a van park in front of our house (it was there last weekend too - badly parked) and it blocked all the light going into our living room - so we left a polite note on the screen =saying that could the driver please park somewhere else, because he's blocking the light. the driver knocked on our door this morning and started shouting and swearing (we have small children too) saying he caouldpark his f****** van anywhere he f******* wanted. are we in the wrong to leave a polite note? it was very scary :-( could you state by what you mean by inflammatory - it was blocking the light, and it is a residential area -i know that if i had a van, i would park it out of the way, not in frount of people's houses when there are other areas (it was a large transit van - not a small car-sized van) xxx compfivestar- it is a nice neighbourhood -its a small rural town - the cottages on our street have been around a lot longer than cars!(we don't know this van driver - we don't think he lives around here)

Davybhoy	There is absolutely nothing that you can do about this really. If his vehicle is road legal (i.e. taxed etc.) then he can park it on any public place. Blocking of your light won't matter and you certainly cannot have it towed away as someone suggested! In fact, unless you own the car, the recovery people wouldn't tow it anyway! The only thing I can suggest is that you contact your local council explaining your concerns. Request that they paint the area outside your house as 'residents only parking' on the street, or put a few well seen signs up. If they won't intervene then there's nothing that can be done. P.S. The note was the right thing to do. Unfortunately he is right but I wouldn't have appreciated the way he spoke to me either!

Han	keep a diary of when the van is parked there and definitely get the vehichle details. i would still report what he did once you've done that and anything subsequentially. check your areas laws on the parking - if it is yours, whether vans are allowed etc. if after going through all the official measures, nothing can be done, ONLY THEN do the nails in tyres things etc. perhaps try getting cheap traffic cones. you can probably order some off the internet. our neighbours kids used to play with them in the street. they can come looking like real traffic cones or in multi colours. place them in that parking spot. i say cheap as they might "disappear". it will either annoy the hell out of him to have to keep getting out the van and moving them before he can park, or he will park elsewhere

Richard	No you weren't wrong to leave a note. Here's what I would do, see if it's legal for him to park the way he parks. If not the report the van. If he gets enough tickets he'll park someplace else. Of course you won't do anything illegal like flatten two of his tires, that would get you into trouble.

Sarky	If the parking space if owned by you then obviously you can do something about it as the person is on your property. If it is just general parking then there is absolutely nothing you can do about it.

prem	yu are right and they have no right to park in front of yu house.yu can complain to the police and ask them to clean the area for yu space and yu also can file case against the person who park in yu house yard area under nuisance to the court.

compfivestar	Yes, you were wrong! Off-street parking is for anyone and everyone. You dont like it? Work hard and make a million bucks so you can live in a better community and not have to deal with this crap. I worked hard and now I have a nice long driveway to park in and its all for me, myself, and I

lestermount	Leaving a nice note may have been the thing to do, but in this case it was not. When someone knocks on your door and assaults you with profanity, he is guilty of a crime and you should have reported him. Take down his license number so if something happens in the future you will have something to give the police.

Mad Max	There is nothing you can do about the van as you have no legal right to light, so you are in the wrong I am afraid.

Luke	You're in the wrong. He is allowed to park there. You do not own the road therefore it is a public place.

Mac Anic	Make sure his van 'accidentally' gets TWO flat tyres. Usually, although a slight inconvenience, one flat tyre can be changed in a few minutes, however, not many vehicles carry two spares, and this would really p1ss him off. It has to be accidental though.

hoarseman	Put a large nail under a front tyre -- it won't solve the problem , but it will make you feel a lot less impotent.

Girlie Electrics	Some councils enforce a "no vans" parking bye-law. Try environmental health as a first stop for advice. I can assume it was bigger than a transit to block out light?

cunny	Unfortunately you don't own the road outside your house or have control over who parks there. A polite note sometimes works - but in the case of psychos like this one it doesn't. Just get to park your car there before he does.

Bazza	Yes you were wrong. Your note, polite as it was, was inflammatory. I imagine he will try to park outside your house deliberately from now on. You need to think it through next time.

Karle	no....next time he parks there just have it towed......leave a note with the tow truck driver to give him that says "we asked politely" ....

x_Nikkyy_x	Lmaooooooooooooooo! Answer: NO.